The big deal with Netscape 8 is that it offers the choice of using the IE or Firefox/Gecko rendering engine on different pages. For instance, you can have it set to display/. using the Gecko engine, while using the IE engine to render your company's intranet page (you know, the one that requires that you use IE for "full functionality"). The main reason for it, however, is for the brand recognition that AOL gets out of it. Of course, the dual-rendering ability will only complicate matters for Joe Sixtooth.
He's just preparing us so we won't be surprised when the next version of Office is loaded up with even more crap all over the place that we don't need.
Well, I've done educational licensing of Adobe apps before. It's still perfectly legal for him to do it. Getting the bonehead support staff to understand that, however, will probably be more difficult...
Is this going to be the stripped-down barebones version of Windows that many of us have been wanting for years? Here's hoping so. Now maybe I'll just go off and RTFA...
At work, my coworker/supervisor is against using pirated stuff, because he feels similar to you. He was in the same boat as the guy above, though. "Damn, I use Photoshop at work. What am I going to use at home?"
Well guess what? If he would just RTFLicense, he'd learn that it's actually legal for him to install a copy of it on his home machine. He just can't legally be using both copies at the same time...
Status update: After spending my Thursday morning fiddling with Netscape and deactivating shit left and right and getting things set up in a semi-usable way, I'm going to give it a pass. It doesn't seem to want to load the Acrobat plugin, the multibar is horrendous (how the fuck do you remove some of those things from the default toolbar?), it keeps asking me to save passwords after I've told it not to ask in 3 or 4 different places in the prefs (KISS!), and on and on. Nice idea in theory, horrible execution. Not that I would expect anything different from AOL...
What I find funny about all their missed predictions is that everyone expects Microsoft, with the ridiculously dominant position they're in, to be the ones leading the world to those predictions. I have yet to see Microsoft actually leading the way in anything...
Something everyone seems to be forgetting is that that is the price after conversion. It's entirely possible that it will be that price in Japan, but debut here at $500.
I checked out the beta back when it was released. Once most of the "extra" interface features were turned off, it really wasn't too bad. Of course, since I was trying it at home, I quickly uninstalled it and went back to Firefox. However, since there are a few sites that I need to use at work that don't work all that well with Firefox (reduced feature-sets, slight wonkiness, etc), I may check this out to see if it does what I need. Being able to have one browser do it all can be quite handy...
The article doesn't actually say anything about a new game format or anything. Are we to assume that this tiny thing is simply a new exterior for the same GBA cartridges?
I think this line from the article sums it up pretty clearly: "Yet Game Boy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance SP models..."
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How very convenient. I guess this means I will be able to watch those DVDs I check out from the library afterall...
Just a hunch, but I'm guessing that the types of people drawn to fragging vs flying have very different personalities.
Actually, it's more like turning your barbeque into a rocket engine. Which you gotta admit, that'd be a pretty cool hack...
The big deal with Netscape 8 is that it offers the choice of using the IE or Firefox/Gecko rendering engine on different pages. For instance, you can have it set to display /. using the Gecko engine, while using the IE engine to render your company's intranet page (you know, the one that requires that you use IE for "full functionality"). The main reason for it, however, is for the brand recognition that AOL gets out of it. Of course, the dual-rendering ability will only complicate matters for Joe Sixtooth.
Why do programmers feel the need to pop windows up right in front of my face, and always when I'm typing?
The answer is really pretty simple. You obviously have no idea where you want to go today...
Ahhh, very wise to end with the disclaimer... : p
He's just preparing us so we won't be surprised when the next version of Office is loaded up with even more crap all over the place that we don't need.
Yeah, for real! I mean, how the hell do you code a dirt-hut?
Well, I've done educational licensing of Adobe apps before. It's still perfectly legal for him to do it. Getting the bonehead support staff to understand that, however, will probably be more difficult...
Is this going to be the stripped-down barebones version of Windows that many of us have been wanting for years? Here's hoping so. Now maybe I'll just go off and RTFA...
At work, my coworker/supervisor is against using pirated stuff, because he feels similar to you. He was in the same boat as the guy above, though. "Damn, I use Photoshop at work. What am I going to use at home?"
Well guess what? If he would just RTFLicense, he'd learn that it's actually legal for him to install a copy of it on his home machine. He just can't legally be using both copies at the same time...
So, after dad dies, I'm gonna hafta keep his finger around to view his pr0n collection? That's doubly creepy...
Status update: After spending my Thursday morning fiddling with Netscape and deactivating shit left and right and getting things set up in a semi-usable way, I'm going to give it a pass. It doesn't seem to want to load the Acrobat plugin, the multibar is horrendous (how the fuck do you remove some of those things from the default toolbar?), it keeps asking me to save passwords after I've told it not to ask in 3 or 4 different places in the prefs (KISS!), and on and on. Nice idea in theory, horrible execution. Not that I would expect anything different from AOL...
What I find funny about all their missed predictions is that everyone expects Microsoft, with the ridiculously dominant position they're in, to be the ones leading the world to those predictions. I have yet to see Microsoft actually leading the way in anything...
Something everyone seems to be forgetting is that that is the price after conversion. It's entirely possible that it will be that price in Japan, but debut here at $500.
I checked out the beta back when it was released. Once most of the "extra" interface features were turned off, it really wasn't too bad. Of course, since I was trying it at home, I quickly uninstalled it and went back to Firefox. However, since there are a few sites that I need to use at work that don't work all that well with Firefox (reduced feature-sets, slight wonkiness, etc), I may check this out to see if it does what I need. Being able to have one browser do it all can be quite handy...
And I assure you, there are idiots around who would buy those versions. Hence, Evan's comment still stands...
Hmmm, wouldn't a UPS be better for that sort of thing?
Old news? That must be why slashdot posted that story only a week ago...
Pssst. Try opening ports 6881-6889 on your router, then try saying that BitTorrent has horrible speeds...
Those dudes can DO shit to toilets that would rock your world...and leave your office smelling like New Jersey in the spring.
Funny, that's what we say about the IT guys...
The article doesn't actually say anything about a new game format or anything. Are we to assume that this tiny thing is simply a new exterior for the same GBA cartridges?
I think this line from the article sums it up pretty clearly: "Yet Game Boy Micro has the same processing power and plays the same games as Game Boy Advance SP models..."
So, does this mean that Nintendo will somehow provide a way for indie developers to get around that barrier?
Nintendo Financial Services?
Am I the only one reading the thread/responses in the order they were posted? Jesus Fucking Christ!
he never said a word about Safari.
...whereas CMD-TAB (and MDI) is specific to Safari on OS X.
EXCUSE ME?
That sounds like he's talking about Safari to me.