There is no such thing as "real users". There are just users who like full control over what their browser can and can't do. They use firefox, mozilla and the like. Then there are other users who really just want it all in one package. They use Opera and IE and the like. It's just called personalizing your workspace. For me personally, it's about having my browser work the way I want it and nothing else - I have the FireSomething, Tabbrowser Extensions, Adblock, All-In-One Gestures, Paste and Go, DownloadWith, UserAgent Switcher and BugMeNot extensions installed. What does that give me? It allows me to view any webpage without banner ads, it gives my browser an amusing title everytime it starts up, it gives me mouse gestures that go WAY beyond anything Opera offers, it gives me little conveniences of not having to hit enter when I paste a URL, it gives me really conveneint ways of managing all my browsing tabs, it allows me to change the useragent string among other things. It's about variety and the freedom to pick and choose what you want your browser to be like. It's a good thing. If you'd rather not use the feature of being able to integrate any combination of over a hundred extensions, please do not grumble. Some users like to pick and choose. Some like it pre-packaged. Looks like you've found Opera suits your needs. I'd recommend you stick with it. However, I browse so much that I feel crippled without all the features that firefox provides.
You want an analogy? Try this: Firefox = Linux Shell Scripting Opera/IE = DOS Batch Files
It all depends on what you want to do. For some, Opera/IE is more than sufficient. For others, they need something like Firefox.
That's a really good idea. And after you're done, use "dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/hda" just to be sure - you never know what other problems you might run into;)
Dunno about the factor of 2 and 3 stuff...but here's my config (so maybe I don't notice it):
Athlon XP 2000 with 512MB DDR RAM on a Via KT400..pretty much a standard config - 80GB drive etc etc... and though I do notice a tiny slowdown sometimes, the features that tabbrowser extensions bring to the table are simply worth it. Why, tabgroup mode itself, multiple undo close tabs and the ability to save tabs and reload them on the next launch make it worthwhile.
hmm...dunno...have never built firefox myself. Asked to take a shot in the dark though, I'd say try putting %1 in quotes and check for any syntax errors maybe? missing spaces...something like that?
1) No tabbrowser extensions?
Try here : http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/tbe (it works and I'm using it on 0.9 right now)
2) No Adblock or it doesn't work right?
Try here : http://adblock.mozdev.org/adblock-0.5-dev.xpi (again, it works perfectly on 0.9 and I'm using it)
Finally, if stuff still does not work for you, use this old trick that has saved me a lot of times:
Close Firefox. Rename your profile folder. Start Firefox again - it will re-create your profile folder. Close it. Copy over the following files to the new profile folder (overwriting the existing ones):
bookmarks.html history.dat formhistory.dat co okies.txt signons.txt
That's it. Ofcourse, you will have to install your extensions all over again, but that does not take much time and it's worth the effort. Every single time I've used this procedure it's worked perfectly and Firefox has gone back to it's usual efficient self.
You can run Linux on just about anything. If you want a well known distro like RedHat, Mandrake or Suse, then you're looking at 100MB at the very minimum and some decent processing power, unless you go for one of those mini-distros.
The best is just to make you own. Put in exactly what you want, then make copies of it and deploy it. May I recommend http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ?
They've come up with DVD burners that write data at such a speed that now the Hard drives might not be able to keep up.
So...I'm either missing something here, but assuming they can read the DVDs as fast as they can write them and given the quantity of data storage, looks like we'll easily be able to switch from hard disks to DVDs in the near future.
Besides, what were the hard drive companies doing anyway? How is it that they have let DVD burners catch up?
The only difference seems to be the size...so does it have something to do with the motor used and heat generated or that kinda thing? Coz if that's not the case, I'd really be interested in knowing why we're in danger of having our hard drives out-paced.
First the positives: 1)It looks beautiful. 2)It does look like a Mac app now, but it still looks beautiful even if that might be out of place on Windows or Linux. 3)Very nice icons 4)Even looking a little out of place can be a good thing - example Opera. 5)It's still Firefox, no matter what it looks like - it works the best and it's my favorite browser, so I'm willing to give this new theme a try based on the trust and admiration I've built up for the application and it's developers. Thank you for this wonderful piece of software.
