Having been incredibly productive with dynamically-typed languages, it would be difficult for me to put into words how wrong-headed and foolish your opinions are.
So, instead, I'll point out that you misunderstood: they mean "typing" as in "writing text on a keyboard with fingers".
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Actually - the solution is to type in the correct position, with your wrists slightly elevated to be level with your hands. (Carpal tunnel free!) No discoloration on any laptop o' mine.
Your first reason is perfectly valid, of course, although most people don't view the issue in those terms; software freedom does not play a major factor in browser choice. The second makes sense, though I haven't noticed the difference at all.
On the third, however, you're simply wrong. Firefox does not have extensions because of software freedom; it has extensions because it offers a framework for *making* extensions. Plenty of non-free software has plugins available - like Excel, for instance. Without xul and the hooks for Firefox extensions, there would *be* no Firefox extensions, freedom be damned.
Let's not forget as well that Opera does far more out of the box and faster; Firefox extensions, on the other hand, can be ugly, slow, or broken, and often fail to work after an upgrade. Extensions are a draw for some, but I think they're less important than power users make them out to be. They are *no* excuse for poor design.
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I feel I should note today has been rather annoying for me, and seeing the above modded "informative" actually made me crack a grin.
So, instead, I'll point out that you misunderstood: they mean "typing" as in "writing text on a keyboard with fingers".
Hey, man, leave C++ out of this.
How exactly would you characterize WINE, then? It's very possible I'm being dense ...
You're missing some knowledge which is necessary for comprehending the written word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographical_error http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context Hope this helps.
Here you go, troll bait. "Exclamation point" refers to a punctuation mark, commonly used especially in languages with a Latin alphabet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclamation_point
Actually - the solution is to type in the correct position, with your wrists slightly elevated to be level with your hands. (Carpal tunnel free!) No discoloration on any laptop o' mine.
Your first reason is perfectly valid, of course, although most people don't view the issue in those terms; software freedom does not play a major factor in browser choice. The second makes sense, though I haven't noticed the difference at all.
On the third, however, you're simply wrong. Firefox does not have extensions because of software freedom; it has extensions because it offers a framework for *making* extensions. Plenty of non-free software has plugins available - like Excel, for instance. Without xul and the hooks for Firefox extensions, there would *be* no Firefox extensions, freedom be damned.
Let's not forget as well that Opera does far more out of the box and faster; Firefox extensions, on the other hand, can be ugly, slow, or broken, and often fail to work after an upgrade. Extensions are a draw for some, but I think they're less important than power users make them out to be. They are *no* excuse for poor design.
By definition, if Jessica Alba is in a bikini, then there's too much of Jessica Alba in a bikini.
On the contrary, it upsets me very much to see Jessica Alba in a bikini. It upsets me very much, in fact, to see her wearing anything at all.