I want a solid, fast browser that supports the great extensions that Mozilla didn't write, and continues to support developments in the core web standards space.
You could use SeaMonkey. Same core, different and more sane interface implementation.
Or at least it used to be. The head developer has been forcing his redesigns of some windows when it was never necessary. However, it's still much better than Firefox, and will likely remain as such, if only because it doesn't hide nearly as many preferences in about:config.
There's also K-Meleon that you could try, but that's Windows-only.
After Firefox 1.0, they originally went with 1.1. But because they felt the next version was a major leap, but not that major, they went for 1.5. Then they thought to go with 1.6, but it was major once more, so they went with 2.0.
The next version was going to be so awesome, they immediately decided to make it 3.0.
I don't know what they were thinking after that, as I stopped paying attention to silly developer politics, but I've seen that they didn't stop being arbitrary with the numbers. 3.5, then 3.6, finally 4.0? WTF?
Mozilla and Netscape were almost identical except for the branding.
Netscape had a couple more features, like an integrated AIM client, among others.
Mozilla was also huge and massively bloated. This bloat was the reason why a splinter offshoot, Firefox, was created.
This is wrong, and a good example of revisioning. Mozilla never was bloated. What happened is that a team of Mozilla developers wanted to concentrate on making an IE-killer. They started the Phoenix project with the goal of making the best Windows browser with the "right set of features" (it never was about minimalism, unlike what you often hear).
The popularity that Phoenix, later Firebird, and finally Firefox, enjoyed, was thanks to marketing that the Mozilla suite never got. Firefox was portrayed as new and cool, while the Mozilla suite was this testing bed they were using that looked like the old Netscape browser.
You made the fundamentally flawed assumption that parents want to raise their kids. They don't*, they want the government to do it and they want to bitch about what a bad job the government does too.
Whatever happened to "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?"
That got shelved because it's false. Bullying doesn't have to get physical to be effective. You don't have to be weak-minded for it to affect you. If you're strong of mind, it will just take longer for it to get through to you.
But that doesn't matter. What matters is that Jimbo is appealing for donations to a cause that Wikipedia doesn't represent any more every year. So either Wikipedia's mission statement hasn't really changed, or it's misrepresentation to get people to donate. I'd go for the latter, personally.
It was their objective for many years, and you can still see mention of this objective in places on Wikipedia. Like in Jimbo's annual letter calling for donations, for example.
Plenty of anniversary editions for products are released with minimal to no changes from the original.
But they come with plenty of extras.
Sure you could have bought LOTRs individually when they came out but buying the box set costs way more and gives the buyer a slightly different feel for their product ("I have the whole set!").
The games are still available individually. Can't deny the subjective feel of having the special box, though.
What makes limited edition or anniversary products cost more is exactly that... they're limited. You can't buy the 25th anniversary edition of Zelda next year, you buy it now and after this year they stop making it.
This really isn't that different from every other game. They don't keep printing them either, unless it gets Game of the Year edition or something.
Except for the canvas element, there's not much HTML5 to be found here. It's mostly about DOM manipulation using JavaScript and about fancy new CSS styles.
Well here's the bottom line, as soon as people realized that html5 would have taken us back to the days of "this website is best viewed with browser" it was dead in the water.
Spoke like an ignorant who thinks HTML5 consists of nothing more than the video and audio elements.
The only possible issue here is that Google is trying to wage war against a perfectly good video format, but that's Google acting like a 5 year old, not a problem with HTML5.
H.264 is not perfectly good. Stop spreading bullshit and acting like a 5-year-old that doesn't want to let go of his favourite toy.
Stopping Wdinwso from getting a virus isn't a diffucult proposition.
Install decent AV in it, keep the subscription up to date, done.
That doesn't stop Windows from getting a virus. It stops the virus from doing harm by detecting it before it can get to work. Once the virus is in, you've already lost
It's not imagination if there's precedent (in this case, copyright extensions). Your e-mail and career pigeons comparison, now that is a great case of imagination. Stop trolling.
Are you serious? This is the FIRST Nintendo system to be fully region locked. Not exactly "evidence for some time".
Games bought in the Wii Shop Channel are tied to your Wii. Did your Wii break? Too bad, you lost all your downloaded games too (unless you manage to make a stink out of it or live in a country with good customer protection).
Want to use your Wii however you like with homebrew? Too bad, Nintendo will fuck you over with firmware updates.
Nintendo released a 4.2 firmware update that had a high chance of bricking your Wii.
Nintendo released firmware updates that disabled FreeLoader discs, which were a legal way to play import games without voiding the warranty.
The Wii's graphical chipset is prone to overheating, an issue that Nintendo doesn't admit to. Meanwhile Wiis that aren't covered by warranty any more often break due to this flaw or have graphical glitches.
