Sorry to be nitpicking, but it's jumps, not jumped. Actually, it's more leaped, because some mean sod set all the foxes on fire, but that doesn't add any new letters.
Yes, but while there are people like you who download it many times, there are other people who download it once and deploy it many times, or use a package manager to install it. 50 000 000 is a pretty big number, so everything pans out eventually.
Usage is the best metric of Firefox's success; however, you can't measure it, as different sites have different hit rates, no doubt many have already been mentioned. Downloads is the best count we have because it's actually measurable.
Hey, Firefox can't go swimming, because the flames will go out. Which sucks. Maybe the Opera guy could find it and snuggle up to it for warmth if it lasts long enough.
Although many of the people who use AdSense know enough about people to know not to turn the image ads on, there are a few people who will think it is "better", or think they will get more clicks if they use the images, or whatever; I don't want *any* annoying ads there and I am just annoyed that Google is allowing those people to do this.
And the google ads are in an iframe, so if that is blocked the images won't be shown with it, thankfully.
(From your first link): In addition to text-based ads, Google's site targeting will include another ad format option, animated image ads. This is an enhancement to the image ads option they launched last year.
I thought people liked Google's ads because they were simple, unobtrusive, and fit in with your website. Now we're getting animated image ads (although I can't imagine "If this is flashing you're a winner!" ads being done by Google, although it could happen now) and by the looks of things (see the main article) the look is chosen for you, even if it doesn't fit in with the rest of the site. I don't know what Google are aiming to do here, but it doesn't look too kind to the end-user.
I can't download 8 (servers are too slow) but I can tell you that not using the features you don't like is easier said than done.
Some people like all of Opera's features, but to me, they just get in the way. The menus in Firefox are organised and small enough for me to use them effectively; in Opera, I always had to scan the menus looking for the option I wanted. See this and this as examples.
As another example, the preferences dialog box (see here. Opera, with all its options and settings, has 21 different tabs for them, compared to Firefox's five. A benefit of Firefox's extension system is that I know where all the preferences are, instead of having to hunt for them. Also, the ones hardly anyone should have to change are in about:config in Firefox.
I know everyone has their own opinion and all that, but sometimes it is not as easy as you'd think to navigate such a featureful program, and I wanted to point that out. That, and Firefox is working for me fine right now (and gestures on a touchpad = tricky), so I have no reason to use Opera.
Oh, and if your Adblock settings block things like that, they're too lenient. Try blocking ad companies, such as *googlesyndication* or *ad.doubleclick* for better results.
I use drop shadows (using YzShadow for windows at the moment) and it actually makes the windows stand out more without looking ugly - you can see the active window much more clearly. Don't dismiss it as just another user-interface tweak, please.
I hope this isn't going to have to call up an instance of Word to render it. Either it will, wasting memory and causing Word to become a requirement, or by bundling parts of Word into the system (please do not let this happen, please)
I remember when the <input type crash> bug was in IE - I created a test document, and navigated to the folder it was in with Windows Explorer. Explorer tried to use IE to display the thumbnail, which didn't work, crashing it along with Windows.
Besides, text is pretty unreadable at such low sizes, and what will happen to embedded media or ActiveX controls? As useless features they are, people do use them.
If you have to stand up the whole bloody way, there's a good risk of people seeing your lovely wifi laptop and stealing it or your bag once you get off. It's no use getting a WiFi connection if you can't use it, just to be safe.
Well it does have a point - if the updates you've just installed don't work or break your system in some way, it's best to find that out sooner rather than later when you've no time to fix them.
The Red Hat update manager mentions this, but doesn't enforce it: "Hey, you just installed a new kernel! Please try it out to see if it works!".
If you want the red flashing ! thing on the panel to go away, right click -> Configuration -> remove from panel. Then you can do yum updates when you want without being distracted.
I've found that with the update manager you always have to say yes to wanted updates, not no to unwanted ones. The ignore list seems to not do anything, though.
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Sorry to be nitpicking, but it's jumps, not jumped. Actually, it's more leaped, because some mean sod set all the foxes on fire, but that doesn't add any new letters.
Adds up to 99.23%, not much of a complete list ;) Though it's probably rounding errors in Mozilla and IE which you haven't given platforms for.
What's 'Schmozilla' anyway?
Yes, but while there are people like you who download it many times, there are other people who download it once and deploy it many times, or use a package manager to install it. 50 000 000 is a pretty big number, so everything pans out eventually.
Usage is the best metric of Firefox's success; however, you can't measure it, as different sites have different hit rates, no doubt many have already been mentioned. Downloads is the best count we have because it's actually measurable.
