My thoughts exactly, isn't AT&T the ones with a special back room for the NSA to tap whatever they want?
On the other hand, why shouldn't applications take advantage of modern computer hardware. Who says a web browser has to be simple. I am not saying Pogo is the way to go, but if a browser came up with great new innovative 3D way to browse, I'd consider it.
I invested in a great computer and wish there was better support for x64 and quad or even dual processors.
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I also wondered this, I assume they took the time to meticulously "render" it by hand, perhaps multiple times by different people (or groups of people).
In response to the other replies, I am not sure how you got from the parent that they thought the test was biased against IE. IE could have passed flawlessly and other browsers all fail but the test wouldn't have changed because it test the next generation web specs. The creators of ACID3 don't care how any browser does (well they want them all to pass of course, but they don't write the test for or against any particular browser).
While I don't think it should have taken this long, I applaud Microsoft for finally supporting standards and passing the ACID2 test. Regardless of the proprietary tag, they've made a rendering engine that follows standards. At the same time, because they have a strong majority of the browser market, they can't all of a sudden break thousands of pages. I strongly oppose implementing new, non-standard tags; especially to make your standards-compliant site render correctly. Why does Microsoft punish the good developers? They would get a lot more respect if the owned up and said:
"We messed up, from now on we're going to create a standard compliant browser exactly to spec. We know this means a lot of sites will need to be updated, but it's in the best interest of the web development community and consumers. During the transition, you can add <some proprietary tag> to force IE8 to render in IE6 or IE7 mode."
I liked the movie too, but obviously the books was better. That being said, if you had NOT read the books, you wouldn't have understood a lot of the movie and hated the movie. If you had read them you'll be frustrated by the lack of detail and parts that were left out.
Insightful? Both commenter and modders, RTFA! The "2 words" are "Newer Version". True that could be in reference to anything, but the description says "Link that users can click on if they are part of the trusted testers program to go to the newer UI". Sounds like a new version to me....
Carmack has always been open and honest about what he thinks about current technology, but he is a professional game developer and I have no doubt that he'll support many platforms. Like all software (inc viruses) developers target the biggest platform first. In this case, Windows. Since it's DirectX, I would guess XBox is around the corner. Past games have supported OpenGL and DirectX so I am sure Carmack has designed the engine with future support in mind.
Remember Carmack was part of the original (and probably 360) XBox advisory group. Here he says the XBox 360 is the best development platform even though the PS3 may be more powerful. http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2005/10/18/1556
I remember a few generations ago of video cards. Carmack said that ATI's new 9800 gpu is amazing but their drivers sucked so he preferred NVidia's. It doesn't mean his games weren't supported by ATI hardware.
PS- XBox was NVidia based while the XBox 360 is ATI
Not exactly. When walking in to a retail store you are there to buy stuff, or at least look if there is anything you want to buy. You could compare this to browsing newegg.com; not NEEDING anything, but checking on the latest deals to see if there is anything you'd like. When I go to to my favorite webcomics or blogs, I am there for the entertainment of the site. Even if I don't buy anything, I get some entertainment value out of it and the owners do deserve some money for it. Nobody goes to the circus then leaves thinking, I didn't buy any food or souvenirs so I shouldn't of had to pay.
My only problem was with the analogy. That being said, I completely disapprove of popup, plugin installing, personal info stealing ads and have no problem blocking those. If I like the site though, I don't mind text or tastefully displayed image ads, especially if they are related to the site.
If you go to both homepages, J&J and Red Cross, I see a red cross on the Red Cross page but not on the J&J one. Even after a few clicks on the J&J page, not a single red cross. Yes I am sure one exists somewhere but their "Johnson & Johnson" signature is their brand logo. Plus I was always under the impression that a red cross was an international symbol for medicine. Why the fuss now?
There will always be people out there that want Firefox to have x feature so give it to them, but as an extension. For that matter, make everything an extension. Mozilla should concentrate on making a really efficient browser platform with the bare minimum built in; then have all features be extensions. Don't like how bookmarks work? Use a third party one! Want more control over caching? Write it! Etc etc. I am all for having a feature rich browser, but I don't want clutter and wasted resources on features I don't use. I should be able to turn off or replace anything I want.
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My thoughts exactly, isn't AT&T the ones with a special back room for the NSA to tap whatever they want?
On the other hand, why shouldn't applications take advantage of modern computer hardware. Who says a web browser has to be simple. I am not saying Pogo is the way to go, but if a browser came up with great new innovative 3D way to browse, I'd consider it.
I invested in a great computer and wish there was better support for x64 and quad or even dual processors.
It doesn't roast, but it grinds and brews a cup at a time. http://www.starbucks.com/business/icup.html
You are missing your ????? step....
This thread is useless without pictures.
