sapper2

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by sapper2 15y ago
But that increases the risk that you share information by mistake (either yours or google+) with the wrong group. That is why people (should) have different email for private and business use. That is why I have facebook and linkedin accoun
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by sapper2 15y ago
Difficult. Basically Firefox XUL allows extensions to do everything that is not forbidden, while the Chrome allows only things that have an explicit API function for it.
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by sapper2 15y ago
EXACTLY my setup. Just compare how much more powerful "iMacros for Firefox" is compared to "iMacros for Chrome" (web browser macro recorder). Same for Firebug. The chrome API has still too many restrictions to make truly useful "system leve
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by sapper2 15y ago
I get a "This webpage is not availableThe server at www.youtube.com...". That looks unprofessional. Get some free website monitoring at alertfox or pingdom. This will not solve your main problem, but having a reliable website is a prerequis
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by sapper2 15y ago
Using the visits of the "BuyNow" page as conversion goal seems like a really bad idea to me. By simply hiding the price, the could have increased this "conversion" even further.
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by sapper2 15y ago
Good for him, this will help him convince the authorities at (a) He is a "nice" guy (b) As sign of their appreciation, they might block quora at least sporadically. I don't know, but I would think that top chinese VC have a personal relatio
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by sapper2 15y ago
Nice and simple interface - but the idea itself seems to be a variation on what alertfox or pingdom are doing? Then again, competition improves lives as well ;)
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by sapper2 15y ago
That is a good point. But FWIW I personally know several "shareware" developers that told me the same story with their own products. The bottom line is always: $9.99 = bargain bin pricing. Good converting prices start at $29.95 and up for
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Skype crashes again(theinquirer.net)
2 points by sapper2 15y ago|5 comments
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by sapper2 15y ago
Yeah... I learned that the hard way, too. I can't describe how stupid I felt at that moment...
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by sapper2 15y ago
Don't forget, Win 3.1 and 95 were a HUGE commercial success.
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by sapper2 15y ago
A technology that can - by the core physics behind it - make large parts of a country uninhabitable upon failure has no future. And is crazy for a small country like Japan. Maybe it is better than coal. But Germany plans to replace them wit
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by sapper2 15y ago
Good move aka burning bridges. If managed right, this will enhance the development and use of better technologies.
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by sapper2 15y ago
I wish they had a page titled "why we are better Google Analytics"
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by sapper2 15y ago
Downgrading to Skype 4.2 seems to solve it. http://blog.alertfox.com/2011/05/mysterious-skype-crash-down...
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by sapper2 15y ago
Unless they have the quick, silent updates of Chrome AND the (so far) perfect quality control of Chrome, these quick releases do more harm then good.
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by sapper2 15y ago
MS should support them with some funding.
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by sapper2 15y ago
> The fact that women prefer men who are good at socializing is, ironically, direct Darwinian selection for intelligence. Wow... you really made my day! That is the BEST statement ever :-))) My girlfriend is prettier than yours, so I am
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by sapper2 15y ago
How do you know? Did you ever see "him"?
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by sapper2 15y ago
As a C# developer this is great news for me. Finally, I can join the mobile crowd.
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by sapper2 15y ago
Well, complex addons like Firebug or iMacros will always be slower than addons that are essentially fancy bookmarks. I do not care about start up time - I do care about page load time and general responsiveness once Firefox is running.
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by sapper2 16y ago
I agree. That is why eBay is such a failure ;-)
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by sapper2 16y ago
For Google, open-source is a marketing strategy. Not more and not less.
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by sapper2 16y ago
>more generally: real extensions Agree. Compare for example iMacros for Firefox and iMacros for Chrome, and you see the limitations of the Chrome extension API.
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Google accuses China of meddling with Gmail(news.cnet.com)
1 points by sapper2 16y ago|0 comments
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by sapper2 16y ago
Great tips, but BEFORE you start tweaking a website, you should monitor the current performance so you can actually measure the improvements from the end user perspective. AlertFox and Browsermob have good free plans for this: http://alert