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The Press Releases of the Damned

Posted by timothy on from the synthesize-best-practices dept.

Harry writes "Once upon a time, Microsoft said that Windows Vista would transform life as we knew it. Palm said its Foleo was a breakthrough. Circuit City said firing its most experienced salespeople would save the company. And Apple said that Web apps were all that iPhone owners needed. I've collected the original press releases for these and other ill-fated tech announcements, and annotated them with the facts as they played out in the real world."

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  1. Re:Not worth reading by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Informative

    AutoPager for FireFox or
    Re-pagination

    AutoPager requires 'plugin' scripts for sites (which there is one for technologizer). But it makes it look like one page.

    [header]
    page 1
    page 2
    page 3
    [footer]

    Re-pagination works on most sites I've tried it on (other than those damn Javascript "next" buttons). But it loads a copy of each of the pages.

    [header]
    page 1
    [footer]
    [header]
    page 2
    [footer]
    [header]
    page 3
    [footer]

  2. And some comments on press releases... by PhunkySchtuff · · Score: 4, Informative

    My favourite, regarding the announcement of the iPod:

    No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame
      -- CmdrTaco

    --
    Specialist Mac support for creative pros, Melbourne