While there has obviously been a great contribution by Xerox PARC in the field, methinks Nielsen included it in every decade more to make a point than because they really deserved it. What have they done in the past five years anyway? The past ten? Not all that much that I can see. Their list of accomplishments reads like high-tech-marketing-mumbo-jumbo, and makes some pretty far-reaching claims (object-oriented programming)?
Nielsen's piece is more important to read because of its (rightful) insistence on HCI as something which is rarely considered when it should be.
They certainly don't look like Yagi antennas. But even then, wouldn't dishes be better for this sort of thing? I just can't imagine how a Pringles can can radiate power like that without reflecting a lot of it back.
But hey, it's a quarter wavelength. I guess anything's possible. If you'll excuse me I'll go and attach an N connector to that birdcage now.
1) You have to be reading your email as root (unless of course you're stupid enough to have some other user write access to/bin files)
2) You have to download, chmod +x and run a binary program from an email, presumably one that doesn't come from someone you know
3) You have to be stupid enough not to notice that/bin/ls was changed seconds after executing said binary
Am I the only one who thinks web appliances are too expensive, too cumbersome and too useless to do anything, even at this point in time? Maybe one day they might be useful, if they're cheap enough and have some actual use to them, but I don't see why I should spend $500 to connect my toaster to the WWW.
"Hate to say it but the Mozilla project has had their chance. In 2,5 year they didn't produce anything that is better than codebase they started with.
They fell in the typical 'committee' trap, where a committee decides what goes into a product. These are usually personal projects of the committee members which haven't a lot to do with the project at hand. But they put them in the project anyway. User wishes are not found interesting.
Well, we now have the result. After 2,5 of dabbling, Mozilla - overall - still hasn't risen above the Netscape 4.x level. Everything that has been improved has been compensated, unfortunately, by the bloatedness, instability, memory hunger, static look and feel, etc."
You should write for MozillaQuest. Personal anecdotes, speculation, unchecked hypotheses, uninformed judgements and gross generalizations. You're perfect for them!
"Why is it that when a Linux group does it, it's the responsiblity of a single person who is quickly singled out, but when the group from Redmond does it, suddenly it's the entire corporation that is to blame?"
Maybe because Linus isn't funding corporate lobby groups?
I'm sorry, but aren't the versions of the browsers used somehow important to the story? Was it Mozilla 0.9, or 0.9.2? Netscape 4.08 or Netscape 4.7, or Netscape 6? Hard to tell what these tests mean, especially if not the latest versions of each browser are being used.
"Anyone else think these figures look a little inflated?"
Depends. He said it was a 360kB page (supposedly a story with comments, not the homepage). So pick a page with a similar size and see what you come up with.
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An entire article on Netscape 6.1, including references to bugfixing and other elements related to its creation, and the word "Mozilla" doesn't appear ANYWHERE in the article.
BTW: Most of the past nine months' work has been fixing bugs and improving performance and stability, according to sources close to Netscape.
Is it just me, or can any idiot just look at MozillaZine and figure this out for himself?
Am I the only one who couldn't find among the nominees a single site which didn't exist anymore? Can anyone give examples?
Also, they list/. as "Slashdot.com". You'd think handing out awards for websites they would use the more "proper" Slashdot address.
By the way, it took me a minute and a half to locate the list of nominees. Unacceptable for a site which is supposed to know something about web design.
"Translation: they like the fact that the DMCA and a public Whois allows them to take the law into their own hands and harass people without going through the courts."
Oh they still go to court. They just don't like the feeling of bringing a lawsuit against fifteen John Does.
If it's already been ruled that any pirated songs on Napster are Napster's fault, then it doesn't seem surprising that 100% compliance should be expected. The argument everyone's putting forth is that they shouldn't be resposible for the "small number" of people getting through, but the thing is - they are responsible as far as the law is concerned.
99% compliance for parole conditions is still non-compliance, 99% payment of taxes paid still leaves unpaid taxes. Napster shouldn't have to remove every copyrighted file from its network, but if it's been found responsible for every file, then it should be responsible for removing every file from its network. Everyone's problem is with giving Napster responsibility, not ensuring 100% compliance with the law.
"I never did understand the appeal of online radio."
