I closed my account before coming to Slashdot and then I found this article and this post. Perfect timing.
I know that not everybody can do it --for different reasons. But I could do it and thought it was the right thing to do. I told them why I was closing my account. I hope many people do the same too. I also hope that the names of those who buckled under the pressure of the US Govt. are well exposed in the media, as well as their cowardice, so the public becomes aware of who they are dealing with.
"there are cameras strategically positioned that record your every move"
That's what Vendetta masks, hats and cloaks are for. Other masks, hats and ponchos work too, but a theater full of people dressed in Guy Fawkes costumes would be awesome.
My pleasure. I feel your pain. I don't understand why you were modded flamebait. I suffered exactly what you are (justly) complaining about. As I said in my previous post, Fx developers (at least some of them) are aware of the lag/pauses problem and there's at least one bug about that. It's a real problem. Not everybody seems to suffer from it, but it's real. As usual, Fx developers and ultra-fans blame it on the user (dirty profile, lots of and/or bad extensions, old hardware, 3rd party apps, etc). Those factors may account for some lagginess, but people with clean, fresh installations of Fx in out-of-the-box OSes have experienced lags. There seem to be underlying problems with garbage collection, cycle collection, useless recursion and generalized unnecessary repetition of tasks. If someone is interested, take a dive in Mozilla's bugzilla. I hope the issue is fixed in Fx 4.
This should have remained an unknown unknown by the world and the Chinese authorities. Now it's become a known known for them. Or something like that. My head hurts. Good bye, free access through Kindle. We barely knew ye.
I had a similar problem with XP. The "Sent To" menu was quite slow, and it was quite annoying when I hovered over it when trying to point to some other option. But I digress. When I switched antivirus, the problem was gone.
I think I had the same problem with Fx. There's, at least, one bugzilla bug report regarding Fx's pauses, lags, jerkiness. Mozila folks are aware of the issue and they claim to be working on it. I haven't tried Fx 4, but I use Pale Moon plus some anti-lag tweaks I found on the web and now the lags while filling forms, etc. seem gone.
Agree. Also, I think that, apart from the IE6-custom application lock, IE6 numbers are so big thanks to the pervasive piracy of XP in China and other places. People use pirate XP, so they use IE6 (many can't/won't care to update) -> local developers design webs for IE6 -> vicious circle. IE6 rules in China. Its numbers are declining now that Windows 7 hit the (pirate) markets, and, consequently, IE8 is rising there. It'll still take some time before IE8/9 outstrip IE6 in China.
Well, there are lies, damn lies and browser statistics:)
There's obviously something wrong when NetStats says that global IE usage is around 60% and Fx around 23%, and then StatCounter says IE is around 50% globally with Fx around 31%. Some other browser-o-meters also show differing figures. I admit the specific statistics for a country may be unreliable or totally wrong, but the global up/down trend seems to hold up for both NetStats and StatCounter: IE descending, Fx stable/slightly descending, Chrome skyrocketing, Safari slightly ascending, Opera stable/slightly descending.
Oh, yeah, that's the other argument: Lots of differences under the hood, Direct whatever not available for XP... Yes, 7 is better, but that doesn't change the fact that XP was/is good enough (I know, I know) for most users.
Some of those features not available for XP could have been ported to XP if MS really wanted to. But MS wants to sell new OS licenses.
Obligatory car analogy: Vista & 7 are like brand new models of cars with ESP, Super-Mega-ABS, 12 airbags, GPS, iPod dock... while XP is like a humble, but still perfectly-functioning sedan with ABS, 2 airbags and a CD player. The ESP, Super-Mega-ABS and 12 airbags are very nice, sure, but the humble sedan still does the job for most people, and the economy is not ripe for unnecessary expenses. When the sedan breaks beyond repair, people will buy the new model.
The ballot screen provided a few extra downloads for the other browsers, but didn't change much, if at all. Early reports were encouraging for IE competitors, but it turned out that the balance didn't tip as much as some had anticipated. Note that, when faced with the ballot screen, many people dismissed it/chose IE, because they only knew about the big "e". Europe as a whole doesn't like IE much, but the trend was already rolling before the ballot was in place. Did it help? Just a tad.
