You should give PaleMoon a try. Firefox without all the GUI madness of the last few years.
Also, I noticed this quote from the Firefox Hello page:
"Recently, we introduced Firefox Hello, the first global communications system built directly into a browser to help make things easier."
Have they never heard of Virtual Places? It was a browser with built-in chat rooms for each web page. Every web page you visited put you in a chat with everyone else on that page. There were avatars you moved around on the page, and "gestures" and, whatever. This was 1994 or so...
I wanted ninite.com to be the solution to all of my app downloading/installing problems, but it turned out not being the solution to any of them. The idea is great, but one simple test showed the issue with this service.
They try to make insalling an application a one-click affair, and they do this assuming the software you are installing does not install bloatware of it's own. So take Foxit PDF Viewer for example. This was a great, secure alternative to Adobe PDF Reader which many of us used happily for a while. But, as with most software like this, is started getting loaded down with bloat. Specifically, it tries to get you to install certain browser toolbars, or other such madness. This is the true installer from Foxit's website.
So, Ninite takes this installer, and makes sure nothing else has been added to it. However, they have no concept of the genuine installer forcing bloatware on you. It seems they are just checking for 3rd party bloat. So, with the genuine installer you have the option to uncheck this bloatware and not install it. This is not true with Ninite's one-click installer which accepts all of the defaults.
For me, this made ninite a non-starter, and I do as most of us do, and go to the app provider's site to download.
The Volt is a series hybrid (like a desiel-electric train), not a parallel hybrid. The gasoline engine, when it does run, simply charges the batteries and that is it. A distinction that is worth noting IMO.
This judgement is really dismal. I'd like to see what the handful of scholars have to say when studying users interaction with the shitty Slashdot Beta site. They could study the user's extreme boredom as this user waits for the shitty Beta site's page and all its shitty JavaScript and CSS crap to initially load. Then they could capture the trillionth of a second when the person notices that it's the shitty Beta site rather than the Classic site, and the person's anger starts to grow. The photos would progressively show the anger turning into madness, and then finally utter and complete disappointment and despair once the shitty Beta site has finally loaded. The photos could also capture the formation and flow of the very first of many teardrops to cascade down this poor victim's cheeks as the user struggles in vain to read the stories' small text with poor contrast. These trillions upon trillions of frames of total anguish could be examined in excruciating detail, so the awful nature of the Slashdot Beta site could be truly comprehended.
After thinking about this for a beat, I went from "great idea" to "how in the hell would that work?" pretty quickly.
I have admittedly not read the article, but if the camera captures photos, are there photons flying around in particle colliders just flying around bouncing off sub-atomic particles all over the place, enough to get a video of it all happening? I get the feeling photons don't interact with the particles much if at all, which is why now they can only see where they end up (trapped or puncture a gold film?) and guess their path with math...
No one has stopped doing wheel driven land speed cars. This is just a different class. If you want wheel driven, you can look to those classes and there is still plenty of partisipation. However, the wall of air encountered by a wheel driven car causes traction issues (imagine trying to accelerate pressed up against a birck wall) and at some point (I think it is around 400-500 MPH) the wheels just start spinning. it is not an issue of power. Power is easy to come by these days. The traction is the problem, especially on poor surfaces like salf flats. I agree it would be impressive to see these traction issues overcome, but it has been an issue since the ''60s and I don't see a solution in sight. Do you?
I was just pushed to Slashdot Beta. Truthfully, this is the first time I've taken a hard look at it. After some time giving it a real chance, I've decided the comment section is the most troublesome (still?) with the lack of truncated comments and abysmal contrast between the background and the separation delineations.
I thought they backed the fuck off of beta? Why is it back?
Those who modded this poster as a troll have no clue what the poster is doing. They are pointing out that the headline of the article is a LEADING QUESTION, and pigeonholes the reader into a false scenario. The poster simply says they reject the premise that they are a cyborg at all.
The beating your wife question is a classic example of a leading question. Hopefully the post will get modded properly? I'm sorry kruach aum, there are some fools modding today.
While I appreciate your sentiment (trying to help) and that solution might work for some, I am not about to install a plug-in to gain back functionality I had to begin with. That is asinine for a single user, not to mention a non-starter when it comes to configuring the 1,000+ machines I support.
Who said I don't use tabs? I use tabs all the time. I just don't need a single tab telling me what site I'm on when I only have one tab open. The Location bar does a great job of that. The tab bar, when only one tab is open, is completely superfluous. It takes up tons of screen real-estate in the process.
You can not autoHide tabs any longer. They've removed the option from the UI, and the entry in about:config is no longer honored. It has been completely stripped. I'm stuck with FF 22 until they reserve this decision.
It caused minor issues with some new theme they are pushing out. As if I use their themes anyway. Here is what my Firefox layout looks like. http://i.imgur.com/VwQK7vm.png
Simple, clean, minimalistic. And now I have to deal with a tab bar because it messes up their pretty little theme? Fuck you Mozilla.
Here's one example. The browser.tabs.autoHide functionality has been completely stripped. You can no longer hide the tab bar. There was an explosion of posts about it today, so I'm not the only one crying over the loss of this feature.
Slashdot Mirror
You should give PaleMoon a try. Firefox without all the GUI madness of the last few years.
Also, I noticed this quote from the Firefox Hello page:
"Recently, we introduced Firefox Hello, the first global communications system built directly into a browser to help make things easier."
Have they never heard of Virtual Places? It was a browser with built-in chat rooms for each web page. Every web page you visited put you in a chat with everyone else on that page. There were avatars you moved around on the page, and "gestures" and, whatever. This was 1994 or so...
