That's what got me hooked on it around 4 years ago.:)
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Google to Buy Opera?
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Goto Tools - Apperance, and select the Windows Native skin. Evidently people like us that don't like that cutesy skinned look are in the minority. *sigh*
At least we've got a choice.
You might give Opera a try, I tried FireFox when it came out (and again every few releases) and I keep finding it slower and the UI not near as polished.
The only thing that FireFox has that I miss is the easy extensibility, but meh, I haven't seen any functionality added through that that makes me think that I'm missing out.
P.S. I'd just like to say that Firefox without the SessionSaver extension is painful. Why on earth isn't SessionSaver included by default? "You have 9 tabs open that took you many hours to arrange. Close them all forever: yes/no?". And if something crashes, you don't even get the annoying dialog...
It's a bit offtopic... but... Opera has had the built-in ability to autosave your sessions for years and years. And it'll even handle crashes... might give it a shot...;)
That said, I really do wish that Opera would support extensions the way FireFox does.
Remember the toy you had as a child where you put the triangle into the triangle shaped hole? Are people really sitting around scratching their heads trying to put a component cable into an hdmi port?
I dunno about component cables into a hdmi port... but when I was in the second semester of my senior design course my team had one of its members trying to put a USB memory stick into an ethernet port. It wasn't a case of fumbling around on the back of the laptop, he had the laptop turned around, was looking directly at what he was doing, and was wondering why it wasn't working. There really are adults out there that can't figure out the triangle goes into triangle shaped hole.
Oh, and the scariest part of this story is that this guy wound up graduating with something like a 3.9 GPA as a CSE student.
As long as you don't use IE and don't download FREE MOUSE CURSORS or FREE IM SMILIES or the like you're fine. You'll probably want a virus scanner setup to scan files/emails/whatnot as they're downloaded as well.
About the only time I have an issue is when I visit the whorehouses of the net to download a crack or something... but I make sure that those files are scanned before I run them. Oh, I also spend 30 seconds and scan through EULAs. Once you get used to the typical layout you can spot the majority of spyware legal notices amazingly fast.
I'll get a bit of spyware a couple of times a year, but I've never gotten something that took more than 5-10 minutes to get rid of (including research time).
Oh yeah, I use P2P apps as well, as long as you get a clean client you're fine. (ie, emule, kazaa-lite, a good Bittorrent app, etc)
It's not like there's a competetitor that's been selling similar (and currently better) chips for way less than Intel does... it's not like this might clue people in that Intel had a huge markup due to thier brandname saturation...
But I'll be sending them $40 or whatever it is for my home machine though. Like you said, I'd feel guilty if I wasn't. They've got a great product and a great corporate attitude and I've never been against supporting a (nice, ie not RIAA) company that has a product that I like.
Well, it's not exactly what you're asking for, but why not create yourself a stylesheet that sets the font size to whatever you want, then apply that stylesheet when you run across a website with a font-size you dislike?
While you're at it might as well set font color / background, etc so that you can make a badly designed site readable with one keypress.
Personally I like having images zoom when I zoom. When I hit an image that won't fit on one page I simply bump zoom down to 80% or whatnot and viola. If I'm looking at a badly sized animated gif that has a high res but is sized to be 1 inch in width or something screwy, then zooming in allows me to see what's going on.
Now, perhaps an option to select which type of behavior you'd like to have zoom do would be nice, as you said there are instances where having images zoom isn't to be desired. Write a suggestion in to Opera.:)
If there's any sort of heavy traffic, then concrete is a much better material for roads than asphalt.
Asphalt is a good material for lightly used roads. It'll deform under heavy loads though... go pick up a bit of broken asphalt, and you'll notice that it's not a solid.
However, the largest problem with a road in poor condition usually isn't what the surface is made of... but lies in poor preperation of the subgrade.
I care because I'm tired of being asked to "fix" computers where the only thing that is wrong is that they've been running IE and having exploit after exploit violated and crap installed.
If it was only one or two people it wouldn't be that big a deal... but it's enough that I get bugged almost daily.
I have people wondering why thier browser stopped working... and wanting me to fix it.
I have people wondering why thier computer is too slow to use... and wanting me to fix it.
I have people wondering why thier system crashes... and wanting me to fix it.
Now, if IE actually was the best browser out there, then I'd clean thier system, educate them, and have them keep using IE.
But IE is most definately not the best browser out there (almost) regardless of how you look at it.
So... I'll fix thier system once. Tell them that IE is why things got like they did. Educate them a bit. Then let them know about the wonder that is Opera (or to a lesser extent FireFox) explain some of the features... get them to try mouse gestures and tabbed browsing out.
If they're one of the adamantly anti-anything not IE people, then I just tell them that this is the one and only time that I'll fix thier computer and let it go.
As to the other reason that I care... it's because I'm a nice person. When I find something wonderful I want to share it with others.
It's like people that are newly in love, they want to hook all thier single friends up too.
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"paid for Opera 7.5 and can use the 8+ series without paying for an upgrade (it's considered an upgrade to 7.54 since there was no 7.6)"
If you had paid for a hypothetical 7.01 or 7.87 you'd still be able to use the 8+ series without paying.
The free version upgrade applies to the next full version, not the minor improvements made within that version.