Now the negatives: 1)On Linux and Windows, this will look out of place and won't go down well with people who like a consistent look and feel. 2)The Mac themes are starting to get old and it is time to start off in a new direction and not change to a Macish theme now.
Lastly I have one question to any of those on the Firefox team who are willing to answer:
There are so many themes already for Firefox. Qute was great and I admit I did not change the theme from the default. But what makes you so sure that people are going to do the same with the new theme?
Legitimate uses of graphics software to manipulate currency images? What if I'm doing some research on the different types of currency or the history of currency? Do I need to get some kinda of congressional approval? Heck, what about simple history? The history of the 20 dollar bill? I have an image of a dollar bill and would like to resize it to fit my article? This does not seem to be the right solution to me. Too many false-positives. I think somebody has already mentioned plastic bank notes. Besides will it stop there? I mean, so my gfx software doesn't work with currency images. How do I know it isn't "phoning home" alerting some obscure agency that I just tried to open a currency image? This is quite ridiculous.
I use Adblock, which is a firefox extension which also does flash banner blocking. As far as pop-ups go, the only ti'me I've ever had to deal with them on Firefox is with false-positive blocks - ie. Firefox thinks it's a pop-up, so it shows u a little "i" icon at the bottom left. Click it and tell Firefox that it's safe to allow it and you're good to go - usally happens with those annoying sites that use pop-up windows to log you in
It's not as crazy as the chicken and the egg problem, as in which is more important or which comes first, but I dare say that instructive icons do go a certain amount of the way in making the interface intuitive. I would also like to add that with something as beautiful as a keyboard to use for input, it really doesn't matter how and where the buttons/menus are placed as long as every command can be customized to be run with a keyboard shortcut - then you essentially create your own interface - and THIS feature should be easily accessible. I mean comeon, let's take a leaf out of some of the most successful programs in open source - vi and emacs - what do they have in common? keyboard shortcuts. Look at an artist using photoshop...how many times do they actually click the buttons? they use keyboard shortcuts too. So I feel that as long as there is a place to customize those shortcuts, icons do go a long way towards making an app look "presentable", "easy to use", "cool", "neat"... pick any/all of those - basically, they serve to generate interest in the app. After that, whether they're sold on it or not depends on the features. But beautiful icons do help creating a nice first impression.
It looks like you're trying to aim the weapon. Would you like to: ->Track the target ->Fire the weapon ->Cancel
*Pop-up window appears with links* ->Search for weapons on ebay ->Fast fire weapons on amazon ->Get your weapon to fire faster!
*Dialogue pops up on touch screen at that instant*
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If you would still like to use this gun, break the glass and use the pedals provided to power the device.
*Another dialog box pops up* MICROSOFT WINDOWS SUXORS! ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! - Outlook worm.
Yeah, sounds simple, but believe me when you've seen the number of party symbols and the number of languages, it doesn't seem that easy at all. Besides, making a copy of the list would be along similar lines of difficulty as counterfeiting currency. Once you've seen the lists, you'll know what I'm talking about:)
-> reiser is really fast with small files but sucks when deleting/moving. -> XFS is great at deleting, but slower than Reiser and it's not good at searching, but great with large files. -> JFS seems to be great with large files too, but not much else.
So, in other words, ReiserFS would be great things like/usr and other such places, or a partition used for a lot of development work or website development.
XFS and JFS seem to tie when it comes to handling stuff like ISO images, large database backups...so you might want to use one of them for that, depending on your needs.
What I would have really liked to see is a benchmark with these against upcoming file systems like Reiser4 purely from a performance point of view. Now THAT would have been interesting.
As of now, the only interesting thing is that the results have not changed since early benchmarks on these file systems done more than a year ago. I wonder why.
Electronic voting systems are all very good. They are simple enough to use - push the button with your favorite party symbol - that people didn't seem to have a problem even though we have a lot of uneducated folk. However, where the electronic voting was nice, the human factor wasn't. You still have to fill out a ton of forms to get your name on the lists. You need to produce all kind of proof of ID, age and address. You need to go to the office several times to make sure your name gets on the voting list and after all that, sometimes, it just isn't.
