Apple also doesn't make umpteen models of their computers like Dell/Gateway/HP. They have four. Ever tried to shop for a PC laptop? It's confusing enough looking at one vendor's stable, let alone multiple. Then there's Apple:
PC or Laptop? How much do you want to spend?
That's all you need ask.
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Opera does not support XSLT and XSL-FO intentionally, as you can read here. I suppose it also has to do with Opera's CTO inventing CSS, or having much to do with the development of CSS.
As for an Opera vs. Firefox showdown, the only thing 7.54 didn't have over Firefox was stability on OS X, and a web developer toolbar. It should be noted that Opera has pioneered much of the features that make out-of-the-box Firefox so great, and is an industry leader in terms of CSS support, media queries, etc. OperaShow makes things like Powerpoint unnecessary for the CSS designer.
The reason Opera has so little market share, in my opinion, is that Opera does not have the evangelical fanbase that Firefox has, and Opera also has no intention of modelling itself after IE, which Firefox does intentionally. We have to remember that the inherent failure of capitalism is marketting--which makes less-worthy products more popular to the public.
We slashdotted the only major vendor of commercial WYSIWYG web design software. So longs as they don't buy BBEdit I'll be happy though.
I'm hoping this will mean less Flash and more SVG on the web--or maybe a SVG-reading flash plugin. Or Fireworks exporting to SVG (now there's something).
IMHO, Dreamweaver was always a crap program compared to GoLive anyway, even if it was less popular. Hell, it's built-in QuickTime editor was better than, well, QuickTime's built-in QuickTime editor (which wasn't saying much).
The only thing I'm worried about now is the amount the cost of their software will increase, I mean they really have no commercial competitors. I just wondering if projects like NVu, Inkscape and GIMP will be a shield for software corps like Adobe from monopoly lawsuits.
And take a look at the ads. Magazine companies have worked very hard to make sure their ads are part of the experience. They don't run ads that are obnoxious or ugly next to their stories. For many magazines, ads take up more space than actual content, but they look and smell nice, and are relevant to the articles around them. Internet advertisers have no concept of this. They are more similar to the BACk of the magazine--the ads for penis enlargement, x-ray specs and seamonkeys.
I like MTV2's take on advertising. While yes, they need to pay the bills, they do so in a way that is consistent with their message and compliments their experience.
Once this method of advertising catches on, the internet will be a much better place, and AdBlock and the like will become used much less often.
Until iWork, for example, their was no such thing as typing in a serial number in an Apple product.
Not only does Apple Remote Desktop 2 require a serial number, but every time I boot my Powerbook in target mode and boot another computer from the Powerbook's HD, I have to re-enter the serial. No other product I've run does that.
You're right for the most part, though. It's only good old Redmond, USA that preaches to us commie PC hardware-fiddlers, "you are guilty until you call us and verify that you are innocent."
Besides, who reinstalls a hard drive? Do the American thing and throw out the perfectly functional old, to make room for the spiffy, expensive an new!
Day-to-day linux problems (at least on my FC3 desktop) usually involve unending updates and oh-you-want-to-compile-that-well-you-need-this-fir st disease. The key security problem desktop linux has, and will have in the forseeable future is that anyone could tar the source of some malware and advertise it as, "Oh, you want your (iPod|media keyboard|other random hardware) to work like it does on Windows? Just download this FOSS tool!" I--an any other non-programmer--would su to root, compile it and get 0wn3d in a desperate attempt to prove that Linux can work on the desktop. It's a constant battle between getting the computer to work the way you want and dealing only with trusted sources--there's just not enough.
With the community release of the Suite will Mozilla be creating an bundled Browser/Mail/Calendar solution based off of the XUL/GRE framework, or will the Aviary branch programs stay separate?
Is this argument really worth starting? After all, so long as our country's leaders are making billions on fossil fuels and hiring energy-industry lobbyists to oversee environmental legislation, we're all going to be stuck with blacklung.
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Apple also doesn't make umpteen models of their computers like Dell/Gateway/HP. They have four. Ever tried to shop for a PC laptop? It's confusing enough looking at one vendor's stable, let alone multiple. Then there's Apple:
PC or Laptop?
