Remember, the people in Congress are always up for re-election (unless retiring).
Now if a few groups like The Eagles decide to make this a public issue, then their fans may be persuaded to vote in a different person who is more agreeable to The Eagles' argument.
It's difficult for the various corporate interests to simultaneously claim to be pro-artist-rights with regard to "intellectual property" and also claim that the artist was nothing more than a day-laborer with no rights to the finished product.
And that replacement to the Congressman will be bought and paid for once entering office.
I's wrote mah website fur IE6 with ActiveX, whatdaymean I need to rewrite it? Dern things should never change. I shouldn't have to manage somethin I wrote for peoples.
Google knows it's unfinished, it's called a "limited field trial", it's also why it's still invitation only. So, I wouldn't really call it "publishing unfinished product" unless you want to say the same for every other pre-beta software in existence.
Considering Firefox 5 is the 'security update' to Firefox 4 and also has features like better CANVAS support, CSS3 animations etc, I'd say in this case it does have fewer bug and better features
I'm sorry a completely automatic upgrade somehow disrupts your work. Just don't get upset if your old browser lacks features sites require, it's not like web developers like myself need to make some total stranger happy.
Who, exactly, is the rapid release schedule helping? It's certainly not helping web developers and organizations who try to list their supported browser versions and actually try to code towards those versions. The quickest path to get the corporate PHBs to stop supporting your browser is to have the IT staff say "Guess what, the next version of Firefox is already out so we need to make updates." At some places, support for browsers other than IE is tenuous at best, so making it more difficult to support these browsers only hurts the browser manufacturers.
Can you cite any examples where something worked in Firefox 4 but not Firefox 5?
Want to gain more support? Release a stable product, with wide support for standards and add-ons, and do so on a sane, well-publicized schedule. People don't care about version numbers; updating software isn't something people want or like to do. Why are you making it more difficult and cumbersome for users to use your product?
Well-publicized schedule? New version every 6 weeks.
You're right, people DON'T care about version numbers, correct. Look at Chrome,all that matters is that you're running Chrome, you don't have to worry about version numbers
You're right again in that people don't want to update their software, that's why Firefox (again like Chrome) does it automatically.
Developer: I'm going to make a great game for Linux, it's closed source. Linux Community: closed source? BAH! No thank you, Linux is about Freedom man, Result: Game does not become the widely adopted killer game converting people to Linux
Developer: I'm going to make a great game for Linux, it's open source. Windows Community: Open source? Cool! *ports game to Windows* Result: Game does not become the widely adopted killer game converting people to Linux
You're disappointed you can only use one "fancy new controller" at a time, so you're getting a PC where you can run 0 "fancy new controllers" at a time, and I'm guessing won't be doing any local multiplayer anyway.
Anonymous Coward wants to eliminate the FBI, CIA, NSA, DHS, ICE, DEA, ATF, CBP and MORE. In times of this tough economy that would result in the loss of thousands of jobs. Do you want Anonymous Coward as your governing body?
Hey, even you folks out there that aren't on T-Mobile ought to be writing your Congresscrooks about this: ongoing consolidation in the industry isn't good for anyone, no matter what provider they are being screwed by.
...but it IS good for the Congresscrooks pockets, so fat chance in writing doing anything.
Set the default theme in {insert Linux distro}... .. and watch how your beloved {recent version} reveals itself as {older version} with fancy layouts, themes, and effects
Given iAds, that won't happen
But hey I would love for everything to be ad free, then they'd be behind a giant paywall to make up for the cost that advertisers used to give them.
Slashdot Mirror
http://dowebsitesneedtolookexactlythesameineverybrowser.com/
No, that developers shouldn't be surprised/upset if less and less people use a project they abandon.
Remember, the people in Congress are always up for re-election (unless retiring).
Now if a few groups like The Eagles decide to make this a public issue, then their fans may be persuaded to vote in a different person who is more agreeable to The Eagles' argument.
It's difficult for the various corporate interests to simultaneously claim to be pro-artist-rights with regard to "intellectual property" and also claim that the artist was nothing more than a day-laborer with no rights to the finished product.
And that replacement to the Congressman will be bought and paid for once entering office.