Why? because some politicians feel that if they wipe out an entire area that may be hostile to their party from the polling lists, it would be better for them. A lot of my neighbours came away really frustrated and dissappointed because their names were not there even though they had gone through the entire procedure.
So basically, what I'm saying is, e-voting and all is very nice, but given a choice, I'd rather color a circle with a pencil if that's what it takes to be sure that my name will be on the list next time around.
I mean, after all, why do we propose e-voting? To streamline the process right? From experience, I feel that the machines are a very small part of the process and that they should be considered onlt AFTER other issues have been ironed out.
Instead of enlarging the "cache" wouldn't something like increasing the speed of propagation of electrical signals in the brain help more? I mean, that would literally increase the speed of thought, right? Wouldn't it also lead to faster reflexes, faster hand-eye co-ordination and a loadof other useful things? So maybe we should be concentrating on improving the connections instead of deciphering the circuitry? Then again, maybe I'm totally wrong.
Now, I don't mean to flame, but all of a sudden I'm really glad I'm not staying in the US. If you look at this kinda thing as something that sets a precedent, it doesn't look very good.
OTOH, you have countries like NZ legalizing file format changing and doing stuff that actually promotes freedom while protecting rights (don't worry, I don't live there either);)
At the risk of sounding like a total flamer (I really do mean well), I will some it up this way: "land of the free" is becoming "land of the free*" * - subject to certain terms and conditions decided by those with the deepest pockets.
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There is no such thing as "real users". There are just users who like full control over what their browser can and can't do. They use firefox, mozilla and the like. Then there are other users who really just want it all in one package. They use Opera and IE and the like.
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It's just called personalizing your workspace. For me personally, it's about having my browser work the way I want it and nothing else - I have the FireSomething, Tabbrowser Extensions, Adblock, All-In-One Gestures, Paste and Go, DownloadWith, UserAgent Switcher and BugMeNot extensions installed. What does that give me?
It allows me to view any webpage without banner ads, it gives my browser an amusing title everytime it starts up, it gives me mouse gestures that go WAY beyond anything Opera offers, it gives me little conveniences of not having to hit enter when I paste a URL, it gives me really conveneint ways of managing all my browsing tabs, it allows me to change the useragent string among other things.
It's about variety and the freedom to pick and choose what you want your browser to be like. It's a good thing. If you'd rather not use the feature of being able to integrate any combination of over a hundred extensions, please do not grumble. Some users like to pick and choose. Some like it pre-packaged. Looks like you've found Opera suits your needs. I'd recommend you stick with it. However, I browse so much that I feel crippled without all the features that firefox provides.
You want an analogy? Try this
Firefox = Linux Shell Scripting
Opera/IE = DOS Batch Files
It all depends on what you want to do. For some, Opera/IE is more than sufficient. For others, they need something like Firefox.
That's a really good idea. And after you're done, use "dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/hda" just to be sure - you never know what other problems you might run into ;)
Dunno about the factor of 2 and 3 stuff...but here's my config (so maybe I don't notice it):
..pretty much a standard config - 80GB drive etc etc... and though I do notice a tiny slowdown sometimes, the features that tabbrowser extensions bring to the table are simply worth it. Why, tabgroup mode itself, multiple undo close tabs and the ability to save tabs and reload them on the next launch make it worthwhile.
Athlon XP 2000 with 512MB DDR RAM on a Via KT400
hmm...dunno...have never built firefox myself. Asked to take a shot in the dark though, I'd say try putting %1 in quotes and check for any syntax errors maybe? missing spaces...something like that?
Well, let me guess :
:
:
o okies.txt
1) No tabbrowser extensions?
Try here : http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/tbe (it works and I'm using it on 0.9 right now)
2) No Adblock or it doesn't work right?
Try here : http://adblock.mozdev.org/adblock-0.5-dev.xpi (again, it works perfectly on 0.9 and I'm using it)
Finally, if stuff still does not work for you, use this old trick that has saved me a lot of times
Close Firefox.
Rename your profile folder.
Start Firefox again - it will re-create your profile folder. Close it.
