"Looks like Safari might be the first Acid 3 browser to the market." Sorry, no. Midori passed the Acid 3 test, months ago. I did it myself, with default settings. (default settings are one of the requirements for a fair "win") I think that Aurora also passed, but I can't remember for certain. Somehow, I managed to delete the photobucket screeny that I made for Midori - but you should download it and test it yourself. No point in believing me, LOL
If we had waited on Washington D.C. to produce the automobile, we would STILL be looking at the Edsel as a premium automobile. It isn't the business of government to push new technology. Crazy world we live in.
That's nothing. Here in the US, we have precedent for the government to tell automakers where and how they may mount the engines in their cars. Remember the Corvair? And, THAT was hardly a monopoly!
"Contro Panel -> Programs and Features -> Windows Features -> find and untick IE. That's it." Sorry, but that is incorrect. The procedure you outline will ONLY remove the graphic user interface - the frontend - for IE. All of the bloated BACKEND remains. The only reliable way that I know of to remove IE from your machine, is to use a modified installation disk. With N-lite, the "core windows" can be removed completely.
The problem with your post is, the Americans DO NOT build a better product. The single American made browser that I know of, is inferior to ANY OTHER OFFERING OUT THERE. Firefox may be predominantly staffed by Americans - or not - but it is an international browser. People from EVERYWHERE contributed to it. I'm an American, but screw that fake American Pride shit.
The world cannot follow your example, and pretend that Microsoft hasn't used unfair leverage to put competition out of business. Microsoft INTENTIONALLY obstructs standards to prevent other browsers from working with such things as Microsoft Update, ActiveX, and others important functions. Microsoft needs to observe existing standards, and make their locked down features (like Acivex) work with other vendor's products. Forcing Microsoft to include a tutorial with their operating system about other operating systems might not be a bad idea, though. I'm glad you thought of it.:)
"The EC is demanding that Microsoft "redesign" its OS to allow equal competition of browsers on the desktop." Not at all. The EU is demanding that Microsoft UNDESIGN the protective schemes used to ensure that no other browser gets the exposure that IE does. Besides - forcing Microsoft to offer other browsers - by whatever means - will encourage Microsoft to FINALLY MAKE IE STANDARDS COMPLIANT!!
Simple solution, easily put in place. Somewhere early in the installation process, a screen pops up, ASKING "Which is your favorite web browser?" and several boxes appear. You check one or more of those boxes, and Windows prepares a script to run on first start. That script downloads all the browsers that YOU CHOSE to install, while the rest of those idiotic scripts run, introducing you to Windows. It has been demonstrated many times that IE is not essential to downloading anything from the internet. Telnet and FTP are the most obvious, of course, but even Notepad and Calculator can connect to the internet. Windows has multiple means to connect to www.mozilla.org downloads section, and any other site that harbors a browser. I can only say "DUHH" to all those who find any difficulty with Windows "bundling" other browsers.
To be honest, I've been toying with the same idea that AC has. As the next poster points out, IF I CREATE AN EXIT NODE on my own machine, I would be contributing as much to the onion, as I would be taking. Maybe more. Yeah, I know, I'm sticking my neck out, asking for flames and bad karma - but I have brass balls. Give me reasons why this is a good or a bad idea. Let me emphasize - IF I DID THIS, I would create an exit node. Obviously, if I weren't willing to give something back, I would be a real jackass for using tor to slow everyone else down.
After what? 25 years of practicing and beta testing, Microsoft has finally drawn up a white paper on a "secure browser" ?? WTF?!?!?! MS should just send the bastards responsible for Internet Explorer to school at Google, Opera, Firefox, Aurora, Konqueror, etc.......
Key word to Anonymous Coward's statement is "representative". If one carefully selects that "representative" pool of users, any desired statistic can be assured ahead of time. Figures never lie, but liars do figure. Statistics is the art of creating believable lies with numbers.
I know that there are at least three applications on Windows and Linux which will save online flash videos as an FLV file on your hard disk. Probably several more. All one needs is a link to the video. Flash need not be installed, or enabled, to watch a Youtube video.
