Looks pretty bad. I think I've seen something similar, either in IE for X, or an earlier version of Mozilla for X. Of course, with X and the Silk add-on, I've got anti-aliased text in Mozilla.
I'm curious why Mozilla is so slow on your system. I just started Mozilla on OS X for comparison, it took about 6 or 7 seconds to launch, and 3 or 4 seconds for graphic filled pages(over DSL), and I'm on a 400 Mhz G3. OmniWeb seems, subjectively, to be slightly slower, but it doesn't time page loading like Mozilla does.
I did try Chimera recently, 0.4 I think. I hadn't seen it before, and was surprised that it looked exactly like Mozilla to my eyes, at least Mozilla with the OS X theme that I'd installed when I got it. It seemed to work the same, too, in my 15 minutes or so of use. Of course, it left out the mail, newsreader, and IRC clients, which I don't use anyway, and makes for a smaller download. But I saw no pressing reason to use it yet, and will stick with OmniWeb and Mozilla.
What it doesn't mention is that they also consider virtually any company that they don't own as a potential competitor/threat. Sure, they don't compete with utility companies, auto manufacturers, and food companies right now, but someday...
Guess what, a lot of us aren't. Surprised as heck that was announced, but not thrilled that it's not only an old game, but not due out until next spring. Some people think that they're porting this old game so that when the sales figures ae low, they can use this as an excuse not to port SW: Galaxies, but I don' think that makes much business sense myself.
Problem or bonus? I think Mac users getting their own server, rather than joining a 4 year old world on the PC servers with 4 year old players is a good idea.
On the other hand, my father, a Mac user since '84, and the treasurer of the Gateway Area Macintosh User's Group plays EQ on my brother's PC all the time. Though he seems to be caught up in making things and fishing, and not fighting more than he has to.
In any case, I've watched it being played often enough, and I've no interest in playing myself.
Considering what I've seen of RealPlayer in the past on classic MacOS and Windows, I was VERY surprised to see a clean, minimalist interface that rival's QuickTime's, not to mention WMP for X. Those annoying 'channels' are gone, there's no button to press for a Pro version(admittedly, there isn't one right now), and it actually launches pretty quick. It's a single, native application that you can drag wherever you want it, and there's no.DLL's, like the Classic version.
Admittedly, I usually use RealPlayer very little; song previews on Amazon and the odd video file on LimeWire are usually it. But the experience is so improved, that I won't hesitate to use it on other web sites.
I'd love to take advantage of it, but the local Apple store won't open for two more months or so. On the other hand, I should be home this year, so I'll try it on 1.2 megabit DSL.
Since every Blizzard game to date has made it to the Mac, sooner or later, I don't think that's the cause. I think it's a combination of pent up demand(some people would pay anything for it), and to help pay for ever increasing server loads on Battle.net.
"This document is hereby released to the public domain. You may (and are encouraged to) reproduce, republish, read, modify, and/or archive it without limitation."
Thanks, I've already mailed it off as a PDF to some friends and family. PDF creation was automatic in MacOS X, just a copy and paste into the Mail app.
$35000 is a LOT more than I make, and I've been in the job market for 15 years. Still, I've already got bad feet from a previous retail job, and couldn't take 6 hours a day of lugging around a console + screen.
Troll? No, just disagreeing that this minor security flaw is a huge threat to the individual home user. Even if I did install this theoretical trojan horse(a big if), it's not going to do a great deal of damage without Root access, which I've not enabled, and my credit card numbers and SSN's are nowhere to be found on my hard drive. Unlike you, I'm also posting with my real name. I suppose a pissed hacker might use that info to try and DoS me, but that's all he could do to me. It'd give me more time for Warcraft III, once my copy arrives.;-)
Sorry, but I still think I'd have to seriously piss someone off to make them go to the trouble to do this to my one little iMac. Nothing between me and SWBell, to my knowledge. Anyway, I have no enemies, and most Mac users I know think I'm a great guy(example, my 5 star rating on the Macgamer.com forums). And I don't think someone picking a victim at random would find me.