Copy over the following files to the new profile folder (overwriting the existing ones)
bookmarks.html
history.dat
formhistory.dat
c
signons.txt
That's it. Ofcourse, you will have to install your extensions all over again, but that does not take much time and it's worth the effort. Every single time I've used this procedure it's worked perfectly and Firefox has gone back to it's usual efficient self.
Hope this helps.
Linux users unite!
:)
Materials:
1 Satellite with uber laser onboard and auto-priority-setting module.
Bunch of anti-microsofties.
Procedure:
Confine crowd in room.
Lecture them on Microsoft...windows update...security flaws...
Let them know such a satellite exists
Let' em loose
Result:
Watch the fireworks at 1 Microsoft Way.
I'm at Wipro and people there too have just woken up to Firefox. Yeah, they're hooked :)
It's just that.
You can run Linux on just about anything. If you want a well known distro like RedHat, Mandrake or Suse, then you're looking at 100MB at the very minimum and some decent processing power, unless you go for one of those mini-distros.
The best is just to make you own. Put in exactly what you want, then make copies of it and deploy it. May I recommend http://www.linuxfromscratch.org ?
They've come up with DVD burners that write data at such a speed that now the Hard drives might not be able to keep up.
So...I'm either missing something here, but assuming they can read the DVDs as fast as they can write them and given the quantity of data storage, looks like we'll easily be able to switch from hard disks to DVDs in the near future.
Besides, what were the hard drive companies doing anyway? How is it that they have let DVD burners catch up?
The only difference seems to be the size...so does it have something to do with the motor used and heat generated or that kinda thing? Coz if that's not the case, I'd really be interested in knowing why we're in danger of having our hard drives out-paced.
First the positives:
1)It looks beautiful.
2)It does look like a Mac app now, but it still looks beautiful even if that might be out of place on Windows or Linux.
3)Very nice icons
4)Even looking a little out of place can be a good thing - example Opera.
5)It's still Firefox, no matter what it looks like - it works the best and it's my favorite browser, so I'm willing to give this new theme a try based on the trust and admiration I've built up for the application and it's developers. Thank you for this wonderful piece of software.
Now the negatives:
1)On Linux and Windows, this will look out of place and won't go down well with people who like a consistent look and feel.
2)The Mac themes are starting to get old and it is time to start off in a new direction and not change to a Macish theme now.
Lastly I have one question to any of those on the Firefox team who are willing to answer:
There are so many themes already for Firefox. Qute was great and I admit I did not change the theme from the default. But what makes you so sure that people are going to do the same with the new theme?
Legitimate uses of graphics software to manipulate currency images? What if I'm doing some research on the different types of currency or the history of currency? Do I need to get some kinda of congressional approval? Heck, what about simple history? The history of the 20 dollar bill? I have an image of a dollar bill and would like to resize it to fit my article?
This does not seem to be the right solution to me. Too many false-positives. I think somebody has already mentioned plastic bank notes.
Besides will it stop there? I mean, so my gfx software doesn't work with currency images. How do I know it isn't "phoning home" alerting some obscure agency that I just tried to open a currency image? This is quite ridiculous.
I use Adblock, which is a firefox extension which also does flash banner blocking. As far as pop-ups go, the only ti'me I've ever had to deal with them on Firefox is with false-positive blocks - ie. Firefox thinks it's a pop-up, so it shows u a little "i" icon at the bottom left. Click it and tell Firefox that it's safe to allow it and you're good to go - usally happens with those annoying sites that use pop-up windows to log you in
Which ones are you talking about? I have adblock on ;)
This windows update will prevent a malicious website from taking control of your super-computing cluster.
It is a shame...coz a diamond surrounded by dung is still a diamond, but only some people recognize it as such.
It's not as crazy as the chicken and the egg problem, as in which is more important or which comes first, but I dare say that instructive icons do go a certain amount of the way in making the interface intuitive. ... pick any/all of those - basically, they serve to generate interest in the app. After that, whether they're sold on it or not depends on the features. But beautiful icons do help creating a nice first impression.
