Same here. I tried the 2.0 release candidates and was somewhat underwhelmed. The first irritation was the silly "close tab" widget on every tab, but I hear there's an "about:config" switch that can be tweaked to revert to the old behaviour.
But the main issue for me was that it seems to take about 1.5 to 2 times as long to render pages on this ageing 1.3GHz P4. I'm just not that patient.
my original 3rd Gen is HFS+. That was real fun when I ran Linux on my PowerBook. Worked better than expected, actually.
Wish I could say the same. I still maintain my gadget was more responsive as HFS+, but I found my Linux box got cranky with it, and disconnected at inopportune moments. I was only able to fix this by reformatting it.
Personally, I'm not so sure I would accept any jab at Microsoft as being "classless". Microsoft can afford to take criticism, and if they don't like it, they could always try doing something about the situation.
That aside, though, the case seems a bit strange to me. My iPod Mini came with a Mac filesystem by default, which I understand gets overwritten with VFAT when connected to a Windows box running itunes. Last time I looked, windows was unable to read/write HFS+ partitions (and should for that reason, I suppose, be unable to infect the iPod). Is this no longer the case? Or has the default FS on the iPod changed?
Fitt's Law has been used for a long time to justify the Macintosh menu bar being on the top of the screen rather than the top of the window.
...and perhaps it even does, but I still find it takes up an unnecessarily large amount of space on my little 15" iBook. My problem with Macintosh is that the interface is too inflexible. I often don't need a menu bar at all, and would much prefer to have the screen real estate devoted to something more useful. I find this still applies on the occasions when I have the luxury of a larger screen.
To maximize window thru keypresses: "shift+alt+space" then press "X"
Thanks for that. Funny, though; that has to be about the most cumbersome and least-documented key-sequence I've ever seen. So much for Apple's UI being intuitive (sigh).
However, kudos to you; I actually learned something on Slashdot for once...
I don't ever want a window to take up the entire screen. If I did, I wouldn't bother with a multitasking GUI.
Herein lies an interesting divergence of attitude. I always like a browser or email window to take up the full screen. Ditto with terminal windows. Other applications depending on merit. Part of this might be due to the fact that my eyesight isn't that brilliant, but I really hate scrolling around unnecessarily.
Having said this, I have to admit to having been a bit spoilt with the multiple workspace setups offered by most *nix desktop environments.
I think the fact that they used Macintosh machines definitely changes the results, because the maximize button doesn't really maximize.
Agreed. This, among other windowing idiocies (a pet peeve of mine is the fact that there is AFAIK no hotkey to maximise windows, but let that pass) is one of the reasons why I prefer to run Linux on the iBook G4 laptop I inherited from my wife. My desktop machine, however, is a dual-screen setup that I would fain live without, and my servers need no screen at all...
In any case, regardless of the fact that there are alternatives to Windows, all the consumer has to do is return the DVD as defective. Enough people do this, they'll get the message.
The name is not tainted. Whatever one's opinion of Hans Reiser (I personally have none), ReiserFS is pretty much universally accepted as a very fine filesystem, and there's no reason why that should change.
However, having said that, it might in fact be a plus to describe it as a killer filesystem...;-)
And I never even noticed it was there. I've always operated with cookies symlinked to/dev/null (i.e. definitively session-only). Maybe it behaves differently on non-*nix platforms, but I've always been able to search without logging in, which I often do. I only log in when I want to buy something.
..."Apple is scared" which he sets out as truth when he has absolutely no proof.
The clue is right at the bottom of the page.
"Mike Elgan is a technology writer and former editor of Windows Magazine."
No bias here. He probably has the sort of mindset that can't even conceive living outside the sort of headspace that Microsoft has so carefully constructed to build its monopoly.
You can be robot jox if you want, but just don't try to sit down while wearing that contraption. You'll never get back up again, and you'll look a bit silly.
Make every page a Flash page with the ad built right into the flash page.
Lots of sites do just that, and they don't get a return visit from me. That's what Flashblock is for, since any page coded entirely in Flash usually doesn't have content worth looking at anyway.
