We can yak all we want about why it's so slow, or whether it's slow on this or that system. Fact is, the benchmark is Internet Explorer. (Opera on some systems is also very fast).
So a better question might be, given that IE is so tightly integrated into Windows (lots of unneeded code for a browser to have) why can't Mozilla be faster than IE? I say lose the useless sidebar and other bloat and just build a BROWSER.
Is there a reason for Mozilla to use anything BUT the standard Windows buttons, dialogs, etc? This was one of my big pet peeves with the older releases, i.e., non standard scrollbars, menus, etc.
StarOffice suffers from the same problem. Why confuse the user with a non-standard dialog?
Oh sure, everybody gets travel time if they have to go beyond their normal office. But I think the original post implied getting paid for just driving to and from your normal work location, which I don't think happens anywhere.
Okay... looks like the file is there, just the readme is wrong. (For windows, anyway.) I'm running Windows 2000, SP2, Mozilla build 20010911303.
The prefs.js file exists in C:\documents and settings\username\application data\mozilla\profiles\profilename
I let it import my 4.7 prefs during the first launch.
I'm no programmer, but it seems to me that most Windows programs store prefs inside Program Files/Program Name/prefs or somesuch place. I know storing all the prefs together elsewhere is a *nix thing, so I can live with it, as long as the readme points you to the correct place.
I can't figure out to use the new feature for blocking window.open() attached to OnLoad or onUnLoad in the latest build for Win32. Can anyone point out where it is?
I don't know how it works in the US but I assume that when you've got to drive for two hours to get to work they've got to pay for it.
So, where do you live? If I asked my employer to pay for my "commute time" they would just laugh at me. Do people outside the US "punch-in" when they leave the house and "clock-out" when they arrive home in the evening?
I had the Atari 2600 "emulator" expansion device that was used in the Colecovision expansion slot. Let you play all your Atari 2600 games long after your console had broken. Awesome. Those were the good old days:)
You're right, the Duo 280 can be "upgraded" to a 100mhz Duo 2300, but the "upgrade" includes swapping the motherboard for one with a different CPU on it. Hardly a CPU upgrade.
The parent post is not "informative". On the contrary, probably 75% of Apple notebook CPUs CANNOT be upgraded. Only those specific examples cited can be. There is also no G4 upgrade coming for Wallstreet, despite what the original poster says.
None of the 1x0 series is upgradeable, neither is any of the Duo series, neither is the 3400, 5300, or original G3.
And yes, I'm aware that most wintel notebooks are not upgradeable either. But upgradeable CPUs is not a reason to buy apple - which models have been upgradeable appears to be entirely based on luck, since Apple certainly won't tell you ahead of time.
Disregarding the warranty, your Inspiron 8000 is pin compatible with a GeForce2Go chip. You can buy them from Dell spare parts, although they will not do the installation nor support you afterwards. The option is there, though. The CPU's are socketed too.
Not just Silicon Valley is being affected by the job crunch - there are a lot of GOOD people out of work in the Los Angeles area too. Not FrontPage monkeys either, real designers and coders.
I'm not even an Apple fan, in fact I detest many of their business practices, but that little iBook2 really does deliver value compared to the NEC with Transmeta chip mentioned in the article. The feature set is almost exactly the same, and the NEC is $600 more!
This form will allow you to contact California State Senator Barbara Boxer: http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/webform.html
Here is a copy of the letter I wrote - feel free to use it to submit via the web, and follow it up with a printed copy mailed to the Senator: Boxer, Barbara, 112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON DC 20510, (202) 224-3553.
I voted for you during the last California senatorial election. I feel I must write to you now to express my disappointment with regards to your position on technology related issues, specifically, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), and now, the soon-to-be-introduced Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA). The United States was designed to offer balance between citizens, corporations, and government agencies. This balance has been upset by the passing of the DMCA. I encourage you to think about who these laws are being written for - corporations, or the citizens of California? SSSCA, if passed, will make it illegal to manufacture, sell, purchase and own computer hardware and software that does not comply with goverment standards for security. This will make the use of many computer operating systems, including Unix, Linux, BeOS, and MacOS. These types of laws run counter to the spirit of innovation that created the computer industry here in California. The growth of the internet and computer industry in general played a large role in the economic prosperity of California and the United States. Now, we are in trying economic times, and I urge you to continue to allow us to innovate and create without artificial restrictions being imposed by corporations through law. Please consider reforming the DMCA and vote "NO" on SSSCA if it comes to a vote in the Senate. Thank you.
