Apologies if mentioned above. Using android default browser. Couple of use cases that looks like haven't been considered.
1. Opening stories in new tab. I like to open the main slashdot page, browse down the stories, then as I see a story I like long press on the story and choose to open it in a new tab. This preserves my place on the main page, and I can reviews the story/comments in a new tab. Then close it when I am finished. Currently cannot long press on anything. Appears that each story summary on the main page has no 'links' as understood by the Android browser, rather some sort of screen area that cannot be opened as a separate tab.
2. Back button does not work. Seeing as I couldn't open stories in a new tab, I pressed to open a story. Naturally as with any browser based application, when I had finished, I used the Back button to return to the main Slashdot page. This resulted in slashdot disappearing altogether! I guess you are using dynamic loading of content. If you don't want this to work in a browser, then create your own client side application with it's own functionality. If you expect this to work in a browser, then for god's(gods,noodly) sake RESPECT THE WAY THAT BROWSERS WORK!
BluePutDroid will do the same thing. It works by turning your android device into a bluetooth Human Inteface Device (HID). So, it will work with pretty much any device that has bluetooth. Don't have bluetooth? I'm sure you can find a cheap bluetooth USB dongle.
I use it for my PS3. It also has mouse control and has a screen for the PS buttons. I can't handle the 'typing' using PS3 gamepads...
I guess I could use it as a keyboard for my laptop which has bluetooth, but i dunno why, they already built one in!
...the problem I find a lot nowadays, is that a lot of sites require you to allow scripts from 3rd party domains, eg, googleapis, for the site to actually work.
So, naturally by allowing this you can be tracked.
Measuring heat may not be a fair comparison. Perhaps the 2.6.38 performs >20% better at that higher temp? How many loops are you getting in that period?
I have a general perception that running fast for a short time and idling at low power for longer is generally better for low power consumption.
Also heat may not necessarily be a good indication of performance directly. Just as battery life is not necessarily a direct indication of performance.
Google has really had their goggles (or blinders) on about the whole app market.
While they've managed to create a lot of market momentum behind what is fundamentally a hardware platform, they have been unable to tie that to their software based platform.
Is this because of their 'open' stance? Perhaps, but that's only going to be able to be discerned over time.
As hardware has become 'commodotized', so has software, and so too will the 'great' web services like google.
OK disclaimer first. I haven't seen it yet. I haven't seen a screen shot yet. I haven't read anything yet. I'm still running 9.04.
But I can absolutely see reasons to support this.
I recently enabled the Group and Tab Windows in Compiz. I was staggered by the functionality and possibilities, but frustrated by the usability. Right click on title bar? Nothing. Anything in the Windowing menu (Top left under icon)? Err, nope. AFAICT, the only way to make any use of it is knowing the key stroke combos. It's like learning all over again! And this is the only way to control the GUI itself! No integration into the Windowing UI?
So, from my perspective, you need a way to control the newer MDI technologies, and if they stick it in the window bar where _/[]/X was, stick that same _/[]/X wherever you want.
Eye candy will definitely win some converts. If it's an opportunity for Ubuntu to lead and someone else to react, then what have you got to lose?
Sad, isnt it? You should just be thankful you only see the really best of the ideas our glorious leaders of business and politics come up with.
It's as if pure marketing has taken over the country. Everyone is on a desperate mission to do something that is "first", "best" or some other superlative to get their 15 minutes of fame. Whether it actually makes any sense, is logically feasible, or benefits Australians is irrelevant.
With some of the products on the market now that make use of various Si compounds, and some that claim nano-tech, I would love to see this type of self-arranging -dare I say smart?- nano-tech to form the barrier between my car's paint and the environment. The problem with all sealants and waxes is that they degrade, meaning you (or someone you pay) has to do it at regular intervals. Typically between 1 month and 6 months. I love my car, but hate the polish/seal/wax scenarios:-/
Bonus points if it can be made to enhance depth, and look shiny!
MS is now in such a dominant position that it is now artificially limiting features to introduce competition and introduce artificial price points. It's aimed at the hardware vendors, and at the price of other operating systems to drive them out of the market.