According to StatCounter, IE still rules in Europe, but only by ~1%.
I'd add that I don't see the "decade-old" argument as valid. XP is old, yes, but it's quite good in its last incarnations, SP2 & SP3. The only reason I'm using 7 right now is because my old motherboard broke and there were no replacements/a replacement would be awfully expensive, so --> new computer. 7 is good, but so was XP. Now, some may say that I grew accustomed to XP and that's why I don't value 7. To those I say, well, I grew "accustomed" to Me too, but my cyber-life took a turn for the better as soon as I could ditch it. Now that I ditched XP, my cyber-life hasn't improved much. I'd say it stays about the same but with Aero Glass (tm) graphics. And yes, I do know that things have changed under the hood too, but the whole XP-to-7 experience feels meh. I'm not complaining, though, because the experience could have been awful, like many people's (with exceptions) XP-to-Vista.
tl;dr: 7 is good. XP is old, but good, too. I understand why people don't upgrade until their computers broke/software won't run anymore.
I see your Germany and I throw in a Phillipines, where Firefox is also dying BTW, and top it with some Mongolia, Malaysia, Myanmar and, the final blow, Indonesia. IE is doing extremely well in Taiwan, China and South Korea, though. I noticed that IE is doing quite well in all the "Anglo-Saxon" countries (UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
I read a bit about libel when I got interested in the Simon Singh case and libel tourism. Apparently, even if what you say is the truth, a fact, it doesn't matter (much) if what you said about somebody/some company somehow damaged the image of the company.
An extreme example: A company makes toys laden with lead. You publish an article explaining all the facts. Company sues you for libel. "But I said is the truth. You can check it!" Doesn't matter in England. You damaged the image of the company. Now, pay billions of pounds.
Thanks to Simon's case -and a few recent others- things are a-changin' in regard to libel laws. Good riddance!
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I closed my account before coming to Slashdot and then I found this article and this post. Perfect timing. I know that not everybody can do it --for different reasons. But I could do it and thought it was the right thing to do. I told them why I was closing my account. I hope many people do the same too. I also hope that the names of those who buckled under the pressure of the US Govt. are well exposed in the media, as well as their cowardice, so the public becomes aware of who they are dealing with.
The USA can do no wrong. Never. Don't you know that?
“If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” --Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google Inc.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/130549-next-step-for-body-scanners-could-be-trains-boats-and-the-metro-
"there are cameras strategically positioned that record your every move"
That's what Vendetta masks, hats and cloaks are for. Other masks, hats and ponchos work too, but a theater full of people dressed in Guy Fawkes costumes would be awesome.
The cake is a lie.
Sorry, I couldn't resit.
I, for one, welcome our new miniature liver overlords.
My pleasure. I feel your pain. I don't understand why you were modded flamebait. I suffered exactly what you are (justly) complaining about. As I said in my previous post, Fx developers (at least some of them) are aware of the lag/pauses problem and there's at least one bug about that. It's a real problem. Not everybody seems to suffer from it, but it's real. As usual, Fx developers and ultra-fans blame it on the user (dirty profile, lots of and/or bad extensions, old hardware, 3rd party apps, etc). Those factors may account for some lagginess, but people with clean, fresh installations of Fx in out-of-the-box OSes have experienced lags. There seem to be underlying problems with garbage collection, cycle collection, useless recursion and generalized unnecessary repetition of tasks. If someone is interested, take a dive in Mozilla's bugzilla. I hope the issue is fixed in Fx 4.
This should have remained an unknown unknown by the world and the Chinese authorities. Now it's become a known known for them. Or something like that. My head hurts. Good bye, free access through Kindle. We barely knew ye.
The best move is to not do war.
It's a spork.
I had a similar problem with XP. The "Sent To" menu was quite slow, and it was quite annoying when I hovered over it when trying to point to some other option. But I digress. When I switched antivirus, the problem was gone.
I think I had the same problem with Fx. There's, at least, one bugzilla bug report regarding Fx's pauses, lags, jerkiness. Mozila folks are aware of the issue and they claim to be working on it. I haven't tried Fx 4, but I use Pale Moon plus some anti-lag tweaks I found on the web and now the lags while filling forms, etc. seem gone.
