If people including you suggest a device made by Sony on Slashdot instead of Amazon's DRM scheme, Bezos should think about it.
BTW I consider a Sony too in case they woke up and decided to support OS X in some way. At least it is an internationally supported device without always on network scheme.
Not if Amazon remotely turns off non-drm files reading. Man, they can actually erase books remotely, they can't turn off a feature?
IMHO, device vendor and software vendor along with content provider should always be separate with lots of options. It is just like buying iPhone and whining on slashdot about how evil Apple is for not allowing this or that.
Kindle is really something like "amazon owns you, your device, your reading habits, your location".
Erasing 1984 alone is amazing. Perhaps someone really wanted to show what Kindle is and released it illegally on purpose. If it is the case, I am really impressed. It doesn't have to be a "freedom fighter", it could be some amazon rival proxying etc.
Well, it is supposedly your OS and hardware vendor. If you don't trust them to the degree of rejecting to give your e-mail, perhaps you should change your kernel vendor.
Oh, feedback is for other purposes, like flaming apple or telling how great they are.
A browser's job is to execute scripts securely, safely and in fast manner. If a browser comes with "opt in" scripting which is really impossible in real web these days, it wouldn't really have a good image and experience.
What they should do is, think about the biggest lamer they have ever met and multiply it with 10 and act accordingly dealing with security issues. Spying bugzilla in progress and release an exploit(!) based on it is lowest one can get.
milw0rm who can be easily put to definition of "script kiddie lamer" spied bugzilla bug reporting system which should not be open regarding security issues and posted a quick exploit code to a bug which its was already in progress of fixing.
So, open source system was abused in some form. It was error on mozilla's part though, security issues of open source apps shouldn't be discussed in public along with crashers etc.
Not a surprise. These people subscribe to all update/security mailing lists and grab couple of issues and claim they hacked OS X.
On the other hand, Mozilla should be glad that he picked it. If it was a real black hat professional, he wouldn't be stupid enough to publicly disclose it and milk it as long as possible.
There aren't many font rendering subsystems there right? When I write this text, Opera calls OS X font rendering subsystem to draw them for example. On Linux it would probably call freetype and windows something else.
What if there is some unknown exploit in one of these subsystems but impractical to abuse as people really don't install fonts to their operating systems in daily basis? With embedding font, you have the magic wand. Just visiting a page, user can download your exploit and "execute" it. It would need a really advanced heuristic solution to figure it out and until it reaches some security guy/company it will be too late.
Remember how evil Windows GDI bug was? Or the zlib issue which triggered a cross platform massive update?
What if their site is slow or even censored (possible)? The user visiting the site will live torture, more like netscape 4's famous DNS lookup chokes. I have seen big advertiser servers lag couple of times and it is not a pretty thing for visitors.
If one really wants to use different fonts (no pro will use more than 3), better off actually buy them directly and hand code (I bet wizards exist) locally. I bet GUI tool producers will be quick to adopt it.
This is exactly how Microsoft can stop progress of web and in fact, the entire progress in computer/software industry.
Once they don't support something or support it in a way that is impossible to implement in other platforms, that thing is dead.
Don't hold your breath for them to support a multi platform way of doing things. That is how every webmaster ended up using Flash for drop down menus and also the reason why they hate Flash enough to ship a 'me too' joke.
Why? Because these days, a browser "crash" especially dealing with an object also means a potential attack vector. As it is repeatable, you shouldn't hesitate.
Let me remind you something. IE 6 was -once- the king of the web remember? With ridiculous market share easily nearing windows market share. There were millions of sites "best (only) viewed in IE" actually meaning you wouldn't even dare to enter the sites without masking as IE. So, for that idiot webmaster, compatibility is no issue. Guy makes a IE document rather than a HTML.
Guess what? IE 4+ has font embedding technology. It wasn't the compatibility or support issue. It is basically they don't care enough.
People around you sometimes buy shareware for $25 which duplicates their OS functionality in a better way yes? Seen anyone buying a font just because it looks better or reads better? They are around same price too. Why they don't buy? They are easy to install too, just double click in any OS. Oh, did I mention they are also multi platform down to handhelds?
When I tried to buy a font for Symbian since Nokia's one is really irritating, people laughed at me. They now buy trivial 'apps' for dollar each.
Isn't truetype a patent hell? So, what is the point of using TTF and messing up entire video element by "h264 has patents" argument?
I mean, as far as I know, postscript format (.ps) is chosen by X11 because of its multi platform nature and also not being a patent hell. Isn't that the reason? So why wasn't a.ps.gz preferred?
