I didn't know a nanometer was 109 meters. Or perhaps you just left out the "to the negative"? Although I don't really see how could just forget to leave out 3 whole words.
I thought that too, but in my experience it's not true. If I install Firefox on someone's computer and I tell them it will prevent malware from taking over their system again, they'll use Firefox and quickly grow to like it more. I was totally blown away to learn this, but it's true. Just try to get someone to switch to Firefox and see what happens.
JavaScript is not required to get a good idea of which browser you're using. The User-Agent string is sent with every HTTP request, although it can be spoofed.
That's usually good enough for most people I've run into. If you don't use Internet Explorer, Windows usually stays pretty clean. And the few pieces of malware left is a welcome relief for them after the hundreds that were previously present. Most people just want their computers to be bareable. After that, they really don't care too much.
That's if the CD is inserted while Windows in running, BTW, for anyone interested. It's nice for people who refuse to move from Windows but are at least willing to try a few free programs.
... loans, which only need to be paid back, if the student starts employement with a job which pays more £15000 p.a. Ah, but you say, "But teachers earn more than £15000 p.a.!" Good point. We'll drop teachers' pay to less than £15000 so that they don't have to pay thier loans back!
Now that is ha ha funny. What a dumbass government. (Not that the USA's is any better.)
But if the better schools get more money then all the schools will try harder to become as good as possible and blah blah blah, you should know the rest.
The ability to customize everything is the biggest reason I use Firefox. Do Opera's widgets have the same power of Firefox's extensions? I doubt it. Can the functionality of all the following really be obtained with Opera?
I created TabInfinity myself. It stores a list of closed tabs that can be reopened through a toolbar button's dropdown list, a tools menu list, or a sidebar list. Middle clicking the tab bar brings back the most recently closed tab. There are other extensions with almost the exact same functionality, but none of them behaved exactly as I wanted. Since it was important to me, I just did it myself.
If something didn't behave exactly as I wanted it to in Opera, would I be able to dig in and do it myself? Probably not.
Not if you have your computer in your bedroom, you don't want it buzzing away while you're trying to sleep, and you can't figure out how to enable sleep mode. Many people would just give up after not finding a stand-by button.
Huh? So why not set your minimum font size to match your preferred font size? Why would you ever want any text to be smaller than your preferred size? I have the minimum set at 17 and Slashdot is looking great to me.
I find the design to scale very well. Since I have Firefox set with a minimum font size, everything is easily readable even with a resolution of 1600 x 1200. What problems with high resoluction desktops have you experienced or heard about?
When I used IE I usually only had about 2 windows open at a time and only about 8 during very heavy usage. Now that I'm using Firefox, I routinely have more than 40 tabs open. I have Firefox set to display 14 tabs on each row and sometimes - such as when searching around through many sources for info on 3 or 4 issues - I'll get over 6 rows of tabs. When using IE, I would have never in a million years done that.
I would be very interested to see how many tabs normal people use when they've gotten comfortable with Firefox.
Of course, I have 1 GB of RAM which handles 80+ tabs just fine. Is 1 GB really that much? Doesn't seem like it to me.
More customisable than any other browser I've tried
You obviously haven't tried Firefox. Unless you're just plain stupid or lying. Firefox is built with XML and JavaScript and styled with CSS. Any part of it can be viewed and changed at any time. Extensions are so easy because they just add and change bits of XML, CSS, and JavaScript.
I'm not saying Opera isn't great. It is. And I'm not saying the design of Firefox is superior in every way. It isn't. But Opera is nowhere nearly as customizable as Firefox.
All of this in addition to being open source so that every teeny tiny thing is open to alteration.
If the styrofoam cup is hot, the coffee inside is too hot. Wait until the cup is warm. If there's lots of steam still coming off, the coffee is too hot. Wait until there's very little steam. And you should be able to feel the heat coming off the coffee when it gets very near your lips. Instead of just dumping it down your throat, hold it up close to your lips and pause. If it feels like there's a heater in front of you, the coffee is too hot.
Lips? Do you not drink coffee by opening you mouth wide, leaning your head back, and dumping the whole think down? I thought that's how everybody drank coffee.
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I didn't know a nanometer was 109 meters. Or perhaps you just left out the "to the negative"? Although I don't really see how could just forget to leave out 3 whole words.
Firefox 2.0 will continue to receive security and stability updates after Firefox 3.0 is released.
