Chrome saving all files to Downloads instead of giving me the option to open
Settings > Under the Hood > Downloads > Ask where to save each file before downloading
That does not solve the littering problem, it just moves it. Firefox gives me the option to open or save. If I choose open then I can save later via the opening app. If I decide not to save then the download (actually stored in/tmp) just vanishes. That is what I want and need, and not what Chrome provides.
You're playing games. You must distribute the source as you know. And in return you get to sell software written by other people. Everybody's a winner. What's not to like?
If that little act of returning something to the community you got it from is too much for you, then don't sell that software. Simple.
Truth be told, I read it on Firefox, though I also have Chrome running. In fact, I do my "throwaway" browsing on Chrome and "serious" browsing on Firefox. Chrome not being able to bookmark all tabs to a folder is a serious deficiency that prevents me from saving sets of links that are the result of possibly lengthy research. Another constant annoyance is Chrome saving all files to Downloads instead of giving me the option to open. This litters my Download directory with lots of junk, a problem I do not have with Firefox. And Chrome cannot be trusted to remember its open tabs after an unexpected shutdown (such as a reboot).
I wonder how you arrived at that nonsensical claim, which has nothing whatsoever to do with the GPL license. Perhaps it would be useful to remember that argument by analogy is a logical fallacy.
Why create something, give it out for free, and then allow businesses to take your work, profit from it, and give nothing back?
Because if you truly want to promote freedom and free code, you also have to let people to profit from it. Freedom isn't picking who gets to enjoy that "freedom" based on some rules.
You post is FUD of the worst sort. The GPL in no way restricts freedom to profit from GPL code, it only restricts you from taking private the hard work of the original authors. So if walled garden is your business model, then don't use GPL code. But if your business is committed to playing well with the community, the GPL is your friend. In my opinion, the former approach belongs to the last century. Business2 is about playing well with the community, as opposed to turn-of-the-19th-century trustmaking tycoonism.
Sorry for butting in with this, but it still sickens me that older MS Office documents are not able to be opened by default with newer MS Office products.
So the behavior may be the same for every user, but obviously you can't speak for everyone about what kind of behavior they want.
Yes I can, because they always mutter about it. Face it, Apple blew chunks on this particular issue and in countless other little details. Spinning a broken thing as not broken does not fix it, only fixing it does. (thinks about the iPhone 2 antenna)
It's actually very hard to find sales figures for netpad sales, I don't know where you're getting yours[1]. But I found some interesting ones from India. Executive summary: 85% Samsung, 5.9% Apple, and the total netpad market about a quarter of what was predicted.
[1] Perhaps you would consider supplying some links.
The iPad is positioned to be as dominant as the iPod in the mp3 player market.
Interesting. And here I was thinking that Sumsung and Asus have already taken a large and growing share of the tablet market, thanks for correcting me.
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Chrome saving all files to Downloads instead of giving me the option to open
Settings > Under the Hood > Downloads > Ask where to save each file before downloading
That does not solve the littering problem, it just moves it. Firefox gives me the option to open or save. If I choose open then I can save later via the opening app. If I decide not to save then the download (actually stored in /tmp) just vanishes. That is what I want and need, and not what Chrome provides.
Chrome cannot be trusted to remember its open tabs after an unexpected shutdown (such as a reboot).
Anecdotal, but I've never had Chrome forget any of my tabs (incognito windows/tabs excepted, of course)
Easy to reproduce. 1) Crash 2) Restart 3) Crash again before restoring Chrome's remembered pages 4) Restart 5) Where are my pages?
What it has to do with you, is that you are a FUDster. Please get a life. Shoot a puppy or something, it would look better on you.
He says that 1,000 staff had been maintaining 15,000 Windows computers. Fifteen computers per tech? Not impressive, by an order of magnitude.
You're playing games. You must distribute the source as you know. And in return you get to sell software written by other people. Everybody's a winner. What's not to like?
If that little act of returning something to the community you got it from is too much for you, then don't sell that software. Simple.
Thankyou. Know how to convince Chrome to just open a pdf instead of storing it in Downloads?
Truth be told, I read it on Firefox, though I also have Chrome running. In fact, I do my "throwaway" browsing on Chrome and "serious" browsing on Firefox. Chrome not being able to bookmark all tabs to a folder is a serious deficiency that prevents me from saving sets of links that are the result of possibly lengthy research. Another constant annoyance is Chrome saving all files to Downloads instead of giving me the option to open. This litters my Download directory with lots of junk, a problem I do not have with Firefox. And Chrome cannot be trusted to remember its open tabs after an unexpected shutdown (such as a reboot).
I wonder how you arrived at that nonsensical claim, which has nothing whatsoever to do with the GPL license. Perhaps it would be useful to remember that argument by analogy is a logical fallacy.
And by the way, you're doing evil. Tangential support of my claim.
And, it would seem, you have an agenda.
And you are full of FUD, never mind the insults.
Did you seriously just imply the only time the GPL would cause problems for companies is in acts of evil?
Wow.
No, I did not imply it, I stated it clearly.
The BSD license has an excellent feature not often discussed: the right to GPL any BSD code. See where that goes over time?
Re problems caused by GPL for companies: GPL only causes problems with doing of evil.
Why create something, give it out for free, and then allow businesses to take your work, profit from it, and give nothing back?
Because if you truly want to promote freedom and free code, you also have to let people to profit from it. Freedom isn't picking who gets to enjoy that "freedom" based on some rules.
You post is FUD of the worst sort. The GPL in no way restricts freedom to profit from GPL code, it only restricts you from taking private the hard work of the original authors. So if walled garden is your business model, then don't use GPL code. But if your business is committed to playing well with the community, the GPL is your friend. In my opinion, the former approach belongs to the last century. Business2 is about playing well with the community, as opposed to turn-of-the-19th-century trustmaking tycoonism.
Sorry for butting in with this, but it still sickens me that older MS Office documents are not able to be opened by default with newer MS Office products.
An excellent reason to use Open/Libre Office
What latest data?
> Yes I can, because they always mutter about it.
Yeah, and you've talked to every user?
So, suppose I see you pick up the iPad and the battery explodes in your face. Do I need to talk to every user to know the battery exploded?
Moonie.
So the behavior may be the same for every user, but obviously you can't speak for everyone about what kind of behavior they want.
Yes I can, because they always mutter about it. Face it, Apple blew chunks on this particular issue and in countless other little details. Spinning a broken thing as not broken does not fix it, only fixing it does. (thinks about the iPhone 2 antenna)
Did you notice that word "projected"?
Links, please. Especially for the Samsung share you quoted.
It's actually very hard to find sales figures for netpad sales, I don't know where you're getting yours[1]. But I found some interesting ones from India. Executive summary: 85% Samsung, 5.9% Apple, and the total netpad market about a quarter of what was predicted.
[1] Perhaps you would consider supplying some links.
The iPad is positioned to be as dominant as the iPod in the mp3 player market.
Interesting. And here I was thinking that Sumsung and Asus have already taken a large and growing share of the tablet market, thanks for correcting me.
You're playing games. Every iPad user stumbles on exactly the issue I stated, for the obvious reason.
Mean and evil.