Mindless. Bullshit. Mindless bullshit. Hmmm. There is something to that. Seems that more than 80% of the net is indeed mindless bullshit. youtube, myspace, myface, more than 90% of all the other "social network" crap. So, I can't help wondering - did you, or did you not creat yet more mindless bullshit? Chances are - - - - -
The problem is, today's presidents have more power than the constitution gave to them. Specifically, read the "war powers act". The constitution certainly gave the president no "war powers". Only Congress is supposed to have the power of war. The president's duty is to execute the war, after Congress declares it. The war powers act is a perfect example of what a bunch of idiot politicians can do when they start dicking with things they do not understand.
Believe everything in a book? No. But, how about the newspapers? In the days immediately after the World Trade Center collapsed - how many planes were in the skies, departing America? And, who was aboard that plane? The Bush and Saud families are indeed much to cozy, and questions beg to be asked.
"I want companies to provide the services above, and to do that securely and well." Did you say atrociously stupid? Perhaps you aren't up on current affairs? Check out Wall Street. Corporate America is unable to recognize worthless paper securities, let alone create a secure environment in which to keep data.
"A credit card has more security, better features, more fraud protection, and builds my credit. So, why use a check?" The credit card companies have brainwashed you quite well. Of course, this measure of success has been attained after what, 40 years of effort?
Ha! I just came from my mailer......... I let them know EXACTLY how I feel. And, maybe they will forward my email to the "ignorant buffoon" who served as the judge in the case, as well.;)
The "precious few" are doing little more than experimenting. You just don't seem to get it. There IS a monopoly. Dell, for instance, spent millions during the holiday season, advertising Vista enabled computers. How much did they spend advertising NO-OS and alternative operating systems. It IS a monopoly, the alternatives are buried deep beneath a mountain of Microsoft FUD. And, you still haven't found more than one offering for a popular brand of computers. You should look at a non-monopoly - a market that is completely open to any and all. Walk into your grocery market. Uhh, lemme think - I need cooking oil. There are many brands on the shelf. Wesson, Mazola, yada yada yad. What's more, I can choose to purchase lard - an animal byproduct, or I can choose peanut oil, corn oil, olive oil, canola oil - the list goes on and on. No monopoly HERE!! How about automobiles? Ford, Chevy, Chrysler - before we even consider any imports. In a monopoly, there is only one serious choice, with any potential alternatives hidden deeply beneath the monopolist's advertising budget. Having a monopoly doesn't mean that there is NO alternative. I challenged you to show me alternatives to MS operating systems on new computers, and you found ONE OEM offering such. Thank you.
Right. The whole point being, the market is still monopolized by Microsoft. There are a precious few OEM's who are basically exploring ways to make money off of NO-OS and alternative operating systems. I don't even ask for SUPPORT for the alternatives. Every single computer I own has been hand built at home, and I've done my own homework to install whichever alternative onto it. So, personally, I'm not hurting - but then, there are countless people who can't even turn a screwdriver, let alone figure out how to identify their exact make and model modem. While the monopoly has suffered a few setbacks - it still IS a monopoly.
Which major vendor? I saw two links to Dell. Compaq? I know Gateway is out of business, but did they ever offer anything besides Windows? What about the rest of the vendors on the market? WalMart is a pretty good indicator of the market - how many alternatives are there available from WalMart dot com? The point is, long long ago, Microsoft told OEM's that they could install MS operating systems on their machines, but ONLY if they signed EXCLUSIVE contracts. That was, indeed, an ironclad monopoly, for years. Today, that monopoly is slowly being pried open - but the choices still suck. Other than Dell, which hardware vendors are offering alternatives? You have won ONE point with your posts - ONLY ONE. Show me that I am wrong, and I may very well make a purchase.;)
Very good. That's ONE. You found a Linux system, at ONE of the major vendor's sites. Now, Compaq? Did you find a Solaris box? How about Digital Research? Surprise me, alright? Find me a few dozen distributions from various software vendors, with the same sort of support that those hardware vendors offer for Windows. (as an aside, I rather like Ubuntu, but prefer to run a more basic Debian - who offers that?)