Well, as far as I'm concerned, both UIs can just go suck my... whatever. I don't like either of them. Vista's UI is just more of the sameoldsameold slapped on top of an OS I prefer to shun, and Aqua (as distinct from OS X, which seems pretty good at its job) is an irritating pain to use.
Although I do own a (now aged but nonetheless functional) iBook G4 in addition to my desktop and server machines, I prefer to run Linux on it with Gnome as my UI of choice. Part of the reason for this choice is simply that I often prefer to work in maximised windows, and the Aqua UI, as far as I have been able to tell, only offers the option with a trackpad click on the appropriate widget rather than offering a hotkey or default action for the purpose. I know that might seem petty, but it's little irritations like this that make a difference for a lot of people. I am aware that Apple might have philosophical reasons for telling people to think the way they do, but I've spent too long operating with interfaces that are more customisable to fit comfortably into their little box.
Not sure that I want one; I've no idea what a Big Red Plenty Pack is, but according to the article (6th paragraph) the box is 35 x 103cm in size. Think I'll stick with my big old desktop clunker...;-)
...Perhaps some halfway decent toolbar icons. I know Ximian have made an attempt in that direction, and there are other measures available (e.g. at kde-look.org) but it shouldn't need so much effort to make these less ugly.
Isn't that asking a lot of a skinny little USB link? Maybe OK if you're only playing your music through poxy little computer speakers, but I would have thought it would stand out like dog's nuts if you tried playing music through a decent stereo...
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I keep running out of excuses to postpone the vasectomy.
;-)
Not sure about that; you would have to spend a lot of money on phone calls. A vasectomy might be cheaper...
Perhaps it's cos I'm still using 1.5.
Same here. I tried the 2.0 release candidates and was somewhat underwhelmed. The first irritation was the silly "close tab" widget on every tab, but I hear there's an "about:config" switch that can be tweaked to revert to the old behaviour.
But the main issue for me was that it seems to take about 1.5 to 2 times as long to render pages on this ageing 1.3GHz P4. I'm just not that patient.
Did you disable journaling? It should work fine after that.
;-)
Ah-ha. That seems to have done the trick. Many thanks for that.
Yay! I learned something on Slashdot!
my original 3rd Gen is HFS+. That was real fun when I ran Linux on my PowerBook. Worked better than expected, actually.
Wish I could say the same. I still maintain my gadget was more responsive as HFS+, but I found my Linux box got cranky with it, and disconnected at inopportune moments. I was only able to fix this by reformatting it.
Personally, I'm not so sure I would accept any jab at Microsoft as being "classless". Microsoft can afford to take criticism, and if they don't like it, they could always try doing something about the situation.
That aside, though, the case seems a bit strange to me. My iPod Mini came with a Mac filesystem by default, which I understand gets overwritten with VFAT when connected to a Windows box running itunes. Last time I looked, windows was unable to read/write HFS+ partitions (and should for that reason, I suppose, be unable to infect the iPod). Is this no longer the case? Or has the default FS on the iPod changed?
Well said. I, for one, am going to continue using ReiserFS until someone comes up with a damn good technical reason why I shouldn't.
Fitt's Law has been used for a long time to justify the Macintosh menu bar being on the top of the screen rather than the top of the window.
...and perhaps it even does, but I still find it takes up an unnecessarily large amount of space on my little 15" iBook. My problem with Macintosh is that the interface is too inflexible. I often don't need a menu bar at all, and would much prefer to have the screen real estate devoted to something more useful. I find this still applies on the occasions when I have the luxury of a larger screen.
To maximize window thru keypresses: "shift+alt+space" then press "X"
Thanks for that. Funny, though; that has to be about the most cumbersome and least-documented key-sequence I've ever seen. So much for Apple's UI being intuitive (sigh).
However, kudos to you; I actually learned something on Slashdot for once...
I don't ever want a window to take up the entire screen. If I did, I wouldn't bother with a multitasking GUI.
