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The article takes unfair stances against Windows/Linux, Firefox, and ad blocking. However, the last item, "manage your leisure time", is important enough that t

by kylec 18y ago

The article takes unfair stances against Windows/Linux, Firefox, and ad blocking. However, the last item, "manage your leisure time", is important enough that the whole article is a net positive. It's important to take time for leisure, otherwise it creeps into your work time and you end up getting nothing done.

unalone 18y ago
I understand why people use Windows, and I understand why they use Linux. I'm a big fan of the Linux community, but I laugh at the notion that Ubuntu comes even close to rivalling OS X. Windows users are a lot less arrogant than either Linux or Mac users, and so while I'd advise them to switch, I don't like the constant anti-Windows crusades going on. Firefox I really dislike. It's better than IE. No doubt about that. But it progresses with ideas slowly, it's a terribly cluttered browser, I dislike the idea of building a super-powered web browser, and the developers and the community are both extremely distasteful. While I'm not not a huge fan of using Opera myself, it's a much better browser and I absolutely respect the devteam. And I think that if you genuinely want just a speedy, damn fast web browser, Safari's the one to pick. It discourages mass fiddling, and that helps me stay on task a lot. Ad blocking I'm fine with, but people put such emphasis on it. People who use AdSense spend more time telling me how great adlessness is that I find myself wasting more time ignoring them than I do ignoring ads. And, of course, for Safari the adblockers cost money, and I find that paying to remove ads is just immensely silly. I mentioned adblockers just because that's a feature that a lot of people seem to spend their time on. (Sorry if I write long responses to small statements. It's a bad habit.)
- kylec 18y ago
  I think it's funny that the article discourages installing an ad blocker because it would take too much time, yet encourages switching operating systems and browsers without regard to the time it takes to learn a new system. As far as ad blockers for Safari, I use http://safariadblock.sourceforge.net http://safariadblock.sourceforge.net, which seems to be completely free and does a decent job.
  - unalone 18y ago
    It's just a little tic that I have: pretty much every conversation site I've been to, this one included, has a vocal minority that will smatter gobs of AdBlock vitriol into any conversation. Considering most conversation sites are a bit of a time-waster anyway, I felt it was prudent to mention. Thanks for the link, though: I didn't know there was a free adblocker for Safari. I might check it out. </hypocrisy>

by kylec 18y ago

unalone 18y ago

I understand why people use Windows, and I understand why they use Linux. I'm a big fan of the Linux community, but I laugh at the notion that Ubuntu comes even close to rivalling OS X. Windows users are a lot less arrogant than either Linux or Mac users, and so while I'd advise them to switch, I don't like the constant anti-Windows crusades going on. Firefox I really dislike. It's better than IE. No doubt about that. But it progresses with ideas slowly, it's a terribly cluttered browser, I dislike the idea of building a super-powered web browser, and the developers and the community are both extremely distasteful. While I'm not not a huge fan of using Opera myself, it's a much better browser and I absolutely respect the devteam. And I think that if you genuinely want just a speedy, damn fast web browser, Safari's the one to pick. It discourages mass fiddling, and that helps me stay on task a lot. Ad blocking I'm fine with, but people put such emphasis on it. People who use AdSense spend more time telling me how great adlessness is that I find myself wasting more time ignoring them than I do ignoring ads. And, of course, for Safari the adblockers cost money, and I find that paying to remove ads is just immensely silly. I mentioned adblockers just because that's a feature that a lot of people seem to spend their time on. (Sorry if I write long responses to small statements. It's a bad habit.)

kylec 18y ago
I think it's funny that the article discourages installing an ad blocker because it would take too much time, yet encourages switching operating systems and browsers without regard to the time it takes to learn a new system. As far as ad blockers for Safari, I use http://safariadblock.sourceforge.net http://safariadblock.sourceforge.net, which seems to be completely free and does a decent job.
- unalone 18y ago
  It's just a little tic that I have: pretty much every conversation site I've been to, this one included, has a vocal minority that will smatter gobs of AdBlock vitriol into any conversation. Considering most conversation sites are a bit of a time-waster anyway, I felt it was prudent to mention. Thanks for the link, though: I didn't know there was a free adblocker for Safari. I might check it out. </hypocrisy>