They're not scared of losing money *now* to P2P. They're worried about losing control of marketing and distribution.
If P2P music doesn't get beaten down now, then eventually it's going to be used by upcoming musicians as a way to get their songs advertised to a wide audience without locking themselves into one the of RIAAs evil contracts.
In the long run if P2P is allowed to become a competitive marketing/distribution method, then the RIAA will find that more and more artists refuse to sign with them and independently market and sell themselves.
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That's what got me hooked on it around 4 years ago. :)
Goto Tools - Apperance, and select the Windows Native skin. Evidently people like us that don't like that cutesy skinned look are in the minority. *sigh*
At least we've got a choice.
You might give Opera a try, I tried FireFox when it came out (and again every few releases) and I keep finding it slower and the UI not near as polished.
The only thing that FireFox has that I miss is the easy extensibility, but meh, I haven't seen any functionality added through that that makes me think that I'm missing out.
Oh, and the scariest part of this story is that this guy wound up graduating with something like a 3.9 GPA as a CSE student.
We practice safe hex...
As long as you don't use IE and don't download FREE MOUSE CURSORS or FREE IM SMILIES or the like you're fine. You'll probably want a virus scanner setup to scan files/emails/whatnot as they're downloaded as well.
About the only time I have an issue is when I visit the whorehouses of the net to download a crack or something... but I make sure that those files are scanned before I run them. Oh, I also spend 30 seconds and scan through EULAs. Once you get used to the typical layout you can spot the majority of spyware legal notices amazingly fast.
I'll get a bit of spyware a couple of times a year, but I've never gotten something that took more than 5-10 minutes to get rid of (including research time).
Oh yeah, I use P2P apps as well, as long as you get a clean client you're fine. (ie, emule, kazaa-lite, a good Bittorrent app, etc)
Why does this surprise anyone?
It's not like there's a competetitor that's been selling similar (and currently better) chips for way less than Intel does... it's not like this might clue people in that Intel had a huge markup due to thier brandname saturation...
oh... wait...
I'm getting a free reg code for my work machine.
But I'll be sending them $40 or whatever it is for my home machine though. Like you said, I'd feel guilty if I wasn't. They've got a great product and a great corporate attitude and I've never been against supporting a (nice, ie not RIAA) company that has a product that I like.
Well, it's not exactly what you're asking for, but why not create yourself a stylesheet that sets the font size to whatever you want, then apply that stylesheet when you run across a website with a font-size you dislike?
:)
While you're at it might as well set font color / background, etc so that you can make a badly designed site readable with one keypress.
Personally I like having images zoom when I zoom. When I hit an image that won't fit on one page I simply bump zoom down to 80% or whatnot and viola. If I'm looking at a badly sized animated gif that has a high res but is sized to be 1 inch in width or something screwy, then zooming in allows me to see what's going on.
Now, perhaps an option to select which type of behavior you'd like to have zoom do would be nice, as you said there are instances where having images zoom isn't to be desired. Write a suggestion in to Opera.
XBOX 360 ME the $99 version... with a $4.99/min tech support line.
If there's any sort of heavy traffic, then concrete is a much better material for roads than asphalt.
Asphalt is a good material for lightly used roads. It'll deform under heavy loads though... go pick up a bit of broken asphalt, and you'll notice that it's not a solid.
However, the largest problem with a road in poor condition usually isn't what the surface is made of... but lies in poor preperation of the subgrade.
I care because I'm tired of being asked to "fix" computers where the only thing that is wrong is that they've been running IE and having exploit after exploit violated and crap installed.
If it was only one or two people it wouldn't be that big a deal... but it's enough that I get bugged almost daily.
I have people wondering why thier browser stopped working... and wanting me to fix it.
I have people wondering why thier computer is too slow to use... and wanting me to fix it.
I have people wondering why thier system crashes... and wanting me to fix it.
Now, if IE actually was the best browser out there, then I'd clean thier system, educate them, and have them keep using IE.
But IE is most definately not the best browser out there (almost) regardless of how you look at it.
So... I'll fix thier system once. Tell them that IE is why things got like they did. Educate them a bit. Then let them know about the wonder that is Opera (or to a lesser extent FireFox) explain some of the features... get them to try mouse gestures and tabbed browsing out.
If they're one of the adamantly anti-anything not IE people, then I just tell them that this is the one and only time that I'll fix thier computer and let it go.
As to the other reason that I care... it's because I'm a nice person. When I find something wonderful I want to share it with others.
It's like people that are newly in love, they want to hook all thier single friends up too.
"paid for Opera 7.5 and can use the 8+ series without paying for an upgrade (it's considered an upgrade to 7.54 since there was no 7.6)"
If you had paid for a hypothetical 7.01 or 7.87 you'd still be able to use the 8+ series without paying.
The free version upgrade applies to the next full version, not the minor improvements made within that version.
They're not scared of losing money *now* to P2P. They're worried about losing control of marketing and distribution.
If P2P music doesn't get beaten down now, then eventually it's going to be used by upcoming musicians as a way to get their songs advertised to a wide audience without locking themselves into one the of RIAAs evil contracts.
In the long run if P2P is allowed to become a competitive marketing/distribution method, then the RIAA will find that more and more artists refuse to sign with them and independently market and sell themselves.