Does it include other Windows Firefox versions? (example my desktop, laptop and work machine? not just tablets / phones) so I can see what's open on what PC?
Can I "switch to" my work tab listing - without losing my home tab listing? Then switch back to home?
This finally sounds like an Ok feature, (for a change!) I've recently found some plugins to FINALLY make Chrome a little more usable. (Refined tab control, closing order, opening position etc) - those Chrome features work on Sync too.
I've always been super hesitant about using Sync, just feels very much like a tracking and privacy concern - but the functionality of it in Chrome, means that every time I use chrome (and sign in) it's actually a "usable" browser to me now AND all the idiot stuff I need to do, to make Chrome usable, follows me.
LCD was cheaper due to mass production, any product produced in high quantity like LCD would be cheaper. Cooler running? At one point yes, Plasma was getting better every year, more efficient, cooler Spillable liquids and carpets? I not only have no idea what you're talking about, but I googled and can't find shit on this either, my understanding is there is possibly a gas inside the panel, no liquid. Also the % of them which get smashed and you need to worry about the carpet, what? Burn in? Was getting better, plasma was still worse than LCD though
It still produces and inferior picture and at one point in time was getting very good sales. Good enough to be electronically viable until the marketers decided to make claims about LED that were simply untrue.
Have to agree with all this stuff, I've got no problems submitting crash reports, name of program running, system information shit if it's going to absoloutely used to improve software in the long haul. It just seems honestly like how it should be done as long as it's done sensibly.
I just don't want the other potential issues that windows apparently has. Who knows how true these rumours actually are.
The LCD marketing folks with their "Plasma will use ALL the electricity, Plasma will DEFINITELY burn in, instantly!!! LCD picture is better anyhow!!! and Plasma will *EAT YOUR CHILDREN*" stuff, well they kinda won sadly...
RIP Plasma - I still have my Panasonic and even with the mild (very mild) image retention aside, I'll deal with it for the blacks and colours.
We still don't have OLED at reasonable sizes, with reasonable life expectancy and reasonable prices sadly. I'm just praying my 65" Plasma lasts me at least another 4 or 5 years. I'm hoping to see 85" or larger, OLED 4k displays under $2500 US by then.
I would hate to be in the market for a TV right now.
I would like someone to diligently answer your post with reasonable and techical answers which address the points. because I'm hoping, just hoping that you're wrong or at least, in the long run you end up wrong.
Right now, I agree with you sadly.
Why / when / where (?) is the damn SINGLE program to download called "Windows 10-fixit utility kit.exe" which absoloutely turns off all the bullshit *entirely* and updates the hosts file and the program is open source and regularly updated. (Think, ClassicShell, provided a "fix" for Windows Vista onwards IIRC and has continued to be updated, worked on, improved until now)
Where oh where is this Windows 10 "fixer" tool - because I'm tired of reading multiple articles or using multiple tools.
She says that it's apparently gang initiation stuff (or perhaps that's what the media is telling her) but it doesn't sound particularly nice. A lot of "shoot the random person from the overpass, to prove you're gangster" Who knows what the truth is but they need to nail the people doing it.
It's even worse than what you say, because in 32 years or however long it takes, no one will even god damn remember the trading of physical books, so *even if* they did drop the electronic version price, sensibly, they'll "have you" and they can crank it to whatever they like.
What else are you going to do? Buy a physical one? Hah, where?
Because as much as Apple bugs me (still) for the most part "it just works" Android, stock builds from Google or CM are ghastly. Camera issues, GPS issues, Bluetooth issues - it's a never ending nightmare. I guess there's not enough hobbyists, perhaps if there were 1/5th the choices of Android phones it might be better? As it stands, there's possibly several hundred current gen devices right now, in 12 months from now, those several hundred will be replaced by another several hundred. There's probably (literally) 2 or 3,000 different phones to support in the past 5 or 6 years.
I am one of the few quite comfortable with the Samsung skins and layouts, I'm just frustrated a 3.5 year old iphone is still right up to date but many Android devices are dropped hard. (Sorry but I can't stand Nexus stuff)
The early fitbits were basically a computer connected pedometer for goodness sakes (!) yet they charged $100 for it. I am sure a device which/accurately/ measures heart rate, altitude, gps coordinates, ambient temperature and steps (if even possible??) could probably give semi-reasonable estimations on health benefits or calories burned but even a highly accurate device wouldn't be perfect. However the consumer stuff fitbit shovel out is weak at beast.
PS4 is going to do it, Xbox is going to do it. A more 'iterative' Apple like approach. At one point (as in every other console generation, previous to now) you could purchase a console and rest assured that it would be/well supported/ for a good lifetime, anywhere from 4 to 7 years.