I would also like to add that with something as beautiful as a keyboard to use for input, it really doesn't matter how and where the buttons/menus are placed as long as every command can be customized to be run with a keyboard shortcut - then you essentially create your own interface - and THIS feature should be easily accessible. I mean comeon, let's take a leaf out of some of the most successful programs in open source - vi and emacs - what do they have in common? keyboard shortcuts. Look at an artist using photoshop...how many times do they actually click the buttons? they use keyboard shortcuts too.
So I feel that as long as there is a place to customize those shortcuts, icons do go a long way towards making an app look "presentable", "easy to use", "cool", "neat"
It looks like you're trying to aim the weapon. Would you like to :
->Track the target
->Fire the weapon
->Cancel
*Pop-up window appears with links*
->Search for weapons on ebay
->Fast fire weapons on amazon
->Get your weapon to fire faster!
*Dialogue pops up on touch screen at that instant*
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If you would still like to use this gun, break the glass and use the pedals provided to power the device.
*Another dialog box pops up*
MICROSOFT WINDOWS SUXORS! ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! - Outlook worm.
...where the previous party in power was of the gang sort, was this possible. In most locations, things went quite smooth.
Yeah, sounds simple, but believe me when you've seen the number of party symbols and the number of languages, it doesn't seem that easy at all. Besides, making a copy of the list would be along similar lines of difficulty as counterfeiting currency. Once you've seen the lists, you'll know what I'm talking about :)
....for all file system creation, default options were used.
The results were what we knew already :
/usr and other such places, or a partition used for a lot of development work or website development.
-> reiser is really fast with small files but sucks when deleting/moving.
-> XFS is great at deleting, but slower than Reiser and it's not good at searching, but great with large files.
-> JFS seems to be great with large files too, but not much else.
So, in other words, ReiserFS would be great things like
XFS and JFS seem to tie when it comes to handling stuff like ISO images, large database backups...so you might want to use one of them for that, depending on your needs.
What I would have really liked to see is a benchmark with these against upcoming file systems like Reiser4 purely from a performance point of view. Now THAT would have been interesting.
As of now, the only interesting thing is that the results have not changed since early benchmarks on these file systems done more than a year ago. I wonder why.
Electronic voting systems are all very good. They are simple enough to use - push the button with your favorite party symbol - that people didn't seem to have a problem even though we have a lot of uneducated folk.
However, where the electronic voting was nice, the human factor wasn't. You still have to fill out a ton of forms to get your name on the lists. You need to produce all kind of proof of ID, age and address. You need to go to the office several times to make sure your name gets on the voting list and after all that, sometimes, it just isn't.
Why? because some politicians feel that if they wipe out an entire area that may be hostile to their party from the polling lists, it would be better for them. A lot of my neighbours came away really frustrated and dissappointed because their names were not there even though they had gone through the entire procedure.
So basically, what I'm saying is, e-voting and all is very nice, but given a choice, I'd rather color a circle with a pencil if that's what it takes to be sure that my name will be on the list next time around.
I mean, after all, why do we propose e-voting? To streamline the process right? From experience, I feel that the machines are a very small part of the process and that they should be considered onlt AFTER other issues have been ironed out.
Instead of enlarging the "cache" wouldn't something like increasing the speed of propagation of electrical signals in the brain help more? I mean, that would literally increase the speed of thought, right? Wouldn't it also lead to faster reflexes, faster hand-eye co-ordination and a loadof other useful things? So maybe we should be concentrating on improving the connections instead of deciphering the circuitry? Then again, maybe I'm totally wrong.
How could you even forget the Gigantic Neurological Overloading Mind Engine?
In other news, an experimental female android special agent powered by Microsoft's "Long Horn" went tits up...
Now, I don't mean to flame, but all of a sudden I'm really glad I'm not staying in the US. If you look at this kinda thing as something that sets a precedent, it doesn't look very good.
;)
:
OTOH, you have countries like NZ legalizing file format changing and doing stuff that actually promotes freedom while protecting rights (don't worry, I don't live there either)
At the risk of sounding like a total flamer (I really do mean well), I will some it up this way
"land of the free"
is becoming
"land of the free*"
* - subject to certain terms and conditions decided by those with the deepest pockets.