XP is the only Windows I have installed (I was too young/naïve to do any others) so I have no experience with others, sorry.
I bought this computer from Dell (before bathing in holy water and peeling all the stickers off, so it's OK) and didn't get a rescue CD - just loads of driver and application CDs. Besides, if this impossible-to-clean spyware is what it says it is, just using a rescue CD to recover system files is just a long shot.
Also, those of us clever to have ghost images of their computers will probably also be clever enough not to get targeted by this spyware in the first case (by not using IE or Windows, or whatnot). Recommending disk imaging tools to novices would most likely scare them.
That would never be a suggestion from Microsoft. The installation for Windows XP is so damn tricky that the common Windows user wouldn't have a hope in hell of completing it. Why do I need to download six floppy disks? What's a partition? Why does it take an age for it to detect RAM?
Also they would have to deal with the new install blues - You have 30 days to activate Windows! Take a tour of Windows XP! Have you signed up for your MSN Passport? Please install some drivers or stuff will be broken! Not to mention the software they got preinstalled won't be there.
I'm not sure what Microsoft can do - reinstalling is simply not an option for people who expect it to "just work".
"At Microsoft, security is our number one priority. You should turn off ActiveX controls and click 'no' to any dialog boxes. Service Pack 2 adds protection against these ActiveX controls, and with Windows Server 2003 ActiveX controls and other harmful content are blocked by default. This is for your own safety."
"Ignore all that, turn ActiveX on again, else you won't be able to download from us!"
Why do we need to know how many people use Firefox? Yes, there are multiple downloads, networks, and so on, but the user count is going to be somewhere between 22 and 28 million, which is good whichever way you look at it. And as long as we can reach a nice number with six zeroes on the end we'll be happy.
That is true; but for every person like you who has downloaded it ten times, there's a school or college or organisation that has only downloaded it once, but uses it a hundred times per day. It all tends to balance out in the end.
Not only are they #1 in security, they are also trying to be #1 in features, #1 in speed, #1 in stability, and #1 in ease of use. So in the end all these priorities aren't as good as you thought they'd be.
I have felt some of the extensions and expansions they have added do not improve the language at all. For example, to put the contents of a directory into an array in PHP5, I can do this:
$files = scandir("/tmp");
However, scandir() is only in PHP5, so in older versions I must do this:
And to ensure backwards-compatibility I would have to check if scandir is a function and use the right method. Or I could just use the second method, not using scandir() at all, which is simpler.
Sorry, what? The only things IE can do in its default state that Firefox cannot is be a file manager and an FTP client. You don't have to work for Firefox, but you can if you want.
If you want a fully-featured web browser, use Opera. It is a lot better than when Firebird was at 0.6.
Well if you remember back when the bug was announced, disabling the enableIDN flag didn't actually work at all sometimes. At least this is being fixed.
IE needs to include an about:kitchensink. It's been missing for, what, seven years now, and makes life hard for web developers, who have to use non-standard taps. Please!
What about Linux? It is installed as the default browser on some distributions, and probably has the plurality of Linux browser usage. Just because IE is king on Windows, does not mean Firefox has to die.
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XP is the only Windows I have installed (I was too young/naïve to do any others) so I have no experience with others, sorry.
I bought this computer from Dell (before bathing in holy water and peeling all the stickers off, so it's OK) and didn't get a rescue CD - just loads of driver and application CDs. Besides, if this impossible-to-clean spyware is what it says it is, just using a rescue CD to recover system files is just a long shot.
Also, those of us clever to have ghost images of their computers will probably also be clever enough not to get targeted by this spyware in the first case (by not using IE or Windows, or whatnot). Recommending disk imaging tools to novices would most likely scare them.
That would never be a suggestion from Microsoft. The installation for Windows XP is so damn tricky that the common Windows user wouldn't have a hope in hell of completing it. Why do I need to download six floppy disks? What's a partition? Why does it take an age for it to detect RAM?
Also they would have to deal with the new install blues - You have 30 days to activate Windows! Take a tour of Windows XP! Have you signed up for your MSN Passport? Please install some drivers or stuff will be broken! Not to mention the software they got preinstalled won't be there.
I'm not sure what Microsoft can do - reinstalling is simply not an option for people who expect it to "just work".
I searched for some of the words on the page and found it, I didn't remember the address.
It isn't available in my country, so I read something called 'Autogen' instead
"I'll be down in a second, honey! Just running Adaware!"
I think it could be more of an occupation. Anyone else think he got paid to say what he did?
Oh, he was 17 when he bought the game. I suppose that wouldn't've made him kill people, then?
The suit announced Tuesday seeks damages from the game's manufacturers and two stores that allegedly sold it to Devin Thompson.
I can see the point of suing the manufacturers, but the stores? What did they do wrong?
You think that's bad? A serial burglar stole my XP serial number and now I can't validate Windows!
I'm not sure if it was a journal entry but I remember this if it is what you mean
"At Microsoft, security is our number one priority. You should turn off ActiveX controls and click 'no' to any dialog boxes. Service Pack 2 adds protection against these ActiveX controls, and with Windows Server 2003 ActiveX controls and other harmful content are blocked by default. This is for your own safety."
"Ignore all that, turn ActiveX on again, else you won't be able to download from us!"
What the hell?
And before the complaints come,
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Why do we need to know how many people use Firefox? Yes, there are multiple downloads, networks, and so on, but the user count is going to be somewhere between 22 and 28 million, which is good whichever way you look at it. And as long as we can reach a nice number with six zeroes on the end we'll be happy.
That is true; but for every person like you who has downloaded it ten times, there's a school or college or organisation that has only downloaded it once, but uses it a hundred times per day. It all tends to balance out in the end.
Not only are they #1 in security, they are also trying to be #1 in features, #1 in speed, #1 in stability, and #1 in ease of use. So in the end all these priorities aren't as good as you thought they'd be.
I don't know, but I'm sure the second will be built immediately after the first :) What if you were on the other side of the planet and wanted coffee?
If you want more examples, see the changelog.
I meant provide write-access to them. You can view FTP sites and your filesystem, but not meddle with the files.
In the morning before the Vogons arrived? ;)
What about April 7th? "I could never get the hang of Thursdays"
Sorry, what? The only things IE can do in its default state that Firefox cannot is be a file manager and an FTP client. You don't have to work for Firefox, but you can if you want.
If you want a fully-featured web browser, use Opera. It is a lot better than when Firebird was at 0.6.
Actually, my favourite is the Cook Islands, because then we can have .co.ck
Well if you remember back when the bug was announced, disabling the enableIDN flag didn't actually work at all sometimes. At least this is being fixed.
IE needs to include an about:kitchensink. It's been missing for, what, seven years now, and makes life hard for web developers, who have to use non-standard taps. Please!
What about Linux? It is installed as the default browser on some distributions, and probably has the plurality of Linux browser usage. Just because IE is king on Windows, does not mean Firefox has to die.