Actually, Firefox 2.0 will continue to receive security and stability updates after Firefox 3.0 is released.
I thought that too, but in my experience it's not true. If I install Firefox on someone's computer and I tell them it will prevent malware from taking over their system again, they'll use Firefox and quickly grow to like it more. I was totally blown away to learn this, but it's true. Just try to get someone to switch to Firefox and see what happens.
JavaScript is not required to get a good idea of which browser you're using. The User-Agent string is sent with every HTTP request, although it can be spoofed.
That's usually good enough for most people I've run into. If you don't use Internet Explorer, Windows usually stays pretty clean. And the few pieces of malware left is a welcome relief for them after the hundreds that were previously present. Most people just want their computers to be bareable. After that, they really don't care too much.
That's if the CD is inserted while Windows in running, BTW, for anyone interested. It's nice for people who refuse to move from Windows but are at least willing to try a few free programs.
I think you might have problems with jokes.
No, fraid not. I turned in a blank answer sheet and the just shooed me out the door.
Full payment from the government?! And you aren't overrun by immigrants?! How is this possible?!
But if the better schools get more money then all the schools will try harder to become as good as possible and blah blah blah, you should know the rest.
The ability to customize everything is the biggest reason I use Firefox. Do Opera's widgets have the same power of Firefox's extensions? I doubt it. Can the functionality of all the following really be obtained with Opera?
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Bookmark Duplicate Detector 0.5.0
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Download Statusbar 0.9.4.1
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JavaScript Debugger 0.9.87
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Live HTTP Headers 0.12
Nightly Tester Tools 1.0.4
OpenBook 1.3.4
Sort Bookmarks 0.7.0
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I created TabInfinity myself. It stores a list of closed tabs that can be reopened through a toolbar button's dropdown list, a tools menu list, or a sidebar list. Middle clicking the tab bar brings back the most recently closed tab. There are other extensions with almost the exact same functionality, but none of them behaved exactly as I wanted. Since it was important to me, I just did it myself.
If something didn't behave exactly as I wanted it to in Opera, would I be able to dig in and do it myself? Probably not.
Not if you have your computer in your bedroom, you don't want it buzzing away while you're trying to sleep, and you can't figure out how to enable sleep mode. Many people would just give up after not finding a stand-by button.
Put salsa on one end and mustard on the other. Duh.
It's more like "major.significant.here-for-no-reason.minor". I doubt Firefox 1.5.x.x will ever get to version 1.5.1.x.
When I used IE I usually only had about 2 windows open at a time and only about 8 during very heavy usage. Now that I'm using Firefox, I routinely have more than 40 tabs open. I have Firefox set to display 14 tabs on each row and sometimes - such as when searching around through many sources for info on 3 or 4 issues - I'll get over 6 rows of tabs. When using IE, I would have never in a million years done that.
I would be very interested to see how many tabs normal people use when they've gotten comfortable with Firefox.
Of course, I have 1 GB of RAM which handles 80+ tabs just fine. Is 1 GB really that much? Doesn't seem like it to me.
You make an excellent point. Let me see if I can counter it.
Don't bother waking me up when Opera 10 arrives. Firefox 1.5 (and the upcoming 2.0) is definately much better than Opera.
There, I win. I discussed just as many issues as you did - zero.
More customisable than any other browser I've tried
You obviously haven't tried Firefox. Unless you're just plain stupid or lying. Firefox is built with XML and JavaScript and styled with CSS. Any part of it can be viewed and changed at any time. Extensions are so easy because they just add and change bits of XML, CSS, and JavaScript.
I'm not saying Opera isn't great. It is. And I'm not saying the design of Firefox is superior in every way. It isn't. But Opera is nowhere nearly as customizable as Firefox.
All of this in addition to being open source so that every teeny tiny thing is open to alteration.
If the styrofoam cup is hot, the coffee inside is too hot. Wait until the cup is warm. If there's lots of steam still coming off, the coffee is too hot. Wait until there's very little steam. And you should be able to feel the heat coming off the coffee when it gets very near your lips. Instead of just dumping it down your throat, hold it up close to your lips and pause. If it feels like there's a heater in front of you, the coffee is too hot.
Lips? Do you not drink coffee by opening you mouth wide, leaning your head back, and dumping the whole think down? I thought that's how everybody drank coffee.
Wait, you're saying a private firm did better than the government? Blasphemy! I refuse to believe it!