Agree. Also, I think that, apart from the IE6-custom application lock, IE6 numbers are so big thanks to the pervasive piracy of XP in China and other places. People use pirate XP, so they use IE6 (many can't/won't care to update) -> local developers design webs for IE6 -> vicious circle. IE6 rules in China. Its numbers are declining now that Windows 7 hit the (pirate) markets, and, consequently, IE8 is rising there. It'll still take some time before IE8/9 outstrip IE6 in China.
Chrome and Firefox are working on hardware acceleration.
Well, there are lies, damn lies and browser statistics :)
There's obviously something wrong when NetStats says that global IE usage is around 60% and Fx around 23%, and then StatCounter says IE is around 50% globally with Fx around 31%. Some other browser-o-meters also show differing figures. I admit the specific statistics for a country may be unreliable or totally wrong, but the global up/down trend seems to hold up for both NetStats and StatCounter: IE descending, Fx stable/slightly descending, Chrome skyrocketing, Safari slightly ascending, Opera stable/slightly descending.
Oh, yeah, that's the other argument: Lots of differences under the hood, Direct whatever not available for XP... Yes, 7 is better, but that doesn't change the fact that XP was/is good enough (I know, I know) for most users.
Some of those features not available for XP could have been ported to XP if MS really wanted to. But MS wants to sell new OS licenses.
Obligatory car analogy: Vista & 7 are like brand new models of cars with ESP, Super-Mega-ABS, 12 airbags, GPS, iPod dock... while XP is like a humble, but still perfectly-functioning sedan with ABS, 2 airbags and a CD player. The ESP, Super-Mega-ABS and 12 airbags are very nice, sure, but the humble sedan still does the job for most people, and the economy is not ripe for unnecessary expenses. When the sedan breaks beyond repair, people will buy the new model.
You see, there was a ":)" at the end.
Who installs iTunes? :)
The ballot screen provided a few extra downloads for the other browsers, but didn't change much, if at all. Early reports were encouraging for IE competitors, but it turned out that the balance didn't tip as much as some had anticipated. Note that, when faced with the ballot screen, many people dismissed it/chose IE, because they only knew about the big "e". Europe as a whole doesn't like IE much, but the trend was already rolling before the ballot was in place. Did it help? Just a tad.
According to StatCounter, IE still rules in Europe, but only by ~1%.
Is your wife Spanish, by chance? Morcilla and Nocilla, typical Spanish cuisine :)
I'd add that I don't see the "decade-old" argument as valid. XP is old, yes, but it's quite good in its last incarnations, SP2 & SP3. The only reason I'm using 7 right now is because my old motherboard broke and there were no replacements/a replacement would be awfully expensive, so --> new computer. 7 is good, but so was XP. Now, some may say that I grew accustomed to XP and that's why I don't value 7. To those I say, well, I grew "accustomed" to Me too, but my cyber-life took a turn for the better as soon as I could ditch it. Now that I ditched XP, my cyber-life hasn't improved much. I'd say it stays about the same but with Aero Glass (tm) graphics. And yes, I do know that things have changed under the hood too, but the whole XP-to-7 experience feels meh. I'm not complaining, though, because the experience could have been awful, like many people's (with exceptions) XP-to-Vista. tl;dr: 7 is good. XP is old, but good, too. I understand why people don't upgrade until their computers broke/software won't run anymore.
I see your Germany and I throw in a Phillipines, where Firefox is also dying BTW, and top it with some Mongolia, Malaysia, Myanmar and, the final blow, Indonesia. IE is doing extremely well in Taiwan, China and South Korea, though. I noticed that IE is doing quite well in all the "Anglo-Saxon" countries (UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
I read a bit about libel when I got interested in the Simon Singh case and libel tourism. Apparently, even if what you say is the truth, a fact, it doesn't matter (much) if what you said about somebody/some company somehow damaged the image of the company. An extreme example: A company makes toys laden with lead. You publish an article explaining all the facts. Company sues you for libel. "But I said is the truth. You can check it!" Doesn't matter in England. You damaged the image of the company. Now, pay billions of pounds. Thanks to Simon's case -and a few recent others- things are a-changin' in regard to libel laws. Good riddance!
Where everybody sues everyone else for whatever reason!