"Do Not Track" used to be enabled by default. In the developer edition, it looked like it was turned off by default. That isn't a good sign.
How do they serve relevant ads if they aren't tracking people? And how exactly are they tracking people?
I think that it's bad to put browser technology into the hands of an advertising company (Google). Firefox is the best alternative because of that. I hope they aren't about to make really stupid mistakes.
Right. A 1989 plan from a conservative think tank that never had enough support to even be proposed when Republicans controlled the House, Senate, and Presidency. That's a plan that "belongs" to the Republicans.
The Republicans did implement it and test it in Massachusetts only about 15 years after Heritage proposed the idea.
Every single Republican in Congress opposed this plan. Republican voters overwhelmingly opposed (and still oppose) this plan.
That's only because Obama was proposing it. He was trying to be diplomatic by compromising, but Republicans systematically oppose anything that Obama does, because they want the country to suffer during his term. If Obama is liked by the population, Republicans have less of a chance of getting their extreme policies enacted. The ACA is basically Romneycare. It's a right-wing idea. The left wanted something different, but they settled for the Republican plan.
The apps and phones themselves are spyware/adware/malware. I can't use some app unless I send my entire web browsing history to some random, unknown company that monetizes through mining and/or selling data.
There are more dangers from random people "biohacking" in their basements than creating things that are directly lethal. For example: terminator seeds that interbreed with other species we depend on. Or disrupting the extremely fine balance of ecosystems -- like something that affects bees or other pollinators. I think it should be well regulated.
For clarification: definitely don't do a DOS. If the page is corrupted, just show the user a warning message and a way to take action, like click to tweet some bad publicity about Comcast. Twitter would be full of the hashtag and media would pick up the story.
Comcast are serving ads with Doubleclick? Start a campaign to put pressure on Google to disallow the practice. DNS highjacking is another serious problem. T-Mobile and MetroPCS are going that at the moment. I get a page of T-Mobile ads when I try to search Google on my phone.
Yes, definitely. Also, it violates the policies of ad-free sites to not subject their visitors to ads. Websites will not be able to maintain their terms of service. For example: if you pay the website for an ad-free subscription, and Comcast then injects ads, your customers are screwed.
An ad-blocker is for personal use -- kind of like marking a page in a book that you're reading or removing a picture because you don't want to see it. Systematic modification of copyrighted content before delivery to customers is definitely criminal.
This must be illegal, since it modifies copyrighted content before delivery to the consumer. If this happens to your site, sue them for violating copyright. Can you imagine what it would do to a ad-free website's reputation to have some ads injected into it? This is an attack on web publishers.
Much gnashing of teeth will ensue for years to come. A la emacs vs vim, kde vs gnome, gnome 3 vs gnome 2, etc ad nausem
In all those other debates, they were pretty evenly matched with both being sensible options. The only exception in your list is GNOME 3 which was a disaster. I don't know much about it, but this is interesting: http://boycottsystemd.org/
Firefox OS looks great. You can get a $33 Firefox smartphone and program it with HTML5. Firefox OS could even be marketed as a DIY-focused product -- cheaper than a Raspberry Pi.
Pressing alt shows the menu, but it's faster to use keyboard shortcuts: reopen last closed tab: ctrl-shift-t. Reopen last closed window: ctrl-shift-n. https://support.mozilla.org/en...
Google spends a lot of money to make people think that Chrome is faster, but Firefox beats Chrome in some tests (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/chrome-27-firefox-21-opera-next,3534-12.html) and Firefox also has Odin Monkey (http://www.extremetech.com/computing/151403-firefox-sticks-it-to-google-with-odinmonkey-which-can-boost-javascript-performance-by-1000-or-more). Chrome also uses more memory than Firefox.
That's GNOME?:(
I used GNOME for years, and then the interface became ridiculous right at the same time that the Unity disaster happened. It took me a long time to find a replacement, but I settled on xmonad running with GNOME Classic and it gives me something like the old GNOME but with tiled windows.
I love my current setup: Vim + xmonad + Pentadactyl + tmux.
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"Do Not Track" used to be enabled by default. In the developer edition, it looked like it was turned off by default. That isn't a good sign.
How do they serve relevant ads if they aren't tracking people? And how exactly are they tracking people?
I think that it's bad to put browser technology into the hands of an advertising company (Google). Firefox is the best alternative because of that. I hope they aren't about to make really stupid mistakes.
The Republicans did implement it and test it in Massachusetts only about 15 years after Heritage proposed the idea.
