I for one, don't think GIF is going anywhere. Limited to 256 colours, sure. Keep in mind GIF is one of the most well supported image formats out there, and in the same format we have both transparency (1-bit, at that) and animation. PNG is nice, but thanks to Microsoft, and it's own not supporting animation, it just doesn't work for some things yet.
I'm sure a big supporter of PNG, but understand why GIF is still around.
I think "special effects" are definitely a plus when used nicely.
For example, I like the: Cube effect of a virtual desktop, to make it easier to distinguish between them Window drop shadows makes it easier to see the "layers" of windows, especially when working with many small windows Minimize effects, like the Genie effect in OSX, so you can "see" your window minimizing, you know where it's gone Scrolling effect on drop-down boxes and menus are nice, fading... meh.
Of course, things like wobbly however are just annoying and useless. I don't need my window to wobble when I drag it, or bounce when I maximise.
But, if anything, the one thing I miss the most when I'm not using Windows, is the "shifting" effect on taskbar items. For example, I have 6 windows open: I close the second, the third to the end will slide to the left to fill the gap. Then, if one of the applications open spawns a new window (Say, MSN opening a new conversation) it will push all the others to the right to open right next to it's parent. It's nice having all my MSN windows together, Windows Explorer together, etc, etc.
That's only if you don't use it. It still costs 25c/min for first 5 minutes of the day... 15c/min for the rest of the day, and Long distance is another story.
Of course, it's nice that it's free for call display, voice messaging, receiving text messages.
Still, I have a Virgin Mobile phone, but I'd never use it for a full conversation.
How about the fact that it'll fit on a flash drive, with only a 264kb disk space use? I'd say that's a nice selling point right there. Firefox requires an installation, and is dog slow from my flash drive. Yes, I know of Portable Firefox, and I use it, but it's still much slower than running the thing on the hard drive... especially when running from USB 1.1 at school in the older labs.
Then the computer has to be on whenever you want to play. Take for instance, if I wake up one morning and feel like firing up a game of Mario Kart. Oops, can't, forgot to power on the computer first. Plus, I can't imagine a USB wireless adapter having the same range as a router.
While earlier versions of Office would run just fine on computers with 800 to 1000 MHz processors, and 256 MB of RAM
(Emphasis mine)
Are you kidding? I remember running Office 2000 on my Pentium 166 with 64mb RAM, and it chugged along happily. I even tried installing Office 2003 on it, didn't seem like it was bad. It was too far out of date to be used, but Office 2003 didn't seem to complain.
Now, I didn't RTFA, but it seems the whole point it is trying to make is that software firewalls AREN'T doing just that.
From the summary:
Not one of the six firewall programs the magazine tested, regardless of whether commercial or freeware, could prevent all attempts from the test programs at establishing outgoing connections between the PC and the internet.'
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Actually, the Pentium was released March 22, 1993.. At least, according to Wikipedia.
Perhaps because it's such a recurring thing, that it isn't news anymore.
Not ext4, it's too cool for software.
Did you miss #2? Wait for consoles to break down around the same time manufacturing costs drop
Funny ratings do not count towards karma. Combine that with the -1 Overrated and -1 Offtopic, I didn't get much Karma out of the 2 posts :)
1. Sell consoles
2. Wait for consoles to break down around the same time manufacturing costs drop
3. Profit!
Haha... 4 words. Make that 7, because I don't know how to count.
Create it and they will get it.
I for one, don't think GIF is going anywhere. Limited to 256 colours, sure. Keep in mind GIF is one of the most well supported image formats out there, and in the same format we have both transparency (1-bit, at that) and animation. PNG is nice, but thanks to Microsoft, and it's own not supporting animation, it just doesn't work for some things yet.
I'm sure a big supporter of PNG, but understand why GIF is still around.
She doesn't need to worry. Sony is quite smart enough to know not to use their own batteries.
When was the last time you checked Opera's website? Any time in the past year since they released it free? :)
Wait... there's ANOTHER WAY?
I think "special effects" are definitely a plus when used nicely.
... meh.
For example, I like the:
Cube effect of a virtual desktop, to make it easier to distinguish between them
Window drop shadows makes it easier to see the "layers" of windows, especially when working with many small windows
Minimize effects, like the Genie effect in OSX, so you can "see" your window minimizing, you know where it's gone
Scrolling effect on drop-down boxes and menus are nice, fading
Of course, things like wobbly however are just annoying and useless. I don't need my window to wobble when I drag it, or bounce when I maximise.
But, if anything, the one thing I miss the most when I'm not using Windows, is the "shifting" effect on taskbar items. For example, I have 6 windows open: I close the second, the third to the end will slide to the left to fill the gap. Then, if one of the applications open spawns a new window (Say, MSN opening a new conversation) it will push all the others to the right to open right next to it's parent. It's nice having all my MSN windows together, Windows Explorer together, etc, etc.
What reason would they have for stopping people from running their software? They are a software company.
That's only if you don't use it. It still costs 25c/min for first 5 minutes of the day...
15c/min for the rest of the day, and Long distance is another story.
Of course, it's nice that it's free for call display, voice messaging, receiving text messages.
Still, I have a Virgin Mobile phone, but I'd never use it for a full conversation.
Yes, but what does Firefox do if it crashes, or you need to close it quickly?
Not to mention, do this and you lose ALL your browsing history. What if you want to keep some of it?
How about the fact that it'll fit on a flash drive, with only a 264kb disk space use? I'd say that's a nice selling point right there. Firefox requires an installation, and is dog slow from my flash drive. Yes, I know of Portable Firefox, and I use it, but it's still much slower than running the thing on the hard drive... especially when running from USB 1.1 at school in the older labs.
Then the computer has to be on whenever you want to play. Take for instance, if I wake up one morning and feel like firing up a game of Mario Kart. Oops, can't, forgot to power on the computer first. Plus, I can't imagine a USB wireless adapter having the same range as a router.
Are you kidding? I remember running Office 2000 on my Pentium 166 with 64mb RAM, and it chugged along happily. I even tried installing Office 2003 on it, didn't seem like it was bad. It was too far out of date to be used, but Office 2003 didn't seem to complain.
Are you aware OpenOffice saves in OpenDocument formats by default?
From: WikipediaNow, I didn't RTFA, but it seems the whole point it is trying to make is that software firewalls AREN'T doing just that.
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