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The opposite of Feature Creep
It’s time for a rant. Those sensitive to ranting should avert their eyes and go read something else today. But for those of you who enjoy such things, read on. I have brought this up here and there...
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6 things Microsoft needs to do before I’ll take Windows seriously
I’m an IT guy in what is still largely a Windows world. I’ve been managing Windows workstations and servers for a living since 1996 or so, and I’ve always been left shaking my head, wondering how,...
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Thoughts on Google Chrome (stable) for Linux
As many of you are already aware, Google Chrome stable was released for the Linux platform on May 25th. Google Chrome has been one of the fastest growing browsers, and a stable release for Linux has...
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Opera 10.60 for Linux: A rant
I’ve made no secret of the fact that despite my open source advocacy, I’m still a longtime user of the Opera browser. However, the past year has been pretty rocky in that respect; Opera 10.10 for Linux...
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No 64-bit version of Firefox 4.0?
I got up this morning and saw this, which led me to a pretty serious WTF moment, all before having my morning coffee. From the article: Mozilla’s Director of Firefox, Mike Beltzner confirmed the fact...
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The 5 Browsers That Annoy Me The Least
Let’s face it. Browsers suck. In my ongoing search for a browser that meets all my needs, I’ve frequently found myself compromising in one way or another, and while I have good things to say about...
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My Firefox 4 setup process
For the last year and some change, I’ve gone from using Opera as my primary browser to using Mozilla Firefox. I have a variety of reasons for this switch, and it was a somewhat gradual one, but as I...
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More Firefox feature assassination coming up
So in keeping with the direction the devs at Mozilla have been steering the Firefox browser, plans include more feature assassination (of course), this time in the form of obfuscating useful...
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How to downgrade Firefox to the last sane version (3.6)
So I keep ranting about Firefox here, and for good reason: the Mozilla team is going above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to driving users to other browsers. However, try as I might, I...
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My Chromium Extensions
Since I’ve been cycling continuously between the three browsers that annoy me the least lately (Opera, Firefox 3.6, and Chromium), I’ve been utilizing each browser’s extensibility to make it a bit more...
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I’m tired of this myth
I had a discussion today with someone who maintained with confidence that “If Linux were as popular as Windows, we’d be seeing just as many viruses and just as much malware for it as we see now for...
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