As pointed out above, if the data is encrypted, the service can't search on it.
So: - you get a VM or a hosted machine that you have complete control over. - You set up all your encryption as necessary, eg encrypting the file system. SSL to the machine, etc - You set up a search system, eg lucene, or maybe database as SQL queries are needed or whatever. - Profit(?)
Of course, you could do all the same in-house as well, without the need for encryption etc.
Ubuntu 8.04 is a Long Term Support (LTS) release. It will have any security patches until the next LTS release, which is typically every 18 months. So, why not just wait for 9.10?
Sun somehow managed to butcher so many of its acquisitions, that it would be interesting to see what would be the outcome of IBM buying Sun. OpenOffice vs Symphony, DB2 vs MySQL, WebSphere vs Sun's offerings, Solaris vs AIX, and not to mention the hardware side.
Whatever happened to VRML? I remember seeing some examples of this years ago. ...*googles*... wikipedia....enlightenment!
VRML has turned into X3D. Of course! It had to be XML'ified.
Why not accelerate this?
Actually, I'm not even sure that I want accel 3D in my browser. I have enough issues with graphics drivers OUTSIDE of the browser without making the browser crash too...
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Apologies if mentioned above. Using android default browser. Couple of use cases that looks like haven't been considered.
1. Opening stories in new tab. I like to open the main slashdot page, browse down the stories, then as I see a story I like long press on the story and choose to open it in a new tab. This preserves my place on the main page, and I can reviews the story/comments in a new tab. Then close it when I am finished. Currently cannot long press on anything. Appears that each story summary on the main page has no 'links' as understood by the Android browser, rather some sort of screen area that cannot be opened as a separate tab.
2. Back button does not work. Seeing as I couldn't open stories in a new tab, I pressed to open a story. Naturally as with any browser based application, when I had finished, I used the Back button to return to the main Slashdot page. This resulted in slashdot disappearing altogether! I guess you are using dynamic loading of content. If you don't want this to work in a browser, then create your own client side application with it's own functionality. If you expect this to work in a browser, then for god's(gods,noodly) sake RESPECT THE WAY THAT BROWSERS WORK!
I knew those fuckers at Epic Meal Time were going too far with the bacon.
BluePutDroid will do the same thing. It works by turning your android device into a bluetooth Human Inteface Device (HID). So, it will work with pretty much any device that has bluetooth. Don't have bluetooth? I'm sure you can find a cheap bluetooth USB dongle.
I use it for my PS3. It also has mouse control and has a screen for the PS buttons. I can't handle the 'typing' using PS3 gamepads...
I guess I could use it as a keyboard for my laptop which has bluetooth, but i dunno why, they already built one in!
...the problem I find a lot nowadays, is that a lot of sites require you to allow scripts from 3rd party domains, eg, googleapis, for the site to actually work.
So, naturally by allowing this you can be tracked.
I said a hip, a hop, the hippity-hop
To the hip hip hop, and you dont stop!
Of course they will!
They saved all your wifi traffic, why not save your videos too!
There had to be one post that was modded up to 5 to provide a 'fair and balanced' view.
It's just a shame that is is such a trollish post. "Anti-geek", "anti-apple", "anti-beer", "anti-car", "anti-environment", "anti-everything"
How could it NOT be modded up?
It's a sad reflection of the current slashdot users that this type of comment is now regarded as 'insightful'.
Measuring heat may not be a fair comparison. Perhaps the 2.6.38 performs >20% better at that higher temp? How many loops are you getting in that period?
I have a general perception that running fast for a short time and idling at low power for longer is generally better for low power consumption.
Also heat may not necessarily be a good indication of performance directly. Just as battery life is not necessarily a direct indication of performance.
Correlation != causation.
ws
Cartman, that's is a really cruel joke to play on Butters.
I'm amazed that he fell for it again.
Does this plug-in/add-on also stop all tracking of Google properties?
Not just the google ads, but also all those other google sites like oh, I don't know, googleapis, youtube etc?
Just because they're not serving ads doesn't mean that they don't or can't track you.
...has anyone considered that those ideals that are contained or implied in the US constitution only apply to USians?
