Since IE is installed on most computers by default, what matters is not its "+" side, but a "-" side.
The main problem of all alternative browsers (ff, opera) is that there is almost nothing they can offer to a mere user and there are no major disadvantages in IE which can be seen by a mere user.
I think that the main reason for decline in IE market share is that it was not updated for too long and users wanted something new. Now, IE7 is out and I guess FF will have a much harder time getting users.
I'm a big proponent of Free Software, but all this being "compliant" and "standard" stuff in FF won't get us far, what it needs the most now is some focus on user experience.
So, Lister... would thinking about patterns be a best practice?
While I agree with you that talking about positive things is more important, I have to say that as a person who currently working on a dead project, I found this article to be very helpful. At least as a reference: now I can tell my boss, why I think our project was born dead and refer him to this article.
I know nothing about Apple's iPhone TV marketing campaign, and thank god: internet hype made me sick enough, so now I'm sure I will never come close to it, but the line "your phone defines who you are" which GGP was referring to, is pretty unethical thing to say to people, whether it is plain or implied.
...without the sort of $$ companies like Nokia, Apple and Sony Ericsson regularly throw at "your phone is a statement of who you are" marketing campaigns, I doubt phones based on this software will make much of an impact outside of geek circles.
There is more to phone/gadget market than iPhone and Nokia Tablet. They don't need to make this phone "a statement of who you are", they just need make money from sales, thats it.
I don't see why this phone can't be popular: it is cheap, nice looking, and pretty good (at least from the specs). Yes, it won't be as popular as an iPhone, but who needs this hysteria and popularity among sick and brainwashed people? Such marketing campaigns are unethical anyway and Free Software (which this phone uses) is about ethical things, right?
But it's probably why they in the first place do not list these Linux computers on the front page with a huge splash saying "NEW! Dell starts offering Ubuntu, a Desktop-friendly Linux! Buy one today! Look at the revolutionary OS that's gotten easier to use!"
They are just trying to cover their asses: if they F up with windows -- microsoft is to blame, if they F up with Ubuntu -- it's their own fault.
Write to the CEO (Sergey Beloussov) directly: sb@swsoft.com He is pretty responsive actually.
As a former employee, I should say that part of the problem is developers, that choose libraries for the project without looking into the license. I didn't work on Parallels project, so I don't know how exactly it is there, but in our project I several time had to tell people that they can't use some library, because it is GPL and they were like "Hmm, never thought of looking at it from this perspective". Most of them just used to take and use whatever is available
Yeah, honestly, this "no shortage of stories [about iPhone] being submitted" made me sick already. Is this the first time some company releases some overpriced product or what?
Konqueror 3.5.7 on Kubuntu right now, and it passes completely. I don't know how long it's been able to pass, since I just found out about the test now.
Konqueror 3.5.5a has the only bug: attribute values are matched in case-insensitive way (FF has the same bug)
Even less web developers seem to know about XSS and how to prevent it.
When I read the article, the guy almost had me convinced that the world is about to end. The sun seemed to be falling from the sky and so on.
When I read the exploit, however, I found it to be really trivial. And trivial to fix. First: how dare yahoo to execute on the page the script that is came from the user in the request ("onerror" parameter in the link)! Second: he has stolen the cookies via "document.cookies" the easiest way to fix this is to make all cookies (at least important ones) HTTPOnly
He needs to be more careful posting incendiary comments like this, because the public at large interprets his comments as the position of the rest of the Linux (and dare I say, open source) community.
In order for OSS community to prosper, Linus needs to stop speaking at all. His arrogance alienates many people (including me) and (probably) companies.
...knew first hand what kind of "love" Mother Russia gives to her children...
Please, do not use this rhetoric. Putin is not Russia and Stalin is not Russia. Russian people suffered (suffer)
from both of them as well. Some of them, sadly, are too blind to see the truth through all the propaganda shit, which is happening here on TV.
Disclaimer: I'm a Ukrainian, but currently I live in Russia.
MySpace, LiveJournal,... They are the Internet equivalent of the mega shopping mall.
Nope. They are closer to some kind of Eastern bazaar, where everyone sells and buys.
LJ depends on users' postings, or it is better to say LJ is its users. Ban some topics/users and
it will be discussed somewhere else. There is nothing unique in LJ
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Since IE is installed on most computers by default, what matters is not its "+" side, but a "-" side.