The Wii is region locked in a time of globalisation.
All DS games since the release of the DSi are have a region lock when played with the DSi.
Do you live in a different country than a friend of yours that you want to gift a Virtual Console game or WiiWare game to? Too bad, you're not allowed to do that.
There are some RPGs for the DS, but in general they suck pretty bad.
What are you talking about? The DS has the excellent Etrian Odyssey games, some Shin Megami Tensi games, Dragon Quest remakes, the Mario and Luigi games, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, Phantasy Star 0, The World Ends With You,... The list goes on.
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What I see is an increased attack surface for exploits.
That sounds like SeaMonkey.
You could use SeaMonkey. Same core, different and more sane interface implementation.
Or at least it used to be. The head developer has been forcing his redesigns of some windows when it was never necessary. However, it's still much better than Firefox, and will likely remain as such, if only because it doesn't hide nearly as many preferences in about:config.
There's also K-Meleon that you could try, but that's Windows-only.
Their versioning has always been arbitrary.
After Firefox 1.0, they originally went with 1.1. But because they felt the next version was a major leap, but not that major, they went for 1.5. Then they thought to go with 1.6, but it was major once more, so they went with 2.0.
The next version was going to be so awesome, they immediately decided to make it 3.0.
I don't know what they were thinking after that, as I stopped paying attention to silly developer politics, but I've seen that they didn't stop being arbitrary with the numbers. 3.5, then 3.6, finally 4.0? WTF?
Netscape had a couple more features, like an integrated AIM client, among others.
This is wrong, and a good example of revisioning. Mozilla never was bloated. What happened is that a team of Mozilla developers wanted to concentrate on making an IE-killer. They started the Phoenix project with the goal of making the best Windows browser with the "right set of features" (it never was about minimalism, unlike what you often hear).
The popularity that Phoenix, later Firebird, and finally Firefox, enjoyed, was thanks to marketing that the Mozilla suite never got. Firefox was portrayed as new and cool, while the Mozilla suite was this testing bed they were using that looked like the old Netscape browser.
According to the article, that's 4.5 hours with 3D OFF, WIRELESS OFF, and SOUND OFF. Still think it's decent?
Those batteries must have been of very low quality, as you can easily get something like 30 hours out of an original Game Boy.
That's quote-worthy material, sir/madam.
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That got shelved because it's false. Bullying doesn't have to get physical to be effective. You don't have to be weak-minded for it to affect you. If you're strong of mind, it will just take longer for it to get through to you.
But that doesn't matter. What matters is that Jimbo is appealing for donations to a cause that Wikipedia doesn't represent any more every year. So either Wikipedia's mission statement hasn't really changed, or it's misrepresentation to get people to donate. I'd go for the latter, personally.
It was their objective for many years, and you can still see mention of this objective in places on Wikipedia. Like in Jimbo's annual letter calling for donations, for example.
Have you actually tried any Wii games with FPS controls? Metroid Prime 3 shows how it's done.
What are you talking about?
But they come with plenty of extras.
The games are still available individually. Can't deny the subjective feel of having the special box, though.
This really isn't that different from every other game. They don't keep printing them either, unless it gets Game of the Year edition or something.
Except for the canvas element, there's not much HTML5 to be found here. It's mostly about DOM manipulation using JavaScript and about fancy new CSS styles.
Spoke like an ignorant who thinks HTML5 consists of nothing more than the video and audio elements.
You write Firefox add-ons/extensions, not plug-ins. :(
Steve Ballmer, is that you?
H.264 is not perfectly good. Stop spreading bullshit and acting like a 5-year-old that doesn't want to let go of his favourite toy.
That doesn't stop Windows from getting a virus. It stops the virus from doing harm by detecting it before it can get to work. Once the virus is in, you've already lost
They're working on hardware acceleration. Chicken and egg, you know.
The same can be said about HTML5, you know. Chicken and egg situation again. Plus, YouTube is a very popular video site that uses WebM already.
Why people like you keep spouting bullshit on this topic and keep missing the point is beyond me.
Most users don't read pop-ups. They hate them and want them to go away as fast as possible so they can continue to do what they were doing.
Instead of bothering the user with a pop-up, we could have something that just works.
It's not imagination if there's precedent (in this case, copyright extensions). Your e-mail and career pigeons comparison, now that is a great case of imagination. Stop trolling.
Not always. There is something like "too much choice", and there are things we want to standardise on.
What are you talking about? The DS has the excellent Etrian Odyssey games, some Shin Megami Tensi games, Dragon Quest remakes, the Mario and Luigi games, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, Phantasy Star 0, The World Ends With You,... The list goes on.