A trojan that's the same size as an OS update? I'd think that a trojan wouldn't need more than a few kilobytes to do its damage. Many major updates in X even give you the EULA before the download starts. I doubt many Trojan authors would duplicate that.
The Mac news sites are very thorough, and I always read about new updates before I see them on Software Update. Also, I don't install everything listed. I've marked as inactive several foreign language updates, and some AirPort updates, as I only speak English and don't have an AirPort card.
I don't have to worry about fans going out on my iMac DV, since I don't HAVE any fans. The G3 processor only runs about 120 degrees F, last time I checked, and the monitor goes to sleep in my absence. Not many ways for dust to get in, either.
My brother got a new case and motherboard for his PC recently, and with it's multiple fans, it's the most noisy computer I've ever heard. I've heard stand alone air filters that were quieter. It would drive me nuts if I had to put up with it all the time. Nearly the only unwanted sound coming from my iMac is a low hum from the hard drive.
When this Palladrium plan was first announced, I thought it was mainly for secure communications BETWEEN computers. Which led me to think: does that mean that the new computers with Palladrim won't talk to computers without it? This might even create two Internets, one for Windows-Secure, and one for the rest of the world.
At least that's one interpretation of this screwball plan. One that I wouldn't put past Microsoft for an instant.
I try to avoid politics, but I lean slightly towards the Democrats because I distrust Big Business more than I distrust the Government. Microsoft, I don't trust at all.
Password expiration? Having to change each month, without reusing any passwords? Uh-uh, not on MY home machine! Perhaps as an option that's off by default.
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Looks pretty bad. I think I've seen something similar, either in IE for X, or an earlier version of Mozilla for X. Of course, with X and the Silk add-on, I've got anti-aliased text in Mozilla.
I'm curious why Mozilla is so slow on your system. I just started Mozilla on OS X for comparison, it took about 6 or 7 seconds to launch, and 3 or 4 seconds for graphic filled pages(over DSL), and I'm on a 400 Mhz G3. OmniWeb seems, subjectively, to be slightly slower, but it doesn't time page loading like Mozilla does.
I did try Chimera recently, 0.4 I think. I hadn't seen it before, and was surprised that it looked exactly like Mozilla to my eyes, at least Mozilla with the OS X theme that I'd installed when I got it. It seemed to work the same, too, in my 15 minutes or so of use. Of course, it left out the mail, newsreader, and IRC clients, which I don't use anyway, and makes for a smaller download. But I saw no pressing reason to use it yet, and will stick with OmniWeb and Mozilla.
What it doesn't mention is that they also consider virtually any company that they don't own as a potential competitor/threat. Sure, they don't compete with utility companies, auto manufacturers, and food companies right now, but someday...
"The next Bill Gates"? Can't say I do hear it, but it sounds ominous. One is bad enough!
Only the login screen is encrypted.
Sounds like a fast fix. They patched it before I'd heard about it.
Guess what, a lot of us aren't. Surprised as heck that was announced, but not thrilled that it's not only an old game, but not due out until next spring. Some people think that they're porting this old game so that when the sales figures ae low, they can use this as an excuse not to port SW: Galaxies, but I don' think that makes much business sense myself.
Problem or bonus? I think Mac users getting their own server, rather than joining a 4 year old world on the PC servers with 4 year old players is a good idea.
ROTFL! I like your logic.
On the other hand, my father, a Mac user since '84, and the treasurer of the Gateway Area Macintosh User's Group plays EQ on my brother's PC all the time. Though he seems to be caught up in making things and fishing, and not fighting more than he has to.
In any case, I've watched it being played often enough, and I've no interest in playing myself.
