Opera does the right thing and draws monospace fonts with the same font size as other fonts (12). Other browser are completely illogical and draw monospace fonts with a smaller font size (10) but others with 12. What's the point? To confuse users?
I've done that already. Can you explain exactly how they spy on people? Do they gather information about your system? About your browsing habits? No? Then what "spying" is there?
Yes, lies. Or ignorance. I don't know which is worse.
Of course IE doesn't crash. If a site crashes IE, it will quickly go out of business. Site developers work their butts of trying to make it work as flawlessly as possible with IE because it has 80% or so of the market.
That said, I use IE for testing, and it frequently crashes. On several systems. Go figure.
Spyware involves spying on the user. Using an ID to track which ads have been served is not spying. It is only spying if they gather information about your system
Which they don't.
I would advise you to check the full facts rather than just the ones that fit your own lies.
Opera was informed on 15 May 2002 and confirmed our findings. A day later, in the evening of 16 May 2002, Opera informed us that the vulnerability was fixed and committed to Opera's own version control system.
On 27 May 2002, Opera released version 6.03, which addressed this issue.
Opera has been extremely responsive and quick to understand and patch this vulnerability. They have shown that they truly do take security seriously.
The hole was fixed very quickly after it was discovered. Your comment is a bit out of place, unless you are really trying to say "all software in existence is lacking on the security front".
You should really take the time to get educated about this. Not only is Opera's ad implementation carefully documented, several independent people have analyzed the traffic between Opera and the ad servers. No spying.
As for spywareinfo.com, it is obvious that they aren't interested in facts. The site they point to, to explain that Cydoor is spyware actually says that Cydoor are no longer into spyware. How can you trust them when they don't even bother to include information about this?
You have been fooled by spywareinfo.com. Then they pretend to fix it, but they fool you again. Cexx.org clearly states that Cydoor have cleaned up their act. But that doesn't matter to people who only want to push their own agenda.
Several people have also actually taken the time to check their facts before spreading FUD and lies. Independent people have analyzed the ad traffic, and Opera is not spyware. Check their newsgroups.
Re:What's with all the movie reviews ?
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Review: Insomnia
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Not only is Katz' writing highly disliked by the majority of readers of slashdot
It is? What do you base that on?
And yeah i know you can filter out authors in prefs, but should i really have to in the first place ?
You may not realize this, but it's the Slashdot editors that decide what Slashdot is supposed to be about. They have been nice enough to allow you to not view articles you aren't interested in seeing. If this isn't good enough, perhaps you should start visiting other sites.
The review was nice, but he did forget to mention that the movie is a remake of a Norwegian movie (actually with actors from other Scandinavian countries as well).
Opera is less modern than Netscape and IE in terms of W3C standards support.
No. MSIE, for example, has many, many severe errors when it comes to standards compliance. Not only have Microsoft added their own "extensions" to all kinds of standards, they also seem to refuse to interpret the standards correctly.
Mozilla also seems to allow a lot of strange code, which breaks standards. Supporting standards is also about adhering to them, and all browsers, including Mozilla and Opera, allow a lot of junk. Call it "sloppy".
It is different because SPEWS isn't forcing anyone to block spammers. SPEWS doesn't deny anyone service. They just refuse to receive packets from certain IP addresses. That others choose to block the same IP addresses isn't any of SPEWS' business. This isn't a boycott, it is an individuals, or several individuals, who have decided not to communicate with those networks. They aren't telling anyone else to block the same addresses, but they do anyway.
Because ATI's Radeon 8500 isn't supposed to be in competition with the GeForce 4, it is ATI's card equivalent to the GeForce 3. But the Radeon 8500 generally has better 2D quality, and has not problems handling the current 3D games (even the Radeon 7500 works beautifully with the latest games). Also, the TV-out is generally less of a hassle with ATI's cards, I've noticed.
Also bear in mind that the Radeon 8500 is ATI's offering in competition against the GeForce 3, not the GeForce 4. Now the GeForce 4 is out, and is one generation beyond ATI's offerings. Of course the GF4 is getting the upper hand.
Oh yeah, gameplay. I bet that's real easy to make out from the vides that have been playing. Sure. That's why they are all commenting on the gameplay you know - so many people were able to actually play the game at E3.
