People reformat yearly because they're idiots - I havn't had to reformat my older gaming PC for 5 years because I don't leave running a ton of shit on it. Most apps will uninstall cleanly, if they don't it's rather easy to run a search in the registry or use a tool like CrapCleaner.
Then again those problems don't affect a Boost install on the/usr of a Linux box, unless your favorite command is 'find'.
I don't rely on the package manager if I want the latest version anymore.
What do you mean by "don't rely on the package manager"? Do you install software that are not in.deb packages? That would be a terrible way to administer a system and hope it keeps consistent.
It's as consistent as my Windows box is, so it's really not a big deal. It's not like I'm admining an important machine, it's just my own PC.
And if for any reason you do need a package that is not in the normal repositories nor in backports, please make a.deb from it. There are tools for that.
I didn't know (or care) about the tools to make.deb packages, to be honest.
At any rate, whenever I installed the latest Boost libraries on my system, it wasn't a big deal to deposit the source files at the right place in/usr.
If you think Ubuntu has the latest and greatest packages, maybe you should try it once.
Most of the packages are outdated and I don't rely on the package manager if I want the latest version anymore.
You missed part of my post. Please read it before replying:)
Therefore the interface should be how HE wants it to be. Of course there are some assumptions you can make about what a user likes or doesn't,
In this case, that means the assumption that having the address bar vertically on the left side of the screen is going to be hated by the majority of users.
Maybe *your* reading is lacking propriety, since you've clearly missed one of the most important points of the whole thing.
Or maybe your reading just sucks, because I'm clearly disagreeing with the way they have it regardless of whether it makes sense or not.
It's hard to reply to your comment when half the stuff you say is due to lack of proper reading or simply doesn't have anything to do with what I said, but it'll give it a shot anyway.
If you had bothered to read the comic (or anything else about the reasons for each of the features in Chrome, really), you'd know that the tab is the primary piece of the user interface in Chrome. It was designed in a way to make sure each tab's content doesn't interfere with the other tabs, even to the point of preventing that a crashing tab from crashing the entire browser. Each tab has its own independent process.
Thanks for telling me what I already knew. P.S.: I read the comic, stop assuming stuff when you clearly have no idea.
It wouldn't make any sense whatsoever to have the address bar above the tabs in Chrome.
I never said it made sense. Try reading my comments.
It would be just as nonsensical as having the address bar inside the tabs in FF or IE, where all tabs are simply threads running under the same process.
It might not make "sense" from a coding point of view, however that means nothing from the users' perspective.
Besides, it's only a "matter of personal opinion" because that's how you're used to seeing it.
Wrong, *sigh*, again. It's a matter of personal opinion because it IS. Who's going to be using the program? Oh wait, the user. Therefore the interface should be how HE wants it to be. Of course there are some assumptions you can make about what a user likes or doesn't, but it's safe to assume that some people are going to want things the way they've had it for years because they simply like it better that way, regardless of whether it makes "sense" or not.
If Chrome were the first tab-oriented browser you had ever used, you wouldn't be complaning, because you wouldn't have anything to compare it to. Heck, you'd probably be praising it: "Nice, I don't have to open another browser window to open another webpage, this is cool!".
You mean the exact same thing I said when I opened firefox? This has nothing to do with the address bar.:)
If Chrome really takes off and becomes widely used, I bet in about one or two years people will start asking themselves why the bar is *above* the tabs on all the other browsers.
Yes, and if somebody releases a program that runs all tabs under a single process, they won't give a shit if the address bar is kept under the tabs, because they'll be used to it and will _prefer_ it to be that way, just like some people _prefer_ having the address bar above the tabs in Firefox (and might want it to be the same in Chrome).
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So you mean giving it permission, right? Thought so.
So you mean it was not free software, but rather software that was free? Got it.
P.S.: We knew that. Nobody's gonna append (Free as in beer) or (Free as in freedom) whenever they talk about something being free.
Because maybe it's not the best choice?
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People reformat yearly because they're idiots - I havn't had to reformat my older gaming PC for 5 years because I don't leave running a ton of shit on it. Most apps will uninstall cleanly, if they don't it's rather easy to run a search in the registry or use a tool like CrapCleaner.
/usr of a Linux box, unless your favorite command is 'find'.