I really wonder freetype people's view about as they still have to offer -hinting as a separate option. Funny thing is, OS X, coming from a company who has been one of the reasons of that comedy comes with freetype.
I wondered about it for years. Why antivirus apps put special interest in TTF files while doing a full system scan? I remember as early as F-Prot for DOS.
Don't tell me that TTF can include executable in some form? It sounds stupid but you know, CHM files can actually carry viruses and execute them.
2001? Even earlier. Both Netscape 4 and IE 4 had their own technologies to embed fonts. IE was directly downloading ttf files and Netscape had a more cross platform solution.
Result? Nobody cared. Even "best viewed in" fanatics didn't use the technologies offered.
It is more like Symbian OS or OS X or even Windows. You can actually change the UI font but nobody cares enough. Price is another matter, a good font is designed in years by a single person. Font is way more complex form of art than anyone can imagine.
What if Palm, instead of trolling Apple, hired a shareware vendor who already ships such product and live happily after? Without mentioning Apple's trademark, bread and butter Application which was designed/acquired for iPod itself?
This is what confuses iSync users too. Apple provides an open framework, documentation and even developer tools including a wizard for free. If Samsung for example, doesn't sync with iSync, it is Samsung's fault. Not Apple's. Apple is not obliged to provide a sync plugin for your $600 phone, it is phone vendors job to develop/pack it and perhaps convince Apple to be include it in OS X update if device is really popular.
iTunes database is open for now, it doesn't really mean Apple promises anything for future or you can actually claim your device, competing device is iTunes compatible just like iPod/iPhone. It is their database without any kind of promise. They can ship iTunes 9 tomorrow with some weirdo database format and nobody can say a word about it.
You don't have to hack anything or fool iTunes etc. As with all OS X apps, iTunes is a object oriented, script capable. Just silently integrate to it with "non hack" methods. There are some goodly coded OS X shareware apps which weren't updated since 2006 and yet perfectly works with iTunes.
Well, as far as I followed, Palm really pushed it too much by mentioning "iTunes sync" in advertisement. Everyone syncs with iTunes, it is a great music catalogue application (just like iPhoto) but when you actually use that feature as part of advertisement of a directly competing product, you are really pushing it.
I am afraid for my own devices which "silently" syncing, without advertising... They are clever to implement it and advertise it properly without pushing some buttons in Cupertino. Not Palm! Other companies.
No, both them and N. Korea, Pakistan plans to nuke their neighbors and live peacefully after it. You know, radiation, rain, winds, water supplies. They are all fine, such side effects will stop in that artificial map line we call "border":)
"For many years he worked for an international consulting firm where his main job was to convince LDCs (less developed countries) around the world to accept multibillion-dollar loans for infrastructure projects and to see to it that most of this money ended up at Halliburton, Bechtel, Brown and Root, and other United States engineering and construction companies."
This one serves to NWO too, double evil;) ID Card guys will say "look, even India uses them" to suspicious govt. guys.
Oh it is more like Symbian Signed scheme where "root access" and things like "startup at device boot" will need a certificate from independent signers but regular stuff will run fine. It is solved via open signed which application is freely (and manually, by interaction on purpose) signed but tied to single IMEI hardware.
It wouldn`t take too much time if they relied on a 40 year old way of doing things instead of re-inventing wheel.
It is like attempting to re-invent door lock and failing over and over while people happily use their thousands years old "old technology" which was tested to the limit.
If your bank requires Silverlight while 98% of Planet has Flash installed, they are desperate for MS money or donation of servers which is not a good thing for banks. It also means there is some MS technology involved in process as opposed to AIX/UNIX/zOS which are "rolls royce" of servers and chosen by banks who prefers reliability to price.
Same goes for anyone "subscribing" to media outlets for a long time which requires Silverlight . It probably means they are easily bought out.
That post alone explains the reason of Silverlight and its trojan clone.
For example, not just Linux users, Symbian users can also view them as well as anything supporting Flash video. Or, they can easily change the container as it is completely documented and watch in their multimedia device.
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If people including you suggest a device made by Sony on Slashdot instead of Amazon's DRM scheme, Bezos should think about it.
BTW I consider a Sony too in case they woke up and decided to support OS X in some way. At least it is an internationally supported device without always on network scheme.
Doesn't accepting an EULA to read a book sound strange to you too?
Imagine Vatican had capability to remotely burn or change content of books back in medieval ages. :)
Not if Amazon remotely turns off non-drm files reading. Man, they can actually erase books remotely, they can't turn off a feature?
IMHO, device vendor and software vendor along with content provider should always be separate with lots of options. It is just like buying iPhone and whining on slashdot about how evil Apple is for not allowing this or that.
