holygoat

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by holygoat 12y ago
John, you really don't know what you're talking about. Give it a rest. Chrome on iOS does way more than you think it does -- e.g., it uses its own network stack.
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by holygoat 12y ago
We're certainly finding interesting Swift bugs, that's true.
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by holygoat 12y ago
That's true, but we're also still learning, and things are changing as Swift and libraries evolve.
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by holygoat 12y ago
There is much more to a browser in 2014 than just rendering HTML and running JavaScript.
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by holygoat 13y ago
The storage API is very similar -- a few record extensions, a few headers changed. The auth layer is completely new, and there's no iOS client library for it, nor any plans for one that I know of.
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by holygoat 13y ago
Mozilla Corporation gets paid by Google to offer Google as a search engine to Firefox users. There's no sponsorship relationship — it's a mutual exchange of value. See the corporation's audited financial statements: https:&#
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by holygoat 13y ago
Self-hosting is on its way!
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by holygoat 13y ago
Both the auth server and the Sync server are available.
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by holygoat 15y ago
Err… you're wrong. Native Fennec doesn't use XUL for the UI . It still uses Gecko and XUL for web content. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fennec/NativeUI/Architecture_Overvi...
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by holygoat 15y ago
(I'm a Mozillian.) These are slightly sensationalist ways of phrasing the following facts: * libxul hit linker limits on 32-bit Windows builds with profile guided optimization enabled, as it did a couple of years ago. PGO uses a lot of memo
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by holygoat 15y ago
No, not all hackers do! Perhaps all hackers should. From my own experience, sometimes it takes a major life event to shake one into thinking about the "what" and the "why" of life.
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by holygoat 15y ago
If "production" implies "support", I recommend Allegro Common Lisp or Closure CL.
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by holygoat 15y ago
There's an add on to put the RSS button back. Check addons.mozilla.org. Please file a bug about your crash.
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by holygoat 16y ago
I'm English. I live in the US. I actually like the American "how are you?" ritual; it can simply act as a ritual, but it can also convey genuine welcome, or you can go "off script" as necessary. Contrast to the older English "how do you do"
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by holygoat 16y ago
I'm pretty sure that's the case :D Chrome's location bar provides everything you _type_ to Google, and using its sync feature gives them all of your bookmarks and history.
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by holygoat 16y ago
Give Vertical Tabs a shot. It's faster, albeit no tree handling. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vertical-tabs...
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by holygoat 16y ago
I find Vertical Tabs to be much faster; I didn't actually use the tree feature! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vertical-tabs...
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by holygoat 16y ago
Sync intentionally doesn't allow you to see your data on the web: it's encrypted . If you could view it through a webpage, it could be stolen or subpoenaed, and we're not willing to take that risk with your passwords and history. If you wa
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by holygoat 16y ago
Yes, it's a little more complex than Chrome's sync... but Chrome's sync keeps most of your data in cleartext on Google's servers, and even their optional encryption is relatively weak (low-entropy key derived from your password). I don't li
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by holygoat 16y ago
Probably just you. There could be a Flash embed in the page that's capturing the keystroke...
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by holygoat 16y ago
Three months.
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by holygoat 16y ago
Yes! http://blog.getfirebug.com/2011/03/21/firebug-1-7-0/
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by holygoat 16y ago
Everything you type in Chrome's location bar is sent to Google, most likely unencrypted. Every single character. If you want to turn this behavior on in Firefox, you can do so with a simple add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/
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by holygoat 16y ago
Thank you for understanding what Mozilla is about!
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by holygoat 16y ago
Which is the problem with democracy.
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by holygoat 16y ago
And use tools that are aware of directories: tar -C, NERDtree for Vim, zsh globbing.
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by holygoat 16y ago
The older and more educated the Brit, the more likely that is. I would sometimes say that, but the majority of Britons today would say "wot car are we drivin', eh lads?", or ask in Urdu.
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by holygoat 16y ago
I think the poster means that for the average person Facebook is the channel you maintain for people you know publicly (i.e., weak social interactions) to contact you, and email/phone is for your inner circle. For some of us it's the other
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by holygoat 16y ago
No, it won't have a big effect on warm or OS-optimized startup time... but cold startup time, especially for new releases, is a big area of concern, so it's nice to see wins there!
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by holygoat 16y ago
That was a flippant Sagan reference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s664NsLeFM

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