The main problem of all alternative browsers (ff, opera) is that there is almost nothing they can offer to a mere user and there are no major disadvantages in IE which can be seen by a mere user.
I think that the main reason for decline in IE market share is that it was not updated for too long and users wanted something new. Now, IE7 is out and I guess FF will have a much harder time getting users.
I'm a big proponent of Free Software, but all this being "compliant" and "standard" stuff in FF won't get us far, what it needs the most now is some focus on user experience.
Corollary to Godwin's law: As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of mentioning Mike Godwin approaches one.
While I agree with you that talking about positive things is more important, I have to say that as a person who currently working on a dead project, I found this article to be very helpful. At least as a reference: now I can tell my boss, why I think our project was born dead and refer him to this article.
What a pleasure to watch a fight between two assholes: in either case, you win!
I know nothing about Apple's iPhone TV marketing campaign, and thank god: internet hype made me sick enough, so now I'm sure I will never come close to it, but the line "your phone defines who you are" which GGP was referring to, is pretty unethical thing to say to people, whether it is plain or implied.
There is more to phone/gadget market than iPhone and Nokia Tablet. They don't need to make this phone "a statement of who you are", they just need make money from sales, thats it.
I don't see why this phone can't be popular: it is cheap, nice looking, and pretty good (at least from the specs). Yes, it won't be as popular as an iPhone, but who needs this hysteria and popularity among sick and brainwashed people? Such marketing campaigns are unethical anyway and Free Software (which this phone uses) is about ethical things, right?
They are just trying to cover their asses: if they F up with windows -- microsoft is to blame, if they F up with Ubuntu -- it's their own fault.
Every time you write New Mexico, God creates new instance of Mexico.
Write to the CEO (Sergey Beloussov) directly: sb@swsoft.com He is pretty responsive actually.
As a former employee, I should say that part of the problem is developers, that choose libraries for the project without looking into the license. I didn't work on Parallels project, so I don't know how exactly it is there, but in our project I several time had to tell people that they can't use some library, because it is GPL and they were like "Hmm, never thought of looking at it from this perspective". Most of them just used to take and use whatever is available
Yeah, honestly, this "no shortage of stories [about iPhone] being submitted" made me sick already. Is this the first time some company releases some overpriced product or what?
RTFA: Google offices have glass walls everywhere! What can be more transparent than that?
Well, Microsoft's HR is working hard ... or hardly working.
Konqueror 3.5.5a has the only bug: attribute values are matched in case-insensitive way (FF has the same bug)
Is this the same system that had famous telnet froot vulnerability recently?
Oops! Just noticed that my link leads to the general HTTP cookies article. Here is the more on topic article about usage of HTTP-only flag
When I read the article, the guy almost had me convinced that the world is about to end. The sun seemed to be falling from the sky and so on.
When I read the exploit, however, I found it to be really trivial. And trivial to fix. First: how dare yahoo to execute on the page the script that is came from the user in the request ("onerror" parameter in the link)! Second: he has stolen the cookies via "document.cookies" the easiest way to fix this is to make all cookies (at least important ones) HTTPOnly
New emo phone model: it switches off randomly for some long time in order for the owner to feel pain and suffering.
In order for OSS community to prosper, Linus needs to stop speaking at all. His arrogance alienates many people (including me) and (probably) companies.
Dude, you read stories before submitting them???
I'm afraid this joke is 792 Megs old.
Please, do not use this rhetoric. Putin is not Russia and Stalin is not Russia. Russian people suffered (suffer) from both of them as well. Some of them, sadly, are too blind to see the truth through all the propaganda shit, which is happening here on TV.
Disclaimer: I'm a Ukrainian, but currently I live in Russia.
Check out this place
Here is the description that can be found in wired article:
The equal access rights for public info is an important thing in privacy issues.
The dream of all toolmakers: the law that prohibits giving the hammer you've bought to your neighbor. (Which is as it should be, right?)
Nope. They are closer to some kind of Eastern bazaar, where everyone sells and buys. LJ depends on users' postings, or it is better to say LJ is its users. Ban some topics/users and it will be discussed somewhere else. There is nothing unique in LJ