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"Looks like Safari might be the first Acid 3 browser to the market." New screeny, freshly uploaded. Midori wins! http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc226/Runaway1956/?action=view¤t=Midori_Acid3.png
"Looks like Safari might be the first Acid 3 browser to the market." Sorry, no. Midori passed the Acid 3 test, months ago. I did it myself, with default settings. (default settings are one of the requirements for a fair "win") I think that Aurora also passed, but I can't remember for certain. Somehow, I managed to delete the photobucket screeny that I made for Midori - but you should download it and test it yourself. No point in believing me, LOL
If we had waited on Washington D.C. to produce the automobile, we would STILL be looking at the Edsel as a premium automobile. It isn't the business of government to push new technology. Crazy world we live in.
That's nothing. Here in the US, we have precedent for the government to tell automakers where and how they may mount the engines in their cars. Remember the Corvair? And, THAT was hardly a monopoly!
"Contro Panel -> Programs and Features -> Windows Features -> find and untick IE. That's it." Sorry, but that is incorrect. The procedure you outline will ONLY remove the graphic user interface - the frontend - for IE. All of the bloated BACKEND remains. The only reliable way that I know of to remove IE from your machine, is to use a modified installation disk. With N-lite, the "core windows" can be removed completely.
The problem with your post is, the Americans DO NOT build a better product. The single American made browser that I know of, is inferior to ANY OTHER OFFERING OUT THERE. Firefox may be predominantly staffed by Americans - or not - but it is an international browser. People from EVERYWHERE contributed to it. I'm an American, but screw that fake American Pride shit.
1. OF COURSE NOT 2. OF COURSE IT MEANS MORE WORK FOR EVERYONE 3. IE is competently designed - not to browse - but to stifle competition.
The world cannot follow your example, and pretend that Microsoft hasn't used unfair leverage to put competition out of business. Microsoft INTENTIONALLY obstructs standards to prevent other browsers from working with such things as Microsoft Update, ActiveX, and others important functions. Microsoft needs to observe existing standards, and make their locked down features (like Acivex) work with other vendor's products. Forcing Microsoft to include a tutorial with their operating system about other operating systems might not be a bad idea, though. I'm glad you thought of it. :)
"The EC is demanding that Microsoft "redesign" its OS to allow equal competition of browsers on the desktop." Not at all. The EU is demanding that Microsoft UNDESIGN the protective schemes used to ensure that no other browser gets the exposure that IE does. Besides - forcing Microsoft to offer other browsers - by whatever means - will encourage Microsoft to FINALLY MAKE IE STANDARDS COMPLIANT!!
Simple solution, easily put in place. Somewhere early in the installation process, a screen pops up, ASKING "Which is your favorite web browser?" and several boxes appear. You check one or more of those boxes, and Windows prepares a script to run on first start. That script downloads all the browsers that YOU CHOSE to install, while the rest of those idiotic scripts run, introducing you to Windows. It has been demonstrated many times that IE is not essential to downloading anything from the internet. Telnet and FTP are the most obvious, of course, but even Notepad and Calculator can connect to the internet. Windows has multiple means to connect to www.mozilla.org downloads section, and any other site that harbors a browser. I can only say "DUHH" to all those who find any difficulty with Windows "bundling" other browsers.
To be honest, I've been toying with the same idea that AC has. As the next poster points out, IF I CREATE AN EXIT NODE on my own machine, I would be contributing as much to the onion, as I would be taking. Maybe more. Yeah, I know, I'm sticking my neck out, asking for flames and bad karma - but I have brass balls. Give me reasons why this is a good or a bad idea. Let me emphasize - IF I DID THIS, I would create an exit node. Obviously, if I weren't willing to give something back, I would be a real jackass for using tor to slow everyone else down.
http://creativefreedom.org.nz/blackout-homepage.html Check that page out, follow the links. Maybe Ireland can start a similar movement.
After what? 25 years of practicing and beta testing, Microsoft has finally drawn up a white paper on a "secure browser" ?? WTF?!?!?! MS should just send the bastards responsible for Internet Explorer to school at Google, Opera, Firefox, Aurora, Konqueror, etc.......
Key word to Anonymous Coward's statement is "representative". If one carefully selects that "representative" pool of users, any desired statistic can be assured ahead of time. Figures never lie, but liars do figure. Statistics is the art of creating believable lies with numbers.
I know that there are at least three applications on Windows and Linux which will save online flash videos as an FLV file on your hard disk. Probably several more. All one needs is a link to the video. Flash need not be installed, or enabled, to watch a Youtube video.
