Say what you will about people bashing on Microsoft, but this was not an "honest mistake." It was by design, and all Firefox extensions installed this way behave the same way.
Ah, but just because both store some kind of data, doesn't mean they're both equal. I guarantee you there's a standard somewhere in some help file.
I applaud the coders behind the Firefox build for trying to do everything they can to get something to work, but it's still Firefox's fault for looking for information in a non-standard place, just as it is Internet Explorer's fault for looking for "conditional" CSS.
I know it's just my own personal experience, but I've *never* told anyone to "google" something in order to get help. At the very most (if someone looks like they're honestly trying to find a solution), I'll direct someone to ubuntuforums.org (the official forum), but that's it.
But you're perfectly right -- if it's not in the help file, that's the fault of the programmer/team who made the help file. It's all up to whoever's coding Firefox for Ubuntu.
However, I still think that the problem you're describing is Firefox's fault -- obviously the build for Ubuntu isn't using the recommended place to set its DPI, and is using something non-standard.
Just to clarify my position for anyone trying to mod me down -- by "someone," I mean the programmer who created the problem that's forcing you to use the terminal, not the user.
It's not about speed -- it's about ease of use for the average computer user. Yes, the first way is faster, but most users operate largely with a mouse.
Please tell me that you're not making a judgement call about whether or not a terminal is needed based upon "the first Google result." There's a lot better sources of information than that, I'm sure.:\
And I'm glad you found the solution that didn't involve a terminal to fix the problem -- Firefox's problem is Firefox's problem, however, don't blame Ubuntu.
"Therefore, this article will not tell you to compile anything from source code, and no sentence begins with 'bring up the terminal' or any other UNIX techno-babble."
Thank you. There is no reason to bring up the terminal today on a modern Ubuntu installation. If there is, someone isn't doing their job right.
Aye, the download had a very slow speed for me, too -- I had to use DownThemAll for Firefox (very cool extension) to get it in a reasonable amount of time (about an hour).
Compared to some braindead online personalities I know, he probably had his address listed somewhere in his online profile. If not on Twitter, then on his completely open and public Facebook account.
I hope I played some _small_ part of that -- I've been repeating the mantra of "allow for top level domains" in NoScript for a while now. It's works so simple when you set it like that, I wonder why it's not set that way by default.
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Say what you will about people bashing on Microsoft, but this was not an "honest mistake." It was by design, and all Firefox extensions installed this way behave the same way.
Why don't they levy an additional tax on retail sales and call it the "shoplifter arrest and incarceration tax".
DO NOT GIVE THEM IDEAS.
Just NoScript for me, thanks. Give me that on Chrome (or Opera!) and I'll start using them more.
However, I have a feeling NoScript's not going to be liked by Google...
(Our original name was 25 characters and we got down to 7)
Aarrggh?
Ah, but just because both store some kind of data, doesn't mean they're both equal. I guarantee you there's a standard somewhere in some help file.
I applaud the coders behind the Firefox build for trying to do everything they can to get something to work, but it's still Firefox's fault for looking for information in a non-standard place, just as it is Internet Explorer's fault for looking for "conditional" CSS.
I know it's just my own personal experience, but I've *never* told anyone to "google" something in order to get help. At the very most (if someone looks like they're honestly trying to find a solution), I'll direct someone to ubuntuforums.org (the official forum), but that's it.
But you're perfectly right -- if it's not in the help file, that's the fault of the programmer/team who made the help file. It's all up to whoever's coding Firefox for Ubuntu.
However, I still think that the problem you're describing is Firefox's fault -- obviously the build for Ubuntu isn't using the recommended place to set its DPI, and is using something non-standard.
Just to clarify my position for anyone trying to mod me down -- by "someone," I mean the programmer who created the problem that's forcing you to use the terminal, not the user.
And most computers users will never need to program, compile, or debug, which is the group I'm talking about. ;)
It's not about speed -- it's about ease of use for the average computer user. Yes, the first way is faster, but most users operate largely with a mouse.
Please tell me that you're not making a judgement call about whether or not a terminal is needed based upon "the first Google result." There's a lot better sources of information than that, I'm sure. :\
And I'm glad you found the solution that didn't involve a terminal to fix the problem -- Firefox's problem is Firefox's problem, however, don't blame Ubuntu.
Like you said, just buy a console. You can use keyboards and mice on XBox360's, I'm pretty sure.
He can tell when it boots in 5 seconds vs. 1.5 minutes, yes.
I'm sorry, I never knew septic tanks could actually work correctly like that, and wouldn't just back up sewage into your house/yard.
Amazing what they can do when you take care of them. >_
What I'm wondering is if anyone has proposed such a thing, perhaps with one of those Japanese ion drives?
Funny, I had always just assumed that movie was in an alternate timeline... >_
"Therefore, this article will not tell you to compile anything from source code, and no sentence begins with 'bring up the terminal' or any other UNIX techno-babble."
Thank you. There is no reason to bring up the terminal today on a modern Ubuntu installation. If there is, someone isn't doing their job right.
Aye, the download had a very slow speed for me, too -- I had to use DownThemAll for Firefox (very cool extension) to get it in a reasonable amount of time (about an hour).
...that even though it wasn't consistent, there was actually a effort to make certain of the sudden "space action" scenes silent.
I'm sorry -- people need a reason to complain on the internet?
Are you new here? :P
Give me Noscript and I'll join up. Otherwise no deal.
I'm sure that's what they want to scan all of our emails for. Certainly.
Well, you see, most US Government reports (and presumably the reports of those funded by them) sum up their opinions of Cuba pretty much like this:
CUBA BAD
And that's about as far as they go with their critical examination.
Compared to some braindead online personalities I know, he probably had his address listed somewhere in his online profile. If not on Twitter, then on his completely open and public Facebook account.
Some people just don't get it.
GPU's have recently become massively parallel -- not as much need to go too fast in overall clock speed.
I hope I played some _small_ part of that -- I've been repeating the mantra of "allow for top level domains" in NoScript for a while now. It's works so simple when you set it like that, I wonder why it's not set that way by default.