Kindle is really something like "amazon owns you, your device, your reading habits, your location".
Erasing 1984 alone is amazing. Perhaps someone really wanted to show what Kindle is and released it illegally on purpose. If it is the case, I am really impressed. It doesn't have to be a "freedom fighter", it could be some amazon rival proxying etc.
Well, it is supposedly your OS and hardware vendor. If you don't trust them to the degree of rejecting to give your e-mail, perhaps you should change your kernel vendor.
Oh, feedback is for other purposes, like flaming apple or telling how great they are.
A browser's job is to execute scripts securely, safely and in fast manner. If a browser comes with "opt in" scripting which is really impossible in real web these days, it wouldn't really have a good image and experience.
What they should do is, think about the biggest lamer they have ever met and multiply it with 10 and act accordingly dealing with security issues. Spying bugzilla in progress and release an exploit(!) based on it is lowest one can get.
milw0rm who can be easily put to definition of "script kiddie lamer" spied bugzilla bug reporting system which should not be open regarding security issues and posted a quick exploit code to a bug which its was already in progress of fixing.
So, open source system was abused in some form. It was error on mozilla's part though, security issues of open source apps shouldn't be discussed in public along with crashers etc.
Not a surprise. These people subscribe to all update/security mailing lists and grab couple of issues and claim they hacked OS X.
On the other hand, Mozilla should be glad that he picked it. If it was a real black hat professional, he wouldn't be stupid enough to publicly disclose it and milk it as long as possible.
There aren't many font rendering subsystems there right? When I write this text, Opera calls OS X font rendering subsystem to draw them for example. On Linux it would probably call freetype and windows something else.
What if there is some unknown exploit in one of these subsystems but impractical to abuse as people really don't install fonts to their operating systems in daily basis? With embedding font, you have the magic wand. Just visiting a page, user can download your exploit and "execute" it. It would need a really advanced heuristic solution to figure it out and until it reaches some security guy/company it will be too late.
Remember how evil Windows GDI bug was? Or the zlib issue which triggered a cross platform massive update?
What if their site is slow or even censored (possible)? The user visiting the site will live torture, more like netscape 4's famous DNS lookup chokes. I have seen big advertiser servers lag couple of times and it is not a pretty thing for visitors.
If one really wants to use different fonts (no pro will use more than 3), better off actually buy them directly and hand code (I bet wizards exist) locally. I bet GUI tool producers will be quick to adopt it.
This is exactly how Microsoft can stop progress of web and in fact, the entire progress in computer/software industry.
Once they don't support something or support it in a way that is impossible to implement in other platforms, that thing is dead.
Don't hold your breath for them to support a multi platform way of doing things. That is how every webmaster ended up using Flash for drop down menus and also the reason why they hate Flash enough to ship a 'me too' joke.
You better report it to Apple via http://bugreporter.apple.com/
Why? Because these days, a browser "crash" especially dealing with an object also means a potential attack vector. As it is repeatable, you shouldn't hesitate.
Let me remind you something. IE 6 was -once- the king of the web remember? With ridiculous market share easily nearing windows market share. There were millions of sites "best (only) viewed in IE" actually meaning you wouldn't even dare to enter the sites without masking as IE. So, for that idiot webmaster, compatibility is no issue. Guy makes a IE document rather than a HTML.
Guess what? IE 4+ has font embedding technology. It wasn't the compatibility or support issue. It is basically they don't care enough.
People around you sometimes buy shareware for $25 which duplicates their OS functionality in a better way yes? Seen anyone buying a font just because it looks better or reads better? They are around same price too. Why they don't buy? They are easy to install too, just double click in any OS. Oh, did I mention they are also multi platform down to handhelds?
When I tried to buy a font for Symbian since Nokia's one is really irritating, people laughed at me. They now buy trivial 'apps' for dollar each.
Let me ask something as you got GNU mail.
Isn't truetype a patent hell? So, what is the point of using TTF and messing up entire video element by "h264 has patents" argument?
I mean, as far as I know, postscript format (.ps) is chosen by X11 because of its multi platform nature and also not being a patent hell. Isn't that the reason? So why wasn't a .ps.gz preferred?
I really wonder freetype people's view about as they still have to offer -hinting as a separate option. Funny thing is, OS X, coming from a company who has been one of the reasons of that comedy comes with freetype.
I wondered about it for years. Why antivirus apps put special interest in TTF files while doing a full system scan? I remember as early as F-Prot for DOS.
Don't tell me that TTF can include executable in some form? It sounds stupid but you know, CHM files can actually carry viruses and execute them.