I's wrote mah website fur IE6 with ActiveX, whatdaymean I need to rewrite it? Dern things should never change. I shouldn't have to manage somethin I wrote for peoples.
So any time anyone says anything bad about Mac, it's astroturfing from Microsoft? Gotcha. Better let the people here know too.
It is pay what you want.
PAY v: to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something:
If you're not transferring anything, then you're not paying, so $0.00 doesn't fit the definition of "pay".
They do mention HOW TO ACCOMPLISH said change. Unfortunately none of us have the billions of dollars handy to bribe...I mean lobby, for said change.
So you're putting Netflix on the same priority as food and education?
Really?
Google knows it's unfinished, it's called a "limited field trial", it's also why it's still invitation only. So, I wouldn't really call it "publishing unfinished product" unless you want to say the same for every other pre-beta software in existence.
What issue(s) have you come across that made you need to rewrite for Firefox 5?
As another web developer myself, I'm genuinely curious
Considering Firefox 5 is the 'security update' to Firefox 4 and also has features like better CANVAS support, CSS3 animations etc, I'd say in this case it does have fewer bug and better features
I'm sorry a completely automatic upgrade somehow disrupts your work. Just don't get upset if your old browser lacks features sites require, it's not like web developers like myself need to make some total stranger happy.
Who, exactly, is the rapid release schedule helping? It's certainly not helping web developers and organizations who try to list their supported browser versions and actually try to code towards those versions. The quickest path to get the corporate PHBs to stop supporting your browser is to have the IT staff say "Guess what, the next version of Firefox is already out so we need to make updates." At some places, support for browsers other than IE is tenuous at best, so making it more difficult to support these browsers only hurts the browser manufacturers.
Can you cite any examples where something worked in Firefox 4 but not Firefox 5?
Want to gain more support? Release a stable product, with wide support for standards and add-ons, and do so on a sane, well-publicized schedule. People don't care about version numbers; updating software isn't something people want or like to do. Why are you making it more difficult and cumbersome for users to use your product?
Well-publicized schedule? New version every 6 weeks. You're right, people DON'T care about version numbers, correct. Look at Chrome,all that matters is that you're running Chrome, you don't have to worry about version numbers You're right again in that people don't want to update their software, that's why Firefox (again like Chrome) does it automatically.
Hypothetical:
Developer: I'm going to make a great game for Linux, it's closed source.
Linux Community: closed source? BAH! No thank you, Linux is about Freedom man,
Result: Game does not become the widely adopted killer game converting people to Linux
Developer: I'm going to make a great game for Linux, it's open source.
Windows Community: Open source? Cool! *ports game to Windows*
Result: Game does not become the widely adopted killer game converting people to Linux
You're disappointed you can only use one "fancy new controller" at a time, so you're getting a PC where you can run 0 "fancy new controllers" at a time, and I'm guessing won't be doing any local multiplayer anyway.
...okay then
Upgrading your browser from IE6/7 to IE8, Firefox, Chrome et al costs far less than five million pounds, in fact, it's free!
but but... how will people know it's FOSS unless we tell them in the name of our product?
Anonymous Coward wants to eliminate the FBI, CIA, NSA, DHS, ICE, DEA, ATF, CBP and MORE. In times of this tough economy that would result in the loss of thousands of jobs. Do you want Anonymous Coward as your governing body?
Paid for by the committee to elect Merk42
Hey, even you folks out there that aren't on T-Mobile ought to be writing your Congresscrooks about this: ongoing consolidation in the industry isn't good for anyone, no matter what provider they are being screwed by.
...but it IS good for the Congresscrooks pockets, so fat chance in writing doing anything.
Enjoy your paywalled websites I guess?
Set the default theme in {insert Linux distro}...
.. and watch how your beloved {recent version} reveals itself as {older version} with fancy layouts, themes, and effects
The point is the question, if any, will be "You use Firefox?"
Given iAds, that won't happen But hey I would love for everything to be ad free, then they'd be behind a giant paywall to make up for the cost that advertisers used to give them.
So the only downside is a hypothetical tinfoil hat conspiracy theory? okay!
So Verizon phones will continue to use the "Droid" trademark and this wouldn't affect them at all
Nope, the IE9 release candidate was February 10th, the IE9 release version was March 14th, a little over a week before Firefox 4's release version.