I'm willing to bet that the majority of Americans don't really care much one way or the other. The "Merry Christmas" vs "Happy Holidays" debate is a BS issue manufactured by a group of people who really enjoy pretending that they're being victimized.
You say that, but those people have done nothing to help their products remain relevant
Baloney. I admit, I stopped promoting Firefox and communicating to Mozilla about it about five or six years ago. But that's because Mozilla stopped giving a shit and were determined to ensure that each successive release of Firefox was a little worse than the one that came before.
That's not "doing nothing to help the product remain relevant". That's an organization deciding that they don't want the likes of me as a customer anymore.
Except that I'm not lucky in that they're changing the UI. If the changes resemble the changes made for Firefox, that will be a bitter pill to swallow.
Although I have depended heavily on Thunderbird for many years, I only use it as an email reader, and I only read emails in plain text.
So, as sad (and unexpected) as it is to see this shift to WebExtensions, at least I am escaping unscathed from this particular change. If you don't use extensions, the change is irrelevant to you.
This is a world of difference from when they did it to Firefox, which has ended up meaning that I have to use a fork.
The only reviewers whose opinion matters are those who have similar tastes to yours. That's the whole point -- to give you an idea if you, personally, would enjoy the movie or not.
but the names are always in alphabetical order, so at least you know which version is newer than the other
Yes, but you lose other really important information that version numbers give you, such as "did this release include feature changes, or was it just bug fixes"?
reCAPTCHA means you can't brute force user checks, because even if you can get around it most have a 5-10 second delay built in
Unless, of course, you hire one of the services that can deploy an army of different people to brute-force user checks at the same time. It isn't even that expensive.
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Do you have a source for this? I couldn't find anything on the web to support the assertion.
"Happy Holidays" was invented because 100% of Americans aren't Christian.
No, "Happy Holidays" was invented because it refers to the entire holiday season, which encompasses more that just Christmas.
Could be. Those bell-ringers are one of the two worst aspects of this time of the year. The other is the omnipresent and unrelenting Christmas music.
I'm willing to bet that the majority of Americans don't really care much one way or the other. The "Merry Christmas" vs "Happy Holidays" debate is a BS issue manufactured by a group of people who really enjoy pretending that they're being victimized.
Yet another great reason to not to connect things to the internet without a great reason.
Well, except that then you'd have to use Outlook.
So.... has kmail gotten any better? Last time I tried it, it crashed after a couple of months
You managed to make it work right for a couple of months??
That beats my record.
True, the current Thunderbird UI is pretty bad. My fear is that the new one will be worse.
It should. The odds are excellent that the new UI will be like the new Firefox UI.
You say that, but those people have done nothing to help their products remain relevant
Baloney. I admit, I stopped promoting Firefox and communicating to Mozilla about it about five or six years ago. But that's because Mozilla stopped giving a shit and were determined to ensure that each successive release of Firefox was a little worse than the one that came before.
That's not "doing nothing to help the product remain relevant". That's an organization deciding that they don't want the likes of me as a customer anymore.
Actually, it was 2011 when they adopted Google's rapid release and versioning methodology
I don't have enough information to know if this was the cause, or if the two shared a mutual cause, but the timing certainly is suspicious.
Except that I'm not lucky in that they're changing the UI. If the changes resemble the changes made for Firefox, that will be a bitter pill to swallow.
If Firefox was producing something that was actually better than Chrome, I might agree. But they're not. They're producing Chrome.
I think every point you've made here is either weak or incorrect, especially about the development model.
Rolling release is a pox on the industry.
Although I have depended heavily on Thunderbird for many years, I only use it as an email reader, and I only read emails in plain text.
So, as sad (and unexpected) as it is to see this shift to WebExtensions, at least I am escaping unscathed from this particular change. If you don't use extensions, the change is irrelevant to you.
This is a world of difference from when they did it to Firefox, which has ended up meaning that I have to use a fork.
The JJ version.
So, in other words, the version of Star Trek that is essentially Star Wars?
The only reviewers whose opinion matters are those who have similar tastes to yours. That's the whole point -- to give you an idea if you, personally, would enjoy the movie or not.
It was a supporting statement, not an ironic one.
Not sure I understand your question. I wasn't commenting about sites (like /.) that allow the general public to create accounts.
If I can't rip the DVD or Blu-ray, I can't watch it. It's as simple as that.
Real ipsec is complicated as hell.
Believe me, I know this full well. It's been my specialty for many years.
but the names are always in alphabetical order, so at least you know which version is newer than the other
Yes, but you lose other really important information that version numbers give you, such as "did this release include feature changes, or was it just bug fixes"?
I agree. The insane frequency of releases is what made me disable automatic updating for everything.
reCAPTCHA means you can't brute force user checks, because even if you can get around it most have a 5-10 second delay built in
Unless, of course, you hire one of the services that can deploy an army of different people to brute-force user checks at the same time. It isn't even that expensive.
This.
I honestly worry about people who only have one identity they use for all purposes on the internet.