"Online" is a buzzword. Since it's cool to have an online radio station, everyone is doing it. There are more practical reasons, but just like digital radio, the big push is the fact that it's new technology.
1. Get rich investors to give you millions
2. Come up with way to lose lots of money online
3. Give yourself a HUGE salary
4. Lose all investors' money, close up shop blaming market conditions
5. Restart from 1.
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Just what impact has Jakob Nielsen had on Google's interface?
Nielsen's piece is more important to read because of its (rightful) insistence on HCI as something which is rarely considered when it should be.
How much bandwidth does /. save?
- 0
- 1/2
- 1/4
- 2/3
- 98467/98468
- CowboyNeal/CmdrTaco
But hey, it's a quarter wavelength. I guess anything's possible. If you'll excuse me I'll go and attach an N connector to that birdcage now.
wine /c/windows/sol.exe
It was actually alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die, or its alternative alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die.
1) You have to be reading your email as root (unless of course you're stupid enough to have some other user write access to /bin files)
/bin/ls was changed seconds after executing said binary
2) You have to download, chmod +x and run a binary program from an email, presumably one that doesn't come from someone you know
3) You have to be stupid enough not to notice that
...
Can anyone say "stupid man's trojan"?
Wouldn't it be very difficult to block every web-based email provider in the world?
Am I the only one who thinks web appliances are too expensive, too cumbersome and too useless to do anything, even at this point in time? Maybe one day they might be useful, if they're cheap enough and have some actual use to them, but I don't see why I should spend $500 to connect my toaster to the WWW.
They fell in the typical 'committee' trap, where a committee decides what goes into a product. These are usually personal projects of the committee members which haven't a lot to do with the project at hand. But they put them in the project anyway. User wishes are not found interesting.
Well, we now have the result. After 2,5 of dabbling, Mozilla - overall - still hasn't risen above the Netscape 4.x level. Everything that has been improved has been compensated, unfortunately, by the bloatedness, instability, memory hunger, static look and feel, etc."
You should write for MozillaQuest. Personal anecdotes, speculation, unchecked hypotheses, uninformed judgements and gross generalizations. You're perfect for them!
Maybe because Linus isn't funding corporate lobby groups?
I'm sorry, but aren't the versions of the browsers used somehow important to the story? Was it Mozilla 0.9, or 0.9.2? Netscape 4.08 or Netscape 4.7, or Netscape 6? Hard to tell what these tests mean, especially if not the latest versions of each browser are being used.
Depends. He said it was a 360kB page (supposedly a story with comments, not the homepage). So pick a page with a similar size and see what you come up with.
Gee, I wonder what caused this to be added to the features list?
I see IBM still hasn't mastered the spell checker
BTW: Most of the past nine months' work has been fixing bugs and improving performance and stability, according to sources close to Netscape.
Is it just me, or can any idiot just look at MozillaZine and figure this out for himself?
Am I the only one who couldn't find among the nominees a single site which didn't exist anymore? Can anyone give examples?
/. as "Slashdot.com". You'd think handing out awards for websites they would use the more "proper" Slashdot address.
Also, they list
By the way, it took me a minute and a half to locate the list of nominees. Unacceptable for a site which is supposed to know something about web design.
Oh they still go to court. They just don't like the feeling of bringing a lawsuit against fifteen John Does.
Doesn't that make you feel all warm inside?
They didn't per chance say this because they found 46 chromosomes in a human instead of 23 did they?
99% compliance for parole conditions is still non-compliance, 99% payment of taxes paid still leaves unpaid taxes. Napster shouldn't have to remove every copyrighted file from its network, but if it's been found responsible for every file, then it should be responsible for removing every file from its network. Everyone's problem is with giving Napster responsibility, not ensuring 100% compliance with the law.
"Online" is a buzzword. Since it's cool to have an online radio station, everyone is doing it. There are more practical reasons, but just like digital radio, the big push is the fact that it's new technology.
1. Get rich investors to give you millions
2. Come up with way to lose lots of money online
3. Give yourself a HUGE salary
4. Lose all investors' money, close up shop blaming market conditions
5. Restart from 1.
As much as I agree that cutting spammers off upstream is a bad idea, but isn't shutting down a website that lists you ALSO cutting off free speech?
Has an article on 0.9.2 with comments.