I don't even bother with infoworld links any more....
Earlier this week I removed ComputerWorld from my bookmarks. They just went through a site redesign, and the page content has dropped dramatically, plus there's an automatic slideshow scrolling horizontally on the top of your screen as you're trying to focus on and read something else on the page.
I think the trend on the web towards using slideshows when prose would work better is really quirky. Since each slide acts like a page hit, slideshows are a good way to drive up the ad revenue that is based upon page hits....
Let's see, we've had smart phones for a while. Now we seem to be entering the fad of smart watches. When the smart watch fad dies down, what will replace it?
... According to the website, "ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 Software Testing is an internationally agreed set of standards for software testing that can be used within any software development life cycle or organisation."...
If I were to jump upon a standard for testing software, the fact that it is "internationally agreed" is way down on the requirements, yet it seems to be mentioned as the main feature here.
... Then customers who have insurance protection on their phones could get the damaged phones replaced instantly...
Not instantly, first you have to get to the phone store.
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But nit-picking aside, this is an incredibly stupid idea.
... But taking my phone on the raft wasn't the stupid part;
That's debatable. If the phone is as critical to your life as you say it is, taking the only phone you have on a raft is stupid, ziplock or not. As you found out, stuff happens, even to things in ziplock bags.
Of course, this raises the question... what if a drone delivers a package but never makes it back to "home base"? The loss of how many drones per year has Amazon figured into the business plan?
... but that wasn't the original posters point....
Au contraire, that was the OP's point. The OP threw an unsubstantiated accusation at namecheap.com, "Did Namecheep notify it's users via email that their system was compromised"
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The OP stated, incorrectly, that namecheap's system was compromised.
the featured article states that the vehicle was stopped while the phone was in use....
From TFA:
Olin, a prominent entertainment attorney, was riding his bicycle in the 22400 block of Mulholland Highway when he was struck by L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Wood’s patrol car in the bicycle lane on the afternoon of Dec. 8....
“Wood entered the bicycle lane as a result of inattention caused by typing into his (Mobile Digital Computer),”...
"Wood briefly took his eyes away from the road precisely when the narrow roadway curved slightly to the left without prior warning, causing him to inadvertently travel straight into the bike lane, immediately striking Olin,”"...
That hardly appears to be someone who was stopped. Perhaps you confuse the officer's personal cellphone usage with the usage of the police car's mobile computer?
It's sad, but if Mozilla dies, will any free software group fill their void?
imo, Mozilla is no longer a free software group. They sold out long ago. And now they are exploiting their users, just like other for-profit corporations.
Install Classic Theme Restorer if you miss your overly complicated UI...
The recent version of Firefox did not remove the complications, it removed the ability to customize.
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If Mozilla wants to have a simple, dumbed-down interface for Firefox as the default, I am absolutely OK with that PROVIDED that Mozilla retains the ability in Firefox to customize the interface to the complexity level that I want.
That is the problem with Mozilla's current thinking. Mozilla has removed the ability to customize Firefox. The "Classic Theme Restorer" is a bug-fest. It's the equivalent of putting a pile of shit out in a fly farm.
if Mozilla strategically intends to have plug-ins or add-ons provide essential functionality of a browser, then Mozilla needs to implement a quality assurance certification program for those plug-ins and add-ons. The current "works for me" ratings systems fails miserably in this regard.
For starters, I do not 'hate" software. It's not an emotional thing for me. I look at software as something that helps me do what I need and/or want to do.
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To that end, Firefox's Australis is a degradation of Firefox. It has significantly reduced my ability to customize the user interface of Firefox to suit my needs.
Mozilla's attempt to find a "one size fits all operating systems" approach to Firefox has resulted in a significant dumbing down of the user interface.
I do not want Firefox to look the same across all the OS's I use. I want Firefox to exploit each OS to the greatest extent while staying within the conventions of that OS. That's where Mozilla went astray....
While that may work now, I do not expect it to work in the long term. Look what happened to the download window. The first step was to require the user to visit about:config in order to get it back. Then even that workaround was disabled.
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Mozilla is in a war with its users, and the users are losing. Firefox's declining marketshare is evidence that the users are losing.
Mozilla is the only hope left in the browser market. The rest are controlled by mega corps...
I am more concerned about attitude towards users than who controls the browser.
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Mozilla,over the past year or so, has shown complete disdain for the desires of its users. And the result of that disdain is a declining marketshare.
How long will it be before Mozilla is little more than a Netscape-like footnote in the history of the web?
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I don't even bother with infoworld links any more....
Earlier this week I removed ComputerWorld from my bookmarks. They just went through a site redesign, and the page content has dropped dramatically, plus there's an automatic slideshow scrolling horizontally on the top of your screen as you're trying to focus on and read something else on the page.
I think the trend on the web towards using slideshows when prose would work better is really quirky. Since each slide acts like a page hit, slideshows are a good way to drive up the ad revenue that is based upon page hits....
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Smart rings?
... According to the website, "ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 Software Testing is an internationally agreed set of standards for software testing that can be used within any software development life cycle or organisation."...
If I were to jump upon a standard for testing software, the fact that it is "internationally agreed" is way down on the requirements, yet it seems to be mentioned as the main feature here.
