We are seeing technology companies that are shockingly badly managed.
So do it better. If you know how to do it better then take the opportunity that's apparently available to you and profit from it. We'll all benefit from, and be dazzled and amazed by, your insight and leadership, won't we?
Or is it easier to talk and harder to actually do?
The twins of Mammon quarrelled. Their warring plunged the world into a new darkness, and the beast abhorred the darkness. So it began to move swiftly, and grew more powerful, and went forth and multiplied. And the beasts brought fire and light to the darkness. -- from The Book of Mozilla, 15:1
making it impossible to have extensions more powerful than Chrome.
Maybe you should read what the maintainer of uBlock Origin thinks of the difference between Chrome and Firefox when it comes to extensions. To quote him: "It baffles me that some people think Firefox is becoming a 'Chrome clone', it’s just not the case, it’s just plain silly to make such statement."
which is basically Chrome's extension model but for Firefox.
Maybe you should read what the uBlock Origin maintainer thinks of the difference between the Chrome and Firefox implementations of WebExtensions. To quote him: "It baffles me that some people think Firefox is becoming a 'Chrome clone', it’s just not the case, it’s just plain silly to make such statement."
So who am I going to believe? An actual extension developer or some anonymous coward on Slashdot? I think I'll go with the developer.
If that same shallowness is representative of March on Google generally then seems clear that it is a pointless protest. If March On Google has the same intellectual dishonesty then it won't achieve anything.
try to find it via google if you don't know the domain name.
marchongoogle.com has only existed since the 8th of August. Did they even submit the site for indexing?
As it is, searching for march on google without quotes on Google returns a YouTube video talking about it as the first result. The same search doesn't return anything related to marchongoogle.com in the first page of Bing or DuckDuckGo results (although if you switch to the video tab in DuckDuckGo it shows the same video as the first video result).
But searching for "march on google" with quotes returns the marchongoogle.com site as the first result in Bing and DuckDuckGo and the site is listed in the second page of results on Google.
So I'd suggest this is less about some kind of conspiracy and more about the newness of the March On Google website.
Or how do we track down the author of every SWF vector animation
Or maybe just build a Flash runtime in WebAssembly. It's more productive than bemoaning the demise of Flash. The proprietor of Flash doesn't care about their proprietary platform anymore. So if you do care for some reason, then you're the one who's going to have to build it.
The question you should be asking is why is Netflix a member of the Alliance for Open Media if HEVC is so great? Why would they need to be if there wasn't a problem?
Because the encoding takes too long. People won't allow it the time encode all bitrates at all resolutions in all formats.
Additionally, you have to re-encode the entire catalog anyway when you introduce new codecs and you can only do that server-side. YouTube re-encoded everything to VP9 and they will be re-encoding everything to AV1. They start with the most popular videos and new uploads and eventually get around to everything else.
It's a lot more expensive to implement hardware than software
Again, you lose focus on the practical realities. VP9 has had hardware support for years. You mentioned video game consoles. I hope you don't have an XBox One or a Switch because they both support VP9 out of the box. That would be awkward.
If you're implementing in software,
What, like you can on a video game console? Cool.
For hardware manufacturers... it's not so simple.
Sure sounds simple to me. I can play VP9 video on my iPhone 7 with VLC for iOS. What's the complication?
You really should try to adopt a more pragmatic approach to these things. Your pointless pontificating wastes a lot of your time. You'll be happier without it.
I don't think you'd gain much doing it like that anyway. Uploaded video to YouTube gets encoded to multiple chunks of video and audio in multiple formats at multiple bitrates and resolutions. Encoding the video to separate chunks at separate bit rates allows YouTube to do adaptive streaming.
No, your original statement was nonsense about customers being conditioned to believe AVC was better because it requires a higher bitrate for which you provided no evidence. I understand you're desperate but this is getting embarrassing for you.
Now your final position is VP9s relevance rests on your individual use of it. How much more niche can you get? I accept your capitulation. You can pour it up and relax now.
Slashdot Mirror
A documentary on the coming fish war.
Even kids know that.
We are seeing technology companies that are shockingly badly managed.
So do it better. If you know how to do it better then take the opportunity that's apparently available to you and profit from it. We'll all benefit from, and be dazzled and amazed by, your insight and leadership, won't we?
Or is it easier to talk and harder to actually do?
how would you do that from the hamburger menu at the top-right?
Hamburger menu -> Customize -> Toolbars (the combobox at the bottom) -> choose Menu Bar.
Fuck Firefox. Let it burn.
The twins of Mammon quarrelled. Their warring plunged the world into a new darkness, and the beast abhorred the darkness. So it began to move swiftly, and grew more powerful, and went forth and multiplied. And the beasts brought fire and light to the darkness. -- from The Book of Mozilla, 15:1
making it impossible to have extensions more powerful than Chrome.