Seriously though, this is scary and it makes me feel very good that OS's like Linux, BEOS, and Atheos are in existance....
Why does this make you feel good? It SHOULD make you feel scared - this bill would make it ILLEGAL to connect a computer running Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS, etc. to the internet!
Clearly you didn't read the article. This bill, if passed, would make it a crime to use Linux, since it does not (and probably won't) incorporate the copy protection standards set by the government.
If you are thinking WHAT THE FUCK after you read the article, then yes, I think you are reading it correctly.
So one of two things will happen. Let's use Red Hat as an example:
1. Red Hat will refuse to incorporate this copy protection code, will be sued, and will be branded in the media as existing solely for the purpose of copyright infringment; and end users will suffer the same fate - your ISP will be required by law to report the location of anyone downloading a Linux distribution or accessing their network using a computer running Linux.
2. The other possiblity is that Red Hat will be bullied into compliance, incorporating this code and these standards into their OS whether they like it or not.
It WILL happen. The first "Linux is a circumvention device" trial is coming - within 2 years, I bet, and the way they are going to play it will be "why don't the hackers just add our copyright protection code to their OS? Because they only use that OS for PIRACY. Otherwise they would just use Windows" (Copyright Code Compliant, of course.)
I know I'm late to the party (this story already has 200+ comments) but I have to point out something that I had actually stated about 6 months ago when the first DMCA-enforcement issues started popping up.
Linux is going to be illegal within the next 2 years. They're going to call your OS a circumvention device, and they're going to prosecute people who use it.
Large companies like Red Hat are going to be FORCED to comply if they want to stay in business. Linux will have these copyright protection components included, whether you, Red Hat, or anyone else likes it or not.
This is shameful and makes me sad to live in the United States.
Whichever development environment you are most comfortable with will be the most efficient for you - regardless of whether it is CLI or GUI.
CLI people need to understand something, though. If you know NOTHING about either environment, you can find your way around the GUI by clicking various things (what does this do?), whereas with a CLI newbies are stuck, because you can't just type random commands, you'll have to read the docs. Which is one reason why newbies like GUIs and feel frustrated on a command line.
As a reader of Slashdot, you should know that the editors of Slashdot will go into your user profile and set all your posts to "-1" if they don't like what you say.
Aren't editors supposed to be impartial? What a joke. I encourage people to read at "-1" threshold if you are able to do so. Yes, you will encounter some garbage but you may also see some informative comments which have unfairly been slapped to "-1".
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It found the old prefs automatically and offered to import them on my system. Maybe try starting from scratch with the latest build and try again?
So a better question might be, given that IE is so tightly integrated into Windows (lots of unneeded code for a browser to have) why can't Mozilla be faster than IE? I say lose the useless sidebar and other bloat and just build a BROWSER.
StarOffice suffers from the same problem. Why confuse the user with a non-standard dialog?
Oh sure, everybody gets travel time if they have to go beyond their normal office. But I think the original post implied getting paid for just driving to and from your normal work location, which I don't think happens anywhere.
The prefs.js file exists in C:\documents and settings\username\application data\mozilla\profiles\profilename
I let it import my 4.7 prefs during the first launch.
I'm no programmer, but it seems to me that most Windows programs store prefs inside Program Files/Program Name/prefs or somesuch place. I know storing all the prefs together elsewhere is a *nix thing, so I can live with it, as long as the readme points you to the correct place.
Not that I can find. If it does, do tell.
It sure does... it specifies a file that doesn't exist on my machine, in a path that doesn't exist either. Default install.
I can't figure out to use the new feature for blocking window.open() attached to OnLoad or onUnLoad in the latest build for Win32. Can anyone point out where it is?
So, where do you live? If I asked my employer to pay for my "commute time" they would just laugh at me. Do people outside the US "punch-in" when they leave the house and "clock-out" when they arrive home in the evening?
50000 users my ass.
I had the Atari 2600 "emulator" expansion device that was used in the Colecovision expansion slot. Let you play all your Atari 2600 games long after your console had broken. Awesome. Those were the good old days :)
You're right, the Duo 280 can be "upgraded" to a 100mhz Duo 2300, but the "upgrade" includes swapping the motherboard for one with a different CPU on it. Hardly a CPU upgrade.