Considering what I've seen of RealPlayer in the past on classic MacOS and Windows, I was VERY surprised to see a clean, minimalist interface that rival's QuickTime's, not to mention WMP for X. Those annoying 'channels' are gone, there's no button to press for a Pro version(admittedly, there isn't one right now), and it actually launches pretty quick. It's a single, native application that you can drag wherever you want it, and there's no .DLL's, like the Classic version.
Admittedly, I usually use RealPlayer very little; song previews on Amazon and the odd video file on LimeWire are usually it. But the experience is so improved, that I won't hesitate to use it on other web sites.
I wasn't aware of just when the keynote was, and didn't realize that they were starting early. I'll be at a funeral for a great-aunt.
I'd love to take advantage of it, but the local Apple store won't open for two more months or so. On the other hand, I should be home this year, so I'll try it on 1.2 megabit DSL.
Since every Blizzard game to date has made it to the Mac, sooner or later, I don't think that's the cause. I think it's a combination of pent up demand(some people would pay anything for it), and to help pay for ever increasing server loads on Battle.net.
"This document is hereby released to the public domain. You may (and are encouraged to) reproduce, republish, read, modify, and/or archive it without limitation."
Thanks, I've already mailed it off as a PDF to some friends and family. PDF creation was automatic in MacOS X, just a copy and paste into the Mail app.
Funny, my computer is my leisure device, and my TV is almost always off. Work? That's what I travel in my car to.
$35000 is a LOT more than I make, and I've been in the job market for 15 years. Still, I've already got bad feet from a previous retail job, and couldn't take 6 hours a day of lugging around a console + screen.
Troll? No, just disagreeing that this minor security flaw is a huge threat to the individual home user. Even if I did install this theoretical trojan horse(a big if), it's not going to do a great deal of damage without Root access, which I've not enabled, and my credit card numbers and SSN's are nowhere to be found on my hard drive. Unlike you, I'm also posting with my real name. I suppose a pissed hacker might use that info to try and DoS me, but that's all he could do to me. It'd give me more time for Warcraft III, once my copy arrives. ;-)
So, they'll hack the SWBell DNS servers to get to us home DSL users on Mac's running X... nah, I can't see it happening.
Sorry, but I still think I'd have to seriously piss someone off to make them go to the trouble to do this to my one little iMac. Nothing between me and SWBell, to my knowledge. Anyway, I have no enemies, and most Mac users I know think I'm a great guy(example, my 5 star rating on the Macgamer.com forums). And I don't think someone picking a victim at random would find me.
A trojan that's the same size as an OS update? I'd think that a trojan wouldn't need more than a few kilobytes to do its damage. Many major updates in X even give you the EULA before the download starts. I doubt many Trojan authors would duplicate that.
The Mac news sites are very thorough, and I always read about new updates before I see them on Software Update. Also, I don't install everything listed. I've marked as inactive several foreign language updates, and some AirPort updates, as I only speak English and don't have an AirPort card.
I don't have to worry about fans going out on my iMac DV, since I don't HAVE any fans. The G3 processor only runs about 120 degrees F, last time I checked, and the monitor goes to sleep in my absence. Not many ways for dust to get in, either.
My brother got a new case and motherboard for his PC recently, and with it's multiple fans, it's the most noisy computer I've ever heard. I've heard stand alone air filters that were quieter. It would drive me nuts if I had to put up with it all the time. Nearly the only unwanted sound coming from my iMac is a low hum from the hard drive.
When this Palladrium plan was first announced, I thought it was mainly for secure communications BETWEEN computers. Which led me to think: does that mean that the new computers with Palladrim won't talk to computers without it? This might even create two Internets, one for Windows-Secure, and one for the rest of the world.
At least that's one interpretation of this screwball plan. One that I wouldn't put past Microsoft for an instant.
I take it you're a Republican? ;-)
I try to avoid politics, but I lean slightly towards the Democrats because I distrust Big Business more than I distrust the Government. Microsoft, I don't trust at all.
Password expiration? Having to change each month, without reusing any passwords? Uh-uh, not on MY home machine! Perhaps as an option that's off by default.