I wanted ninite.com to be the solution to all of my app downloading/installing problems, but it turned out not being the solution to any of them. The idea is great, but one simple test showed the issue with this service. They try to make insalling an application a one-click affair, and they do this assuming the software you are installing does not install bloatware of it's own. So take Foxit PDF Viewer for example. This was a great, secure alternative to Adobe PDF Reader which many of us used happily for a while. But, as with most software like this, is started getting loaded down with bloat. Specifically, it tries to get you to install certain browser toolbars, or other such madness. This is the true installer from Foxit's website.
So, Ninite takes this installer, and makes sure nothing else has been added to it. However, they have no concept of the genuine installer forcing bloatware on you. It seems they are just checking for 3rd party bloat. So, with the genuine installer you have the option to uncheck this bloatware and not install it. This is not true with Ninite's one-click installer which accepts all of the defaults.
For me, this made ninite a non-starter, and I do as most of us do, and go to the app provider's site to download.
It's a shame.
The Volt is a series hybrid (like a desiel-electric train), not a parallel hybrid. The gasoline engine, when it does run, simply charges the batteries and that is it. A distinction that is worth noting IMO.
I am so thankful for Pale Moon. I don't have to read Firefox news with dread anymore. Even at work here using Linux I can enjoy it.
http://www.palemoon.org/
This judgement is really dismal. I'd like to see what the handful of scholars have to say when studying users interaction with the shitty Slashdot Beta site. They could study the user's extreme boredom as this user waits for the shitty Beta site's page and all its shitty JavaScript and CSS crap to initially load. Then they could capture the trillionth of a second when the person notices that it's the shitty Beta site rather than the Classic site, and the person's anger starts to grow. The photos would progressively show the anger turning into madness, and then finally utter and complete disappointment and despair once the shitty Beta site has finally loaded. The photos could also capture the formation and flow of the very first of many teardrops to cascade down this poor victim's cheeks as the user struggles in vain to read the stories' small text with poor contrast. These trillions upon trillions of frames of total anguish could be examined in excruciating detail, so the awful nature of the Slashdot Beta site could be truly comprehended.
After thinking about this for a beat, I went from "great idea" to "how in the hell would that work?" pretty quickly.
I have admittedly not read the article, but if the camera captures photos, are there photons flying around in particle colliders just flying around bouncing off sub-atomic particles all over the place, enough to get a video of it all happening? I get the feeling photons don't interact with the particles much if at all, which is why now they can only see where they end up (trapped or puncture a gold film?) and guess their path with math...
I just started using Open Street Maps today and I'm in love! I can move off from MapQuest now.
No one has stopped doing wheel driven land speed cars. This is just a different class. If you want wheel driven, you can look to those classes and there is still plenty of partisipation. However, the wall of air encountered by a wheel driven car causes traction issues (imagine trying to accelerate pressed up against a birck wall) and at some point (I think it is around 400-500 MPH) the wheels just start spinning. it is not an issue of power. Power is easy to come by these days. The traction is the problem, especially on poor surfaces like salf flats. I agree it would be impressive to see these traction issues overcome, but it has been an issue since the ''60s and I don't see a solution in sight. Do you?
It is a closed cockpit. In the second video he states as such.
opt out of that targeted ad system through controls in their Web browser and iOS and Android phones
Through controls in the browser? How about through controls in the Facebook user interface?
Thank you for the link to the Linux version. I was not aware it existed! Thank you very much.
Reply to undo moderation. Meant to choose Underrated, but for some reason it chose Overrated. Sorry. =/
I was just pushed to Slashdot Beta. Truthfully, this is the first time I've taken a hard look at it. After some time giving it a real chance, I've decided the comment section is the most troublesome (still?) with the lack of truncated comments and abysmal contrast between the background and the separation delineations.
I thought they backed the fuck off of beta? Why is it back?
Those who modded this poster as a troll have no clue what the poster is doing. They are pointing out that the headline of the article is a LEADING QUESTION, and pigeonholes the reader into a false scenario. The poster simply says they reject the premise that they are a cyborg at all.
The beating your wife question is a classic example of a leading question. Hopefully the post will get modded properly? I'm sorry kruach aum, there are some fools modding today.
Just use "USB-compatible" then.
Soooooooooo easy.
That is extremely helpful. Thank you very much.
I still have my tabs on the bottom, even with Firefox 22. Here is what mine looks like with tabs showing. http://i.imgur.com/NrqP9mW.png
Josiah Bruner can die in a fire. That is utter bullshit.
I looked into it. Do they have a browser-only option? I don't need a whole Internet Suite.
While I appreciate your sentiment (trying to help) and that solution might work for some, I am not about to install a plug-in to gain back functionality I had to begin with. That is asinine for a single user, not to mention a non-starter when it comes to configuring the 1,000+ machines I support.
Who said I don't use tabs? I use tabs all the time. I just don't need a single tab telling me what site I'm on when I only have one tab open. The Location bar does a great job of that. The tab bar, when only one tab is open, is completely superfluous. It takes up tons of screen real-estate in the process.
One tab open (hidden tab bar): http://i.imgur.com/VwQK7vm.png
Multiple tabs open (visible tab bar): http://i.imgur.com/NrqP9mW.png
*reverse
You can not autoHide tabs any longer. They've removed the option from the UI, and the entry in about:config is no longer honored. It has been completely stripped. I'm stuck with FF 22 until they reserve this decision.
It caused minor issues with some new theme they are pushing out. As if I use their themes anyway. Here is what my Firefox layout looks like. http://i.imgur.com/VwQK7vm.png
Simple, clean, minimalistic. And now I have to deal with a tab bar because it messes up their pretty little theme? Fuck you Mozilla.
Here's one example. The browser.tabs.autoHide functionality has been completely stripped. You can no longer hide the tab bar. There was an explosion of posts about it today, so I'm not the only one crying over the loss of this feature.