Okay, I guess you are saying that there is less height for icons. That is true, though it seems to be the exact opposite thing that I usually hear people complaining about. More configurability would definately be better.
[...] The unity dock needs to have the ability to switch to the bottom of the screen rather than the side (where on widescreen monitors we have the least amount of space). [...]
Are you saying that on a widescreen monitor there is less width? That doesn't seem right... or am I misunderstanding you?
I think Valve could do very well by marketing a Steam "console." Combine a small PC, slick case, good GPU, simple UI, and run Windows games. Give the PC world a single standard spec to target (people who want to could still buy better or cheaper computers). All purchases go through Steam.
For those okay with using a browser which is under heavy development, Midori is another great option.
It's my main browser on my eeepc for its RAM savings and it has been great. I've been using the PPA (note you also need the Webkit PPA in Ubuntu 9.04 and has been very stable. Many features are missing, however, it is maturing very quickly. Keep firefox around, though, as Midori has had issues with a few sites.
Interesting. The ruby metrics gave me a laugh. A steady rise around 2008 and a steady decline afterwards. Of course it isn't scientific data, but it does seem to coincide with the surge (and subsequent apathy) over Ruby on Rails by many developers.
Unfortunately there are a few negatives, too. Thanks to the new kernel there is no realtime audio support for my Ubuntu Studio install and my laptop nvidia drivers would get switched to the non 3d open source nv drivers.
So neither of my personal computers are getting upgraded which is unfortunate. I was looking forward to the Gnome updates and the newer officially supported apps.
Just because you don't see the problem doesn't mean you know it's not a firefox problem. I use Ubuntu at work and it crashes consistently when closing gmail. Also when using firemarks to close a tab. See Launchpad Bug 215514 along with its duplicates.
This happens with brand new profiles with no plugins or extensions. Strangely enough, I have an Ubuntu machine at home where FF3 does not crash at all. I'm trying to figure out what may be different but I don't think anyone knows what's causing it yet.
To the GP: using the old version of gmail (there is a link on the top right to try it) seems to not crash it. You may also try navigating away from the page before closing the tab. I hit home and then close the tab.
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Thanks! New Ubuntu and new Lost! It's a good day.:)
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Thanks for the info. As someone comfortable with linux I can install it myself. However, I feel it's important to get it in the hands of people who don't have that opportunity. I'll definitely test out the ppa software and do what (little) I can to help.
What I find more interesting than the "main story" is the article at the last link in the summary. Maybe some of this is out of context, but Ballmer just amazes me with the things he gets away with saying while still keeping his job.
Ballmer again repeated that acquiring Yahoo is essential for enabling Microsoft to succeed in the online advertising business, where both companies have been chasing Google.
Yet just the paragraph before that, the article states:
At a conference in Milan on Wednesday, CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft is "prepared to move forward without merging with Yahoo," according to a transcript provided by the company.
Ummm... Yeah... That's good for your stockholders (which incidentally through a gift I happen to be one of). I realize this is preparation in case they don't get Yahoo and of course they would move on without them. However, is it really smart to keep clamoring on about how essential they are for you to be competitive yet at the same time making it clear that you now have doubts if you can even do it?
Maybe I'm just being too hard on him or reading too much into it, but I did just finish rewatching "Pirates of Silicon Valley" last weekend and, well, it's just good fun.;)
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I am very happy that there has been another LTS release (and on my birthday)! I've been running the beta and it has been very stable other than than the firefox alpha (which seems to work fine on my debian lenny box).
I am dissapointed that abiword 2.6 didn't make the cut, though. It is a great release, however the timing of things didn't work out. You can get some context on what happened at one of the developer's blog and the bug report. Seems there was a little tension involved. Also, here are the release notes for Abiword.
Being an LTS release, I wonder if they can get it backported? I don't think that usually happens with that drastic of an upgrade - is it just security updates that get backported? However, the Abiword team will not be supporting 2.4.x for the next 3 years so I hope that something along those lines is possible.
[...]1 click shopping was "new" at the time - if it was obvious, we would have done it right from the beginning on the web site. The issue with 1 click is not whether or not it was obvious to a web developer. It is whether or not business method patents that fundamentally simply map a practice in the non-online world ("put this on my account") to the online world ("1 click") should be permitted.[...]
While I agree with your reasoning for why it should be struck down, I disagree that obviousness is not an additional reason. Mapping a simple concept from the "non-online world" to the "online world" seems like a prime example of obvious.
