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Comments · 7

  1. Re:Criminal intent? by enoz · · Score: 1 · on Studios Sue Oz ISP Over Allowing Piracy

    Crunchyroll is a really bad example if you are trying to highlight legitimate uses of bittorrent.

    http://firefox.org/news/articles/1296/1/Crunchyroll-streaming-site-raises-ire-of-some-earns-cooperation-of-others/Page1.html

  2. Re:An Explanation by utopianfiat · · Score: 1 · on What's Keeping US Phones In the Stone Age?

    Have you ever even looked at an iPhone?

    No, because, news flash, $500 for a PHONE? Right.

    Why should a window be the arbitrary size of the screen, which has nothing to do with the content in the window?

    Because I want to see the window and only the window- no other distractions, plenty of room for the application to show me what it wants to show me. This is especially useful for things which can be expanded to infinitely large size, like certain text and picture-based applications.

  3. Re:Keep dreaming. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Why Sony is Ready to Self Destruct

    This is Slashdot! When a technology is adopted by 10% of the public or even 5% of the public, it's a resounding success!!

  4. Here, let me spell it out for you: by Hosiah · · Score: 1 · on Are Hotlinked Images Now a Liability?
    *cue piano*

    'F' is for the Fear you won't have anymore.
    'I' is for the Internet you love to peruse.
    'R' is for the redundant mod this post will score.
    'E' is for the Explorer you'll no longer use.
    and..
    'F' is for the Favorite of so many on the Net!
    'O' is for the Open Source in "FOSS"!
    'X' is for the Xtra plugins you're bound to get.
    And that spells "FIREFOX": http://www.firefox.org/Tell your boss!

  5. Re:Copyrighted material? by j_hirny · · Score: 1 · on Google's Library Up and Running

    Use a better browser. You will have the context menu. ;-)

  6. Domain names... by photonic · · Score: 1 · on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name
    Bummer that firefox.com, firefox.org and firefox.net are already taken! Furthermore, Google already knows 76700 instances of firefox. Should we expect yet another name by version .9??

    The logo is nice though. Can't wait to give it a try.

  7. How creative by DeadSea · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Mozilla Firebird gets .8 Release, and New Name
    If you rename something to prevent confusion with other products don't you think you should avoid something that is already a
    1. Book series
    2. Wire mesh manufacturer
    3. Movie with Clint Eastwood
    4. Atari game
    5. Web design company specializing in horses
    6. A game controller
    7. A safety technology company
    8. An all-girl hard rockin' poppin' pounding band from Tacoma, Washingto
    9. A model airplane
    10. A slashdot user who posted twice in 1999

    The good things about the name:

    1. It doesn't sound like another similar product (eg Lindows)
    2. It doesn't have the name of the OS it was originally designed to run on in it. (eg WinZip)
    3. It doesn't have the name of the programming language used to create it in it (eg JavaInvaders)
    4. It is unlikely to cause confusion with another software product (except maybe the video game), unlike Firebird.
    5. It doesn't use a famous trademark (at least they didn't name it Nike)

    I've said this in the past, and I will say it again. If you are naming your open source software, make it something unique. Why would you want to compete for search terms with all these other people, products, corporations, and organizations. If your product has merit, then people will recognize the name that you give it and you will get brand loyalty. There is no need show your similarity to other products or your system requirements in your name.