Now if only IE would fix their flat tires and get back in the race.
IE is definitely back in the race, but they have some catching up to do. When it's released, IE8 should be a pretty decent browser, by last year's standards. It passes Acid2 and everything.
From a user's perspective: Yes, it's cool to pass the Acid tests, but unless one of my favourite websites breaks in Firefox (or IE, for the less geeky among us), I really won't care.
If both Firefox and Opera pass the Acid tests, then there's a very good chance that your favorite web sites won't break in either of them. Passing Acid3 is not a reason to switch to Opera. Passing Acid3 removes a reason why you might not want to switch. If you're perfectly happy with your current browser and have no other reasons to consider switching, feel free to ignore this announcement.
From a developer's perspective: Until the really atrocious browsers (*cough*IE*cough*) get up to standard, developers will continue to have headaches coding for cross-browser compatibility anyway. Currently, you have to test for "IE" and "everything else" (ok, so you need to test in all the non-IE browsers for completeness' sake, but if it works in one of them it's very likely going to work in all of them).
Internet Explorer 8 passes Acid2; Microsoft is definitely working on getting "up to standard". Neither IE nor Firefox pass Acid3 yet, but it's definitely a goal that Microsoft and Mozilla should be aiming for. The purpose of the Acid tests is to highlight areas where some browsers don't precisely adhere to W3C recommendations; if these issues can be corrected in the browsers, so that all browsers behave the same way, then developers' lives will become MUCH easier. Indeed, as you point out, the current situation is that you only really have to test for IE and "everything else"; this is a dramatic improvement from the days of testing for IE on Windows and IE on Mac and Mozilla and Opera and Safari, and there would be significant differences between all of them. IE8 will mean a huge leap forward in cross-browser compatibility, and the Acid tests are one reason why.
"Joe the Plumber recently signed a very lucrative contract with a wealthy couple to handle all the work on all seven of their houses." This could be your son!
A 3½-year-old won't eat keyboard keys. A 1½-year-old, which is what the grandparent was talking about, might. Ever notice how a lot of children's toys say "Ages 3 and up"? That's because 3-year-olds know better than to eat them.
The Kaminsky exploit involves getting a reply to a request for subdomain.malicious.example.com that includes a glue record for www.example.com, which passes the bailiwick test.
Copyright lengths need to be brought back down to sane levels. I should NOT have to pay for a Jimi Hendrix download.
This is the important point right here. If copyright actually expired after a reasonable interpretation of "limited times," under a law crafted with the goal of "[promoting] the progress of science and useful arts," we could put a lot of this madness to rest.
Yes, with that one simple change, the RIAA and MPAA could still go after people trading the latest Beyonce album or bootlegs of Quantum of Solace, but those items would have to compete against a wealth of entertainment that has been produced during the mid-20th Century which would now be in the public domain and legally available for free or very cheaply. The implications are staggering.
Copyrights need to be registered again. Automatic granting of copyright is madness.
Here's where I have to disagree with you. I like the fact that works I create are legally protected by default, and I can choose to license them however I want, or release them into the public domain if I so choose.
You're absolutely right. Somebody has decided that there are two camps, "left" and "right", and if you care about politics at all, you have to belong to one of those camps. Once you're in, you have to support everything you're told to support on that side.
You can't support universal health care AND support sending additional troops to Iraq. You can't oppose warrantless domestic wiretaps AND oppose gay marriage. You can't fight for Amendments 1, 4 and 8 AND Amendments 2, 9 and 10. You can't take a stand against the death penalty AND against abortion. Because clearly, that would mean you're undecided, uncommitted, uninformed, or have simply lost your mind.
That's not a lack of motivation to do anything, that's a motivation to not get fired. Don't blame the employees, blame the corporate management who has made it clear that humanity, compassion, and helping customers will not be tolerated.
If by "the religious" you're referring to everyone who considers themselves to belong to a particular religion, be careful. A lot of religious people are strong supporters of the First Amendment (along with the rest of the Constitution).
On the other hand, if you mean the hypocritical religious leaders that Jesus Christ ranted about in Matthew 23, the ones who "love the place of honor at banquets" and "love to be greeted in the marketplaces," then yeah, those people suck.
"They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. Everything they do is done for men to see," Jesus said, and they "have neglected the more important matters of the law - justice, mercy and faithfulness.... On the outside [they] appear to people as righteous but on the inside [they] are full of hypocrisy and wickedness."
Funny how human nature hasn't changed in 2,000 years.
It didn't sound to me like he was mocking you, it sounded like he was expecting your thesis had probably been published somewhere and he'd like to read it.
This is exactly my problem with technology in the classroom. Some administrator somewhere decides that technology is important so we should have some, they spend a big pile of money, and there's no real benefit to most students.
