Actually, it is possible. Some people can look in the center of the line, and read the whole of it without moving their eyes. It is, again, mostly a matter of being used and trained to it (I have a lifetime of training:). It's true that fine detail is only perceived in a surprisingly small area, but that is why the subs need to be of a certain size. With a proper font, the shapes of the words can be perceived even outside the fovea. And even if you can't perceive it when looking dead center in the screen, you can glance down in the center of the subtitle and mostly perceive the whole line, getting the gist of it without having to actually read the whole line "manually".
The point is that subtitles should be really, really easy to read (good contrasting colors with contrasting outline, readable font, proper kerning and line spacing, not too far down the screen, proper timing). The easier they are to read, the more you can enjoy the movie/fansub/thing.
It can be distracting though, sometimes I'd like to be able to turn off the subs in the cinemas. Even though I'm fluent in English, I find that I sometimes read the subtitles even though I already understood what was said. Devoting a certain amount of processor time for handling subs is a habit that I'll never get rid of:)
Only because you're not used to it, and are thus a slow reader. Me, I live in Finland, where dubs do not exist (except for kids' movies, and then in two versions). I find that, while I can't glare at the screen trying to pick up all the details, I'm not constantly glancing at the subtitles either. They're sort of just inside the field of vision, so I can see what is there without looking. You need to read outside your center field of view.
This is also why subtitles should be in clear colors with uncomplicated font (i.e. not dark purple in old gothic). Otherwise it's mostly pointless, but some subbers don't get this. There is also the minimum time that a line must be shown on screen, and usually you have to start showing them slightly before the charater speaks. Also, if something is about to happen, the sub should be shown so that it can be read just before it happens.
Subtitling is an art that no fansubber I've seen has mastered yet, unfortunately, but other than that, I prefer subtitled any day.
Ah, in other words, you prefer a libre/Free program over a commercial package, as a first criterium. I happen to prefer quality as first and Free as second criterium, with price as a limiting factor.:)
Besides, I bought Opera a long time ago, and it has only gotten better since then. Some of the best 22 euro (student discount) I've ever spent .
You mean you're using Firefox because you can make it a better browser for everyone. That's admirable, but that desn't make Firefox the better browser. Maybe it will be someday, though, and I guess that is your goal. For now I'll stick mostly to Opera, for software quality reasons. And no, I'm not trolling, I'm merely making the point that a superior ideology of a group of devs doesn't automatically mean they'll make superior software. Exceptionally (!) high quality software like Opera is something I'll gladly use, regardless of ideology.
I wouldn't say stupid, just different. Consder opening a new tab in Firefox, Ctrl-T. The same idea has Ctrl-N in Opera. Why? Because Opera doesn't have tabs! They are separate windows, or pages, all inside a main window (therefore it's ctrl-N as in New page). If you want a completely separate main window with pages, press ctrl-alt-N.
It's not stupid, it's different, because that's how it's designed, and that's how it's always been. The tabs in Firefox are an addon to the window, while the "tabs" in Opera are an obvious impliction of the program design. Consider it legacy stuff if you will, but it isn't worse or less logical. It's the same as saying that the keybindings in emacs are stupid, it's much better in vim!
Anyway, I find that IE is the odd one out. I can code for Opera, then make minor adjustments so the code works in both Opera an Firefox. After that, I have to do some heavy-handed bughunting to make things work in IE, and it's never small adjustments. Or, I could code for IE and pray that it doesn't fall apart in every other browser.
If the client really doesn't want any javascript, then a good solution is to just include the image somewhere on the page, by making it really small and covered with something, perhaps. You're going to have to do hacks anyway with IE6...
I don't think it matters as much if JaneAverage can't get around it. What matters is what people want. Imagine: You talk with your neighbour about this and that, neighbour complains about how she can't record this and that stuff, you say "that's easily fixed!". In a while, everyone on the block will have cracked players, and soon enough everyone in the city. Stringent restrictions that make no common sense will be broken.
Hm, why should Opera be open sourced? What benefit would it be to them or to the users?
Sure, if Opera Software goes down the drain... but otherwise, they already have a killer devteam, issues get fixed, features get added, what more is needed?
Being able to fork is nice and all, but only from a limited perspective. The original project still has all the developers, the users, and the new features coming in. A lone, solitary fork just to fix something is totally pointless, it must be picked up the original devs.
To make myself clear: Open Source is great, but the reality of developing software is harsher.
