What kind of replies do you typically get when you report errors using the site in Firefox to the site's operator? If you get a reply to the effect "this won't be fixed", then report it to bugzilla.mozilla.org using Tech Evangelism.
I have a device at home that puts it on a large screen for me to sit on this thing called a "couch" and watch.
A lot of such devices run Android OS. If Android loses movies, these users will switch to Apple TV.
The "need" to have a way to watch mobile-accessible versions of shows/movies/etc is scary. I also say this because I work at a place where productivity falls in departments under the top-level one (top-level department, that is) because people watch movies and shows at work.
For those not afflicted in the way you go on to describe at length, it's not about watching movies and TV shows at work as much as watching them on the bus or train ride to and from work. Or is it considered suspicious for an employee to get to and from work in any way other than a personal automobile?
Someone who starts to develop software is likely to already own a non-Apple computer for other reasons. Affording what you already own is a no-op. And even if not, a non-Apple computer costs half the price of a Mac.
You'll end up with "GNU/Linux: Download RPM or DEB | Windows: Download MSI | Mac: Back our campaign".
I am aware that Pocket allows archiving HTML documents within Pocket's private storage for later reading. But can Pocket export an archived document as it appeared on a given date? Does Pocket let you preserve a document version across multiple machines and share that version with other users who aren't also Pocket members? Or does it instead re-fetch the latest version of the document when you sync your list to a new Firefox installation, and allow sharing only the URL?
"There is no 'please port it' or 'please add support for it' this time, because the entire add-on eco system changes and the technology behind this kind of add-on gets dropped without replacement."
Then why didn't the maintainer of Classic Theme Restorer work with Mozilla over a year ago to ensure such a "replacement" when Mozilla announced that it was switching to WebExtensions?
ESR and Developer Edition allow disabling signature checks. But I thought Mozilla already signed all extensions distributed through addons.mozilla.org. Therefore, I can only assume that the extensions were distributed outside addons.mozilla.org. Have you contacted the authors to request a signed version, or if not, to see if you could become the new maintainer? If so, what was the reply?
With Java you don't need extra budget for multi-platform development and testing.
Provided your application doesn't need any native libraries called through JNI. If it does, you need to buy a Mac on which to test integration with the Mac version of each such library.
In theory, if you replace your current Windows or GNU/Linux PC with a Mac running Windows or GNU/Linux in VirtualBox, you can get all your PC platforms onto one piece of hardware.
First, is a new application generally expected to ship on Windows, GNU/Linux, and macOS simultaneously from day one?
Second, if a new application is expected to ship on Windows, GNU/Linux, and macOS simultaneously from day one, what's the preferred way for a 1- or 2-person development team operating as a bootstrapped startup whose staff currently own non-Mac computers to fund the purchase of a Mac before realizing any revenue?
Third, why is it desirable for the market that Apple have a monopoly on personal computers used for development of applications?
What should the developer of an application that isn't quite as popular as GIMP, WireShark, FFmpeg, or LibreOffice do to lower the cost of multi-platform building and testing?
Use Pascal [freepascal.org].
Testing an application built in Free Pascal on a Mac still requires a Mac. Testing an application built in Free Pascal on Windows still requires a Windows license. Testing an application built in Free Pascal on GNU/Linux still requires either a PC with hardware compatible with GNU/Linux or enough RAM to run a VM, and laptop makers have tended to skimp on both. What's the preferred way for a 1- or 2-person development team to work around this?
To which API are you referring? Google chrome javascript memory access returned nothing relevant. There is chrome.system.memory, but that's available only in extensions that declare the system.memory permission, not to scripts in an HTML document. Or are you referring to rowhammer?
Last I checked javascript can take over the cursor.
I assume you're referring to the pointer lock API. Running the linked demo of the pointer lock API doesn't engage until the user makes a gesture on the playfield, and then it shows a pop-up notification that a particular origin has control of the mouse pointer. This notification states the domain with control and that the user can press the Esc key to end pointer lock. And when pointer lock ends, the pointer is in the same position it was when pointer lock began.
My counterpoint was in regards to the actual topic, Android
What new, non-Apple replacement for an Android device can I find in stores? An Apple device requires a Mac, such as a $499 Mac mini, in order to load non-Store apps.
However, there are options for laptops without Windows. They are limited, and generally found online. You'll also find that you're not likely to save much money getting one without Windows.
