And actually, I initiate conversation IRL too. The problem is that some guys get unnerved by it or make judgments about what kind of girl we might be, so we get reluctant about making the first move.
And, would you be interested in guys who make such judgements about what of a girl you might be?:)
The grandparent is a dick. I understand that this is a transitional period for Firefox extensions authors. That's not my problem. My problem is the direction the browser is heading.
I was a happy 3.6 user. I skipped 4 and upgraded to 5. First thing I notice is that the status bar is gone and replaced with a line that hovers at the bottom of the page, showing the URL.
That's the noob's way. That's how Safari and Chrome do it because they don't want to bother their users. Good for them, but I'm a power user and I want a power browser. I like being in control of my web experience.
The status bar is a part of any sane application. It is intuitive. It gives feedback on what's happening. It's not that you gave us the choice of disabling it, we could already do that ages ago. You simply took it away from us.
I know I can bring it back with an extension but that's not the point. This change was indicative of where Firefox is going. It's becoming a noob browser. If I wanted a noob browser I would use Safari or Chrome. I use Firefox because I want to have all the power extensions that allow me to control how things happen in my browser.
"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
Its the same reason I don't use MSN messenger anymore. That's actually a really great product, but I don't know anyone else who uses it, and that pushes its value to 0.
But for the same reason I fly instead of walk to New York, people like to get content through automated feeds and directly on a device wherever they are.
Dude, fly vs. walking is an extreme comparison just to get your point. There is also road, railway (perhaps), and boat.
Your friend was dealing with sour people. If you nice, you don't usually (repeat, usually) get a PI following you. It's natural that he felt sour for people in general. But not all people are like that.
What I mean to say is that the type of your job effects your opinion on lots of things.
Maybe if we didn't need a lawyer so often and for such little things (not saying that the original poster is in a 'small' situation) we wouldn't hate them so much.
He is not just joking, there was a story or a referance a while back about a guy who blamed something on his cat (something about jumping on the keyboard and pressed the keys) so he wouldn't be held accountable.
Even like this, Gearbox will still deserve credit for "slap the assets all together and box them up". It was Broussard's perfectionism that prevented the game from beeing published.
Sounds rather threatening. Open your platform to homebrew, without restriction, or else we'll open it for you - and make it stupid-simple for this* to happen as a(n un)fortunate 'side-effect'.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh there is lots of majesty even in a rosebud that lives for one night :)
Heh... I just tried them. The first 3 links are down.
Police is a temporary solution. The way to solve crime is through social policy.
I owe Slashdot part of my education. Reading all these insightful people saying things I would never find myself.
I feel I owe you Rob. Thank you :)
Signed
A random guy on the internet.
And actually, I initiate conversation IRL too. The problem is that some guys get unnerved by it or make judgments about what kind of girl we might be, so we get reluctant about making the first move.
And, would you be interested in guys who make such judgements about what of a girl you might be? :)
(I'm hinting the answer is 'no')
I think that creative workd have value because they make us feel, think, and understand.
Why the heck is it so popular nowadays for many humans to be so anti-human?
I think because we don't have respect, neither for ourself, nor the Earth.
... to enable the features that you've paid for!"
Which features that were listed in the product spec when you bought the chip did you not get?
How about the cost that I have paid, such as polution of the enviroment during the manufacturing process.
The grandparent is a dick. I understand that this is a transitional period for Firefox extensions authors. That's not my problem. My problem is the direction the browser is heading.
I was a happy 3.6 user. I skipped 4 and upgraded to 5. First thing I notice is that the status bar is gone and replaced with a line that hovers at the bottom of the page, showing the URL.
That's the noob's way. That's how Safari and Chrome do it because they don't want to bother their users. Good for them, but I'm a power user and I want a power browser. I like being in control of my web experience.
The status bar is a part of any sane application. It is intuitive. It gives feedback on what's happening. It's not that you gave us the choice of disabling it, we could already do that ages ago. You simply took it away from us.
I know I can bring it back with an extension but that's not the point. This change was indicative of where Firefox is going. It's becoming a noob browser. If I wanted a noob browser I would use Safari or Chrome. I use Firefox because I want to have all the power extensions that allow me to control how things happen in my browser.
"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
-- C.S. Lewis
Jokes.
Block JavaScript for google.com ;-)
not using gmail means Google doesn't have access to your mail
How can this be? Even using a mail client, you e-mail is still stored into their servers.
Its the same reason I don't use MSN messenger anymore. That's actually a really great product, but I don't know anyone else who uses it, and that pushes its value to 0.
MSN messenger a great product?
But for the same reason I fly instead of walk to New York, people like to get content through automated feeds and directly on a device wherever they are.
Dude, fly vs. walking is an extreme comparison just to get your point. There is also road, railway (perhaps), and boat.
The Soviet Union fell.
Your friend was dealing with sour people. If you nice, you don't usually (repeat, usually) get a PI following you. It's natural that he felt sour for people in general. But not all people are like that.
What I mean to say is that the type of your job effects your opinion on lots of things.
No point. The state will just bury empty coffins for everyone.
You are getting old dude :P
God help us all.
No, they remain "assholes" even then.
Maybe if we didn't need a lawyer so often and for such little things (not saying that the original poster is in a 'small' situation) we wouldn't hate them so much.
He is not just joking, there was a story or a referance a while back about a guy who blamed something on his cat (something about jumping on the keyboard and pressed the keys) so he wouldn't be held accountable.
It's not women that do this. All people do this.
I find it interesting. If I knew the output it would be boring.
Even like this, Gearbox will still deserve credit for "slap the assets all together and box them up". It was Broussard's perfectionism that prevented the game from beeing published.
Sounds rather threatening. Open your platform to homebrew, without restriction, or else we'll open it for you - and make it stupid-simple for this* to happen as a(n un)fortunate 'side-effect'.
Damn right.