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by sid0 15y ago
Because that paradigm is currently restricted to rich people in first-world countries where always-on fast internet is ubiquitous and you can sync everything to the cloud without much trouble. The rest of us will continue using not-very-hig
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by sid0 15y ago
You obviously unmount or decouple your external drive in software first You do? I'm often too lazy to.
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by sid0 15y ago
I also want it to continue the non-conflicting files while I'm deciding. Windows 7 does it, so I imagine it wouldn't regress in Windows 8.
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by sid0 15y ago
The tacit assumption you're making is that all wishes should command equal respect. They shouldn't. If the wishes of a creator include his creation not being available to buy where I live, well then, fuck his wishes.
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by sid0 15y ago
Because I don't use Firefox. Well, then, given that it solves a problem you have, maybe you should reconsider that. I get your general point, but your vision seems to require being locked into one vendor, and I certainly don't want that,
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by sid0 15y ago
Will iCloud be an open protocol? Will I have access to it on my Android phone? Firefox Sync is an open protocol -- there's nothing stopping somebody from writing a Chrome extension implementing it.
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by sid0 15y ago
I don't see why you need to wait, though. The time it takes to set everything up is O(number of devices * number of services), both of which are pretty small, and the benefits you get are O(time you use the device), which is pretty large. i
128.
by sid0 15y ago
Again, Firefox Sync is already that. Why aren't you using it right now?
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by sid0 15y ago
If I have a webpage open in my browser, it shows up on my tablet when I open my tablet browser and the changes get pushed back to the desktop when I sign back in Firefox Sync. documents Dropbox. email That's how IMAP works. I have my
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by sid0 15y ago
I personally think being liberal in what you accept from others is the second worst evil in computer science. The worst being null, of course.
131.
by sid0 15y ago
Secure URLs can show a lock icon in the tab. Careful, careful. Most browsers have gotten rid of the lock icon for SSL-enabled sites because it simply isn't accurate.
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by sid0 15y ago
> Many people consider anything that appears in a browser window to be "the web"; if you want to convince us otherwise, at least give a reason. Surely you're more informed than the "many people" you refer to?
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by sid0 15y ago
To my (non-native) ears, that sounds overly formal.
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by sid0 15y ago
Nah, it's a bad design decision. I've written more about it at http://monogatari.doukut.su/2010/12/lightweight-javascript-d... Python does it right, though.
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by sid0 15y ago
Don't forget on a Mac you're much less often moving your mouse to the top right corner (window closing is on the top left of a window. I move the mouse to the top right whenever I want to just get it out of the way. May be worth turning
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by sid0 15y ago
Hot corners seem like a terrible idea, simply because they're far too easy to acquire (by Fitts' Law). I don't want Expose or whatever to show up every single time I move my mouse to the top right corner, which is often accidentally.
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by sid0 15y ago
Plus every terminal (including on Mac) and every other OS uses Enter to execute a command or program. Edit: wow, downvoted for expressing a fact. Stay classy.
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by sid0 15y ago
They care so much they bind execute to cmd-down rather than the completely sensible Enter.
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by sid0 15y ago
Yes, the line joining is precisely where people trip up, the classic example being return { foo: bar }
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by sid0 15y ago
Believe it or not, a ton of people outside the US use the en-US localization.
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by sid0 15y ago
Who cares if you don't like their TOS? That is an unsatisfying way to look at it. I think a better way to look at it is "it's public knowledge, therefore the public has the freedom to complain about it and hope that Google will listen."
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by sid0 15y ago
Am I the only one who finds this disturbing?
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by sid0 15y ago
you can literally throw just about anything on the app store and it will make a couple hundred a month Do you think this is healthy in the long run?
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by sid0 15y ago
Firefox Mobile has had desktop builds since forever.
145.
by sid0 15y ago
Usually research, when you need to sift through a large number of pages and look for something relevant. I find myself having 200+ tabs open when I'm in that sort of mode.
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by sid0 15y ago
Well, he said major.
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by sid0 15y ago
No, the search box is still there, and I'm pretty sure the solution to that won't be what Chrome does. I remember hearing something about the address bar becoming a little modal.
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by sid0 15y ago
Hah, looks like I touched a nerve here. -9 points and counting.
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by sid0 15y ago
I think it's safe to say at this point that most "techy" people have moved to Macbooks - by "most" I mean over 50%. Oh, Americans and their blinkered worldviews.
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by sid0 15y ago
This site should be renamed Apple Fanboy News, that's why. I'm tired of these worthless submissions. There are lots of things I like about my OS, but I'm not insecure enough to need to justify any love I might have by telling everybody on H

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