Well open source doesn't mean no malware automatically, but _popular_ open source means no malware. I can release some malware under the GPL easily enough, but there is no way malware would make it into a high-profile project like Firefox all the way to being included in a official release. There are processes in place to prevent that sort of thing.
If I went to Opera, I'd be doing it for... tab preview.
And performance.. That's a biggie. But then you lose the warm fuzzies of using an open source program, as well as the guarantee that the program is absolutely not installing any spyware or compromising your privacy. It's always a tradeoff.
*sigh* Why does everyone continue to buy into this BS? Point sizes have absolutely nothing to do with your screen resolution if your display is set up correctly. An 8pt font should be the same size whether your res is 1024 or 1600x1200. If you're having trouble reading text on a high res screen, do this: on windows: display properties, settings, advanced, then choose custom setting and adjust the ruler until the distance displayed is correct. Reboot. On Linux, set the DisplaySize (or something like that, I forget) in xorg.conf
That may be true, but the fact remains that Bitcomet is the only program that can get by bittorrent filters that are being put into place at some ISPs (Shaw in Canada). So until other clients offer the option to encrypt headers like Bitcomet does, it's the only option for a lot of people
It's good to see the ivory tower is still standing tall.
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Sounds cool, but "The self-contained PyPy version (single-threaded and using the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector) now runs around 10-20 times slower than CPython" it looks like they still have quite a ways to go.
Reminds me of the hypesters (yeah I made it up) around Java that said it would be faster than C code eventually. Never happened. Hopefully the PyPy people have more luck.
Eric Laffoon is asking for donations towards the http://kdewebdev.org/ project. He's been sponsoring a full time developer for years out of his own pocket and could use some help.
There's a difference between taking liberties and making mistakes and introducing blatantly obvious plot holes. Here's a couple more: If 1% survived, why did they still need a cure? Obviously they were immune to the virus. How did 1% of the human race, scattered all over the world no doubt, manage to gather in one city? Why is this city which supposedly has 5 million people about the size of my hometown (which housed about 20,000 people)? Why is the evil brother so concerned about women getting pregnant? Even if the rest of the human race procreates normally, there is nothing stopping him from cloning himself just as before. Why is the DNA stored in a huge, floating, undefended dirigible? If it's so important, you'd think that they would put it in secure storage. How does everyone else get up there?
To name just a few...
Of course there are lots of liberties that were taken, but I've got no problem with those. Like how Aeon standing out in the open manages to not get hit by all the soldiers, but the concealed snipers do, and how her automatic pistol seems to have a couple hundred rounds in it. These are all pretty standard, and to be expected, but there are tons of things that just dont make any sense.
In the first 10 seconds of Aeon Flux, they explain that 99% of the population was killed by a virus and the 5 million remaining people live in a city called Bregna.
So.. 1% of 6 billion people is 60 million. 5 million are in Bregna, where did the other 55 million go????
There's no reason they can't run the KDE Educational packages on Gnome. I'm an avid KDE user, but for schools I would probably also go with Gnome. All the advanced KDE features that I love are completely irrelevant for that target audience. Although KDE's superior lockdown features may be beneficial.
1) Gmail does block exe attachments, even if they are in zip files. 2) It's a giant pain in the ass. Yes, I need to send executables once in a while. (Application installers to clients etc). 3) I get around it by renaming the file to something nonsensical. like app.exe.deletethisbit
It is 1.5 compatible, and works great. My favourite feature is to not ask when closing the window with multiple tabs, and just restore them when you start firefox the next time. Session saving like this is a huge timesaver.
Well.. Kinda. I tried that, but didn't have a lot more luck. Usually I would have to close and reopen the browser to get gmail to display. Maybe I'll try version 9 again when it comes out.
Middle click all the links in the list to open them as background tabs, then view all those tabs in sequence. I would say less awkward than your solution, since it doesn't require any switching amongst tabs until you're done reading a page.
Tried it, ran it for a month, switched back to FF (1.5 this time).
Opera is nice, but some things really iritated me. One is the shortcut for new tabs is CTRL-N by default. Yes I know I can change it, yes it's fairly simple to do so, but it still drove me up the wall. 3 installations of opera that I used, some I had changed to use CTRL-T, some not. Basically I always ended up hitting the wrong key combo. Stupid, I know, but annoying.
Much more importantly, Opera doesn't support Gmail properly. Most of the time it will load, but every so often it will just sit there with a blank screen, or suddenly refuse to do anything when you click on a link. Also autocompletion of email addressed would only work half of the time. That's a showstopper right there.
Opera is a nice browser, but in the end I liked Firefox better after all. Try 1.5 with the Tabmix Plus extension. Very nice tab enhancements, and does proper session restoration.
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I hope some of the KHTML developers were among those getting rewarded. That's where the code originally came from after all.
Well open source doesn't mean no malware automatically, but _popular_ open source means no malware. I can release some malware under the GPL easily enough, but there is no way malware would make it into a high-profile project like Firefox all the way to being included in a official release. There are processes in place to prevent that sort of thing.
If I went to Opera, I'd be doing it for... tab preview.
And performance.. That's a biggie. But then you lose the warm fuzzies of using an open source program, as well as the guarantee that the program is absolutely not installing any spyware or compromising your privacy. It's always a tradeoff.
