progrock

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by progrock 14y ago
I wonder if this is a world wide issue?
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by progrock 14y ago
I agree you've got to make it easy for people to find and install software. It's the same for all OS users though. I know enough Apple and Windows users that have never installed any software on their machines whatsoever. My brother called
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by progrock 14y ago
As an end user, I just don't end up knowing quite how my privacy is impacted when signing in through a third party site. I signed up to a site only yesterday that gave me the option of signing in (or was that signing up - I haven't a clue..
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by progrock 14y ago
Having an issue with the Tree Style Tabs in Nightly, closed pages aren't resulting in closed tabs.
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by progrock 14y ago
I was really asking about whether anyone actually used Tab Groups that are built into the Firefox core. Tabs to me are really window manager territory. I'm fed up of the inconsistancy across applications. Thanks for the suggestion of Tree
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by progrock 14y ago
Does anyone actually use this feature? I'm always waiting for better tab managment in Firefox, and this just isn't it.
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by progrock 14y ago
You can push to it - email, web pages etc. It's my most used 'web browser.'
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by progrock 14y ago
Italics in logos may well be offically out!
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by progrock 14y ago
You mean simply 'Simon.' The Chrome logo has been called into question about it's similarity in the past. Weirdly I now associate those primary colours with Google rather than M$.
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by progrock 14y ago
Typing the Php sample code - mainly the namespace stuff was a horrible experience. Please find some code that isn't laden heavy with use statements. I'd expect my editor to autocomplete these...
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by progrock 14y ago
I got so fed up with browsers and their font issues. That I just use one now, that I can read easily at a good size. I override the author's choice everytime.
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by progrock 14y ago
Was surprised to find this.
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by progrock 14y ago
Users might not be even aware of how the data is being shared, or if it's being shared at all. I signed up to Facebook under a pseudonym recently, but with an old work email address. I only wanted it as a throwaway account. The auto frien
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by progrock 14y ago
Don't really care what they look like. Not very memorable though.
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by progrock 14y ago
LightW8?
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by progrock 14y ago
$60,000 from a charity. Sigh.
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by progrock 14y ago
Yeah and how can you trademark a word like 'Apple.' It beggars belief. How about Microsoft Metro?
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by progrock 14y ago
Still not really sure what it is. I tried the help page, but it foisted a login upon me before I could go any further. The about link is hidden from eye, and still doesn't really explain things.
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by progrock 14y ago
I thought that was deliberate! To humanise it.
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by progrock 14y ago
Do make that clear. I'm not in the US and that's far from obvious.
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by progrock 14y ago
> The desktop really doesn't need reinventing. There's certainly plenty of room for improvement though. I can remember trying Window managers 10 years back, and workspaces - and thinking how great they were. And how they were a refres
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by progrock 14y ago
Here's a good breakdown of the license fee: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/12/bbc-spen...
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by progrock 14y ago
While you may think the license is good value. If we have a TV in the UK and watch it we have to pay the license. The fee is for the BBC channels alone. I can't choose to watch commercial TV only and not pay the fee. Simple solution is
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by progrock 14y ago
How abstract is this though? Can I say take the main menu and do what I like with it? Can I grab the local task menu? Etc. Rather can this be left completely to the Window Manager? I.e this is a menu, this is a tab. Now present it as
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by progrock 14y ago
If Unity is described as a Shell for the GNOME desktop environment. Then that sounds about right to me. Perhaps better questions to ask would be what is Gnome 3? What is Gnome Shell? And what is Gnome? Sorry but it's a bit difficult to comm
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by progrock 14y ago
I don't want to bash Gnome. I have Debian testing (Wheezy), and I did try Gnome 3. It's steadily improving, though I still have issues with it. I try it every now and then - but I'm retreating to XFCE for the time being. Gnome feels un-u
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by progrock 14y ago
Isn't Unity currently built on top of Gnome 3?
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by progrock 14y ago
I guess the problem here is that they are under no legal framework, for what they do with their profits. ISPs these days I'd have thought would actually be classed as a utility company. Many local governments - even the police are using th
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by progrock 14y ago
> but sadly this might not work well if an article were all chopped up with tons of commentary I think this should be left to the domain of the browser. Create a tool for filtering and showing certain aspects.
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by progrock 14y ago
Does it really matter where the links are listed - in the article or at the end? Opera has a side panel, one of which is the Links panel. That pulls links out of the page and lists them alongside. But this alone isn't that much use. The

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