You know what's pushing this on the average Joe? DRM. Microsoft can't let those DRM keys leak... and now that the flaw is known, that's exactly what *could* happen. This isn't about user's data falling into evil-hacker's hands...
Ah Slashdot, where a vulnerability from Intel and a bad patch from Canonical, is still, somehow, Microsoft's fault.
Performance as a metric doesn't tell me squat on its own, as it's pretty damn easy to have better performance by ignoring standards compliance, and Microsoft doesn't exactly have the best track record when it comes to fully complying to web standards.
I'm sure that elinks renders even faster than Edge, but that fact on its own isn't all that helpful if you expect ECMAScript and full CSS support.
Yaz
Maybe with IE, but Edge currently is about the same as Firefox and better than Safari when it comes to standards compliance
Speed is always a good thing, but it's got to be viewed as relative to the capability of the product. Right now, with Edge not supporting extensions or plug-ins, it's not even if the same league as the browsers it compares speeds with.
It's gotta be tough being in the marketing department at Microsoft because of people like here in Slashdot.
Literally nothing is good enough. Edge could have 100% compatibility with CSS3, CSS4 HTML5 and HTML5.1, render faster and use less battery than other browsers, but no, it's "Micro$oft" so therefore bad!!
"If this is about real science, and I don't deny climate change, keep the politics out of it and just state the facts."
This is the problem. You have armchair climatologists ridiculing the president or anyone who dares to deny climate change based on regional weather patterns.
You also have armchair climatologists ridiculing actual climatologists.
Literally nothing would make Slashdot embrace Microsoft. Microsoft could meticulously do differently all the things that Slashdot complains about and it still won't be enough. The goalposts wlll contantly move.
Microsoft could have the cure for cancer and Slashdot would still be against them, claiming they are trying to EEE cancer treatment centers.
If your argument was somehow about "AI" specifically, you can see ranton's comment and/or picture how "AI" can become another instance of the example words I linked to.
Even just 'immediately fired' would be good. When any other person at any other job gets caught doing something similar, they are fired on the spot and told the leave the premises. In politics it's "well maybe we just won't vote for you in X months/years, if we even remember this action, though if you run unopposed you get off Scott-free"
It's also that unlike monitors (and phones/tablets/etc) you are, or should be, much farther away from the screen. As such elements need to be much larger in order to be readable.
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You know what's pushing this on the average Joe? DRM. Microsoft can't let those DRM keys leak... and now that the flaw is known, that's exactly what *could* happen. This isn't about user's data falling into evil-hacker's hands...
Ah Slashdot, where a vulnerability from Intel and a bad patch from Canonical, is still, somehow, Microsoft's fault.
So basically no politician should change and take the higher road because "the previous guy did it too!"
Do you have any examples of this actually happening, or are you just saying old people are too stupid for technology?
How many people brought a Macbook to the cash register to try and use "Apple Pay"?
Performance as a metric doesn't tell me squat on its own, as it's pretty damn easy to have better performance by ignoring standards compliance, and Microsoft doesn't exactly have the best track record when it comes to fully complying to web standards.
I'm sure that elinks renders even faster than Edge, but that fact on its own isn't all that helpful if you expect ECMAScript and full CSS support.
Yaz
Maybe with IE, but Edge currently is about the same as Firefox and better than Safari when it comes to standards compliance
And would likely, in the EU, at least, lead to Microsoft being financially punished...
Why doesn't the EU punish Apple for forcing Safari (or technically, its rendering engine) on iOS?
OMG teh M$!! Edge is bad!! I've never used it but it's bad because M$!!!!!
Speed is always a good thing, but it's got to be viewed as relative to the capability of the product. Right now, with Edge not supporting extensions or plug-ins, it's not even if the same league as the browsers it compares speeds with.
Edge supports extensions, by Plug-ins, do you mean something like Flash which is also supported?
It's gotta be tough being in the marketing department at Microsoft because of people like here in Slashdot.
Literally nothing is good enough. Edge could have 100% compatibility with CSS3, CSS4 HTML5 and HTML5.1, render faster and use less battery than other browsers, but no, it's "Micro$oft" so therefore bad!!
"If this is about real science, and I don't deny climate change, keep the politics out of it and just state the facts."
This is the problem. You have armchair climatologists ridiculing the president or anyone who dares to deny climate change based on regional weather patterns.
You also have armchair climatologists ridiculing actual climatologists.
Not that either way is good, mind you.
Literally nothing would make Slashdot embrace Microsoft.
Microsoft could meticulously do differently all the things that Slashdot complains about and it still won't be enough. The goalposts wlll contantly move.
Microsoft could have the cure for cancer and Slashdot would still be against them, claiming they are trying to EEE cancer treatment centers.
There are ways to compromise macOS and GNU/Linux, so I guess they have backdoors and/or are intentional too!
No, they don't.
Yes, they do
If your argument was somehow about "AI" specifically, you can see ranton's comment and/or picture how "AI" can become another instance of the example words I linked to.
Words matter, caveman.
and those words' meanings change all the time.
Northview Elementary School right by Shooting Park Road.
Even just 'immediately fired' would be good.
When any other person at any other job gets caught doing something similar, they are fired on the spot and told the leave the premises.
In politics it's "well maybe we just won't vote for you in X months/years, if we even remember this action, though if you run unopposed you get off Scott-free"
When you require careful and concerted choreography to explain simple concepts to your president, there might be a problem.
Such as "ISIS can be defeated"?
You know, that simple concept that Obama couldn't grasp but that Trump actually ACCOMPLISHED?
Trump defeated ISIS?
There was literally an attack, done in the name of ISIS, 3 days ago
5. an electronic system that connects to a display (such as a television set) and is used primarily to play video games
Seems to fit for Nintendo Switch
We are the military, we are the three letter agencies, we are the numbers, by far the majority
That do nothing
They are the ones living in fear, they are the ones panicking and it is all on public display.
Oh yeah, totally scared, look at all the reprecussions they are facing, OH WAIT
What should they do instead? Vote for someone who doesn't share their interests? Something else?
If your shopping and your cell phone is already in your hand then you have other problems.
Most people shop with their phone, on a website (or App)
FCC will just claim that because of spam, they didn't take any comments into consideration.
It's also that unlike monitors (and phones/tablets/etc) you are, or should be, much farther away from the screen. As such elements need to be much larger in order to be readable.
There is definitely some irony in an article about the GUI having its images not load.
Michael, the commisionner of the FCC, wants the same thing we all want. 3 simple guiding principals.
What does Ajit Pai want?