And unless they do some serious size optimizations, Qt accounts for a fairly large chunk of that 6MB. In my experience, about 2 to 3 megs.
Try that, and see how many applications break
So far, none.
*sigh*
Why does everyone continue to buy into this BS? Point sizes have absolutely nothing to do with your screen resolution if your display is set up correctly. An 8pt font should be the same size whether your res is 1024 or 1600x1200. If you're having trouble reading text on a high res screen, do this: on windows:
display properties, settings, advanced, then choose custom setting and adjust the ruler until the distance displayed is correct. Reboot.
On Linux, set the DisplaySize (or something like that, I forget) in xorg.conf
That may be true, but the fact remains that Bitcomet is the only program that can get by bittorrent filters that are being put into place at some ISPs (Shaw in Canada). So until other clients offer the option to encrypt headers like Bitcomet does, it's the only option for a lot of people
Why would I want to carry around two devices if the functionality of one can be added to the other with zero disadvantages?
It's good to see the ivory tower is still standing tall.
Sounds cool, but "The self-contained PyPy version (single-threaded and using the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector) now runs around 10-20 times slower than CPython" it looks like they still have quite a ways to go.
Reminds me of the hypesters (yeah I made it up) around Java that said it would be faster than C code eventually. Never happened. Hopefully the PyPy people have more luck.
Eric Laffoon is asking for donations towards the http://kdewebdev.org/ project. He's been sponsoring a full time developer for years out of his own pocket and could use some help.
http://dot.kde.org/1134848565/
By the way, GQView kicks Kuickshow any day :)
Agreed. Have a look at Gwenview though. It's quite nice.
There's a difference between taking liberties and making mistakes and introducing blatantly obvious plot holes. Here's a couple more:
If 1% survived, why did they still need a cure? Obviously they were immune to the virus.
How did 1% of the human race, scattered all over the world no doubt, manage to gather in one city? Why is this city which supposedly has 5 million people about the size of my hometown (which housed about 20,000 people)?
Why is the evil brother so concerned about women getting pregnant? Even if the rest of the human race procreates normally, there is nothing stopping him from cloning himself just as before.
Why is the DNA stored in a huge, floating, undefended dirigible? If it's so important, you'd think that they would put it in secure storage. How does everyone else get up there?
To name just a few...
Of course there are lots of liberties that were taken, but I've got no problem with those. Like how Aeon standing out in the open manages to not get hit by all the soldiers, but the concealed snipers do, and how her automatic pistol seems to have a couple hundred rounds in it. These are all pretty standard, and to be expected, but there are tons of things that just dont make any sense.
In the first 10 seconds of Aeon Flux, they explain that 99% of the population was killed by a virus and the 5 million remaining people live in a city called Bregna.
So.. 1% of 6 billion people is 60 million. 5 million are in Bregna, where did the other 55 million go????
Did anyone else notice this?
Cool, but doesn't help if the SIMPad is nowhere to be found. One link on the Siemens site, and it doesn't work..
I've got another one..
11) LET COWS EAT THE HAY, DISECT DEAD COW
lameness filter blah
There's no reason they can't run the KDE Educational packages on Gnome. I'm an avid KDE user, but for schools I would probably also go with Gnome. All the advanced KDE features that I love are completely irrelevant for that target audience. Although KDE's superior lockdown features may be beneficial.
Hey, at least he's honest! ;)
It doesn't matter if the CEO is a saint. The company's actions are what matters in the end.
1) Gmail does block exe attachments, even if they are in zip files.
2) It's a giant pain in the ass. Yes, I need to send executables once in a while. (Application installers to clients etc).
3) I get around it by renaming the file to something nonsensical. like app.exe.deletethisbit
It is 1.5 compatible, and works great. My favourite feature is to not ask when closing the window with multiple tabs, and just restore them when you start firefox the next time. Session saving like this is a huge timesaver.
Well.. Kinda. I tried that, but didn't have a lot more luck. Usually I would have to close and reopen the browser to get gmail to display. Maybe I'll try version 9 again when it comes out.
Middle click all the links in the list to open them as background tabs, then view all those tabs in sequence. I would say less awkward than your solution, since it doesn't require any switching amongst tabs until you're done reading a page.
Back in 2000 you could take two Opera subwindows, link them together, and have all links from one window open in the other
Don't get me wrong, Opera is a very nice browser, but that is a fantastically useless feature.
Tried it, ran it for a month, switched back to FF (1.5 this time).
Opera is nice, but some things really iritated me. One is the shortcut for new tabs is CTRL-N by default. Yes I know I can change it, yes it's fairly simple to do so, but it still drove me up the wall. 3 installations of opera that I used, some I had changed to use CTRL-T, some not. Basically I always ended up hitting the wrong key combo. Stupid, I know, but annoying.
Much more importantly, Opera doesn't support Gmail properly. Most of the time it will load, but every so often it will just sit there with a blank screen, or suddenly refuse to do anything when you click on a link. Also autocompletion of email addressed would only work half of the time. That's a showstopper right there.
Opera is a nice browser, but in the end I liked Firefox better after all. Try 1.5 with the Tabmix Plus extension. Very nice tab enhancements, and does proper session restoration.