|
The men who made us spend[^], all about consumerism, planned obselence, marketing, gamification etc, well worth a watch
I rarely watch TV but been enjoying this. At one point the guy who created AutoCAD is interviewed, didn't quite realise the effect AutoCAD has had on the world outside construction
|
|
|
|
|
Only available in the UK
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
|
|
|
|
|
|
I'm kind of done with Chrome. It just doesn't play YouTube sound for some video's. I fixed it once, but it came back for no apparent reason. Well FU Chrome, I'm done with you!
So looking at some alternatives.
1. IE. NEXT!!! This wasn't really an alternative to begin with.
2. FireFox. Not bad, used it a while, but still switched to Chrome. Maybe something else?
3. Safari. Nope. Just nope.
4. Opera. Never used it. It's supposed to be good and fast and lightweight... Sounds good! It also has AdBlock and Last.fm scrobbler (my must-have apps). Unfortunately no CP Reputation Watcher, but I guess I'll manage without.
5. Maxthon. Never even heard of it before now. A cloud browser that supposedly makes browsing across different platforms seamless. Great, except that I don't use other platforms for browsing. It probably doesn't have my favourite apps either.
So I think I'll try Opera for a while. Does anyone here actually use Opera? What are your experiences?
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
|
|
|
|
|
Sander Rossel wrote:
I'm kind of done with Chrome. It just doesn't play YouTube sound for some video's. I fixed it once, but it came back for no apparent reason. |
Just unplug the speakers - the sound won't come back again that way, and you can continue with Chrome. 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
|
|
|
|
|
I think you're plugged out... That's the worst advice ever. I call -1,057,731 rep points!
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
|
|
|
|
|
Sander Rossel wrote: That's the worst advice ever
I got it from QA! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
|
|
|
|
|
Well, you should know better than trust a mad Russian...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
-----
The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
-----
I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
|
|
|
|
|
Less YouTube?
But really - if you really angry with Chrome, give a chance to FireFox. It got much better in the last two years...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
|
|
|
|
|
Lynx?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
|
|
|
|
|
Didn't know it. Looked it up. This may well be my new browser! 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
|
|
|
|
|
Sander Rossel wrote: I'm kind of done with Chrome. It just doesn't play YouTube sound for some video's.
Ironically, the only problem I've ever had with chrome was gmail wouldn't work right. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
|
|
|
|
|
The only problem I had with Windows was that IE wouldn't work.
The only problem I had with IE was that Silverlight wouldn't work.
Allright, I had a lot more problems with both, but these are pretty stupid 
YouTube is also owned by Google by the way. And it's the only problem I have in Chrome...
Dammit software giants, get your own software running straight!
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
|
|
|
|
|
Sander Rossel wrote: YouTube is also owned by Google by the way.
Exactly my point.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
|
|
|
|
|
Sander Rossel wrote: The only problem I had with Windows was that IE wouldn't work.
The only problem I had with IE was that Silverlight wouldn't work.
I had a problem where IE11 was the only browser that wouldn't support Microsoft Outlook Web Access from Exchange 2010 out of the box. Chrome, Firefox and Safari all supported it.
Seems like the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing at Microsoft these days.
By the way, Safari on OSX works really well, much better than Chrome or Firefox in my opinion
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
|
|
|
|
|
Brent Jenkins wrote: By the way, Safari on OSX works really well, much better than Chrome or Firefox in my opinion
But then you have to use OSX; isn't that like burning down the house for the termites? 
|
|
|
|
|
IndifferentDisdain wrote: But then you have to use OSX; isn't that like burning down the house for the termites?
More like burning down the house killing off the termites, then building a bigger, better one without all the problems of the original 
I used to be anti-Apple for a long time but Windows Phone was so bad it pushed me onto iPhone, then Windows 8 came along and finally convinced me to give OSX a go and I haven't looked back. Thinking back on it, it's weird how these anti-Apple/Microsoft/Google sentiments get started?
I still use Windows 8.1 but only for .NET development with Visual Studio. For everything else I prefer OSX.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
|
|
|
|
|
Yeah, I couldn't help myself. Interesting, as I was the exact opposite. I was on iOS, got bored with it (static icons are so 2007), went to WP7 over three years ago and haven't looked back (on WP 8.1 now). I gave OSX a fair shot for about 6 months or so, but I ended up really just using the iMac as a VM server for a Windows image, so that didn't make sense either. So I sold it, built a homebrew that's running Windows 8.1 and couldn't be happier.
|
|
|
|
|
IndifferentDisdain wrote: I was on iOS, got bored with it (static icons are so 2007)
Widgets does seem to be the one thing missing from iOS - hopefully iOS8 will make some steps in the right direction.
IndifferentDisdain wrote: I ended up really just using the iMac as a VM server for a Windows
I was determined to use the Mac as a Mac rather than use it as a Windows machine. There's a learning curve involved, but once you're used to it you can get things done mega-quick. Keyboard shortcut consistency between applications is a big plus.
Another plus you get to learn Objective C (and Swift once the final version of XCode 6 is released) if you're that way inclined 
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
|
|
|
|
|
I find Opera rather klunky and poor performing.
Then again, the fact that anything can render the sh*t that is HTML/CSS/Javascript pretty much amazes me.
Marc
|
|
|
|
|
Marc Clifton wrote: klunky and poor performing
Opera is saying they are the exact opposite!
Marc Clifton wrote: the sh*t that is HTML/CSS/Javascript
It's indeed the sh*t!
I heard gangmembers now use it as a way to identify themselves and their gang. They can switch gangs by simply adjusting their CSS.
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
|
|
|
|
|
Sander Rossel wrote: Opera is saying they are the exact opposite!
Don't they all. 
Sander Rossel wrote: They can switch gangs by simply adjusting their CSS.
Marc
|
|
|
|
|
Marc Clifton wrote: Then again, the fact that anything can render the sh*t that is HTML/CSS/Javascript pretty much amazes me.
I'm at least glad we have semi-decent JavaScript debugging now. Things used to be worse.
Jeremy Falcon
|
|
|
|
|
Marc Clifton wrote: Then again, the fact that anything can render the sh*t that is HTML/CSS/Javascript pretty much amazes me
|
|
|
|
|
I used to use Chrome as my main browser, but it's a bit of a memory hog. Tried Firefox, but its quite cpu heavy when opening multiple pages and doesn't multi thread as well - pages lag while other load. I use Displayfusion and one of the functions it gives is to use middle click to move a maximized window to another screen on dual monitor setups. In FF this opens a new tab... annoying.
Now I'm using Opera. It seems to do better with memory use than Chrome. It has some nice features and it actually uses the same engine (Blink - the fork of Webkit) as Chrome, so a lot of things will be similar to Chrome, although it doesn't have everything Chrome has, but has some nice features of it's own. The speed dial and stash works well - I don't really use bookmarks. The only major annoyance is that middle clicking on the tab to close it also moves it to the other screen (Displayfusion feature), which Chrome doesn't do, so I'm still getting used to closing tabs using the x.
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
