Jeff Bezos: One way to his abilities is to look at any Amazon web page. Amazon tries to distract you while you are trying to decide if you want to buy a product. There are other products listed in the middle of the page.
Comcast is disliked so much, the company is now calling itself Xfinity.
In my experience, it is Comcast policy to be abusive to customers. One result is that Comcast employees abuse Comcast.
I wish the U.S. had a real government, instead of a help-the-rich-get-richer government. Then government policies would prevent companies from abusing their customers.
Thanks for saying that. Apparently you mean Firefox is moving to extensions and away from add-ons. I don't know the difference. I only know that there have been add-ons, exensions, and plugins, 3 names for what seems the same to users.
It's amazing how bad Mozilla Foundation is at communicating.
The Classic Theme Restorer author is saying we will be forced to use the new Firefox theme.
"This add-on will stop working when Firefox 57 arrives in November 2017."
This add-on will stop working when Firefox 57 arrives in November 2017
and Mozilla drops support for XUL / XPCOM / legacy add-ons. It should
still work on Firefox 52 ESR until ESR moves to Firefox 59 ESR in 2018
(~Q2).
There is no "please port it" or "please add support for it" this time,
because the entire add-on eco system changes and the technology behind
this kind of add-on gets dropped without replacement.
Extensions are the reason Firefox is popular with me. I'm happy to have any suggestions for improvements of the list.
Classic Theme
Restorer "This add-on will stop working when Firefox 57 arrives in November 2017." https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/classicthemerestorer/addon-472577-latest.xpi?src=dp-btn-primary
Cookies
Manager+ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/cookies-manager-plus/addon-92079-latest.xpi?src=dp-btn-primary
GhosteryDON'T UPDATE. New versions don't allow sufficient user control. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/
USE THIS: y-5.4.10-sm+an+fx.xpi Link: Version
5.4.10
"... the most they [Microsoft managers] want is information on how to be either a middleman or true supplier for the things you want to buy."
That seems correct to me. However, it seems to me that Microsoft managers have little social ability. They can be self-destructive and not detect that they are being self-destructive. One example: In Windows 10, Microsoft tries to sell "APPS" to people who are employees of companies doing routine work.
It seems to me that Microsoft managers saw the success of Google's Android and search abusiveness, and wanted some of that success for themselves.
Good point. Apple CEO Tim Cook is another example of a manager who does not seem to be able to handle the enormous challenges of running a large company.
However, I think it is especially difficult for someone from a very different culture to manage a U.S. company.
The software business has become like a lot of others. There are constant tests to see how much abuse customers will accept.
With software, there are very complicated issues, such as the cost of training employees in a user interface. That lack of detailed technical knowledge of most customers makes it easier to abuse them.
Wikipedia says Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google was given that position in October 24, 2015. The reorganization of Google into Alphabet was completed on October 2, 2015, only one year and 3 months ago.
Interestingly, Wikipedia says Sundar Pichai's salary is $150 million per year. It must be tough to survive on so little income. Maybe we should send him some money.
We are seeing a lot of instances of sloppy, insufficient Google management. Here are some:
1) Google maps says that Woodland, WA state is a few miles from St. Helens, OR state. But the Columbia River flows between those cities, and there is no bridge. I gave feedback about that perhaps 2 years ago. Maybe no one reads the feedback.
2) More and more, Google software like Chrome and Android is getting a bad reputation for being invasive and destructive. The first comment in this story is "Chrome? People still use that spyware..?"
I used Chrome a long time ago. I uninstalled it when I realized it installed 3 system services.
It's not possible to update Android on most phones, without risking bricking the phone. Abusive phone companies want you to buy another phone with a 2-year contract; they don't want updates. Google allows the bad reputation.
3) Google Voice is a wonderful free service. Only 1 cent per minute to call Brazil! But the woman who writes the documentation, "Megan", obviously has no technical knowledge, and no interest in full understanding. The Google Voice user interface has hidden flaws; no one is fixing them, apparently.
4) Perhaps 3 years ago, a Google manager told me that Google does not properly document what the company is doing. She said it is difficult or impossible for Google employees to follow the progress of their company.
5) It was foolish for Google to adopt the name Alphabet. Every time someone sees the name, it is necessary to realize it's not about an alphabet.
6) There are many more areas of poor and sloppy management at Google, now Alphabet, but that's enough for now.
Why do good companies deteriorate? At one time, an employee of Google said the company should "Do no evil." Now Google apparently does evil when some not very clear-minded Google manager thinks, "Evil will make more money."
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Jeff Bezos: One way to his abilities is to look at any Amazon web page. Amazon tries to distract you while you are trying to decide if you want to buy a product. There are other products listed in the middle of the page.
Consumerist stories about Comcast.
One of the stories: Comcast: 2014 worst company in America. In 2014, Comcast was selected as worse than Monsanto!
Comcast is disliked so much, the company is now calling itself Xfinity.
In my experience, it is Comcast policy to be abusive to customers. One result is that Comcast employees abuse Comcast.
I wish the U.S. had a real government, instead of a help-the-rich-get-richer government. Then government policies would prevent companies from abusing their customers.
Disconnect looks good. It works with Pale Moon. Ghostery doesn't.
Thanks for saying that. Apparently you mean Firefox is moving to extensions and away from add-ons. I don't know the difference. I only know that there have been add-ons, exensions, and plugins, 3 names for what seems the same to users.
It's amazing how bad Mozilla Foundation is at communicating.
The Classic Theme Restorer author is saying we will be forced to use the new Firefox theme.