Think about it. It makes sense.
Google has really had their goggles (or blinders) on about the whole app market.
While they've managed to create a lot of market momentum behind what is fundamentally a hardware platform, they have been unable to tie that to their software based platform.
Is this because of their 'open' stance? Perhaps, but that's only going to be able to be discerned over time.
As hardware has become 'commodotized', so has software, and so too will the 'great' web services like google.
It's only a matter of time.
Google will be (or already is?) the new Microsoft.
Just as Microsoft was the new IBM.
Of course they censored it.
This falls under the realm of a threat to national security.
Us.
OK disclaimer first. I haven't seen it yet. I haven't seen a screen shot yet. I haven't read anything yet. I'm still running 9.04.
But I can absolutely see reasons to support this.
I recently enabled the Group and Tab Windows in Compiz.
I was staggered by the functionality and possibilities, but frustrated by the usability. Right click on title bar? Nothing. Anything in the Windowing menu (Top left under icon)? Err, nope. AFAICT, the only way to make any use of it is knowing the key stroke combos. It's like learning all over again! And this is the only way to control the GUI itself! No integration into the Windowing UI?
So, from my perspective, you need a way to control the newer MDI technologies, and if they stick it in the window bar where _/[]/X was, stick that same _/[]/X wherever you want.
Eye candy will definitely win some converts. If it's an opportunity for Ubuntu to lead and someone else to react, then what have you got to lose?
ws
Sad, isnt it? You should just be thankful you only see the really best of the ideas our glorious leaders of business and politics come up with.
It's as if pure marketing has taken over the country. Everyone is on a desperate mission to do something that is "first", "best" or some other superlative to get their 15 minutes of fame. Whether it actually makes any sense, is logically feasible, or benefits Australians is irrelevant.
ws
Now we can give Obama the Nobel prize for Chemistry and Physics as well!
ws
Fo shizzle, ma laxative.
You keep on dribblin' tha' ish.
ws
yeah, I love archaelogical stuff.
I just buried a dvd in my backyard. It was blank.
That oughta mess those fuckers from the future up.
ws
With some of the products on the market now that make use of various Si compounds, and some that claim nano-tech, I would love to see this type of self-arranging -dare I say smart?- nano-tech to form the barrier between my car's paint and the environment. The problem with all sealants and waxes is that they degrade, meaning you (or someone you pay) has to do it at regular intervals. Typically between 1 month and 6 months. I love my car, but hate the polish/seal/wax scenarios :-/
Bonus points if it can be made to enhance depth, and look shiny!
ws
This is an absolute farce.
MS is now in such a dominant position that it is now artificially limiting features to introduce competition and introduce artificial price points. It's aimed at the hardware vendors, and at the price of other operating systems to drive them out of the market.
It's still anti-competitive. It's still MS.
ws
As pointed out above, if the data is encrypted, the service can't search on it.
So:
- you get a VM or a hosted machine that you have complete control over.
- You set up all your encryption as necessary, eg encrypting the file system. SSL to the machine, etc
- You set up a search system, eg lucene, or maybe database as SQL queries are needed or whatever.
- Profit(?)
Of course, you could do all the same in-house as well, without the need for encryption etc.
ws
If it works, why upgrade at all?
Ubuntu 8.04 is a Long Term Support (LTS) release. It will have any security patches until the next LTS release, which is typically every 18 months. So, why not just wait for 9.10?
ws
Sun somehow managed to butcher so many of its acquisitions, that it would be interesting to see what would be the outcome of IBM buying Sun. OpenOffice vs Symphony, DB2 vs MySQL, WebSphere vs Sun's offerings, Solaris vs AIX, and not to mention the hardware side.
If it goes ahead, of course....
ws
Whatever happened to VRML? I remember seeing some examples of this years ago.
...*googles*... wikipedia....enlightenment!
VRML has turned into X3D. Of course! It had to be XML'ified.
Why not accelerate this?
Actually, I'm not even sure that I want accel 3D in my browser. I have enough issues with graphics drivers OUTSIDE of the browser without making the browser crash too...
ws