They should at least allow friends to interact. There's a good chance a person was introduced to WoW by a friend, and I'm sure they'd love to be able to chat with one another during the trial. Thats pretty much a showstopper for me.
You're implying that people don't care what browser they're using. If that were true, how did Firefox convince 400M people to use Firefox? Why not use the pre-installed Internet Explorer or Safari?
Part of the problem with this is that you might be teaching it to people who don't have the emotional maturity to truly gauge the difference between right and wrong
In my mind, that's the main problem. Sure, some of them will use their skills for good. Others will be tempted into using their new-found powers for bad.
Perhaps it's best to start them off small and let them work their way up into the more advanced topics with proper supervision. Like martial arts, you don't teach them how to break someone's neck in the first week.
People who use a browser at work also use a browser at home: they're the same people. Is the thinking that these people will use IE/Opera/Chrome at work then switch to Firefox at home? Granted, I'm sure a lot of people do do that, but adding "when you're at home" seems like an odd caveat to add to the Mozilla manifesto of openness, innovation, etc.
I think (hope!) dumbing down of interfaces is a fad. For all the simplicity of interfaces these days (let's take OS X as an example), I hate to think about all the times I had to search the net about how to do something from the command-line because the UI didn't allow it, or to look up some magic keypress that isn't discoverable. Or that simple functionality like Refresh isn't available in Finder. A lot of Apple products are like that. Browsers are starting to go that way, too. Seems the ultimate state might be to leave the computer turned off - doesn't accomplish what I want but is very simple.
I hope they spend some time improving their gaming console interface. Specifically:
- I don't even want to see genres I'm not interested in. - I want a "not interested" option, like on the web interface - I should be able to see a full list of things I've watched, so I can go back and continue to watch a series I started watching awhile ago. - Should be able to apply a "not interested" rating to an entire series, across all seasons.
Also, why bother showing search results for titles I am not able to watch? Hoping a click on an unwatchable title at least triggers a hit so they can see demand for it.
Keep in mind "Green peppers allow access." follows standard sentence structure. I'd wager that your passphrase would be much more difficult to crack if the capital letter was in some random place and the period was moved somewhere else, like "greeN pepp.ers allow access"
Try checking for updates using the account that installed the software, if you haven't already. I've found that Firefox doesn't want to update itself in a different (but also admin) account on OS X than the one that installed it.
From what little I've seen and heard, his biggest problem is his temper. I can imagine the crappy ideas he's railroaded through by yelling at people, instead of getting them through on merit.
The author of this article should try Vim - I believe you can split the screen all you want. Speaking of editors, I feel nostalgic about Speedscript, the word processor on the C64. But I sure don't miss editing in 40 columns!
I dislike the lack of configurability of some things today, yet for those things that are configurable they're still using an Advanced options paradigm from over a decade ago so things are hard to find (Windows is actually improving in that respect). I love how far Linux has come over the years.
My pet peeve about a lot of apps is no application should assume it has access to all the system's RAM. Just because I have 4 GB RAM, doesn't mean a browser, etc... should use it all. I do run other programs simultaneously, ya know.
Map seems to show technologically advanced nations around major population centers make the most wikipedia edits. Surprised? After awhile they all look the same.
Haven't taken notice of that, but I have noticed the comment counts, on average, have dropped significantly. Just look at how many stories have less than 100 comments total. Unfortunate, as I think Slashdot is one of the better sites for comment moderation.
I don't expect any compensation from Sony. But I also don't plan on entering my _replacement_ credit card into their PSN, either, which equals lost revenue for them and a shallower experience for me. What I _do_ think they need to do is prove to users that their service is now as safe as any other well-secured system. They need to store less data on their servers. And they'll need to dangle a carrot to get many people using that system again.
The pessimistic side of me is waiting for Netflix to offer a 'premium' service that costs more and changes the 'standard' service to include commercials. I hope against it.
How about adding an [Agree|Disagree] option, separate from moderation? It might then be possible to generate a social graph of users who tend to share the similar viewpoints. With that data (probably over time), you could filter past/present/future comments based on those likely to coincide or differ with your own (depending on your mood, for research purposes, getting in touch with people with similar interests, etc.). Everyone would have a daily ration of agree/disagree 'mod points' (possibly unlimited, not sure).
Instead of looking at it as a challenge to be there first, start bidding on components to build their space station. A good way to bring money back into our Western pockets, no? That's assuming they need our technology.
Yes, the ribbon interface needs to die. It can bring an otherwise knowledgeable user to the brink of tears and pulling their hair out. If Microsoft really must continue with this interface, then it has to absolutely have a search capability built-in (there's an MS Office addon that provides this).
Agreed. I emailed Microsoft criticizing the need to have a paid XBox Live Gold account just so I could use my paid Netflix membership on an XBox 360. My 360 is almost always turned off now and Wii/PS3 get all the use.
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They should at least allow friends to interact. There's a good chance a person was introduced to WoW by a friend, and I'm sure they'd love to be able to chat with one another during the trial. Thats pretty much a showstopper for me.
You're implying that people don't care what browser they're using. If that were true, how did Firefox convince 400M people to use Firefox? Why not use the pre-installed Internet Explorer or Safari?
