Except for that part of Europe that is the UK, of course... although, since the chance of us getting the Series 2 TiVo is about zero, we'll probably be joining you on MythTV sooner or later.
That's odd - I thought that was the reason for being able to choose between "hide ads" and "remove ads" in the preferences window. Oh well. Maybe they'll change that in a future build.
I'd agree with you about negative conditions, when written as "if !foo()" - but I find "unless foo()" to be perfectly understandable. I wish more languages had that.
Two words: lite mode. There's a very brief bar of the vile stuff at the top and bottom of the page, and the rest is in lovely, plain black text on a white background.
Plus you've saved some bandwidth that can be used for pr0n.
If you're trying to make things look exactly the same on NS4 and modern browsers (like I have to do for this site I'm working on ATM, yech) then yes, you're stuck with tables and spacers. If you accept that NS4 users and the like will have something that looks different, but is still usable, then CSS is much more likely to produce the right result. And it's less likely to get borked when a new browser comes along, or if somebody disabled uses a screen reader (and, as we've already seen on the Odeon article the other week, not shutting disabled people out helps avoid legal issues, at least here in the UK).
Just try buying a baseball game over here, for example. Most of them don't even make it this far. Something like Tokyo Bus Guide on Dreamcast? Better be Japanese, because it's not available anywhere else...
Sony offers the following terms: "If you walk into a store selling PS2s and agree not to mod any PS2 you buy, then we will give you a PS2 when you give us $150." You accept, you indicate your acceptance by handing over $150, and the exchange of money for a PS2 seals the deal.
Maybe where you are. Round here, my contract is with the retailer. And, unless they made terms and conditions like that clear at the point of sale (such as by having me sign a no-modding agreement before accepting my money) they'll be thrown out of court. A third party can't impose its own terms on a contract without the agreement of the first two parties.
Sony may only agree to sell PS2s to the retailer if they agree to make me do just that, of course. And the retailers are free to say "we won't sell any PS2s if we start requiring people to sign contracts, so kindly take a hike".
(And the EULA? Well, if a store has a tiny sign on one wall saying "all sales subject to our Conditions of Sale which are available on request from our head office", and they then try to enforce those conditions, the court will throw those out too, because they weren't made reasonably apparent at point of sale. Sticking the terms inside the box, where you can't see them until you've paid for the goods, is much the same, IMHO. Not to mention the fact that the contract has already been agreed when the money changed hands, of course.)
True - I never said it would work for everyone, which is probably why Nokia don't set it up that way by default. But for me, all the legit calls I receive come from people calling from their own phones. Everything else falls through to voicemail, in any case, and the phone will still show the number on the Missed Calls list.
I certainly can't think of any occasion where an important SMS came from a number I didn't have. Although, since most spam has bogus numbers set for the senders (1881 and such like, at least here in the UK), simply rejecting everything that's not from a mobile number would do. Once the spammers start forging real numbers, we'd have to have the SMSC checking the message is coming from the number it's claiming to - but, quite honestly, they should be doing that already.
Obviously, different people want different levels of blocking - I think the best solution is a port of procmail:)
I'd love to know why phones don't have any filtering options. My Nokia lets me assign different ring tones to different caller groups, and to disable ringing for selected groups - most of the time, my phone won't even ring if the caller's not in my phone book.
So why can't they implement a similar function for SMS? If the number's not in my phone book, I don't want to hear a tone, and I don't want the message sitting on my phone - just flush it straight away.
Nationwide works just fine with Firefox and Opera.
Now Powergen won't let you in to view your bill using Mozilla. Only browsers supported are IE, Opera... and Netscape 7. Spot the complete lack of clue there...
2. I can't get the other browsers to do the simplest, stupidest things I can do in IE, e.g.: drag/drop shortcuts between address-bar & folders, or File=>Send=>Shortcut To Desktop, or drag a link from a page to the address-bar (a sure-fire "use the same window, dammit").
I dunno, maybe I just didn't RTFM.
In Firefox, you drag the icon to the left of the address in the address bar. Opera's odd - in version 6, you dragged the "page security" icon! In version 7, I think it's the same as Firefox.
Shortcut to Desktop is a Firefox plugin, I believe, and link dragging to the address bar works fine in version 0.9.1, so they must have added it fairly recently. That said, Firefox can be set to always open links in the same window unless you shift-click them. Unfortunately, it's a hidden option, meaning going to about:config and then changing browser.block.target_new_window to true. Not exactly intuitive, but at least it can be set:)
3. I make genuinely productive use of toolbars (e.g. Google) unavailable on other browsers.
There is a version of the Google toolbar available for Firefox - again, a plugin, but it doesn't have all the features of the IE one. The other toolbars you use probably are always going to be IE-only, though...