Storyline? Please read a few interviews and you will be surprised.
Look, seriously, how do you expect all the gaming sites to be talking about things they haven't even shown yet? Gameplay? Storyline? How are they supposed to go on talking about these things?
Cool down and stop judging the game before someone even gets a look at something other than a promotional video.
Nvidia faster than Ati, Ati's drivers suck, GF4 Ti best buy
Sweeping remarks aside, ATI's drivers are decent enough, and they arent exactly far behind the equivalent GeForce cards when it comes to 3D speed. In some tests, the Radeon has even run faster than the GeForce. In any case, the difference is so tiny it doesn't really matter. If it does matter, the better 2D quality of ATI cards in general at least makes it a better all-round card. Not to mention the flawless TV-out, which I've had problems with on GeForce cards. Never a single problem with Radeons and TV-out.
The increasing number of windows to switch between is as much of a problem with Alt+Tab as it is with Ctrl+Tab. With MDI, at least the Alt+Tab selection won't be as cluttered. I regularly browse with more than 10 windows/pages open, so this is a big issue to me.
And yes, in Opera 6, you can choose how to cycle between windows (instant or from a selection list).
But the conclusion must be that Ctrl+Tab isn't really any worse than Alt+Tab - unless of course you were saying that the lack of a "selection screen" makes it worse. I am inclined to agree with you there, but at least Opera does it right.
Is anyone able to get any of these running smoothy? I downloaded the DivX and the large and small QT movies, but they all played like a slideshow. Are they supposed to be crap like that? Sigh.
Apparently, MSIE has a 80-90% market share. For this reason, it is more likely that a security flaw affects many users, and as a result, must perhaps be considered to be more significant than a minor issue in a browser with probably < 0.1% of the market. Just a theory.
What are the security issues fixed here anyway?
Re:Fear over action - not the Doom I remember
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E3 Doom III Preview
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I can agree that Doom was a lot about action, but as has been pointed out by others, it was also about atmosphere. If they are able to capture the atmosphere of the original Doom and add new elements to the gameplay to replace the all-out action, I think we could have a winner.
The original Doom was suited for fast action, but as realism increases it doesn't make sense to have the same "arcadey" feel over it. JC also mentions this in the interview posted elsewhere.
I'll be waiting for Doom 3, but I've learned not to get my hopes up too high. I still hope and think that they can pull it off and create a new game which will set new standards, as they have done before.
"There isn't a way to quickly switch from one document to another that aren't next to each other in the document list.
Ctrl+Tab (which is not just a "vain attempt". What makes it a "vain attempt"?), but you can also use 1 and 2 (yes, those are the 1 and 2 keys on your keyboard).
I really fail to see any valid arguments against MDI when done properly, like in Opera.
I've browsed through the comments here and read a few articles, but I can't seem to get exactly why it is called Netscape 7. I can't see any major new features, additions or changes. Could someone please enlighten me?
I must confess that I've been using Mozilla and Opera and only installed Netscape 6 back when it was considered to be really crap. Perhaps Netscape 7 actually has something which justifies the leap in version number?
I don't think there is any point in comparing the Matrix to Spider-Man. Spider-Man is a nice movie, but it has a lot of flaws that make it just another movie you can enjoy and go home. The Matrix (and Star Wars for that matter) created a new market.
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Opera does the right thing and draws monospace fonts with the same font size as other fonts (12). Other browser are completely illogical and draw monospace fonts with a smaller font size (10) but others with 12. What's the point? To confuse users?
Yes, lies. Or ignorance. I don't know which is worse.
That said, I use IE for testing, and it frequently crashes. On several systems. Go figure.
4. You can also use the G key for the same thing.
3. Use F12 for quick access to the quick preferences :9
2. It had MDI at least. Call it what you will. Netcaptor were first with the "tabbed browsing" name I believe.
1. And a lot of other search engines. Check the Search preferences in Opera.
Which they don't.
I would advise you to check the full facts rather than just the ones that fit your own lies.
http://sec.greymagic.com/adv/gm001-op/
You could also quote this from their report:
The hole was fixed very quickly after it was discovered. Your comment is a bit out of place, unless you are really trying to say "all software in existence is lacking on the security front".Your comparison is also terrible and not relevant in the least.