Part of the problem with this is that you might be teaching it to people who don't have the emotional maturity to truly gauge the difference between right and wrong
In my mind, that's the main problem. Sure, some of them will use their skills for good. Others will be tempted into using their new-found powers for bad.
Perhaps it's best to start them off small and let them work their way up into the more advanced topics with proper supervision. Like martial arts, you don't teach them how to break someone's neck in the first week.
People who use a browser at work also use a browser at home: they're the same people. Is the thinking that these people will use IE/Opera/Chrome at work then switch to Firefox at home? Granted, I'm sure a lot of people do do that, but adding "when you're at home" seems like an odd caveat to add to the Mozilla manifesto of openness, innovation, etc.
Well, besides the things you might consider "enterprise", you can take your pick from here: http://www.mymacosx.com/terminal/handy-collection-terminal-commands-tweaking.html
I think (hope!) dumbing down of interfaces is a fad. For all the simplicity of interfaces these days (let's take OS X as an example), I hate to think about all the times I had to search the net about how to do something from the command-line because the UI didn't allow it, or to look up some magic keypress that isn't discoverable. Or that simple functionality like Refresh isn't available in Finder. A lot of Apple products are like that. Browsers are starting to go that way, too. Seems the ultimate state might be to leave the computer turned off - doesn't accomplish what I want but is very simple.
I hope they spend some time improving their gaming console interface.
Specifically:
- I don't even want to see genres I'm not interested in.
- I want a "not interested" option, like on the web interface
- I should be able to see a full list of things I've watched, so I can go back and continue to watch a series I started watching awhile ago.
- Should be able to apply a "not interested" rating to an entire series, across all seasons.
Also, why bother showing search results for titles I am not able to watch? Hoping a click on an unwatchable title at least triggers a hit so they can see demand for it.
Keep in mind "Green peppers allow access." follows standard sentence structure. I'd wager that your passphrase would be much more difficult to crack if the capital letter was in some random place and the period was moved somewhere else, like "greeN pepp.ers allow access"
Try checking for updates using the account that installed the software, if you haven't already. I've found that Firefox doesn't want to update itself in a different (but also admin) account on OS X than the one that installed it.
From what little I've seen and heard, his biggest problem is his temper. I can imagine the crappy ideas he's railroaded through by yelling at people, instead of getting them through on merit.
The author of this article should try Vim - I believe you can split the screen all you want. Speaking of editors, I feel nostalgic about Speedscript, the word processor on the C64. But I sure don't miss editing in 40 columns!
I dislike the lack of configurability of some things today, yet for those things that are configurable they're still using an Advanced options paradigm from over a decade ago so things are hard to find (Windows is actually improving in that respect). I love how far Linux has come over the years.
My pet peeve about a lot of apps is no application should assume it has access to all the system's RAM. Just because I have 4 GB RAM, doesn't mean a browser, etc... should use it all. I do run other programs simultaneously, ya know.
Map seems to show technologically advanced nations around major population centers make the most wikipedia edits. Surprised? After awhile they all look the same.
Haven't taken notice of that, but I have noticed the comment counts, on average, have dropped significantly. Just look at how many stories have less than 100 comments total. Unfortunate, as I think Slashdot is one of the better sites for comment moderation.
Install the Better Privacy addon for Firefox. It lets you manage LSOs and delete them on exit.
I don't expect any compensation from Sony. But I also don't plan on entering my _replacement_ credit card into their PSN, either, which equals lost revenue for them and a shallower experience for me.
What I _do_ think they need to do is prove to users that their service is now as safe as any other well-secured system. They need to store less data on their servers. And they'll need to dangle a carrot to get many people using that system again.
The pessimistic side of me is waiting for Netflix to offer a 'premium' service that costs more and changes the 'standard' service to include commercials. I hope against it.
How about adding an [Agree|Disagree] option, separate from moderation? It might then be possible to generate a social graph of users who tend to share the similar viewpoints. With that data (probably over time), you could filter past/present/future comments based on those likely to coincide or differ with your own (depending on your mood, for research purposes, getting in touch with people with similar interests, etc.). Everyone would have a daily ration of agree/disagree 'mod points' (possibly unlimited, not sure).
It's amazing how almost anything can be made to sound "reasonable" and logical. No wonder politics is so messed up.
Should make a new course called "Seeing through bullshit" to teach people how to identify and counter such drivel.
(yes, I realize you were joking! :)
The bit on pharmaceutical patents (further down the Cable) is worrying, too.
Not really. You could use your own guest network to do nefarious things and would remain under suspicion.
Instead of looking at it as a challenge to be there first, start bidding on components to build their space station. A good way to bring money back into our Western pockets, no? That's assuming they need our technology.
Off-topic, the blog you linked to is deep! Fun to think about stuff like that.
Yes, the ribbon interface needs to die. It can bring an otherwise knowledgeable user to the brink of tears and pulling their hair out. If Microsoft really must continue with this interface, then it has to absolutely have a search capability built-in (there's an MS Office addon that provides this).
Agreed. I emailed Microsoft criticizing the need to have a paid XBox Live Gold account just so I could use my paid Netflix membership on an XBox 360. My 360 is almost always turned off now and Wii/PS3 get all the use.