Saving money is secondary to saving time working around things like broken audio, broken Wi-Fi, broken Bluetooth, broken backlight brightness control, broken suspend, a laptop keyboard that doesn't agree with my hands because I never had the chance to try it first, a laptop screen that doesn't agree with my eyes because I never had the chance to try it first, or a chassis that is so large that it is difficult to find a bag that doesn't scream "This is a laptop bag; please come rob me."
So, you are not asking about running the same software on all operating systems, you are asking specifically about running MAC software on all operating systems...
I was using Mac software as a counterexample to the implied claim that all PC operating systems can run software for all other PC operating systems through compatibility layers.
If a hobbyist or startup developer uses one operating system and doesn't yet have the money to acquire lawfully made copies of other operating systems or the hardware to run them or doesn't yet have the time to test thoroughly on other operating systems, what should he do to make his application available to users of other operating systems?
the Chrome and Firefox web browsers and the Thunderbird mail client have enough of a budget for multi-platform development and testing. A hobbyist or startup may not have enough financial resources to launch simultaneously on all native platforms.
I use the same image editor [gimp.org] on all three platforms. I use the same network analyzer [wireshark.org] on all three platforms. I use the same video tools [ffmpeg.org] on all three platforms. I use the same office suite [libreoffice.org] on all three platforms.
GIMP, WireShark, FFmpeg, and LibreOffice are well-known free software projects with enough of a labor budget for multi-platform development and testing. The 1- or 2-person team behind another native application you come across may not. What should the developer of an application that isn't quite as popular as GIMP, WireShark, FFmpeg, or LibreOffice do to lower the cost of multi-platform building and testing?
Permission requests are presented through a UI element presented by the web browser, which floats over the HTML document and (at least in Firefox) partially extends into the location bar. A script in an advertisement being able to activate this is considered a serious security defect in the browser, which browser makers promise to fix as soon as discovered.
If Google Maps requires surveillance of users' locations at all times as a condition of use, and you disagree with this surveillance, try this: Close Google Maps, use a competitor, recommend a competitor to your friends, and explain on your blog why you use a competitor.
by default JavaScript is delivered as source code.
Most major sites do not use this default scenario. Instead they send the program in minified form, which strips out meaningful variable names, meaningful function names, and comments, because the Gzip encoding of a minified script is smaller than the Gzip encoding of its source code.
All JS which executes in your browser has complete source available.
Just because it has the same syntax as source code doesn't mean it's source code. A transpiled or minified ES program is not "the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it." That'd be like saying the assembly language output of a C++ compiler is source code because some people write programs in x86 or x86-64 assembly language.
Then what else runs macOS binaries? I thought this was clear from "distributed as a.dmg", as.dmg is the archive format commonly used to distribute macOS applications outside the Mac App Store.
So until a particular developer can scrape together the budget to produce multi-platform releases, is the solution to test in Windows and in Wine on either FreeBSD or GNU/Linux, distribute Windows binaries, and expect users of GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS to use Wine? If so, this strategy still misses mobile.
And that's not even mentioning of cross platform native applications. I use the same web browser and email client on all three operating systems I regularly use.
That's because the Chrome and Firefox web browsers and the Thunderbird mail client have enough of a budget for multi-platform development and testing. A hobbyist or startup may not have enough financial resources to launch simultaneously on all native platforms. "Just use Qt" isn't enough; a developer still has to buy the appropriate hardware (namely a Mac with enough RAM to run the other operating systems in VMs) and spend labor on testing on all supported operating systems.
I asked about Linux laptops in a Staples store, but the sales associate told me all laptops came with Windows. I asked about Linux laptops in a Best Buy store, but the sales associate told me all laptops came with Windows except the MacBooks. So among non-Apple laptops in U.S. retail chains, which are the "options w/o this feature" of Windows?
Or Google can ask the providers why Windows gets a pass.
Probably because it's easier to upgrade a random PC to the latest build of Windows 10 than to upgrade a random phone to the latest build of Android. This allows app developers to exclusively target a new feature update (such as Anniversary, Creators, or Fall Creators) where known holes in Protected Media Path and other digital restrictions management technologies in Windows 10 have been plugged.
And no, Windows doesn't necessarily get a pass. No app (legally) plays UHD Blu-ray movies on Windows on a PC with a CPU older than Kaby Lake or an operating system other than Windows 10. You may also need to replace your motherboard with one that supports Intel SGX and your video card with one that supports AACS 2.0 and HDCP 2.2. (Source) Movie studios have put similar requirements on 4K streaming. (Source)
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What kind of replies do you typically get when you report errors using the site in Firefox to the site's operator? If you get a reply to the effect "this won't be fixed", then report it to bugzilla.mozilla.org using Tech Evangelism.