As for spywareinfo.com, it is obvious that they aren't interested in facts. The site they point to, to explain that Cydoor is spyware actually says that Cydoor are no longer into spyware. How can you trust them when they don't even bother to include information about this?
You have been fooled by spywareinfo.com. Then they pretend to fix it, but they fool you again. Cexx.org clearly states that Cydoor have cleaned up their act. But that doesn't matter to people who only want to push their own agenda.
Several people have also actually taken the time to check their facts before spreading FUD and lies. Independent people have analyzed the ad traffic, and Opera is not spyware. Check their newsgroups.
http://www.opera.com/support/supsearch/supsearch.c gi?options=index&name=570
Not only that, but anyone with a brain (and a packet sniffer) can analyze the traffic and see that they are telling the truth.
And the code in Opera which handles ads is 100% written by Opera's own people. It uses no external code.
And while they are partnered with Cydoor, that's no problem since Cydoor has "cleaned up its act considerably", according to this site:
http://www.cexx.org/cydoor.htm
So get your facts straight please.
The review was nice, but he did forget to mention that the movie is a remake of a Norwegian movie (actually with actors from other Scandinavian countries as well).
Mozilla also seems to allow a lot of strange code, which breaks standards. Supporting standards is also about adhering to them, and all browsers, including Mozilla and Opera, allow a lot of junk. Call it "sloppy".
It is different because SPEWS isn't forcing anyone to block spammers. SPEWS doesn't deny anyone service. They just refuse to receive packets from certain IP addresses. That others choose to block the same IP addresses isn't any of SPEWS' business. This isn't a boycott, it is an individuals, or several individuals, who have decided not to communicate with those networks. They aren't telling anyone else to block the same addresses, but they do anyway.
Because ATI's Radeon 8500 isn't supposed to be in competition with the GeForce 4, it is ATI's card equivalent to the GeForce 3. But the Radeon 8500 generally has better 2D quality, and has not problems handling the current 3D games (even the Radeon 7500 works beautifully with the latest games). Also, the TV-out is generally less of a hassle with ATI's cards, I've noticed.
Also bear in mind that the Radeon 8500 is ATI's offering in competition against the GeForce 3, not the GeForce 4. Now the GeForce 4 is out, and is one generation beyond ATI's offerings. Of course the GF4 is getting the upper hand.
Storyline? Please read a few interviews and you will be surprised.
Look, seriously, how do you expect all the gaming sites to be talking about things they haven't even shown yet? Gameplay? Storyline? How are they supposed to go on talking about these things?
Cool down and stop judging the game before someone even gets a look at something other than a promotional video.
If you are going to picture the movie released in 2002, you should also picture the movie as being adapted to becoming a hit in 2002 as well.
And yes, in Opera 6, you can choose how to cycle between windows (instant or from a selection list).
But the conclusion must be that Ctrl+Tab isn't really any worse than Alt+Tab - unless of course you were saying that the lack of a "selection screen" makes it worse. I am inclined to agree with you there, but at least Opera does it right.
Is anyone able to get any of these running smoothy? I downloaded the DivX and the large and small QT movies, but they all played like a slideshow. Are they supposed to be crap like that? Sigh.
What are the security issues fixed here anyway?
The original Doom was suited for fast action, but as realism increases it doesn't make sense to have the same "arcadey" feel over it. JC also mentions this in the interview posted elsewhere.
I'll be waiting for Doom 3, but I've learned not to get my hopes up too high. I still hope and think that they can pull it off and create a new game which will set new standards, as they have done before.
Time will tell.
I really fail to see any valid arguments against MDI when done properly, like in Opera.
I must confess that I've been using Mozilla and Opera and only installed Netscape 6 back when it was considered to be really crap. Perhaps Netscape 7 actually has something which justifies the leap in version number?
Anyone?
I don't think there is any point in comparing the Matrix to Spider-Man. Spider-Man is a nice movie, but it has a lot of flaws that make it just another movie you can enjoy and go home. The Matrix (and Star Wars for that matter) created a new market.