Pale Moon no longer supports Ghostery.
I forgot to mention: Tab Mix Plus
No only the Mozilla Foundation, but many technology organizations are poorly managed. Any theories about why that is so?
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it.
USE THIS: ghostery-5.4.10-sm+an+fx.xpi Link: Version 5.4.10
USE THIS: snap_links_plus-2.4.3-sm+fx.xpi Link: Version 2.4.3
USE THIS: ghostery-5.4.10-sm+an+fx.xpi Link: Version 5.4.10
USE THIS: snap_links_plus-2.4.3-sm+fx.xpi Link: Version 2.4.3
"This add-on will stop working when Firefox 57 arrives in November 2017."
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/classicthemerestorer/addon-472577-latest.xpi?src=dp-btn-primary
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/cookies-manager-plus/addon-92079-latest.xpi?src=dp-btn-primary
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/
USE THIS: y-5.4.10-sm+an+fx.xpi Link: Version 5.4.10
http://maf.mozdev.org/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/nuke-anything-enhanced/addon-951-latest.xpi?src=dp-btn-primary
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-link-in/
https://addons.mozilla.org/fir...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/session-manager/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...
USE THIS: snap_links_plus-2.4.3-sm+fx.xpi Link: Version 2.4.3
Explanation:
http://cpriest.github.io/SnapL...
https://addons.mozilla.org/fir...
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/video-downloadhelper/addon-3006-latest.xpi?src=dp-btn-primary
Exactly.
How does it happen that a huge organization lacks the simplest insight?
The problem is the incompetence of the LibreOffice group. The Download page doesn't display correctly? Amazing.
OpenOffice LaTeX and HTML extensions
Wow! I never would have guessed. Writer2LaTeX provides Writer export filters for LaTeX and BibTeX.
LaTeX/Export To Other Formats
This about LibreOffice WORRIES me: The download web page doesn't display correctly in either Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Thanks for your reply.
"... the most they [Microsoft managers] want is information on how to be either a middleman or true supplier for the things you want to buy."
That seems correct to me. However, it seems to me that Microsoft managers have little social ability. They can be self-destructive and not detect that they are being self-destructive. One example: In Windows 10, Microsoft tries to sell "APPS" to people who are employees of companies doing routine work.
It seems to me that Microsoft managers saw the success of Google's Android and search abusiveness, and wanted some of that success for themselves.
Questions:
Does Windows Defender try to do other things besides defending?
Does Microsoft use Windows Defender as a way of gaining control over a computer?
"I'm not sure any of the alternatives are much better than Netgear..."
Someone told me Asus routers are better. I looked and they do seem good.
My extensive post to a previous story about Netgear, hoping to help Netgear improve: The end of Netgear?
Very funny.
Oracle profit, software license growth decline (Sept 16, 2015)
Good point. Apple CEO Tim Cook is another example of a manager who does not seem to be able to handle the enormous challenges of running a large company.
However, I think it is especially difficult for someone from a very different culture to manage a U.S. company.
The software business has become like a lot of others. There are constant tests to see how much abuse customers will accept.
With software, there are very complicated issues, such as the cost of training employees in a user interface. That lack of detailed technical knowledge of most customers makes it easier to abuse them.
Wikipedia says Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google was given that position in October 24, 2015. The reorganization of Google into Alphabet was completed on October 2, 2015, only one year and 3 months ago.
Interestingly, Wikipedia says Sundar Pichai's salary is $150 million per year. It must be tough to survive on so little income. Maybe we should send him some money.
To me, the management of Google seems less and less competent. The management of Microsoft by Satya Nadella seems, to me and many others, UTTERLY incompetent: CNET Editor Rails Against Non-Consensual Windows Updates.
Why are incompetent managers from the culture of India being given leadership roles?
"You forget just how anti-Internet Microsoft is [in] the Seattle area."
Could you explain that? How is Microsoft anti-internet? How does Microsoft affect what people do in their private lives?
Error: I should have said that Google Voice is free for calls to the U.S. & Canada.
We are seeing a lot of instances of sloppy, insufficient Google management. Here are some:
1) Google maps says that Woodland, WA state is a few miles from St. Helens, OR state. But the Columbia River flows between those cities, and there is no bridge. I gave feedback about that perhaps 2 years ago. Maybe no one reads the feedback.
2) More and more, Google software like Chrome and Android is getting a bad reputation for being invasive and destructive. The first comment in this story is "Chrome? People still use that spyware..?"
I used Chrome a long time ago. I uninstalled it when I realized it installed 3 system services.
It's not possible to update Android on most phones, without risking bricking the phone. Abusive phone companies want you to buy another phone with a 2-year contract; they don't want updates. Google allows the bad reputation.
3) Google Voice is a wonderful free service. Only 1 cent per minute to call Brazil! But the woman who writes the documentation, "Megan", obviously has no technical knowledge, and no interest in full understanding. The Google Voice user interface has hidden flaws; no one is fixing them, apparently.
4) Perhaps 3 years ago, a Google manager told me that Google does not properly document what the company is doing. She said it is difficult or impossible for Google employees to follow the progress of their company.
5) It was foolish for Google to adopt the name Alphabet. Every time someone sees the name, it is necessary to realize it's not about an alphabet.
6) There are many more areas of poor and sloppy management at Google, now Alphabet, but that's enough for now.
Why do good companies deteriorate? At one time, an employee of Google said the company should "Do no evil." Now Google apparently does evil when some not very clear-minded Google manager thinks, "Evil will make more money."