Exactly the point the guy was getting at in the original article. IE has some memory leak bugs, and with the tool linked you can get around them without too much trouble, making your system more multi-platform without much fuss. People were complaining that they wouldn't want to develop for IE anyway, or that they could generally do without, which is a little close-minded for a web app.
Clearly it's valid when you completely restrict the terms (I'm writing for an intranet which only supports Firefox) but in general, not so good.
He means that when developing a DHTML app, it must run on IE if you want it to have a wide audience. Obviously some audiences this doesn't apply to, but they're a clear minority.
Just to add on that point, it's probably worth noting that if you follow a pretty strict OO approach, most of the situations where these unchecked references occur become a lot less likely. There's still problems with non-terminating threads and things, people just have to be careful with the logic of their programs, which is a lot less common than I'd like it to be...
looks more like they needed serious persuading to choose it
They did explain in the article that the reason that they had such trouble choosing was that there were just so many open source CMSs to choose from. The fact that they needed "seriously" persuaded shows, if anything, that Drupal stood up to a critical evalution with its peers, rather than being chosen on the say-so of a friend.
I think that's essentially the idea of IE in Server 2003, which has a reduced featureset for security. I think it's only available for 2003 though, which kinda negates its usefulness in the context you want it.
I just don't see independance having any real benefits. We neither need, nor would really recieve, a stronger voice in the EU, and the SNP have been spreading crass lies about a lot of our supposed economic prosperity. There's not a strong enough argument for breaking from the rest of the UK, in my opinion - it's largely based on a misplaced sense of nationalism. Just because we're not an independant country doesn't make us any less of an independant race.
Yeah, I just meet too many people who believe that saying that they're "Scottish not British" is some incredible revelation, and that they're being incredible nationalists by saying so. I'm sure you know the kind of person I mean.
Now if only the SNP had some sensible policies, we'd be in business!
My personal view is that the union is mutually beneficial, and that devolved power to Holyrood in a number of areas is all that we really need. Although admittedly the current areas of devolved power are not necessarily the ones which would most benefit us.
Well, they have already made it so that it screams bloody murder if you don't want to use automatic updates, and most people will just leave them on, so to some degree they've already followed your advice -- the problem, of course, is what you already pointed out. Most of these users won't update to a version with more sensible (for the normal user) defaults, and yes, the cycle continues.
Because XPConnect-enabled scripts run the entire frontend of the system. They need to do a lot of these things -- most extensions are written purely in JavaScript. The problem here is that it's interpreting JavaScript code in a certain part of a webpage as being allowed to access XPConnect, whereas only files in the Chrome repository should be allowed to do this.
I think it qualifies as international - I live in Northern-Europe and we're celebrating it here.
Yep, the facts that their postal code store locator encompasses Canada, and that their FAQ restricts the event to "North America and around the world", seem to indicate that this is, in fact, an international event. I'm sure the editors will realise their mistake and correct it, though.
Hahahaha, I'm just pulling your leg. It'll stay like that.
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Exactly the point the guy was getting at in the original article. IE has some memory leak bugs, and with the tool linked you can get around them without too much trouble, making your system more multi-platform without much fuss. People were complaining that they wouldn't want to develop for IE anyway, or that they could generally do without, which is a little close-minded for a web app.
Clearly it's valid when you completely restrict the terms (I'm writing for an intranet which only supports Firefox) but in general, not so good.
He means that when developing a DHTML app, it must run on IE if you want it to have a wide audience. Obviously some audiences this doesn't apply to, but they're a clear minority.
Just to add on that point, it's probably worth noting that if you follow a pretty strict OO approach, most of the situations where these unchecked references occur become a lot less likely. There's still problems with non-terminating threads and things, people just have to be careful with the logic of their programs, which is a lot less common than I'd like it to be...
They did explain in the article that the reason that they had such trouble choosing was that there were just so many open source CMSs to choose from. The fact that they needed "seriously" persuaded shows, if anything, that Drupal stood up to a critical evalution with its peers, rather than being chosen on the say-so of a friend.
So goodness all round :)
I think that's essentially the idea of IE in Server 2003, which has a reduced featureset for security. I think it's only available for 2003 though, which kinda negates its usefulness in the context you want it.
Yep. Problem?
*rimshot*
I'd make the case for Edinburgh, but it only beats other places in certain specialist areas, and this pissing contest has gone too far anyway!
As a matter of fact, it did. I live in Edinburgh and got an awful lot of the election nonsense -- it makes the mind boggle.
Ah well, if it works, it works -- and preying on the ignorance of your voting demographic works more often than it really should...
I don't really agree, but as you say it's not really something we can say at this point!
I just don't see independance having any real benefits. We neither need, nor would really recieve, a stronger voice in the EU, and the SNP have been spreading crass lies about a lot of our supposed economic prosperity. There's not a strong enough argument for breaking from the rest of the UK, in my opinion - it's largely based on a misplaced sense of nationalism. Just because we're not an independant country doesn't make us any less of an independant race.
Yeah, I just meet too many people who believe that saying that they're "Scottish not British" is some incredible revelation, and that they're being incredible nationalists by saying so. I'm sure you know the kind of person I mean.
Now if only the SNP had some sensible policies, we'd be in business!
My personal view is that the union is mutually beneficial, and that devolved power to Holyrood in a number of areas is all that we really need. Although admittedly the current areas of devolved power are not necessarily the ones which would most benefit us.
To be fair, we are British, regardless of what we think of it. It's not really offensive at all.
(And yes I'm Scottish. Doesn't mean I'm not British and European as well.)
I have a copy of the book right here, and it specifically mentions that the child is supposed to have Aspergers...
Sibling post beat you to it.
Touché. I come from the timid ol' UK where herbivores are cute and cuddly. :D
Surely conservation demands that we reintroduce predators, rather than killing deer?
That would be fair fight, at least with a deer.
I wouldn't class fighting against a herbivore at all as fair, but go figure.
Well, they have already made it so that it screams bloody murder if you don't want to use automatic updates, and most people will just leave them on, so to some degree they've already followed your advice -- the problem, of course, is what you already pointed out. Most of these users won't update to a version with more sensible (for the normal user) defaults, and yes, the cycle continues.
Because XPConnect-enabled scripts run the entire frontend of the system. They need to do a lot of these things -- most extensions are written purely in JavaScript. The problem here is that it's interpreting JavaScript code in a certain part of a webpage as being allowed to access XPConnect, whereas only files in the Chrome repository should be allowed to do this.
Yeah, figured it would be something like that. This is the sort of nonsense that lawyers love, though.
Would this raise issues with unpaid overtime? Putting aside, for the moment, the fact that unpaid overtime raises issues of its own.
Yep, the facts that their postal code store locator encompasses Canada, and that their FAQ restricts the event to "North America and around the world", seem to indicate that this is, in fact, an international event. I'm sure the editors will realise their mistake and correct it, though.
Hahahaha, I'm just pulling your leg. It'll stay like that.