We're working very hard on getting Amarok 2 out of the door, and if you are enthusiastic please give our alphas and betas a try. Amarok 2 is quite usable at this point,
We definitely will take a close look at each bug report, and we're aiming to make an awesome release really-soon-now:)
--markey
From what I've seen the speed rankings in all tests always have Opera and Safari leading with IE and FF being behind.
Opera aims at different market -- small gadgets. This is where the speed is really critical. For IE and FF good enough is enough, since performance on modern desktops is not that critical.
I really wouldn't say that. Once you've used a browser that renders pages considerably faster than your old browser, there's no going back. It makes a *big* difference.
With Opera 9.5, I can browse my API docs on the web just as fast as if the data were local. It's incredibly comfortable, and for me definitely worth the switch. (I had been using Firefox for a while before going back to Opera)
Yeah, same for us. With Amarok, we've gradually switched from sf.net services to KDE's, and it's so much better. Mailing lists, bug tracker, hosting.. we all do it elsewhere. Only thing we use sf.net for is tarball hosting.
Not only is sf.net unrealiable, but the interface is plain horrid. Good riddance.
I wish Zonk's reviews were a little more technical. This is Slashdot after all, I think many of us are also interested in the graphics tech of the game. Lighting model, quality of textures, shader effects, etc. Some more depth really couldn't hurt here.
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Wikipedia claims it's a MIPS-derived VLIW instruction set.
We're working very hard on getting Amarok 2 out of the door, and if you are enthusiastic please give our alphas and betas a try. Amarok 2 is quite usable at this point, We definitely will take a close look at each bug report, and we're aiming to make an awesome release really-soon-now :)
--markey
Opera aims at different market -- small gadgets. This is where the speed is really critical. For IE and FF good enough is enough, since performance on modern desktops is not that critical.
I really wouldn't say that. Once you've used a browser that renders pages considerably faster than your old browser, there's no going back. It makes a *big* difference.
With Opera 9.5, I can browse my API docs on the web just as fast as if the data were local. It's incredibly comfortable, and for me definitely worth the switch. (I had been using Firefox for a while before going back to Opera)
Check out this interesting blog by Peter Cooper, where he suggests a Ruby environment fors kids:
Taking Ruby to the kids
In fact we (Amarok team) do plan to make Amarok 2.0 work on Windows natively. Your information is a bit outdated.
Yeah, same for us. With Amarok, we've gradually switched from sf.net services to KDE's, and it's so much better. Mailing lists, bug tracker, hosting.. we all do it elsewhere. Only thing we use sf.net for is tarball hosting.
Not only is sf.net unrealiable, but the interface is plain horrid. Good riddance.
You're a fucking idiot.
This is called "tearing"; usually happens when you don't use double or triple buffering.
Couldn't help being reminded of the movie, with the booze, drugs and madness :)
Yay for Gonzo journalism!
..now that we got Ruby.
Dude, have you ever heard of text formatting?
Python is neat until you discover the power of Ruby. Give it a try, you won't look back.
I wish Zonk's reviews were a little more technical. This is Slashdot after all, I think many of us are also interested in the graphics tech of the game. Lighting model, quality of textures, shader effects, etc. Some more depth really couldn't hurt here.
..perhaps it's time to say:
We don't need the ESR any more.