All my extensions show up in the extension list. Half of them won't work until you uninstall them and reinstall them.
I do love the way it says "this extension will be installed when you restart Firefox", and then, on restarting, Firefox installs the extension and SILENTLY EXITS. No feedback whatsoever - you have to look at the Task Manager to see it's died, and start it again.
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Except for that part of Europe that is the UK, of course... although, since the chance of us getting the Series 2 TiVo is about zero, we'll probably be joining you on MythTV sooner or later.
Which is why I went into about:config and disabled access keys... (set accessibility.accesskeycausesactivation to false)
Lucky you. I still have to support Netscape 4 :(
Well... maybe for spammers...
I like the one where the CD burning app appears to be about to write to a DVD-ROM...
That's odd - I thought that was the reason for being able to choose between "hide ads" and "remove ads" in the preferences window. Oh well. Maybe they'll change that in a future build.
Example from my config:
I'd agree with you about negative conditions, when written as "if !foo()" - but I find "unless foo()" to be perfectly understandable. I wish more languages had that.
Plus you've saved some bandwidth that can be used for pr0n.
If you're trying to make things look exactly the same on NS4 and modern browsers (like I have to do for this site I'm working on ATM, yech) then yes, you're stuck with tables and spacers. If you accept that NS4 users and the like will have something that looks different, but is still usable, then CSS is much more likely to produce the right result. And it's less likely to get borked when a new browser comes along, or if somebody disabled uses a screen reader (and, as we've already seen on the Odeon article the other week, not shutting disabled people out helps avoid legal issues, at least here in the UK).
Just try buying a baseball game over here, for example. Most of them don't even make it this far. Something like Tokyo Bus Guide on Dreamcast? Better be Japanese, because it's not available anywhere else...
Sony may only agree to sell PS2s to the retailer if they agree to make me do just that, of course. And the retailers are free to say "we won't sell any PS2s if we start requiring people to sign contracts, so kindly take a hike".
(And the EULA? Well, if a store has a tiny sign on one wall saying "all sales subject to our Conditions of Sale which are available on request from our head office", and they then try to enforce those conditions, the court will throw those out too, because they weren't made reasonably apparent at point of sale. Sticking the terms inside the box, where you can't see them until you've paid for the goods, is much the same, IMHO. Not to mention the fact that the contract has already been agreed when the money changed hands, of course.)
Meh. Just use Shareaza instead...
I certainly can't think of any occasion where an important SMS came from a number I didn't have. Although, since most spam has bogus numbers set for the senders (1881 and such like, at least here in the UK), simply rejecting everything that's not from a mobile number would do. Once the spammers start forging real numbers, we'd have to have the SMSC checking the message is coming from the number it's claiming to - but, quite honestly, they should be doing that already.
Obviously, different people want different levels of blocking - I think the best solution is a port of procmail :)
What's that, Mr Marketer? Nobody will sign up and you won't have an audience? I believe the phrase is "my heart pumps piss"...
So why can't they implement a similar function for SMS? If the number's not in my phone book, I don't want to hear a tone, and I don't want the message sitting on my phone - just flush it straight away.
I knew I was getting old when I heard Radio 2 playing Motorhead's Ace of Spades...
Plus, of course, I'd want to be able to play stuff from ITMS (although I guess just supporting non-Fairplayed files would suffice *cough*)
Now Powergen won't let you in to view your bill using Mozilla. Only browsers supported are IE, Opera... and Netscape 7. Spot the complete lack of clue there...
In Firefox, you drag the icon to the left of the address in the address bar. Opera's odd - in version 6, you dragged the "page security" icon! In version 7, I think it's the same as Firefox.
Shortcut to Desktop is a Firefox plugin, I believe, and link dragging to the address bar works fine in version 0.9.1, so they must have added it fairly recently. That said, Firefox can be set to always open links in the same window unless you shift-click them. Unfortunately, it's a hidden option, meaning going to about:config and then changing browser.block.target_new_window to true. Not exactly intuitive, but at least it can be set :)
3. I make genuinely productive use of toolbars (e.g. Google) unavailable on other browsers.
There is a version of the Google toolbar available for Firefox - again, a plugin, but it doesn't have all the features of the IE one. The other toolbars you use probably are always going to be IE-only, though...
I do love the way it says "this extension will be installed when you restart Firefox", and then, on restarting, Firefox installs the extension and SILENTLY EXITS. No feedback whatsoever - you have to look at the Task Manager to see it's died, and start it again.
Still beats the crap out of IE, though :)
Does it occasionally go "TURN TAPE OVER" when you're least expecting it?