Mods, please mod up parent.
... Then customers who have insurance protection on their phones could get the damaged phones replaced instantly...
Not instantly, first you have to get to the phone store.
.
But nit-picking aside, this is an incredibly stupid idea.
... But taking my phone on the raft wasn't the stupid part;
That's debatable. If the phone is as critical to your life as you say it is, taking the only phone you have on a raft is stupid, ziplock or not. As you found out, stuff happens, even to things in ziplock bags.
Of course, this raises the question... what if a drone delivers a package but never makes it back to "home base"? The loss of how many drones per year has Amazon figured into the business plan?
...a bunch of drones added to the mix just undermines your own property rights....
Of course, that depends upon the altitude of the drones.
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If they're flying at 50 feet, there is a definite issue.
So the question becomes, how high do the drones have to fly before the issues they raise become moot?
... but that wasn't the original posters point....
Au contraire, that was the OP's point. The OP threw an unsubstantiated accusation at namecheap.com, "Did Namecheep notify it's users via email that their system was compromised"
.
The OP stated, incorrectly, that namecheap's system was compromised.
the featured article states that the vehicle was stopped while the phone was in use....
From TFA:
Olin, a prominent entertainment attorney, was riding his bicycle in the 22400 block of Mulholland Highway when he was struck by L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Wood’s patrol car in the bicycle lane on the afternoon of Dec. 8....
“Wood entered the bicycle lane as a result of inattention caused by typing into his (Mobile Digital Computer),”...
"Wood briefly took his eyes away from the road precisely when the narrow roadway curved slightly to the left without prior warning, causing him to inadvertently travel straight into the bike lane, immediately striking Olin,”"...
That hardly appears to be someone who was stopped. Perhaps you confuse the officer's personal cellphone usage with the usage of the police car's mobile computer?
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And the precedent is that distracted driving laws are not valid and can be ignored.
or is the real precedent that police are above the law, and can do whatever they want with impunity?
...Why should FB care whether Ukraine or Russia is winning the media war?...
I hate to be the one to break it to you, but Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a little bit more than a media war.
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Last I checked, Russia was invading eastern Ukraine.
I suspect that may bode poorly for a FB office in Russia to properly handle Ukrainian Facebook business.
...Facebook's Ukrainian office is located in Russia...
Whose brilliant idea was that?
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It now appears that Windows has taken on a life of its own, and is now roaming the countryside, harassing the villagers.
Where is Dr. Frankenstein when you really need him?
bingo.
Do not underestimate the Russian programmers. If you have not seen their "vaunted chops" you are fortunate.
...It doesn't matter what they change, someone like you will treat it like it's the end of the world....
The marketshare numbers for Firefox disagree with you. Firefox is losing users.
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So you have a decision to make.
You can continue to blame those who say Mozilla has chosen the wrong path.
Or you can try to change the direction Mozilla has chosen with the goal of regaining the users that Firefox has lost.
It's sad, but if Mozilla dies, will any free software group fill their void?
imo, Mozilla is no longer a free software group. They sold out long ago. And now they are exploiting their users, just like other for-profit corporations.
Install Classic Theme Restorer if you miss your overly complicated UI ...
The recent version of Firefox did not remove the complications, it removed the ability to customize.
.
If Mozilla wants to have a simple, dumbed-down interface for Firefox as the default, I am absolutely OK with that PROVIDED that Mozilla retains the ability in Firefox to customize the interface to the complexity level that I want.
That is the problem with Mozilla's current thinking. Mozilla has removed the ability to customize Firefox. The "Classic Theme Restorer" is a bug-fest. It's the equivalent of putting a pile of shit out in a fly farm.
if Mozilla strategically intends to have plug-ins or add-ons provide essential functionality of a browser, then Mozilla needs to implement a quality assurance certification program for those plug-ins and add-ons. The current "works for me" ratings systems fails miserably in this regard.
...What, exactly, do you hate about it?...
For starters, I do not 'hate" software. It's not an emotional thing for me. I look at software as something that helps me do what I need and/or want to do.
.
To that end, Firefox's Australis is a degradation of Firefox. It has significantly reduced my ability to customize the user interface of Firefox to suit my needs.
Mozilla's attempt to find a "one size fits all operating systems" approach to Firefox has resulted in a significant dumbing down of the user interface.
I do not want Firefox to look the same across all the OS's I use. I want Firefox to exploit each OS to the greatest extent while staying within the conventions of that OS. That's where Mozilla went astray....
.
Mozilla is in a war with its users, and the users are losing. Firefox's declining marketshare is evidence that the users are losing.
Mozilla is the only hope left in the browser market. The rest are controlled by mega corps...
I am more concerned about attitude towards users than who controls the browser.
.
Mozilla,over the past year or so, has shown complete disdain for the desires of its users. And the result of that disdain is a declining marketshare.
How long will it be before Mozilla is little more than a Netscape-like footnote in the history of the web?
...a reminder that you can turn tiles off completely ...
How long will it be before Mozilla decides that the users no longer need the ability to turn off the sponsored tiles?
Hopefully the lessons are not the ones that surfaced in this story...
Make sure the police kill switch is implemented without any meaningful security.