The 'ruleset' for the new consoles, apparently also includes supporting the old device going forward. However with the old consoles, as there was only one choice, period - you would find in the later lifetime of the console, exceptionally good looking games were produced which did fascinating things with the hardware, as the developers were of course limited. Examples such as Uncharted 3, The Last of Us, God of War 2, The 'new' Tomb Raider game on Xbox 360, Gears of War 3. Shadow of the Colossus and so on. These new mid generation consoles will allow developers to focus on a new platform, while they still must support the old one, to appease Sony and MS certification and of course angry early adopters, it's/extremely/ likely that the support for the original consoles will not be quite up to the level it would've been, had they been the only choice for 5+ years, let alone as the device ages and more and more move to the newer models.
One other advantage (if you will) of being a console gamer is that when you've decided to buy a console, there's an element of 'nerd relief' in that you don't even need to/consider/ upgrades. There's no such thing. You've accepted the compromise of console gaming* and once past that, can relax knowing you have the best on offer for that platform, for the full duration. This advantage is about to disappear and the nerdier gamers (myself included) will always have that urge to research the differences on the updated platform. Perhaps in game reviews we'll see "The original Xbox One edition of XYZ game, looks quite good, however the edition of XYZ game has vastly surprising and significant boosts in ABC features" We don't want to read that, if we wanted that, we'd have bought a PC.
So yeah, I'm quite disappointed with this change in console gaming, I do not feel it's for the better. Well actually no, I'm sure there will be some benefits - but it will/almost certainly/ become a more expensive hobby going forward.
* Yes console gaming is obviously a compromise from PC gaming in many ways, exceedingly few console gamers actually believe it's a better option than PC gaming, it's simply a different option. I PC gamed for near 25 years before I finally went 100% console gaming. Primarily time and money limitations.
Disclaimer: I'm not a coder, I'm a user and a fixer at best.
I switched from Apple to Android in 2010 for many reasons. In that time Android quickly improved to a point and then seemed, in my eyes to stagnate. Apple very very slowly improved and continued to improve and hasn't stopped...
I am pretty frustrated that some of the older hardware I support, such as an iPad 3, iPhone 5s and 4s (!) are still being routinely updated by Apple, but Android based phones are being left in the dust.
What can be done to fundamentally fix this? It didn't bother me 2 years ago when I was in an overpaid job, valued my money differently and I simply/knew/ I would be getting a new phone within 24 months at most, likely as short as 12.
It always was stupid - although to be fair, it was probably made so long ago, that the idea of submitting data in a webpage was probably a new or even nonexistent concept.
I for one don't use it or like it, but by god as someone 'oppressed' with idiot changes in UI, I'll argue for those who DO want it, to be able to have it.
Apple staunchly block access and configuration to ALL kinds of things, it's "Apples way or the highway" with a SHITLOAD of their devices and software. It's why Android boomed at the start.
To try and defend them of this, on the semantics of one thing is laughable. You're fighting a battle which was lost years ago.
I think it's a terrible hotkey, backspace? It's an awful idea, pretty sure I use ALT back as well. That being said, when people fuck with your workflow, it's frustrating.
Chrome loves to not give a shit about standards or let people customise things. They are as arrogant as Apple.
I don't use backspace but I DO use a LOT of hotkeys, so I sympathise with people who used backspace. I have been stung by this once or twice but 99% of the time nowadays the browsers are clever enough to cache EVERYTHING and you hit forward and it's all fixed.
As you said though, how about an option for it?
OOOOOOOOOPSIE DAISY! We're talking about god-damned-I-know-best-shut-your-idiot-mouth Chrome, where options are EVIL. They won't give you an option to do a god damned thing.
They can have a fast and reliable browser all they like, I can't stand their philosophy and lack of flexibility and they demonstrate it time and time and time again. It will always be my secondary "flash player browser" for monitor #2 and nothing more.
What next btw, will they take out spacebar to scroll a page? I admit there's probably only 5% of users who still use it but by god do I use it, hundreds of times a day. Needing my hand on my mouse endlessly to browse is agonising.
Rubbish I got down from 400 to 200 in about 3 diligent hours. I'm at 154 right now (was 200 when I made the root post 12 hours ago) hoping to close to 0 today.
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Does it include other Windows Firefox versions? (example my desktop, laptop and work machine? not just tablets / phones) so I can see what's open on what PC?
Can I "switch to" my work tab listing - without losing my home tab listing? Then switch back to home?
This finally sounds like an Ok feature, (for a change!)
I've recently found some plugins to FINALLY make Chrome a little more usable. (Refined tab control, closing order, opening position etc) - those Chrome features work on Sync too.
I've always been super hesitant about using Sync, just feels very much like a tracking and privacy concern - but the functionality of it in Chrome, means that every time I use chrome (and sign in) it's actually a "usable" browser to me now AND all the idiot stuff I need to do, to make Chrome usable, follows me.
