What makes you think that anyone will be able to maintain, let alone improve, Chromium if Google or other monied interests don't do it? Do you think people who know how to make browsers just magically spring up from the woodwork?
By that logic, why does the fact that Firefox is open source make a lick of difference?
"Folks said that Pocket should have been a bundled add-on that could have been more easily removed entirely from the browser. We tend to agree with that, and fixing that for Pocket and any future partner integrations is one concrete piece of engineering work we need to get done."
And...? It was already an add-on. Unless what they're trying to "fix" is the decision making process (doubtful, looking at the past three or four years), that's about as trustworthy as when they claimed they added the shit into the browser "based on user feedback."
In 2011 they were one of the most trusted companies for privacy concerns on the net. Now they're trying to copy Google's business model, apparently, and doing it badly.
Might want to go easy on the self-righteousness there, MS Security Engineer AC. Just because the FUD is bullshit doesn't mean that the whole idea isn't a massive "painstakingly designed" misfeature that should never have seen the light of day.
People were okay with them having a Gay Pride Day years ago and celebrating homosexuality in an environment largely dominated by children, and they're only now worth fucking because they dared fire American workers
Might be because these things are only comparable if you've got the intellectual capacity of a moth.
They're not. "Usability Experts" these days are using "UX", to differentiate them from the people who actually understand such useless concepts as "use cases" and "suitability to purpose."
Is there a Godwin's law for unnecessarily dragging an otherwise apolitical topic into the political arena? I only ask because this is a clear violation of [insert that law].
Technically, if it was analogous to Godwin's Law ("As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1"), this would be a manifestation of that law.
Slashdot Mirror
Plus, you can save money by firing all your UI developers.
Into space.
What makes you think that anyone will be able to maintain, let alone improve, Chromium if Google or other monied interests don't do it? Do you think people who know how to make browsers just magically spring up from the woodwork?
By that logic, why does the fact that Firefox is open source make a lick of difference?
"Folks said that Pocket should have been a bundled add-on that could have been more easily removed entirely from the browser. We tend to agree with that, and fixing that for Pocket and any future partner integrations is one concrete piece of engineering work we need to get done."
And...? It was already an add-on. Unless what they're trying to "fix" is the decision making process (doubtful, looking at the past three or four years), that's about as trustworthy as when they claimed they added the shit into the browser "based on user feedback."
In 2011 they were one of the most trusted companies for privacy concerns on the net. Now they're trying to copy Google's business model, apparently, and doing it badly.
Everyone knows Amazon brings Firefox practically to a halt.
Damn, I thought that was just me. I've been trying forever to find what combination of add-ons was causing it.
Fuck drones. Gundams are coming!
This is the first I've heard of it. Unfortunately, I think I should leave it that way.
I just don't think I can take the risk of that kind of heartbreak right now...
I am turgid with excitement.
Maybe it's nicotine withdrawal, but that just made me think "Juffo-Wup fills in my fibers and I grow turgid. Violent action ensues."
Might want to go easy on the self-righteousness there, MS Security Engineer AC. Just because the FUD is bullshit doesn't mean that the whole idea isn't a massive "painstakingly designed" misfeature that should never have seen the light of day.
What? I... wait...
Are you fucking with us?
Does "maths" sound similarly wrong to US ears? (Ok, not _wrong_, but you know what I mean)
Until I started chatting regularly with some gamer buddies in the UK, yes, it sounded rather odd. I dealt with it the same way you do. :)
fopen() -> fjopen() but fclose()->jfclose()?
Rasmus, is that you?
People were okay with them having a Gay Pride Day years ago and celebrating homosexuality in an environment largely dominated by children, and they're only now worth fucking because they dared fire American workers
Might be because these things are only comparable if you've got the intellectual capacity of a moth.
Old CRT TVs used to drive me freaking nuts with that.
Which category does the "why the hell does that even work" code fall into?
. If they don't, then they're not UI experts.
They're not. "Usability Experts" these days are using "UX", to differentiate them from the people who actually understand such useless concepts as "use cases" and "suitability to purpose."
Maybe Dice ought to hire some of those "usability" experts advertised on their main site.
Who do you think came up with the changes in the first place?
Chill out, dude. No one expected the UTC Inquisition.
Not sure if you're livving up to your username or what, but that's not true.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/06/01/1241231/sourceforge-and-gimp-updated/
Dice, SF, and slashdot genuinely fuck up frequently enough that we can do quite well without the histrionics and bogus accusations.
But what's the upside?
Submitter doesn't have to figure out how exceptions work.
Weird, I didn't know that the Unseen University HAD a CS department.
I always figured Mr. Stibbons was just a Tenured Graduate Student.
Awesome tip.
Too bad DDG doesn't support anything similar. :(
Is there a Godwin's law for unnecessarily dragging an otherwise apolitical topic into the political arena?
I only ask because this is a clear violation of [insert that law].
Technically, if it was analogous to Godwin's Law ("As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1"), this would be a manifestation of that law.
Learned something new today.
That was the first I heard of it at any rate.
When was it? The first time I remember it was the G8 conference in 2002, under our old friend Redneck Nero.
So are Microsoft and Google, both of which have gotten their peepee spanked at one point or another in the EU since they have a presence there.