Hey, Firefox can't go swimming, because the flames will go out. Which sucks. Maybe the Opera guy could find it and snuggle up to it for warmth if it lasts long enough.
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Although many of the people who use AdSense know enough about people to know not to turn the image ads on, there are a few people who will think it is "better", or think they will get more clicks if they use the images, or whatever; I don't want *any* annoying ads there and I am just annoyed that Google is allowing those people to do this.
And the google ads are in an iframe, so if that is blocked the images won't be shown with it, thankfully.
(From your first link): In addition to text-based ads, Google's site targeting will include another ad format option, animated image ads. This is an enhancement to the image ads option they launched last year.
I thought people liked Google's ads because they were simple, unobtrusive, and fit in with your website. Now we're getting animated image ads (although I can't imagine "If this is flashing you're a winner!" ads being done by Google, although it could happen now) and by the looks of things (see the main article) the look is chosen for you, even if it doesn't fit in with the rest of the site. I don't know what Google are aiming to do here, but it doesn't look too kind to the end-user.
Sorry to break it to you, but the stairs thing doesn't work anymore. They can (apparently) climb stairs in this series as well.
So, to be safe, I'm sleeping on the roof.
Well with a title like Dalek, what do you expect to turn up?
(Although I am more concerned with the twelfth one's title)
That's awfully early for a show on Fridays and Saturdays...
I was looking at the "Veritas Manifesto" and thought "Is it all going to be in Latin?"
Sure it'll take longer, but I have no need for things like that. Files are called what they're about, that's all the info I need to find them.
Hey, that's cheating!
Bu[t t]his is cheating as well?
Hunting through fifteen layers of über-organised files is nothing if you don't need to look at them
I can't download 8 (servers are too slow) but I can tell you that not using the features you don't like is easier said than done.
Some people like all of Opera's features, but to me, they just get in the way. The menus in Firefox are organised and small enough for me to use them effectively; in Opera, I always had to scan the menus looking for the option I wanted. See this and this as examples.
As another example, the preferences dialog box (see here. Opera, with all its options and settings, has 21 different tabs for them, compared to Firefox's five. A benefit of Firefox's extension system is that I know where all the preferences are, instead of having to hunt for them. Also, the ones hardly anyone should have to change are in about:config in Firefox.
I know everyone has their own opinion and all that, but sometimes it is not as easy as you'd think to navigate such a featureful program, and I wanted to point that out. That, and Firefox is working for me fine right now (and gestures on a touchpad = tricky), so I have no reason to use Opera.
Oh, and if your Adblock settings block things like that, they're too lenient. Try blocking ad companies, such as *googlesyndication* or *ad.doubleclick* for better results.
Imagine the spaceship pig from tonight's episode riding a red BMX. It would be soooo cute!
I use drop shadows (using YzShadow for windows at the moment) and it actually makes the windows stand out more without looking ugly - you can see the active window much more clearly. Don't dismiss it as just another user-interface tweak, please.
I hope this isn't going to have to call up an instance of Word to render it. Either it will, wasting memory and causing Word to become a requirement, or by bundling parts of Word into the system (please do not let this happen, please)
I remember when the <input type crash> bug was in IE - I created a test document, and navigated to the folder it was in with Windows Explorer. Explorer tried to use IE to display the thumbnail, which didn't work, crashing it along with Windows.
Besides, text is pretty unreadable at such low sizes, and what will happen to embedded media or ActiveX controls? As useless features they are, people do use them.
Hooray for Microsoft features.
Some links for the interested:
Introducing Longhorn.
Redmond, start your photocopiers.
This should keep Redmond busy.
Redmond, we have a problem.
Not only was it cute, it was a big "We'll always be one step ahead" from Apple.
It is true! I got attacked (didn't lose anything though) while waiting on the seafront in uniform. I guess we just make everyone else jealous.
If you have to stand up the whole bloody way, there's a good risk of people seeing your lovely wifi laptop and stealing it or your bag once you get off. It's no use getting a WiFi connection if you can't use it, just to be safe.
The Thistle Hotel is well and good but you must experience the best wi-fi spots out at sea :D
But dodgy summaries like this one are what makes life on slashdot exciting!
Well it does have a point - if the updates you've just installed don't work or break your system in some way, it's best to find that out sooner rather than later when you've no time to fix them.
The Red Hat update manager mentions this, but doesn't enforce it: "Hey, you just installed a new kernel! Please try it out to see if it works!".
If you want the red flashing ! thing on the panel to go away, right click -> Configuration -> remove from panel. Then you can do yum updates when you want without being distracted.
I've found that with the update manager you always have to say yes to wanted updates, not no to unwanted ones. The ignore list seems to not do anything, though.