Mindless. Bullshit. Mindless bullshit. Hmmm. There is something to that. Seems that more than 80% of the net is indeed mindless bullshit. youtube, myspace, myface, more than 90% of all the other "social network" crap. So, I can't help wondering - did you, or did you not creat yet more mindless bullshit? Chances are - - - - -
The problem is, today's presidents have more power than the constitution gave to them. Specifically, read the "war powers act". The constitution certainly gave the president no "war powers". Only Congress is supposed to have the power of war. The president's duty is to execute the war, after Congress declares it. The war powers act is a perfect example of what a bunch of idiot politicians can do when they start dicking with things they do not understand.
Believe everything in a book? No. But, how about the newspapers? In the days immediately after the World Trade Center collapsed - how many planes were in the skies, departing America? And, who was aboard that plane? The Bush and Saud families are indeed much to cozy, and questions beg to be asked.
"I want companies to provide the services above, and to do that securely and well." Did you say atrociously stupid? Perhaps you aren't up on current affairs? Check out Wall Street. Corporate America is unable to recognize worthless paper securities, let alone create a secure environment in which to keep data.
"A credit card has more security, better features, more fraud protection, and builds my credit. So, why use a check?" The credit card companies have brainwashed you quite well. Of course, this measure of success has been attained after what, 40 years of effort?
Ha! I just came from my mailer......... I let them know EXACTLY how I feel. And, maybe they will forward my email to the "ignorant buffoon" who served as the judge in the case, as well. ;)
The "precious few" are doing little more than experimenting. You just don't seem to get it. There IS a monopoly. Dell, for instance, spent millions during the holiday season, advertising Vista enabled computers. How much did they spend advertising NO-OS and alternative operating systems. It IS a monopoly, the alternatives are buried deep beneath a mountain of Microsoft FUD. And, you still haven't found more than one offering for a popular brand of computers. You should look at a non-monopoly - a market that is completely open to any and all. Walk into your grocery market. Uhh, lemme think - I need cooking oil. There are many brands on the shelf. Wesson, Mazola, yada yada yad. What's more, I can choose to purchase lard - an animal byproduct, or I can choose peanut oil, corn oil, olive oil, canola oil - the list goes on and on. No monopoly HERE!! How about automobiles? Ford, Chevy, Chrysler - before we even consider any imports. In a monopoly, there is only one serious choice, with any potential alternatives hidden deeply beneath the monopolist's advertising budget. Having a monopoly doesn't mean that there is NO alternative. I challenged you to show me alternatives to MS operating systems on new computers, and you found ONE OEM offering such. Thank you.
Right. The whole point being, the market is still monopolized by Microsoft. There are a precious few OEM's who are basically exploring ways to make money off of NO-OS and alternative operating systems. I don't even ask for SUPPORT for the alternatives. Every single computer I own has been hand built at home, and I've done my own homework to install whichever alternative onto it. So, personally, I'm not hurting - but then, there are countless people who can't even turn a screwdriver, let alone figure out how to identify their exact make and model modem. While the monopoly has suffered a few setbacks - it still IS a monopoly.
Which major vendor? I saw two links to Dell. Compaq? I know Gateway is out of business, but did they ever offer anything besides Windows? What about the rest of the vendors on the market? WalMart is a pretty good indicator of the market - how many alternatives are there available from WalMart dot com? The point is, long long ago, Microsoft told OEM's that they could install MS operating systems on their machines, but ONLY if they signed EXCLUSIVE contracts. That was, indeed, an ironclad monopoly, for years. Today, that monopoly is slowly being pried open - but the choices still suck. Other than Dell, which hardware vendors are offering alternatives? You have won ONE point with your posts - ONLY ONE. Show me that I am wrong, and I may very well make a purchase. ;)
Very good. That's ONE. You found a Linux system, at ONE of the major vendor's sites. Now, Compaq? Did you find a Solaris box? How about Digital Research? Surprise me, alright? Find me a few dozen distributions from various software vendors, with the same sort of support that those hardware vendors offer for Windows. (as an aside, I rather like Ubuntu, but prefer to run a more basic Debian - who offers that?)