It uses a CPU specifically designed for laptops. It is, however, a standard, and thus also replaceable. I believe the architecture is called MMC-2.
None of the 1x0 series is upgradeable, neither is any of the Duo series, neither is the 3400, 5300, or original G3.
And yes, I'm aware that most wintel notebooks are not upgradeable either. But upgradeable CPUs is not a reason to buy apple - which models have been upgradeable appears to be entirely based on luck, since Apple certainly won't tell you ahead of time.
Disregarding the warranty, your Inspiron 8000 is pin compatible with a GeForce2Go chip. You can buy them from Dell spare parts, although they will not do the installation nor support you afterwards. The option is there, though. The CPU's are socketed too.
Not just Silicon Valley is being affected by the job crunch - there are a lot of GOOD people out of work in the Los Angeles area too. Not FrontPage monkeys either, real designers and coders.
I'm not even an Apple fan, in fact I detest many of their business practices, but that little iBook2 really does deliver value compared to the NEC with Transmeta chip mentioned in the article. The feature set is almost exactly the same, and the NEC is $600 more!
Here is a copy of the letter I wrote - feel free to use it to submit via the web, and follow it up with a printed copy mailed to the Senator: Boxer, Barbara, 112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON DC 20510, (202) 224-3553.
I voted for you during the last California senatorial election. I feel I must write to you now to express my disappointment with regards to your position on technology related issues, specifically, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), and now, the soon-to-be-introduced Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA). The United States was designed to offer balance between citizens, corporations, and government agencies. This balance has been upset by the passing of the DMCA. I encourage you to think about who these laws are being written for - corporations, or the citizens of California? SSSCA, if passed, will make it illegal to manufacture, sell, purchase and own computer hardware and software that does not comply with goverment standards for security. This will make the use of many computer operating systems, including Unix, Linux, BeOS, and MacOS. These types of laws run counter to the spirit of innovation that created the computer industry here in California. The growth of the internet and computer industry in general played a large role in the economic prosperity of California and the United States. Now, we are in trying economic times, and I urge you to continue to allow us to innovate and create without artificial restrictions being imposed by corporations through law. Please consider reforming the DMCA and vote "NO" on SSSCA if it comes to a vote in the Senate. Thank you.
Examples:
"I remember when movies cost a nickel"
"I remember our first color TV set"
"I remember the first cellular phone", etc.
Ours is going to be "I remember when computers had screws on the back and you could take them apart".
Why does this make you feel good? It SHOULD make you feel scared - this bill would make it ILLEGAL to connect a computer running Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS, etc. to the internet!
I live in California, and I voted for the Boxer/Feinstein combo. I will not again. They both voted for DMCA and I will vote for ANYONE before them.
If you are thinking WHAT THE FUCK after you read the article, then yes, I think you are reading it correctly.
So one of two things will happen. Let's use Red Hat as an example:
1. Red Hat will refuse to incorporate this copy protection code, will be sued, and will be branded in the media as existing solely for the purpose of copyright infringment; and end users will suffer the same fate - your ISP will be required by law to report the location of anyone downloading a Linux distribution or accessing their network using a computer running Linux.
2. The other possiblity is that Red Hat will be bullied into compliance, incorporating this code and these standards into their OS whether they like it or not.
It WILL happen. The first "Linux is a circumvention device" trial is coming - within 2 years, I bet, and the way they are going to play it will be "why don't the hackers just add our copyright protection code to their OS? Because they only use that OS for PIRACY. Otherwise they would just use Windows" (Copyright Code Compliant, of course.)
Linux is going to be illegal within the next 2 years. They're going to call your OS a circumvention device, and they're going to prosecute people who use it.
Large companies like Red Hat are going to be FORCED to comply if they want to stay in business. Linux will have these copyright protection components included, whether you, Red Hat, or anyone else likes it or not.
This is shameful and makes me sad to live in the United States.
CLI people need to understand something, though. If you know NOTHING about either environment, you can find your way around the GUI by clicking various things (what does this do?), whereas with a CLI newbies are stuck, because you can't just type random commands, you'll have to read the docs. Which is one reason why newbies like GUIs and feel frustrated on a command line.
Aren't editors supposed to be impartial? What a joke. I encourage people to read at "-1" threshold if you are able to do so. Yes, you will encounter some garbage but you may also see some informative comments which have unfairly been slapped to "-1".