It sounds like many have opinions of Opera but have not tried it.
Reason #1 I use Firefox and not Opera. It actually renders pages correctly (especially banking). Reason #2 I didn't have to wait for "support" to get GMail to work.
This problem is that Linux is still largely a text interface if you want to tap into any of its power.
Go a week without using a shell. Easier said than done. I am a Windows/*Nix developer and I assure you Linux may be easier than Solaris, but it still has nothing on usability of Windows.
For example, when I started using Linux back with Mandrake 6.0, I remember how friggin hard it was to change the screen resoltion in my xwindows session. Mandrake 10 is only mildly better.
Apps like KDE should be largely the focus of the believers that Linux "is" the solution for home users. There are assumptions that Windows users make about where they should find widgets and configuration items. Unfortunately KDE (maybe gnome, but it is junk anyway:> ) just doesn't put them where they are used to seeing them.
People are forgetting that the majority of broken apps when XP Sp2 came out, was because they unsafe, or did not conform to the new Microsoft security standards.
THere were betas and RC's out for months, the manufacturers are the ones who screwed up, by not jumping on them and "fixing" their apps to work with the new security measures.
Brad
The webpage is very one sided. I certainly don't side with spammers. But it is interesting that he talks very little about suing spammers, and more about his simple "Stop sending me mail" message.
If you notice, he actually offered a settelement of $6250 (or soemthing like it), but why? If he really did nothing wrong?
I think he is hiding something. Maybe I will have to read the actual suit to find out.
Brad
It should also be mentioned that when installing Yahoo! messenger, it will set your IE homepage to www.yahoo.com, which may partly explain the large number of users.
Granted firefox sets its home to google (at least in Linux), but there are definately more yahoo! messenger users, than firefox (for now).
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It sounds like many have opinions of Opera but have not tried it.
Reason #1 I use Firefox and not Opera.
It actually renders pages correctly (especially banking).
Reason #2 I didn't have to wait for "support" to get GMail to work.
Brad
This problem is that Linux is still largely a text interface if you want to tap into any of its power.
:> ) just doesn't put them where they are used to seeing them.
Go a week without using a shell. Easier said than done. I am a Windows/*Nix developer and I assure you Linux may be easier than Solaris, but it still has nothing on usability of Windows.
For example, when I started using Linux back with Mandrake 6.0, I remember how friggin hard it was to change the screen resoltion in my xwindows session. Mandrake 10 is only mildly better.
Apps like KDE should be largely the focus of the believers that Linux "is" the solution for home users. There are assumptions that Windows users make about where they should find widgets and configuration items. Unfortunately KDE (maybe gnome, but it is junk anyway
Brad
Third post!
hehehe...
That is too funny.. My bad.
Brad
I think this sounds like a great time to legally challenge the GPL. Looking into my crystal ball I see....... GPL v1.1
People are forgetting that the majority of broken apps when XP Sp2 came out, was because they unsafe, or did not conform to the new Microsoft security standards. THere were betas and RC's out for months, the manufacturers are the ones who screwed up, by not jumping on them and "fixing" their apps to work with the new security measures. Brad
Speak for yourself.
The webpage is very one sided. I certainly don't side with spammers. But it is interesting that he talks very little about suing spammers, and more about his simple "Stop sending me mail" message. If you notice, he actually offered a settelement of $6250 (or soemthing like it), but why? If he really did nothing wrong? I think he is hiding something. Maybe I will have to read the actual suit to find out. Brad
It should also be mentioned that when installing Yahoo! messenger, it will set your IE homepage to www.yahoo.com, which may partly explain the large number of users.
Granted firefox sets its home to google (at least in Linux), but there are definately more yahoo! messenger users, than firefox (for now).
Brad