I have a device at home that puts it on a large screen for me to sit on this thing called a "couch" and watch.
A lot of such devices run Android OS. If Android loses movies, these users will switch to Apple TV.
The "need" to have a way to watch mobile-accessible versions of shows/movies/etc is scary. I also say this because I work at a place where productivity falls in departments under the top-level one (top-level department, that is) because people watch movies and shows at work.
For those not afflicted in the way you go on to describe at length, it's not about watching movies and TV shows at work as much as watching them on the bus or train ride to and from work. Or is it considered suspicious for an employee to get to and from work in any way other than a personal automobile?
Someone who starts to develop software is likely to already own a non-Apple computer for other reasons. Affording what you already own is a no-op. And even if not, a non-Apple computer costs half the price of a Mac.
You'll end up with "GNU/Linux: Download RPM or DEB | Windows: Download MSI | Mac: Back our campaign".
Use Pocket. It's called progress.
I am aware that Pocket allows archiving HTML documents within Pocket's private storage for later reading. But can Pocket export an archived document as it appeared on a given date? Does Pocket let you preserve a document version across multiple machines and share that version with other users who aren't also Pocket members? Or does it instead re-fetch the latest version of the document when you sync your list to a new Firefox installation, and allow sharing only the URL?
"There is no 'please port it' or 'please add support for it' this time, because the entire add-on eco system changes and the technology behind this kind of add-on gets dropped without replacement."
Then why didn't the maintainer of Classic Theme Restorer work with Mozilla over a year ago to ensure such a "replacement" when Mozilla announced that it was switching to WebExtensions?
ESR and Developer Edition allow disabling signature checks. But I thought Mozilla already signed all extensions distributed through addons.mozilla.org. Therefore, I can only assume that the extensions were distributed outside addons.mozilla.org. Have you contacted the authors to request a signed version, or if not, to see if you could become the new maintainer? If so, what was the reply?
With Java you don't need extra budget for multi-platform development and testing.
Provided your application doesn't need any native libraries called through JNI. If it does, you need to buy a Mac on which to test integration with the Mac version of each such library.
Konqueror has had several revamps. In order, they were called Safari, Chrome, and Vivaldi.
In theory, if you replace your current Windows or GNU/Linux PC with a Mac running Windows or GNU/Linux in VirtualBox, you can get all your PC platforms onto one piece of hardware.
Is Safari worth $499 (source)? If so, how?
Step 1 of the plan is "Buy a Mac." The second question is "How do I afford a Mac?"
This raises three questions.
What should the developer of an application that isn't quite as popular as GIMP, WireShark, FFmpeg, or LibreOffice do to lower the cost of multi-platform building and testing?
Use Pascal [freepascal.org].
Testing an application built in Free Pascal on a Mac still requires a Mac. Testing an application built in Free Pascal on Windows still requires a Windows license. Testing an application built in Free Pascal on GNU/Linux still requires either a PC with hardware compatible with GNU/Linux or enough RAM to run a VM, and laptop makers have tended to skimp on both. What's the preferred way for a 1- or 2-person development team to work around this?
Since Chrome allows memory access
To which API are you referring? Google chrome javascript memory access returned nothing relevant. There is chrome.system.memory , but that's available only in extensions that declare the system.memory permission, not to scripts in an HTML document. Or are you referring to rowhammer?
Last I checked javascript can take over the cursor.
I assume you're referring to the pointer lock API. Running the linked demo of the pointer lock API doesn't engage until the user makes a gesture on the playfield, and then it shows a pop-up notification that a particular origin has control of the mouse pointer. This notification states the domain with control and that the user can press the Esc key to end pointer lock. And when pointer lock ends, the pointer is in the same position it was when pointer lock began.
My counterpoint was in regards to the actual topic, Android
What new, non-Apple replacement for an Android device can I find in stores? An Apple device requires a Mac, such as a $499 Mac mini, in order to load non-Store apps.
However, there are options for laptops without Windows. They are limited, and generally found online. You'll also find that you're not likely to save much money getting one without Windows.
Saving money is secondary to saving time working around things like broken audio, broken Wi-Fi, broken Bluetooth, broken backlight brightness control, broken suspend, a laptop keyboard that doesn't agree with my hands because I never had the chance to try it first, a laptop screen that doesn't agree with my eyes because I never had the chance to try it first, or a chassis that is so large that it is difficult to find a bag that doesn't scream "This is a laptop bag; please come rob me."