I'm not sure, but are you saying users would want to remove buttons by dragging them away? That sounds like a lot of accidents waiting to happen. I think the point of having to open the "toolbars" dialog is that you go into a kind of interface edit mode. This way you won't be dragging things around by mistake under normal circumstances. Bookmarks and tabs can always be dragged though, and panels can also be added.
Notice that you don't have to open the dialog to remove things, you can right-click and select "remove this..".
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The point is that subtitles should be really, really easy to read (good contrasting colors with contrasting outline, readable font, proper kerning and line spacing, not too far down the screen, proper timing). The easier they are to read, the more you can enjoy the movie/fansub/thing.
It can be distracting though, sometimes I'd like to be able to turn off the subs in the cinemas. Even though I'm fluent in English, I find that I sometimes read the subtitles even though I already understood what was said. Devoting a certain amount of processor time for handling subs is a habit that I'll never get rid of :)
This is also why subtitles should be in clear colors with uncomplicated font (i.e. not dark purple in old gothic). Otherwise it's mostly pointless, but some subbers don't get this. There is also the minimum time that a line must be shown on screen, and usually you have to start showing them slightly before the charater speaks. Also, if something is about to happen, the sub should be shown so that it can be read just before it happens.
Subtitling is an art that no fansubber I've seen has mastered yet, unfortunately, but other than that, I prefer subtitled any day.
You guessed wrong. A videosphere is cooler than a mere circle.
If you run really fast you'll disappear in the compression artefacts.
Because then you're just testing the climber. They want to test a cable too, in real conditions.
Armageddon and The Core are movies.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a film.
Besides, I bought Opera a long time ago, and it has only gotten better since then. Some of the best 22 euro (student discount) I've ever spent .
Why is polygamy offensive?
You mean you're using Firefox because you can make it a better browser for everyone. That's admirable, but that desn't make Firefox the better browser. Maybe it will be someday, though, and I guess that is your goal. For now I'll stick mostly to Opera, for software quality reasons. And no, I'm not trolling, I'm merely making the point that a superior ideology of a group of devs doesn't automatically mean they'll make superior software. Exceptionally (!) high quality software like Opera is something I'll gladly use, regardless of ideology.
It's not stupid, it's different, because that's how it's designed, and that's how it's always been. The tabs in Firefox are an addon to the window, while the "tabs" in Opera are an obvious impliction of the program design. Consider it legacy stuff if you will, but it isn't worse or less logical. It's the same as saying that the keybindings in emacs are stupid, it's much better in vim!
Anyway, I find that IE is the odd one out. I can code for Opera, then make minor adjustments so the code works in both Opera an Firefox. After that, I have to do some heavy-handed bughunting to make things work in IE, and it's never small adjustments. Or, I could code for IE and pray that it doesn't fall apart in every other browser.
If the client really doesn't want any javascript, then a good solution is to just include the image somewhere on the page, by making it really small and covered with something, perhaps. You're going to have to do hacks anyway with IE6...
Can someone host a torrent for this? It's inevitably going to be slashdotted...
You can do rollovers with pure CSS, no javascript. Try the :hover pseudo-class.
Because IE still doesn't support it. There's a more comprehensive analysis up the page. Also, it's not a big jump from HTML 4.01 Strict anyway..
You can upload the page manually to the validator. (Ctrl-alt-V in Opera)
No, it's 'Intelligent Shoving'.
Industrial sabotage from the North perhaps..
Double-punch!
Actually, I think they have to give the source code for the virus as well, otherwise it's not legal, since it's a published modification.
The day we get open source from the DPRK, I will retain my mouth in wide open position for at least 5 full minutes.
I don't think it matters as much if JaneAverage can't get around it. What matters is what people want. Imagine: You talk with your neighbour about this and that, neighbour complains about how she can't record this and that stuff, you say "that's easily fixed!". In a while, everyone on the block will have cracked players, and soon enough everyone in the city. Stringent restrictions that make no common sense will be broken.
Sure, if Opera Software goes down the drain ... but otherwise, they already have a killer devteam, issues get fixed, features get added, what more is needed?
Being able to fork is nice and all, but only from a limited perspective. The original project still has all the developers, the users, and the new features coming in. A lone, solitary fork just to fix something is totally pointless, it must be picked up the original devs.
To make myself clear: Open Source is great, but the reality of developing software is harsher.
Notice that you don't have to open the dialog to remove things, you can right-click and select "remove this..".
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