Should I be considering this for Firefox too?
https://slashdot.org/comments....
Seriously it's meaningless bullshit, STOP.
I hate how right this guy is but it's basically that, period :/
Love these cheap toasters, just bonza guys! It's great! and $3 phone covers shipped to my door, USB cables for 4$ it's magic
Wait you want my jo........ oh
The more he talks, the more I start to think of the Smug Alert, fart smelling episode of Southpark at this point.
LCD was cheaper due to mass production, any product produced in high quantity like LCD would be cheaper.
Cooler running? At one point yes, Plasma was getting better every year, more efficient, cooler
Spillable liquids and carpets? I not only have no idea what you're talking about, but I googled and can't find shit on this either, my understanding is there is possibly a gas inside the panel, no liquid. Also the % of them which get smashed and you need to worry about the carpet, what?
Burn in? Was getting better, plasma was still worse than LCD though
It still produces and inferior picture and at one point in time was getting very good sales. Good enough to be electronically viable until the marketers decided to make claims about LED that were simply untrue.
Have to agree with all this stuff, I've got no problems submitting crash reports, name of program running, system information shit if it's going to absoloutely used to improve software in the long haul. It just seems honestly like how it should be done as long as it's done sensibly.
I just don't want the other potential issues that windows apparently has. Who knows how true these rumours actually are.
The LCD marketing folks with their "Plasma will use ALL the electricity, Plasma will DEFINITELY burn in, instantly!!! LCD picture is better anyhow!!! and Plasma will *EAT YOUR CHILDREN*" stuff, well they kinda won sadly...
RIP Plasma - I still have my Panasonic and even with the mild (very mild) image retention aside, I'll deal with it for the blacks and colours.
We still don't have OLED at reasonable sizes, with reasonable life expectancy and reasonable prices sadly. I'm just praying my 65" Plasma lasts me at least another 4 or 5 years. I'm hoping to see 85" or larger, OLED 4k displays under $2500 US by then.
I would hate to be in the market for a TV right now.
I would like someone to diligently answer your post with reasonable and techical answers which address the points. because I'm hoping, just hoping that you're wrong or at least, in the long run you end up wrong.
Right now, I agree with you sadly.
Why / when / where (?) is the damn SINGLE program to download called "Windows 10-fixit utility kit.exe" which absoloutely turns off all the bullshit *entirely* and updates the hosts file and the program is open source and regularly updated. (Think, ClassicShell, provided a "fix" for Windows Vista onwards IIRC and has continued to be updated, worked on, improved until now)
Where oh where is this Windows 10 "fixer" tool - because I'm tired of reading multiple articles or using multiple tools.
"IoT" or "Internet of Things" christ I miss the days that only hardcore nerds gave a shit about IT, Computers, technology, gadgets, etc.
Sorry, I'm super sick of hearing about "IoT" just be fucking descriptive, this shit is as bad as "the cloud" (actually it might even be worse)
She says that it's apparently gang initiation stuff (or perhaps that's what the media is telling her) but it doesn't sound particularly nice. A lot of "shoot the random person from the overpass, to prove you're gangster"
Who knows what the truth is but they need to nail the people doing it.
It's even worse than what you say, because in 32 years or however long it takes, no one will even god damn remember the trading of physical books, so *even if* they did drop the electronic version price, sensibly, they'll "have you" and they can crank it to whatever they like.
What else are you going to do? Buy a physical one? Hah, where?
Regardless of the old limitations, there's an expected formula which has now been changed. I for one am not interested in such frequent iterations.
Because as much as Apple bugs me (still) for the most part "it just works"
Android, stock builds from Google or CM are ghastly. Camera issues, GPS issues, Bluetooth issues - it's a never ending nightmare. I guess there's not enough hobbyists, perhaps if there were 1/5th the choices of Android phones it might be better? As it stands, there's possibly several hundred current gen devices right now, in 12 months from now, those several hundred will be replaced by another several hundred. There's probably (literally) 2 or 3,000 different phones to support in the past 5 or 6 years.
I am one of the few quite comfortable with the Samsung skins and layouts, I'm just frustrated a 3.5 year old iphone is still right up to date but many Android devices are dropped hard. (Sorry but I can't stand Nexus stuff)
Nah fuck Gawker media, they are pushing a bullshit agenda. Play it fair or don't play
http://i.imgur.com/CQ5qgvu.jpg
The early fitbits were basically a computer connected pedometer for goodness sakes (!) yet they charged $100 for it. /accurately/ measures heart rate, altitude, gps coordinates, ambient temperature and steps (if even possible??) could probably give semi-reasonable estimations on health benefits or calories burned but even a highly accurate device wouldn't be perfect. However the consumer stuff fitbit shovel out is weak at beast.
