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Firefox Reviewed in the Globe and Mail
Eric Giguere writes "Today's Globe and Mail has a Firefox review titled A bug-free surfing zone in its Friday review section. Slashdot readers probably won't like the last phrase, though: 'Until Firefox finds a way around that, you might have to keep Internet ExplORer around -- just for emergencies, of course.'"
If I had modpoints, I'd give positive ones to the parent comment. Amusing.
Based on the "fact" that most of said "article" is riddled with "quotation marks". not only do they "bother" me, but they make "it" seem like the "entire" "article" was written "without" the "permission" of a boss or "editor", and the quotations were "used" to get around that legal "snafu".
Plus... I don't have any sites which use ActiveX anymore. So its a moot point. for "me" anyway.
Sorry, but Windows isn't responsible for Firefox's memory leaks. I use it on both Windows and Solaris, and the memory consumption problems are present on both. My brother runs it on Linux, my roommate runs it on Mac OS X...etc.
Honestly, I think the memory leaks are the biggest problem with Firefox right now, and should be the first priority for the team.
Twitter: I'm going to be one of the few people who doesn't flame you. I hope that you can become a mature and contributing poster on Slashdot. But at the moment, quite frankly, you aren't. Let me give you some constructive criticism.
Although it may seem that way, bashing Microsoft in every single post you make is not a good way to make friends or become popular on Slashdot. Feel free to criticize them, but please don't work it into every post you make, please don't resort to silly M$ and Windoze namecalling and please don't talk about subjects which you know nothing about. Problems in Firefox's code are in no way Microsoft's fault.
As for me personally, I use Gentoo Linux and love it. I do, however, recognize the fact that Windows is a tool that should be used at the proper time for its proper purpose. Comparing Linux to Windows is like comparing a utility truck to a Corvette. Sadly, for gaming Linux just doesn't cut it (not a shortcoming of the OS, but the producer's fault.) For ease of use and configuration Windows is king. I can't remember the last time I have even seen a text configuration file for anything in Windows. ATI cards work on Windows. Windows is not a very good or stable OS, but there is no reason to refuse to use it on principle if it's the best tool for the job.
Although I dislike Windows, that doesn't make me refuse to use the *good* software the Microsoft has put out over the years. I don't care how much you hate Microsoft, or how evil they are, but Visual Studio is a good product. So is Microsoft Office.
Once again, please don't go ranting about it being Windows's fault every time somebody has a problem. You have made a great number of "Freaks" doing this.
Cheers,
~uman aka koreaman
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Of course I'm a douchebag. I admitted I was wrong, and around here that's a social mistake of the first order! ;)
Flattered, thanks, but it's not the first time. I'm happy when morons like that waste their time on little fish like me.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.