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Firefox Secrets
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· Score: 4, Insightful
The thing to keep in mind that the target audience for this book is not going to be a a power-user who reads Slashdot.org twice-daily and hooks up a webcam to watch the office coffee maker from their cubicle.
This is the sort of book that you put in your parents, relatives, or friends stocking to introduce them to Firefox and make it super-easy for them to get started.
Thanks for all the interesting posts regarding this review.
For what it's worth, we didn't solicit this review, we didn't submit it to Slashdot.org, and we didn't expect it (was a complete surprise for us).
In terms of 3rd party validation of this review, HighRankings.com, SearchEngineWatch.com and SEOBook.com (three of the sites recommended by various posters here for SEO-advice) have all reviewed this product and said positive things about it.
A bit of healthy skepticism is good, but this really is a great product that's backed by many independent reviews from reputable 3rd party sources. We don't promote Search Engine Spam, trickery, or "black hat" techniques, and we plan on updating the kit annually to keep it current.
And about the price? It's $197 USD including express tracked shipping anywhere in the world. It's available at: http://sitepoint.com/books/sem1/ .
Pentium's 4 architecture leaves much to be desired. It's price compared to equivalent AMD chips is way to high... the price difference between an ATHLON and a P4 would be better put to use by buying more RAM, a better motherboard or video card -- you'd end up getting a lot more bang for your buck with that.
The real problem is that tstores and Government will bend to the demands of adults who wrongfully belief that games with a little bit of gore will turn the countries children into gun-toting thugs.
It is after all the adults that vote the Government in, and that keep the stores in business, not the kids who buy and play the games.
Something that is more of an issue for those of us who travel on airplanes are noisy laptops. There's nothing as annoying as a loud hard drive on an airplane that pisses of the person sitting next to you.
Of course they should use open source instead of commercial software since it's saving tax payer money and is ultimately more reliable (which means more efficient employees).
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The first four chapters are free to read online: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/firefox-secrets
Enjoy!
The thing to keep in mind that the target audience for this book is not going to be a a power-user who reads Slashdot.org twice-daily and hooks up a webcam to watch the office coffee maker from their cubicle.
This is the sort of book that you put in your parents, relatives, or friends stocking to introduce them to Firefox and make it super-easy for them to get started.
- The Publisher.
http://sitepoint.com/books/firefox1/ (4 Free Sample Chapters Available).
P.S. The book includes a CDROM with Firefox, Thunderbird, and all the extensions mentioned in the title.
Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the interesting posts regarding this review.
For what it's worth, we didn't solicit this review, we didn't submit it to Slashdot.org, and we didn't expect it (was a complete surprise for us).
In terms of 3rd party validation of this review, HighRankings.com, SearchEngineWatch.com and SEOBook.com (three of the sites recommended by various posters here for SEO-advice) have all reviewed this product and said positive things about it.
A bit of healthy skepticism is good, but this really is a great product that's backed by many independent reviews from reputable 3rd party sources. We don't promote Search Engine Spam, trickery, or "black hat" techniques, and we plan on updating the kit annually to keep it current.
And about the price? It's $197 USD including express tracked shipping anywhere in the world. It's available at: http://sitepoint.com/books/sem1/ .
Do you have the first edition or the 2nd edition? There's not a single errata item for the new edition which just came out a month ago.
Pentium's 4 architecture leaves much to be desired. It's price compared to equivalent AMD chips is way to high... the price difference between an ATHLON and a P4 would be better put to use by buying more RAM, a better motherboard or video card -- you'd end up getting a lot more bang for your buck with that.
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The real problem is that tstores and Government will bend to the demands of adults who wrongfully belief that games with a little bit of gore will turn the countries children into gun-toting thugs.
It is after all the adults that vote the Government in, and that keep the stores in business, not the kids who buy and play the games.
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Something that is more of an issue for those of us who travel on airplanes are noisy laptops. There's nothing as annoying as a loud hard drive on an airplane that pisses of the person sitting next to you.
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Could the sulphur and lava flows possibly provide the energy to sustain life on the planet?
The more we find out about IO the more I'm sure that some primitive life exists there.
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Of course they should use open source instead of commercial software since it's saving tax payer money and is ultimately more reliable (which means more efficient employees).
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