Maybe you should read what the maintainer of uBlock Origin thinks of the difference between Chrome and Firefox when it comes to extensions. To quote him: "It baffles me that some people think Firefox is becoming a 'Chrome clone', it’s just not the case, it’s just plain silly to make such statement."
What on earth was wrong with normal menus
Nothing. They're still there. Turn them on in Firefox with F10. Keep them on by choosing View -> Toolbars -> Menu Bar.
which is basically Chrome's extension model but for Firefox.
Maybe you should read what the uBlock Origin maintainer thinks of the difference between the Chrome and Firefox implementations of WebExtensions. To quote him: "It baffles me that some people think Firefox is becoming a 'Chrome clone', it’s just not the case, it’s just plain silly to make such statement."
So who am I going to believe? An actual extension developer or some anonymous coward on Slashdot? I think I'll go with the developer.
A protest is never pointless.
It is when it's shallow. You'll learn that when you learn honesty.
If that same shallowness is representative of March on Google generally then seems clear that it is a pointless protest. If March On Google has the same intellectual dishonesty then it won't achieve anything.
Your narrative sounds irrational. What evidence do you have to support your claim?
try to find it via google if you don't know the domain name.
marchongoogle.com has only existed since the 8th of August. Did they even submit the site for indexing?
As it is, searching for march on google without quotes on Google returns a YouTube video talking about it as the first result. The same search doesn't return anything related to marchongoogle.com in the first page of Bing or DuckDuckGo results (although if you switch to the video tab in DuckDuckGo it shows the same video as the first video result).
But searching for "march on google" with quotes returns the marchongoogle.com site as the first result in Bing and DuckDuckGo and the site is listed in the second page of results on Google.
So I'd suggest this is less about some kind of conspiracy and more about the newness of the March On Google website.
Apple A8 SoCs or newer
Apple says it's only the A9 or newer.
Yet all of this potential has been discarded
So what are you doing with your grand insight into the world? Why don't you use it to make your own browser and show them all how it should be done?
So how do we go back in time and convince Mike and Matt Chapman to use a product other than Flash to make Homestar Runner?
I saw a documentary which explained how.
Or how do we track down the author of every SWF vector animation
Or maybe just build a Flash runtime in WebAssembly. It's more productive than bemoaning the demise of Flash. The proprietor of Flash doesn't care about their proprietary platform anymore. So if you do care for some reason, then you're the one who's going to have to build it.
And so do you if you use Netflix.
No, I've never received an H.265 stream from Netflix. You can check what it's using with Ctrl-Alt-Shift-D.
why is Netflix not using VP9
Netflix is using V9 and will be using AV1.
The question you should be asking is why is Netflix a member of the Alliance for Open Media if HEVC is so great? Why would they need to be if there wasn't a problem?
suddenly can't do adaptive streaming
Because the encoding takes too long. People won't allow it the time encode all bitrates at all resolutions in all formats.
Additionally, you have to re-encode the entire catalog anyway when you introduce new codecs and you can only do that server-side. YouTube re-encoded everything to VP9 and they will be re-encoding everything to AV1. They start with the most popular videos and new uploads and eventually get around to everything else.
Trolling much? Or just not thinking it through?
Don't panic. Remember where your towel is.
making ad homenim attacks
Review the thread, kid. You were the one throwing around the term "asshole". Grow up, my wayward son.
It's a lot more expensive to implement hardware than software
Again, you lose focus on the practical realities. VP9 has had hardware support for years. You mentioned video game consoles. I hope you don't have an XBox One or a Switch because they both support VP9 out of the box. That would be awkward.
If you're implementing in software,
What, like you can on a video game console? Cool.
For hardware manufacturers... it's not so simple.
Sure sounds simple to me. I can play VP9 video on my iPhone 7 with VLC for iOS. What's the complication?
You really should try to adopt a more pragmatic approach to these things. Your pointless pontificating wastes a lot of your time. You'll be happier without it.
I don't think you'd gain much doing it like that anyway. Uploaded video to YouTube gets encoded to multiple chunks of video and audio in multiple formats at multiple bitrates and resolutions. Encoding the video to separate chunks at separate bit rates allows YouTube to do adaptive streaming.
No, your original statement was nonsense about customers being conditioned to believe AVC was better because it requires a higher bitrate for which you provided no evidence. I understand you're desperate but this is getting embarrassing for you.
Now your final position is VP9s relevance rests on your individual use of it. How much more niche can you get? I accept your capitulation. You can pour it up and relax now.
You really are desperate now, aren't you? It's quite sad. Maybe dance your worries away.
Have a VP9 milkshake and relax, kid. You're not lactose intolerant, are you?