How much do you want to spend?
That's all you need ask.
Opera does not support XSLT and XSL-FO intentionally, as you can read here. I suppose it also has to do with Opera's CTO inventing CSS, or having much to do with the development of CSS.
As for an Opera vs. Firefox showdown, the only thing 7.54 didn't have over Firefox was stability on OS X, and a web developer toolbar. It should be noted that Opera has pioneered much of the features that make out-of-the-box Firefox so great, and is an industry leader in terms of CSS support, media queries, etc. OperaShow makes things like Powerpoint unnecessary for the CSS designer.
The reason Opera has so little market share, in my opinion, is that Opera does not have the evangelical fanbase that Firefox has, and Opera also has no intention of modelling itself after IE, which Firefox does intentionally. We have to remember that the inherent failure of capitalism is marketting--which makes less-worthy products more popular to the public.
We slashdotted the only major vendor of commercial WYSIWYG web design software. So longs as they don't buy BBEdit I'll be happy though.
I'm hoping this will mean less Flash and more SVG on the web--or maybe a SVG-reading flash plugin. Or Fireworks exporting to SVG (now there's something).
IMHO, Dreamweaver was always a crap program compared to GoLive anyway, even if it was less popular. Hell, it's built-in QuickTime editor was better than, well, QuickTime's built-in QuickTime editor (which wasn't saying much).
The only thing I'm worried about now is the amount the cost of their software will increase, I mean they really have no commercial competitors. I just wondering if projects like NVu, Inkscape and GIMP will be a shield for software corps like Adobe from monopoly lawsuits.
And take a look at the ads. Magazine companies have worked very hard to make sure their ads are part of the experience. They don't run ads that are obnoxious or ugly next to their stories. For many magazines, ads take up more space than actual content, but they look and smell nice, and are relevant to the articles around them. Internet advertisers have no concept of this. They are more similar to the BACk of the magazine--the ads for penis enlargement, x-ray specs and seamonkeys.
I like MTV2's take on advertising. While yes, they need to pay the bills, they do so in a way that is consistent with their message and compliments their experience.
Once this method of advertising catches on, the internet will be a much better place, and AdBlock and the like will become used much less often.
Does it run Linux?
I for one welcome our new Linux-supporting, SVG-writing overlords.
Until iWork, for example, their was no such thing as typing in a serial number in an Apple product.
Not only does Apple Remote Desktop 2 require a serial number, but every time I boot my Powerbook in target mode and boot another computer from the Powerbook's HD, I have to re-enter the serial. No other product I've run does that.
You're right for the most part, though. It's only good old Redmond, USA that preaches to us commie PC hardware-fiddlers, "you are guilty until you call us and verify that you are innocent."
Besides, who reinstalls a hard drive? Do the American thing and throw out the perfectly functional old, to make room for the spiffy, expensive an new!
Day-to-day linux problems (at least on my FC3 desktop) usually involve unending updates and oh-you-want-to-compile-that-well-you-need-this-fir st disease. The key security problem desktop linux has, and will have in the forseeable future is that anyone could tar the source of some malware and advertise it as, "Oh, you want your (iPod|media keyboard|other random hardware) to work like it does on Windows? Just download this FOSS tool!" I--an any other non-programmer--would su to root, compile it and get 0wn3d in a desperate attempt to prove that Linux can work on the desktop. It's a constant battle between getting the computer to work the way you want and dealing only with trusted sources--there's just not enough.
With the community release of the Suite will Mozilla be creating an bundled Browser/Mail/Calendar solution based off of the XUL/GRE framework, or will the Aviary branch programs stay separate?
> Doubtful. There's not a good publishing tool for SVG that's considered an "industrial heavyweight" as of yet.
Except Adobe Illustrator, of course.
Is this argument really worth starting? After all, so long as our country's leaders are making billions on fossil fuels and hiring energy-industry lobbyists to oversee environmental legislation, we're all going to be stuck with blacklung.
America has spoken: we like air pollution!