Then again those problems don't affect a Boost install on the
What do you mean by "don't rely on the package manager"? Do you install software that are not in .deb packages? That would be a terrible way to administer a system and hope it keeps consistent.
It's as consistent as my Windows box is, so it's really not a big deal. It's not like I'm admining an important machine, it's just my own PC.
And if for any reason you do need a package that is not in the normal repositories nor in backports, please make a .deb from it. There are tools for that.
I didn't know (or care) about the tools to make .deb packages, to be honest.
/usr.
At any rate, whenever I installed the latest Boost libraries on my system, it wasn't a big deal to deposit the source files at the right place in
If you think Ubuntu has the latest and greatest packages, maybe you should try it once. Most of the packages are outdated and I don't rely on the package manager if I want the latest version anymore.
Nope, I very much prefer "Badass Gene found!"
We went from NT to XP, skipping 2000, and we're gonna go from XP to 7, skipping Vista.
Servers have also done the same jump, from NT to 2003 and from 2003 to Win 7 Server edition.
We do make money out of it, though, unlike Maine.
It is worth bearing in mind that Linux is not an operating system.
Context, my friend.
When I say, "bear with me a moment",
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! *Runs off*
That doesn't mean you're forced to use it.
Funny, I can't even break that one and I'm human.
Why would you return 1?
GNU/Cloud computing, god freaking damnit!
I agree with this. I get something like 1 spam mail every month.
Contrary to good studies, early exposure to porn did nothing to me.
Has anybody noticed that the summary is basically repeated twice?
I wonder if anybody noticed the summary was repeated twice.
Format D: ? Y/N
Y.
Oops, guess that was the wrong one.
Who says he's lazy? I don't see a mention anywhere in his post that he doesn't work at all.
Your username is very fitting.
Whoosh.
They don't care about your money. They'd rather get 90%+ of the gamer market instead, and that's Windows.
Therefore the interface should be how HE wants it to be. Of course there are some assumptions you can make about what a user likes or doesn't,
In this case, that means the assumption that having the address bar vertically on the left side of the screen is going to be hated by the majority of users.
Maybe *your* reading is lacking propriety, since you've clearly missed one of the most important points of the whole thing.
Or maybe your reading just sucks, because I'm clearly disagreeing with the way they have it regardless of whether it makes sense or not.
If you had bothered to read the comic (or anything else about the reasons for each of the features in Chrome, really), you'd know that the tab is the primary piece of the user interface in Chrome. It was designed in a way to make sure each tab's content doesn't interfere with the other tabs, even to the point of preventing that a crashing tab from crashing the entire browser. Each tab has its own independent process.
Thanks for telling me what I already knew. P.S.: I read the comic, stop assuming stuff when you clearly have no idea.
It wouldn't make any sense whatsoever to have the address bar above the tabs in Chrome.
I never said it made sense. Try reading my comments.
It would be just as nonsensical as having the address bar inside the tabs in FF or IE, where all tabs are simply threads running under the same process.
It might not make "sense" from a coding point of view, however that means nothing from the users' perspective.
Besides, it's only a "matter of personal opinion" because that's how you're used to seeing it.
Wrong, *sigh*, again. It's a matter of personal opinion because it IS. Who's going to be using the program? Oh wait, the user. Therefore the interface should be how HE wants it to be. Of course there are some assumptions you can make about what a user likes or doesn't, but it's safe to assume that some people are going to want things the way they've had it for years because they simply like it better that way, regardless of whether it makes "sense" or not.
If Chrome were the first tab-oriented browser you had ever used, you wouldn't be complaning, because you wouldn't have anything to compare it to. Heck, you'd probably be praising it: "Nice, I don't have to open another browser window to open another webpage, this is cool!".
You mean the exact same thing I said when I opened firefox? This has nothing to do with the address bar. :)
If Chrome really takes off and becomes widely used, I bet in about one or two years people will start asking themselves why the bar is *above* the tabs on all the other browsers.
Yes, and if somebody releases a program that runs all tabs under a single process, they won't give a shit if the address bar is kept under the tabs, because they'll be used to it and will _prefer_ it to be that way, just like some people _prefer_ having the address bar above the tabs in Firefox (and might want it to be the same in Chrome).
I have it set to my speed dial on Firefox.