Of course, this particular situation is different. Here we have a guy who's not directly affiliated with the school, offering to donate some of his own unique expertise. He's not in a position to buy art supplies or increase teacher salaries, but he is offering to help in one area he can, and that's great.
Very interesting, I hadn't heard of that before. The linked article is quite old, do you have any more recent information about the switch? Is it still on?
There was an older version of Apple Software Update that tried to install new applications as if they were updates. People (rightly) bitched, and Apple quickly fixed it.
If you're using a recent version of Apple Software Update, and it tries to download an update to iTunes (rather than just offering it as an optional download if you want), it's because you already have an old version of iTunes installed.
Hey, great, a OSS Adblock software that requires you have the latest OS. Yeah, I'd pay to use that.
It's GPL. If you want to make it work on older operating systems, you're welcome to download the code, figure out why it doesn't work, and submit a patch. If they don't like your patch, you can fork it. Don't complain that the work other people are willing to share with you isn't good enough; they don't owe you anything.
shortcoming yes, important web browser? Dude Im a mac users, a claimed Apple zealot, and all that and even I dont see the importance in Safari.
There are four major HTML rendering engines right now, two of which are commercial (Microsoft's Trident and Opera's Presto) and two of which are open-source (Mozilla's Gecko and Apple's WebKit). Of these, only WebKit is really growing right now - more and more browsers are being built on it. Safari is the reference implementation for a WebKit-based browser. That's why Safari is important.
Obama isn't the one that I'm worried about. I don't think he is stupid enough to piss away all of his political capital on gun control. It's the Democrats in Congress that I'm worried about.
Fair enough. Still, it sounds like most gun shops are crediting Barack Obama specifically, rather than Democrats in general, for their recent prosperity.
BTW, not everybody with concerns about gun control watches Fox News.
No, but it's not an unreasonable generalization to make.
The backlight from your phone, which you hold up while you do it, is distracting to the people behind you. Also, even if you have it set to vibrate, I can probably hear it every time a message comes in.
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Now if only IE would fix their flat tires and get back in the race.
IE is definitely back in the race, but they have some catching up to do. When it's released, IE8 should be a pretty decent browser, by last year's standards. It passes Acid2 and everything.
ClamWin doesn't support on-access scanning, so it's currently a non-option for a lot of people.
Of course if you're not supporting Windows desktops, you're free to use whatever you like.
From a user's perspective: Yes, it's cool to pass the Acid tests, but unless one of my favourite websites breaks in Firefox (or IE, for the less geeky among us), I really won't care.
If both Firefox and Opera pass the Acid tests, then there's a very good chance that your favorite web sites won't break in either of them. Passing Acid3 is not a reason to switch to Opera. Passing Acid3 removes a reason why you might not want to switch. If you're perfectly happy with your current browser and have no other reasons to consider switching, feel free to ignore this announcement.
From a developer's perspective: Until the really atrocious browsers (*cough*IE*cough*) get up to standard, developers will continue to have headaches coding for cross-browser compatibility anyway. Currently, you have to test for "IE" and "everything else" (ok, so you need to test in all the non-IE browsers for completeness' sake, but if it works in one of them it's very likely going to work in all of them).
Internet Explorer 8 passes Acid2; Microsoft is definitely working on getting "up to standard". Neither IE nor Firefox pass Acid3 yet, but it's definitely a goal that Microsoft and Mozilla should be aiming for. The purpose of the Acid tests is to highlight areas where some browsers don't precisely adhere to W3C recommendations; if these issues can be corrected in the browsers, so that all browsers behave the same way, then developers' lives will become MUCH easier. Indeed, as you point out, the current situation is that you only really have to test for IE and "everything else"; this is a dramatic improvement from the days of testing for IE on Windows and IE on Mac and Mozilla and Opera and Safari, and there would be significant differences between all of them. IE8 will mean a huge leap forward in cross-browser compatibility, and the Acid tests are one reason why.
Yeah, but getting paid for it would be sweet!
"Joe the Plumber recently signed a very lucrative contract with a wealthy couple to handle all the work on all seven of their houses." This could be your son!
A 3½-year-old won't eat keyboard keys. A 1½-year-old, which is what the grandparent was talking about, might. Ever notice how a lot of children's toys say "Ages 3 and up"? That's because 3-year-olds know better than to eat them.
Perhaps Da Hizzouse?
It's way better than fast food!
That slogan offends me.
The Kaminsky exploit involves getting a reply to a request for subdomain.malicious.example.com that includes a glue record for www.example.com, which passes the bailiwick test.
Copyright lengths need to be brought back down to sane levels. I should NOT have to pay for a Jimi Hendrix download.
This is the important point right here. If copyright actually expired after a reasonable interpretation of "limited times," under a law crafted with the goal of "[promoting] the progress of science and useful arts," we could put a lot of this madness to rest.