There's no new problem here. The tubes, according to business people, always seem to be in a sorry state, about ready to crumble the moment the wrong person clicks one more time on that link promising Brittney Spears porn. And yet, I have been able to get my email every morning since 1993 when I got my first email account.
"if you type google into google, you can break the internet. so no-one try it! it is not a laughing matter. you *can* break the internet..."
err:module:import_dll Library WINHTTP.dll (which is needed by L"Z:\\home\\kwabbles\\Desktop\\WLinstaller.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"Z:\\home\\kwabbles\\Desktop\\WLinstaller.exe" failed, status c0000135
So it doesn't work in linux, huh? Who'd a thunk it?
While you have some interesting ideas, I can't see them working in practice. They generally rely on different charges for patents based on the size of the company. Unfortunately, bypassing this is trivial.
1. Start a new company 2. Patent something 3. License patent to big company
Whether on purpose or not I'm not sure, but you are definitely missing the point. As far as I know, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Mandriva all see interoperability as a good thing. No one is fighting that. And if you can find something that says otherwise I would be happy to see it.
What you are suggesting is that these companies should pay money to a competitor for (so far) baseless claims and admit a weakened and reliant position when none in fact has been shown to exist - all in order to possibly get some help with interoperability. Interoperability which, if Microsoft took the attitudes these companies did, would already be there. You are thinking very short term. If Microsoft got its way, you wouldn't have a Linux server option down the road. Good luck with your business...
I am not sure if any of Adobe's modifications were used by Apple to support Windows. However, as to your question of why they would have done it - they are using the webkit project to create a cross platform (Windows/OSX/Linux) runtime which utilizes pdf, Flash/Flex, and Javascript/HTML. Here's a link to the first of a few questions about it in their FAQ. They don't mention Apple using their code though, I don't think. http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Apollo:Develo perFAQ#What_HTML_and_JavaScript_Engine_is_used_wit hin_Adobe_AIR.3F
Not to say I disagree with you on your point, but you sure picked lousy examples.
Gateway has had all kinds of financial problems, the XBox is only still here because Microsoft is rich enough to allow it to hemorrhage money, and Opera makes a significant portion of its money from embedded systems of which I believe if it isn't first it's probably second.
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Okay, my browser crashed the first time I posted this - no I won't say which one!
Would be interesting to see where people started on *nix before Linux. I started on IRIX (computer animator.) Whatever....
I like to try other distros out but I doubt I'll ever change. So easy, and always just like I want it.
"Did, umm... did Caesar live here?"
I found this via google. Fairly interesting.
It would be much appreciated! My username at gmail. Thanks!
Since it happens on my Firefox installs, too, I'm going to guess that the percentage of affected users needs to be much higher than 24-26%.
Okay, I guess you are saying that there is less height for icons. That is true, though it seems to be the exact opposite thing that I usually hear people complaining about. More configurability would definately be better.
[...] The unity dock needs to have the ability to switch to the bottom of the screen rather than the side (where on widescreen monitors we have the least amount of space). [...]
Are you saying that on a widescreen monitor there is less width? That doesn't seem right... or am I misunderstanding you?
I think Valve could do very well by marketing a Steam "console." Combine a small PC, slick case, good GPU, simple UI, and run Windows games. Give the PC world a single standard spec to target (people who want to could still buy better or cheaper computers). All purchases go through Steam.
It still shows the url on hover, however now it does it in the address bar. Takes a bit of cramming to fit it up there though, so it isn't ideal.
For those okay with using a browser which is under heavy development, Midori is another great option.
It's my main browser on my eeepc for its RAM savings and it has been great. I've been using the PPA (note you also need the Webkit PPA in Ubuntu 9.04 and has been very stable. Many features are missing, however, it is maturing very quickly. Keep firefox around, though, as Midori has had issues with a few sites.
Interesting. The ruby metrics gave me a laugh. A steady rise around 2008 and a steady decline afterwards. Of course it isn't scientific data, but it does seem to coincide with the surge (and subsequent apathy) over Ruby on Rails by many developers.
No offense to the rubyists out there ;)
Unfortunately there are a few negatives, too. Thanks to the new kernel there is no realtime audio support for my Ubuntu Studio install and my laptop nvidia drivers would get switched to the non 3d open source nv drivers.