2001? Even earlier. Both Netscape 4 and IE 4 had their own technologies to embed fonts. IE was directly downloading ttf files and Netscape had a more cross platform solution.
Result? Nobody cared. Even "best viewed in" fanatics didn't use the technologies offered.
It is more like Symbian OS or OS X or even Windows. You can actually change the UI font but nobody cares enough. Price is another matter, a good font is designed in years by a single person. Font is way more complex form of art than anyone can imagine.
While we Mac users say same thing for years, we ended up paying to Arial and friends.
How? Apple ended up licensing the knock off version family from MS. Each Leopard install/upgrade includes them now.
What if Palm, instead of trolling Apple, hired a shareware vendor who already ships such product and live happily after? Without mentioning Apple's trademark, bread and butter Application which was designed/acquired for iPod itself?
This is what confuses iSync users too. Apple provides an open framework, documentation and even developer tools including a wizard for free. If Samsung for example, doesn't sync with iSync, it is Samsung's fault. Not Apple's. Apple is not obliged to provide a sync plugin for your $600 phone, it is phone vendors job to develop/pack it and perhaps convince Apple to be include it in OS X update if device is really popular.
iTunes database is open for now, it doesn't really mean Apple promises anything for future or you can actually claim your device, competing device is iTunes compatible just like iPod/iPhone. It is their database without any kind of promise. They can ship iTunes 9 tomorrow with some weirdo database format and nobody can say a word about it.
You don't have to hack anything or fool iTunes etc. As with all OS X apps, iTunes is a object oriented, script capable. Just silently integrate to it with "non hack" methods. There are some goodly coded OS X shareware apps which weren't updated since 2006 and yet perfectly works with iTunes.
Well, as far as I followed, Palm really pushed it too much by mentioning "iTunes sync" in advertisement. Everyone syncs with iTunes, it is a great music catalogue application (just like iPhoto) but when you actually use that feature as part of advertisement of a directly competing product, you are really pushing it.
I am afraid for my own devices which "silently" syncing, without advertising... They are clever to implement it and advertise it properly without pushing some buttons in Cupertino. Not Palm! Other companies.
No, both them and N. Korea, Pakistan plans to nuke their neighbors and live peacefully after it. You know, radiation, rain, winds, water supplies. They are all fine, such side effects will stop in that artificial map line we call "border" :)
Trick is making countries buy technologies which they can`t afford (including nukes) and ask them to give up a resource when the loan pay day comes.
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hitman-Perkins-John/dp/B001GG67CC/
"For many years he worked for an international consulting firm where his main job was to convince LDCs (less developed countries) around the world to accept multibillion-dollar loans for infrastructure projects and to see to it that most of this money ended up at Halliburton, Bechtel, Brown and Root, and other United States engineering and construction companies."
This one serves to NWO too, double evil ;) ID Card guys will say "look, even India uses them" to suspicious govt. guys.
Oh it is more like Symbian Signed scheme where "root access" and things like "startup at device boot" will need a certificate from independent signers but regular stuff will run fine. It is solved via open signed which application is freely (and manually, by interaction on purpose) signed but tied to single IMEI hardware.
I wouldn`t rely on Asus for any kind of Linux support. If you want to run Linux, stay away from Asus and especially netbooks of them.
Why? They have a site to explain why, they openly say their products run best under Windows.
Here is the news story http://www.osnews.com/story/21589/Asus_Microsoft_Launch_Anti-Linux_Netbook_Campaign
Here is the site: http://www.itsbetterwithwindows.com/
You would wish it was a joke but it isn`t. Perhaps Asus better go back to their mainboard and Apple manufacturing business.
Oh Fring has become such a standard in Symbian so they shouldn`t even bother with coding it after this stage and help/support Fring instead.
I mean they can code World`s best VOIP client ever and Symbian community may ignore them since people are really sick of the never ending story.
It wouldn`t take too much time if they relied on a 40 year old way of doing things instead of re-inventing wheel.
It is like attempting to re-invent door lock and failing over and over while people happily use their thousands years old "old technology" which was tested to the limit.
If your bank requires Silverlight while 98% of Planet has Flash installed, they are desperate for MS money or donation of servers which is not a good thing for banks. It also means there is some MS technology involved in process as opposed to AIX/UNIX/zOS which are "rolls royce" of servers and chosen by banks who prefers reliability to price.
Same goes for anyone "subscribing" to media outlets for a long time which requires Silverlight . It probably means they are easily bought out.
That post alone explains the reason of Silverlight and its trojan clone.
For example, not just Linux users, Symbian users can also view them as well as anything supporting Flash video. Or, they can easily change the container as it is completely documented and watch in their multimedia device.
Man Flash must be really bugging them.