Or it could be more petty then that. Imagine Powell the Elder saying "Fuck you, Mr President" as he walks out the door. What's an engraged POTUS to do? Why, take revenge on the son, of course.
I'm using Firefox 1.0 with Flahblock on XP, and the sample page loaded instantly for me. But selection speed, and cursor change, all slow as ass.
Flash really was the only choice for this. You need a vector format, and svg just doesn't cut it right now for a host of reasons. But it's still annoying.
My response is similar to rodgerds. Gas will one day run out, but electricity is forever. It's better to go with the option that at least has the possibility of being renewable, rather then the one you know is not.
But for cool factor, and quantity of water, get a samovar.
I heard the soldiers will get Aeron chairs and free massages in their foxholes.
It'd be well worth it if both sides would agree to fight only with Nerf bats.
outrigger: "The whole keyboard is essentially unused in a browser - and I can't assign a simple, handy key to go back a page"
Well, for an easy, large target to press to go back... you could press "Backspace." Or, you could try a mouse gesture extension as Token Meme suggested.
As for the other... In Firefox, the whole keyboard is used when you turn on Find-as-you-type. For example, I saw tracicle thank Skrik for providing a link, so I simply started typing "skrik" to have my window instantly scroll to the comment (Pressing Ctrl+G to switch between cases where "skrik" shows up).
I know that it's possible to activate FAYT in Opera, but the Ctrl+F slows me down, and I've yet to find a way to deactivate it via keyboard so that the other Opera keyboard functions can be used again. Also, it seems you can't follow found/highlighted links in Opera by pressing "Enter".
But different folks, strokes, etc. To a large extent, Opera versus Firefox is the new Mac vs PC. One is expensive, the other cheap (free). One features tight integration of features, the other provides a larger body of developer support (extensions). One seems to be stuck in a niche position, while the other seems to be gaining popularity and attention. Luckily, the comparision doesn't hold when you bring up intent: both are on the side of good.
Against the evil monopoly of...Unix/IE? Hmmm. Must find drawing board.
If I had a Mac (and I'd so like to have one) I would wait until at least Firefox 1.1 was out before trying. From the developer blogs I read, the Mac port for 1.0 was kinda rushed.
Awesome!
posted by catachresis 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Guide to Bittorrent for St00pids"
Avoid Exeem. That has spyware.
posted by catachresis 19 years ago
In "FCC Chairman Powell announces His Resignation."
Or it could be more petty then that. Imagine Powell the Elder saying "Fuck you, Mr President" as he walks out the door. What's an engraged POTUS to do? Why, take revenge on the son, of course.
posted by catachresis 19 years ago
In "What's on Dubya's 'pod?"
Of the two mac families I've known, one of them full of die-hard Repubs.
posted by catachresis 19 years ago
In "The worst, most disgusting action figures, ever"
This could be much, much worse. I'll leave it at that.
posted by catachresis 19 years ago
In "WIGU!"
"My sadness has spread to my lungs" I sense that I'm in for a good read. Hehe.
posted by catachresis 19 years ago
In "Skeletal structures"
This is so very nifty indeed! Yer on the right track, Mr. Knickerbocker.
posted by catachresis 19 years ago
In "Firefox Extension: Makelink 2.0"
Seems similar to Paste Happy (Instructions). I, too, love Firefox.
posted by catachresis 19 years ago
In "Typography FINALLY Meets the Web"
I'm using Firefox 1.0 with Flahblock on XP, and the sample page loaded instantly for me. But selection speed, and cursor change, all slow as ass. Flash really was the only choice for this. You need a vector format, and svg just doesn't cut it right now for a host of reasons. But it's still annoying.
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
In "Curious George: Gas or Electric"
My response is similar to rodgerds. Gas will one day run out, but electricity is forever. It's better to go with the option that at least has the possibility of being renewable, rather then the one you know is not. But for cool factor, and quantity of water, get a samovar.
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
In "Are You A Cheap Christian?"
For the life of me, I have trouble finding cheap Christians. Raising lions is hard enough as it is...
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
In "Pentagon builds its own Internet"
I heard the soldiers will get Aeron chairs and free massages in their foxholes. It'd be well worth it if both sides would agree to fight only with Nerf bats.
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
In "Milan's Icebar"
I wonder if this ties in with Europe's supposed distrust (and non-adoption) of air conditioning? In any event, ice is coo—er, nifty.
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
In "Twenty Monkeys with Hats and One Squid"
I do like that Bermuda hatted simian. That and of course the Pope-hatted, I would place on my wall.
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
In "Firefox 1.0 is out"
outrigger: "The whole keyboard is essentially unused in a browser - and I can't assign a simple, handy key to go back a page" Well, for an easy, large target to press to go back... you could press "Backspace." Or, you could try a mouse gesture extension as Token Meme suggested. As for the other... In Firefox, the whole keyboard is used when you turn on Find-as-you-type. For example, I saw tracicle thank Skrik for providing a link, so I simply started typing "skrik" to have my window instantly scroll to the comment (Pressing Ctrl+G to switch between cases where "skrik" shows up). I know that it's possible to activate FAYT in Opera, but the Ctrl+F slows me down, and I've yet to find a way to deactivate it via keyboard so that the other Opera keyboard functions can be used again. Also, it seems you can't follow found/highlighted links in Opera by pressing "Enter". But different folks, strokes, etc. To a large extent, Opera versus Firefox is the new Mac vs PC. One is expensive, the other cheap (free). One features tight integration of features, the other provides a larger body of developer support (extensions). One seems to be stuck in a niche position, while the other seems to be gaining popularity and attention. Luckily, the comparision doesn't hold when you bring up intent: both are on the side of good. Against the evil monopoly of...Unix/IE? Hmmm. Must find drawing board.
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
prismatic7: The middle-click not-working thing is a Mac-only bug, if I recall. See thusly. Alas, I'm having some upgrade bumps here on XP...
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
In "Ashcroft's Outta here!"
Actually, I'm kinda impressed by his vibrato.
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
In "Firefox 1.0 is out"
If I had a Mac (and I'd so like to have one) I would wait until at least Firefox 1.1 was out before trying. From the developer blogs I read, the Mac port for 1.0 was kinda rushed.
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
There's also more then a few reasons to switch from 1.0 PR to 1.0 Final.
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
In "51% Bush and 49% Kerry makes..."
In the future, all elections would be decided by transporter accidents such as these...
posted by catachresis 20 years ago
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