Yes, with that one simple change, the RIAA and MPAA could still go after people trading the latest Beyonce album or bootlegs of Quantum of Solace, but those items would have to compete against a wealth of entertainment that has been produced during the mid-20th Century which would now be in the public domain and legally available for free or very cheaply. The implications are staggering.
Copyrights need to be registered again. Automatic granting of copyright is madness.
Here's where I have to disagree with you. I like the fact that works I create are legally protected by default, and I can choose to license them however I want, or release them into the public domain if I so choose.
You're absolutely right. Somebody has decided that there are two camps, "left" and "right", and if you care about politics at all, you have to belong to one of those camps. Once you're in, you have to support everything you're told to support on that side.
You can't support universal health care AND support sending additional troops to Iraq. You can't oppose warrantless domestic wiretaps AND oppose gay marriage. You can't fight for Amendments 1, 4 and 8 AND Amendments 2, 9 and 10. You can't take a stand against the death penalty AND against abortion. Because clearly, that would mean you're undecided, uncommitted, uninformed, or have simply lost your mind.
You fail at acronyms.
That's not a lack of motivation to do anything, that's a motivation to not get fired. Don't blame the employees, blame the corporate management who has made it clear that humanity, compassion, and helping customers will not be tolerated.
What kind of car do you drive, and where can I get one?
If by "the religious" you're referring to everyone who considers themselves to belong to a particular religion, be careful. A lot of religious people are strong supporters of the First Amendment (along with the rest of the Constitution).
On the other hand, if you mean the hypocritical religious leaders that Jesus Christ ranted about in Matthew 23, the ones who "love the place of honor at banquets" and "love to be greeted in the marketplaces," then yeah, those people suck.
"They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. Everything they do is done for men to see," Jesus said, and they "have neglected the more important matters of the law - justice, mercy and faithfulness.... On the outside [they] appear to people as righteous but on the inside [they] are full of hypocrisy and wickedness."
Funny how human nature hasn't changed in 2,000 years.
It didn't sound to me like he was mocking you, it sounded like he was expecting your thesis had probably been published somewhere and he'd like to read it.
This is exactly my problem with technology in the classroom. Some administrator somewhere decides that technology is important so we should have some, they spend a big pile of money, and there's no real benefit to most students.
Of course, this particular situation is different. Here we have a guy who's not directly affiliated with the school, offering to donate some of his own unique expertise. He's not in a position to buy art supplies or increase teacher salaries, but he is offering to help in one area he can, and that's great.
Just as long as anyone who weighs as much as one is still a witch...
Konqueror is still using their own KHTML, but they're working on switching over to Apple's fork, eventually.
Very interesting, I hadn't heard of that before. The linked article is quite old, do you have any more recent information about the switch? Is it still on?
CJ
I know nothing; I found that with Google.
"XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
I couldn't help but notice you just linked to a PDF, not an XML document...
There was an older version of Apple Software Update that tried to install new applications as if they were updates. People (rightly) bitched, and Apple quickly fixed it.
If you're using a recent version of Apple Software Update, and it tries to download an update to iTunes (rather than just offering it as an optional download if you want), it's because you already have an old version of iTunes installed.
Try this: Adblock for Safari
Hey, great, a OSS Adblock software that requires you have the latest OS. Yeah, I'd pay to use that.
It's GPL. If you want to make it work on older operating systems, you're welcome to download the code, figure out why it doesn't work, and submit a patch. If they don't like your patch, you can fork it. Don't complain that the work other people are willing to share with you isn't good enough; they don't owe you anything.
shortcoming yes, important web browser? Dude Im a mac users, a claimed Apple zealot, and all that and even I dont see the importance in Safari.
There are four major HTML rendering engines right now, two of which are commercial (Microsoft's Trident and Opera's Presto) and two of which are open-source (Mozilla's Gecko and Apple's WebKit). Of these, only WebKit is really growing right now - more and more browsers are being built on it. Safari is the reference implementation for a WebKit-based browser. That's why Safari is important.
In addition to Safari (and the mobile version of Safari used on the iPhone and iPod touch), WebKit is also used by Adobe AIR, Google Chrome, and Nokia's S60 browser. Also, Konqueror is still using their own KHTML, but they're working on switching over to Apple's fork, eventually.
Obama isn't the one that I'm worried about. I don't think he is stupid enough to piss away all of his political capital on gun control. It's the Democrats in Congress that I'm worried about.
Fair enough. Still, it sounds like most gun shops are crediting Barack Obama specifically, rather than Democrats in general, for their recent prosperity.
BTW, not everybody with concerns about gun control watches Fox News.
No, but it's not an unreasonable generalization to make.
what's wrong with texting?
The backlight from your phone, which you hold up while you do it, is distracting to the people behind you. Also, even if you have it set to vibrate, I can probably hear it every time a message comes in.