8.10 Release notes
So neither of my personal computers are getting upgraded which is unfortunate. I was looking forward to the Gnome updates and the newer officially supported apps.
Just because you don't see the problem doesn't mean you know it's not a firefox problem. I use Ubuntu at work and it crashes consistently when closing gmail. Also when using firemarks to close a tab. See Launchpad Bug 215514 along with its duplicates.
This happens with brand new profiles with no plugins or extensions. Strangely enough, I have an Ubuntu machine at home where FF3 does not crash at all. I'm trying to figure out what may be different but I don't think anyone knows what's causing it yet.
To the GP: using the old version of gmail (there is a link on the top right to try it) seems to not crash it. You may also try navigating away from the page before closing the tab. I hit home and then close the tab.
Thanks! New Ubuntu and new Lost! It's a good day. :)
Thanks for the info. As someone comfortable with linux I can install it myself. However, I feel it's important to get it in the hands of people who don't have that opportunity. I'll definitely test out the ppa software and do what (little) I can to help.
What I find more interesting than the "main story" is the article at the last link in the summary. Maybe some of this is out of context, but Ballmer just amazes me with the things he gets away with saying while still keeping his job.
Yet just the paragraph before that, the article states:
Ummm... Yeah... That's good for your stockholders (which incidentally through a gift I happen to be one of). I realize this is preparation in case they don't get Yahoo and of course they would move on without them. However, is it really smart to keep clamoring on about how essential they are for you to be competitive yet at the same time making it clear that you now have doubts if you can even do it?
Maybe I'm just being too hard on him or reading too much into it, but I did just finish rewatching "Pirates of Silicon Valley" last weekend and, well, it's just good fun. ;)
I am very happy that there has been another LTS release (and on my birthday)! I've been running the beta and it has been very stable other than than the firefox alpha (which seems to work fine on my debian lenny box).
I am dissapointed that abiword 2.6 didn't make the cut, though. It is a great release, however the timing of things didn't work out. You can get some context on what happened at one of the developer's blog and the bug report. Seems there was a little tension involved. Also, here are the release notes for Abiword.
Being an LTS release, I wonder if they can get it backported? I don't think that usually happens with that drastic of an upgrade - is it just security updates that get backported? However, the Abiword team will not be supporting 2.4.x for the next 3 years so I hope that something along those lines is possible.
Oh well, off to compiling it myself. :)
At least firefox correctly flagged it. I have it running off of the downloaded list not the connection to google. (Ubuntu 7.10 - Firefox 2.0.0.12)
While I agree with your reasoning for why it should be struck down, I disagree that obviousness is not an additional reason. Mapping a simple concept from the "non-online world" to the "online world" seems like a prime example of obvious.
"if you type google into google, you can break the internet. so no-one try it! it is not a laughing matter. you *can* break the internet..."
So it doesn't work in linux, huh? Who'd a thunk it?
While you have some interesting ideas, I can't see them working in practice. They generally rely on different charges for patents based on the size of the company. Unfortunately, bypassing this is trivial.
1. Start a new company
2. Patent something
3. License patent to big company
Whether on purpose or not I'm not sure, but you are definitely missing the point. As far as I know, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Mandriva all see interoperability as a good thing. No one is fighting that. And if you can find something that says otherwise I would be happy to see it.
What you are suggesting is that these companies should pay money to a competitor for (so far) baseless claims and admit a weakened and reliant position when none in fact has been shown to exist - all in order to possibly get some help with interoperability. Interoperability which, if Microsoft took the attitudes these companies did, would already be there. You are thinking very short term. If Microsoft got its way, you wouldn't have a Linux server option down the road. Good luck with your business...
I am not sure if any of Adobe's modifications were used by Apple to support Windows. However, as to your question of why they would have done it - they are using the webkit project to create a cross platform (Windows/OSX/Linux) runtime which utilizes pdf, Flash/Flex, and Javascript/HTML. Here's a link to the first of a few questions about it in their FAQ. They don't mention Apple using their code though, I don't think.o perFAQ#What_HTML_and_JavaScript_Engine_is_used_wit hin_Adobe_AIR.3F
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Apollo:Devel
Not to say I disagree with you on your point, but you sure picked lousy examples.
Gateway has had all kinds of financial problems, the XBox is only still here because Microsoft is rich enough to allow it to hemorrhage money, and Opera makes a significant portion of its money from embedded systems of which I believe if it isn't first it's probably second.