Herein lies an interesting divergence of attitude. I always like a browser or email window to take up the full screen. Ditto with terminal windows. Other applications depending on merit. Part of this might be due to the fact that my eyesight isn't that brilliant, but I really hate scrolling around unnecessarily.
Having said this, I have to admit to having been a bit spoilt with the multiple workspace setups offered by most *nix desktop environments.
I think the fact that they used Macintosh machines definitely changes the results, because the maximize button doesn't really maximize.
Agreed. This, among other windowing idiocies (a pet peeve of mine is the fact that there is AFAIK no hotkey to maximise windows, but let that pass) is one of the reasons why I prefer to run Linux on the iBook G4 laptop I inherited from my wife. My desktop machine, however, is a dual-screen setup that I would fain live without, and my servers need no screen at all...
In any case, regardless of the fact that there are alternatives to Windows, all the consumer has to do is return the DVD as defective. Enough people do this, they'll get the message.
The name is not tainted. Whatever one's opinion of Hans Reiser (I personally have none), ReiserFS is pretty much universally accepted as a very fine filesystem, and there's no reason why that should change.
;-)
However, having said that, it might in fact be a plus to describe it as a killer filesystem...
*ducks*
Exactly. Reiser hasn't yet faced trial, let alone been found guilty.
... or simply "sudo su".
Hmmm...
/dev/null (i.e. definitively session-only). Maybe it behaves differently on non-*nix platforms, but I've always been able to search without logging in, which I often do. I only log in when I want to buy something.
And I never even noticed it was there. I've always operated with cookies symlinked to
..."Apple is scared" which he sets out as truth when he has absolutely no proof.
The clue is right at the bottom of the page.
"Mike Elgan is a technology writer and former editor of Windows Magazine."
No bias here. He probably has the sort of mindset that can't even conceive living outside the sort of headspace that Microsoft has so carefully constructed to build its monopoly.
You can be robot jox if you want, but just don't try to sit down while wearing that contraption. You'll never get back up again, and you'll look a bit silly.
Make every page a Flash page with the ad built right into the flash page.
Lots of sites do just that, and they don't get a return visit from me. That's what Flashblock is for, since any page coded entirely in Flash usually doesn't have content worth looking at anyway.
..."Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"
Well, as far as I'm concerned, both UIs can just go suck my... whatever. I don't like either of them. Vista's UI is just more of the sameoldsameold slapped on top of an OS I prefer to shun, and Aqua (as distinct from OS X, which seems pretty good at its job) is an irritating pain to use.
Although I do own a (now aged but nonetheless functional) iBook G4 in addition to my desktop and server machines, I prefer to run Linux on it with Gnome as my UI of choice. Part of the reason for this choice is simply that I often prefer to work in maximised windows, and the Aqua UI, as far as I have been able to tell, only offers the option with a trackpad click on the appropriate widget rather than offering a hotkey or default action for the purpose. I know that might seem petty, but it's little irritations like this that make a difference for a lot of people. I am aware that Apple might have philosophical reasons for telling people to think the way they do, but I've spent too long operating with interfaces that are more customisable to fit comfortably into their little box.
If you're going to be a spelling nazi, you might as well point out the correct spelling of Volkswagen...
Not sure that I want one; I've no idea what a Big Red Plenty Pack is, but according to the article (6th paragraph) the box is 35 x 103cm in size. Think I'll stick with my big old desktop clunker... ;-)
Indeed, but this is Slashdot. No-one Reads The Fine Article here (except, apparently, you and myself).
...Perhaps some halfway decent toolbar icons. I know Ximian have made an attempt in that direction, and there are other measures available (e.g. at kde-look.org) but it shouldn't need so much effort to make these less ugly.
Nice thing about vinyl records is that they can be played with a pin, a paper cone, and something to turn the record on.
;-)
Only once, though. Remind me not to lend you any of my vinyl LPs...
>i>This model has a direct USB output.
Isn't that asking a lot of a skinny little USB link? Maybe OK if you're only playing your music through poxy little computer speakers, but I would have thought it would stand out like dog's nuts if you tried playing music through a decent stereo...