So, you are not asking about running the same software on all operating systems, you are asking specifically about running MAC software on all operating systems...
I was using Mac software as a counterexample to the implied claim that all PC operating systems can run software for all other PC operating systems through compatibility layers.
If a hobbyist or startup developer uses one operating system and doesn't yet have the money to acquire lawfully made copies of other operating systems or the hardware to run them or doesn't yet have the time to test thoroughly on other operating systems, what should he do to make his application available to users of other operating systems?
the Chrome and Firefox web browsers and the Thunderbird mail client have enough of a budget for multi-platform development and testing. A hobbyist or startup may not have enough financial resources to launch simultaneously on all native platforms.
I use the same image editor [gimp.org] on all three platforms. I use the same network analyzer [wireshark.org] on all three platforms. I use the same video tools [ffmpeg.org] on all three platforms. I use the same office suite [libreoffice.org] on all three platforms.
GIMP, WireShark, FFmpeg, and LibreOffice are well-known free software projects with enough of a labor budget for multi-platform development and testing. The 1- or 2-person team behind another native application you come across may not. What should the developer of an application that isn't quite as popular as GIMP, WireShark, FFmpeg, or LibreOffice do to lower the cost of multi-platform building and testing?
Permission requests are presented through a UI element presented by the web browser, which floats over the HTML document and (at least in Firefox) partially extends into the location bar. A script in an advertisement being able to activate this is considered a serious security defect in the browser, which browser makers promise to fix as soon as discovered.
you say "disagree" and maps closes.
If Google Maps requires surveillance of users' locations at all times as a condition of use, and you disagree with this surveillance, try this: Close Google Maps, use a competitor, recommend a competitor to your friends, and explain on your blog why you use a competitor.
by default JavaScript is delivered as source code.
Most major sites do not use this default scenario. Instead they send the program in minified form, which strips out meaningful variable names, meaningful function names, and comments, because the Gzip encoding of a minified script is smaller than the Gzip encoding of its source code.
All JS which executes in your browser has complete source available.
Just because it has the same syntax as source code doesn't mean it's source code. A transpiled or minified ES program is not "the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it." That'd be like saying the assembly language output of a C++ compiler is source code because some people write programs in x86 or x86-64 assembly language.
Native apps work
Only on one operating system. Good luck (legally) running a native app distributed as a .dmg on anything but a Mac.
Nope. Windows runs Linux binaries. FreeBSD runs Linux binaries. Linux, BSD, and macOS run Windows binaries. Windows 10 on ARM runs x86 Win32 binaries.
Then what else runs macOS binaries? I thought this was clear from "distributed as a .dmg", as .dmg is the archive format commonly used to distribute macOS applications outside the Mac App Store.
So until a particular developer can scrape together the budget to produce multi-platform releases, is the solution to test in Windows and in Wine on either FreeBSD or GNU/Linux, distribute Windows binaries, and expect users of GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS to use Wine? If so, this strategy still misses mobile.
And that's not even mentioning of cross platform native applications. I use the same web browser and email client on all three operating systems I regularly use.
That's because the Chrome and Firefox web browsers and the Thunderbird mail client have enough of a budget for multi-platform development and testing. A hobbyist or startup may not have enough financial resources to launch simultaneously on all native platforms. "Just use Qt" isn't enough; a developer still has to buy the appropriate hardware (namely a Mac with enough RAM to run the other operating systems in VMs) and spend labor on testing on all supported operating systems.
I asked about Linux laptops in a Staples store, but the sales associate told me all laptops came with Windows. I asked about Linux laptops in a Best Buy store, but the sales associate told me all laptops came with Windows except the MacBooks. So among non-Apple laptops in U.S. retail chains, which are the "options w/o this feature" of Windows?
Or Google can ask the providers why Windows gets a pass.
Probably because it's easier to upgrade a random PC to the latest build of Windows 10 than to upgrade a random phone to the latest build of Android. This allows app developers to exclusively target a new feature update (such as Anniversary, Creators, or Fall Creators) where known holes in Protected Media Path and other digital restrictions management technologies in Windows 10 have been plugged.
And no, Windows doesn't necessarily get a pass. No app (legally) plays UHD Blu-ray movies on Windows on a PC with a CPU older than Kaby Lake or an operating system other than Windows 10. You may also need to replace your motherboard with one that supports Intel SGX and your video card with one that supports AACS 2.0 and HDCP 2.2. (Source) Movie studios have put similar requirements on 4K streaming. (Source)