I am sure a device which
PS4 is going to do it, Xbox is going to do it. A more 'iterative' Apple like approach. /well supported/ for a good lifetime, anywhere from 4 to 7 years.
At one point (as in every other console generation, previous to now) you could purchase a console and rest assured that it would be
The 'ruleset' for the new consoles, apparently also includes supporting the old device going forward. However with the old consoles, as there was only one choice, period - you would find in the later lifetime of the console, exceptionally good looking games were produced which did fascinating things with the hardware, as the developers were of course limited. Examples such as Uncharted 3, The Last of Us, God of War 2, The 'new' Tomb Raider game on Xbox 360, Gears of War 3. Shadow of the Colossus and so on. /extremely/ likely that the support for the original consoles will not be quite up to the level it would've been, had they been the only choice for 5+ years, let alone as the device ages and more and more move to the newer models.
These new mid generation consoles will allow developers to focus on a new platform, while they still must support the old one, to appease Sony and MS certification and of course angry early adopters, it's
One other advantage (if you will) of being a console gamer is that when you've decided to buy a console, there's an element of 'nerd relief' in that you don't even need to /consider/ upgrades. There's no such thing. You've accepted the compromise of console gaming* and once past that, can relax knowing you have the best on offer for that platform, for the full duration. This advantage is about to disappear and the nerdier gamers (myself included) will always have that urge to research the differences on the updated platform. Perhaps in game reviews we'll see "The original Xbox One edition of XYZ game, looks quite good, however the edition of XYZ game has vastly surprising and significant boosts in ABC features"
We don't want to read that, if we wanted that, we'd have bought a PC.
So yeah, I'm quite disappointed with this change in console gaming, I do not feel it's for the better. Well actually no, I'm sure there will be some benefits - but it will /almost certainly/ become a more expensive hobby going forward.
* Yes console gaming is obviously a compromise from PC gaming in many ways, exceedingly few console gamers actually believe it's a better option than PC gaming, it's simply a different option. I PC gamed for near 25 years before I finally went 100% console gaming. Primarily time and money limitations.
Disclaimer: I'm not a coder, I'm a user and a fixer at best.
I switched from Apple to Android in 2010 for many reasons. In that time Android quickly improved to a point and then seemed, in my eyes to stagnate. Apple very very slowly improved and continued to improve and hasn't stopped...
I am pretty frustrated that some of the older hardware I support, such as an iPad 3, iPhone 5s and 4s (!) are still being routinely updated by Apple, but Android based phones are being left in the dust.
What can be done to fundamentally fix this? It didn't bother me 2 years ago when I was in an overpaid job, valued my money differently and I simply /knew/ I would be getting a new phone within 24 months at most, likely as short as 12.
Your username is "Macs for all" for fucks sake, and *I* was talking about iOS, you know, an Apple product.
MACS.4.ALL
Go away you dozy bastard
It always was stupid - although to be fair, it was probably made so long ago, that the idea of submitting data in a webpage was probably a new or even nonexistent concept.
I for one don't use it or like it, but by god as someone 'oppressed' with idiot changes in UI, I'll argue for those who DO want it, to be able to have it.
Talk about semantics, lol.
Apple staunchly block access and configuration to ALL kinds of things, it's "Apples way or the highway" with a SHITLOAD of their devices and software. It's why Android boomed at the start.
To try and defend them of this, on the semantics of one thing is laughable. You're fighting a battle which was lost years ago.
I think it's a terrible hotkey, backspace? It's an awful idea, pretty sure I use ALT back as well. That being said, when people fuck with your workflow, it's frustrating.
Chrome loves to not give a shit about standards or let people customise things. They are as arrogant as Apple.
I don't use backspace but I DO use a LOT of hotkeys, so I sympathise with people who used backspace. I have been stung by this once or twice but 99% of the time nowadays the browsers are clever enough to cache EVERYTHING and you hit forward and it's all fixed.
As you said though, how about an option for it?
OOOOOOOOOPSIE DAISY! We're talking about god-damned-I-know-best-shut-your-idiot-mouth Chrome, where options are EVIL. They won't give you an option to do a god damned thing.
They can have a fast and reliable browser all they like, I can't stand their philosophy and lack of flexibility and they demonstrate it time and time and time again.
It will always be my secondary "flash player browser" for monitor #2 and nothing more.
What next btw, will they take out spacebar to scroll a page? I admit there's probably only 5% of users who still use it but by god do I use it, hundreds of times a day. Needing my hand on my mouse endlessly to browse is agonising.
Well damn I've looked for ages and found nothing, they aren't perfect but at least one of them has already made it much more usable - thanks anon.
Rubbish I got down from 400 to 200 in about 3 diligent hours. I'm at 154 right now (was 200 when I made the root post 12 hours ago) hoping to close to 0 today.