Wow, you think he just was saying that to hide the fact he was stealing account info? I don't think he fooled any decent programmer
Yea, version 12 sucked though. Version 13 was better but was still bloatware.
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I also wondered this, I assume they took the time to meticulously "render" it by hand, perhaps multiple times by different people (or groups of people).
In response to the other replies, I am not sure how you got from the parent that they thought the test was biased against IE. IE could have passed flawlessly and other browsers all fail but the test wouldn't have changed because it test the next generation web specs. The creators of ACID3 don't care how any browser does (well they want them all to pass of course, but they don't write the test for or against any particular browser).
At least Vista has IPv6 enabled by default! *ducks*
Unless you still have one that (sorta) works like me. Plus you are all welcome to blow my Wii :-)
Mod parent up *funny* :-)
While I don't think it should have taken this long, I applaud Microsoft for finally supporting standards and passing the ACID2 test. Regardless of the proprietary tag, they've made a rendering engine that follows standards. At the same time, because they have a strong majority of the browser market, they can't all of a sudden break thousands of pages. I strongly oppose implementing new, non-standard tags; especially to make your standards-compliant site render correctly. Why does Microsoft punish the good developers? They would get a lot more respect if the owned up and said:
"We messed up, from now on we're going to create a standard compliant browser exactly to spec. We know this means a lot of sites will need to be updated, but it's in the best interest of the web development community and consumers. During the transition, you can add <some proprietary tag> to force IE8 to render in IE6 or IE7 mode."
Make the non standards developers work for it.
I liked the movie too, but obviously the books was better. That being said, if you had NOT read the books, you wouldn't have understood a lot of the movie and hated the movie. If you had read them you'll be frustrated by the lack of detail and parts that were left out.
I just built a new system and the cables that came with my ABIT motherboard had clips.
I let Google Trends answer...
http://www.google.com/trends?q=google+maps%2C+yahoo+maps%2C+mapquest%2C+microsoft+live+maps
Insightful? Both commenter and modders, RTFA! The "2 words" are "Newer Version". True that could be in reference to anything, but the description says "Link that users can click on if they are part of the trusted testers program to go to the newer UI". Sounds like a new version to me....
Plus there is a $100 apple store credit.
Rumble trumps all! Think of the exercise we'll get from a heavier controller. We'll have another Wii situation :-)
Carmack has always been open and honest about what he thinks about current technology, but he is a professional game developer and I have no doubt that he'll support many platforms. Like all software (inc viruses) developers target the biggest platform first. In this case, Windows. Since it's DirectX, I would guess XBox is around the corner. Past games have supported OpenGL and DirectX so I am sure Carmack has designed the engine with future support in mind.
Remember Carmack was part of the original (and probably 360) XBox advisory group. Here he says the XBox 360 is the best development platform even though the PS3 may be more powerful. http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2005/10/18/1556
I remember a few generations ago of video cards. Carmack said that ATI's new 9800 gpu is amazing but their drivers sucked so he preferred NVidia's. It doesn't mean his games weren't supported by ATI hardware.
PS- XBox was NVidia based while the XBox 360 is ATI
Not exactly. When walking in to a retail store you are there to buy stuff, or at least look if there is anything you want to buy. You could compare this to browsing newegg.com; not NEEDING anything, but checking on the latest deals to see if there is anything you'd like. When I go to to my favorite webcomics or blogs, I am there for the entertainment of the site. Even if I don't buy anything, I get some entertainment value out of it and the owners do deserve some money for it. Nobody goes to the circus then leaves thinking, I didn't buy any food or souvenirs so I shouldn't of had to pay.
My only problem was with the analogy. That being said, I completely disapprove of popup, plugin installing, personal info stealing ads and have no problem blocking those. If I like the site though, I don't mind text or tastefully displayed image ads, especially if they are related to the site.
Well my USB drive has a rootkit built in!
Maybe he thought Burning Man was this week....
Paperless billing! Especially here at Slashdot, I am sure we can all figure out http://www.wireless.att.com/my-account
If you go to both homepages, J&J and Red Cross, I see a red cross on the Red Cross page but not on the J&J one. Even after a few clicks on the J&J page, not a single red cross. Yes I am sure one exists somewhere but their "Johnson & Johnson" signature is their brand logo. Plus I was always under the impression that a red cross was an international symbol for medicine. Why the fuss now?
There will always be people out there that want Firefox to have x feature so give it to them, but as an extension. For that matter, make everything an extension. Mozilla should concentrate on making a really efficient browser platform with the bare minimum built in; then have all features be extensions. Don't like how bookmarks work? Use a third party one! Want more control over caching? Write it! Etc etc. I am all for having a feature rich browser, but I don't want clutter and wasted resources on features I don't use. I should be able to turn off or replace anything I want.