That's only because Obama was proposing it. He was trying to be diplomatic by compromising, but Republicans systematically oppose anything that Obama does, because they want the country to suffer during his term. If Obama is liked by the population, Republicans have less of a chance of getting their extreme policies enacted. The ACA is basically Romneycare. It's a right-wing idea. The left wanted something different, but they settled for the Republican plan.
Another anecdote: Heath care rates for me went down significantly, and I'm a small business owner.
The apps and phones themselves are spyware/adware/malware. I can't use some app unless I send my entire web browsing history to some random, unknown company that monetizes through mining and/or selling data.
Is Download.com full of spyware? Could someone post the URLs or names of a few confirmed examples?
It's already here. They're called smartphone apps.
There are more dangers from random people "biohacking" in their basements than creating things that are directly lethal. For example: terminator seeds that interbreed with other species we depend on. Or disrupting the extremely fine balance of ecosystems -- like something that affects bees or other pollinators. I think it should be well regulated.
And it would provide documentation for legal action against Comcast.
For clarification: definitely don't do a DOS. If the page is corrupted, just show the user a warning message and a way to take action, like click to tweet some bad publicity about Comcast. Twitter would be full of the hashtag and media would pick up the story.
Perhaps a plugin that checks the integrity of a page against an embedded signed hash and launches a DOS against the ISP if it has been corrupted.
Maybe Cloudflare could add that as a feature, since they rewrite HTML before delivery.
Skype got worse on GNU/Linux after Microsoft bought it, so I stopped using it completely. The Android app was terrible last time I used it too.
Comcast are serving ads with Doubleclick? Start a campaign to put pressure on Google to disallow the practice. DNS highjacking is another serious problem. T-Mobile and MetroPCS are going that at the moment. I get a page of T-Mobile ads when I try to search Google on my phone.
No -- people already pay Comcast for service. This is just an attempt to unethically squeeze more money out of people.
That would be nice, but it's impossible to use the modern web and HTML5 without JavaScript. Maybe Privacy Badger or Ghostery can block it.
Yes, definitely. Also, it violates the policies of ad-free sites to not subject their visitors to ads. Websites will not be able to maintain their terms of service. For example: if you pay the website for an ad-free subscription, and Comcast then injects ads, your customers are screwed.
An ad-blocker is for personal use -- kind of like marking a page in a book that you're reading or removing a picture because you don't want to see it. Systematic modification of copyrighted content before delivery to customers is definitely criminal.
This must be illegal, since it modifies copyrighted content before delivery to the consumer. If this happens to your site, sue them for violating copyright. Can you imagine what it would do to a ad-free website's reputation to have some ads injected into it? This is an attack on web publishers.
Much gnashing of teeth will ensue for years to come. A la emacs vs vim, kde vs gnome, gnome 3 vs gnome 2, etc ad nausem
In all those other debates, they were pretty evenly matched with both being sensible options. The only exception in your list is GNOME 3 which was a disaster. I don't know much about it, but this is interesting: http://boycottsystemd.org/
Firefox OS looks great. You can get a $33 Firefox smartphone and program it with HTML5. Firefox OS could even be marketed as a DIY-focused product -- cheaper than a Raspberry Pi.
Yes... this is a likely scenario. Either they were told that or they could see that it's dangerous to depend on your main competitor for revenue.
What else are you going to support? Google? Mozilla is the only sane browser left, even if they haven't done everything perfectly.
Pressing alt shows the menu, but it's faster to use keyboard shortcuts: reopen last closed tab: ctrl-shift-t. Reopen last closed window: ctrl-shift-n. https://support.mozilla.org/en...
Google spends a lot of money to make people think that Chrome is faster, but Firefox beats Chrome in some tests (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/chrome-27-firefox-21-opera-next,3534-12.html) and Firefox also has Odin Monkey (http://www.extremetech.com/computing/151403-firefox-sticks-it-to-google-with-odinmonkey-which-can-boost-javascript-performance-by-1000-or-more). Chrome also uses more memory than Firefox.
If you don't want an overly simplified interface, install Pentadactyl. It's one of the best things about Firefox.
That's GNOME? :(
I used GNOME for years, and then the interface became ridiculous right at the same time that the Unity disaster happened. It took me a long time to find a replacement, but I settled on xmonad running with GNOME Classic and it gives me something like the old GNOME but with tiled windows.
I love my current setup: Vim + xmonad + Pentadactyl + tmux.