Comments for Just Browsing http://browsing.justdiscourse.com A narrative on the future of web browsers and web browsing Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:41:18 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Thoughts on Planet Mozilla by Eric Jung http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2010/01/20/thoughts-on-planet-mozilla/comment-page-1/#comment-2166 Eric Jung Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:41:18 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/?p=119#comment-2166 I've read all comments, and I'm surprised no one has mentioned that this is precisely what mostnews organizations do. BBC, CNet, CNN, etc--they all have multiple feeds organized by topic. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3223484.stm for BBC's list (under "CHOOSE A FEED") I’ve read all comments, and I’m surprised no one has mentioned that this is precisely what mostnews organizations do. BBC, CNet, CNN, etc–they all have multiple feeds organized by topic. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/3223484.stm for BBC’s list (under “CHOOSE A FEED”)

]]> Comment on Prism, Firefox 3.6, OS X and dependentlibs.list by Vlad Pop http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2010/02/09/prism-firefox-3-6-os-x-and-dependentlibs-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2157 Vlad Pop Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:58:19 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/?p=121#comment-2157 Hi. I have an issue with Prism 1.03b. On some machines it refuses to run. The error message says: "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.". I have posted the issue on google group as well but no working solution has been given. Does prism have any pre-requisetes? any system libraries? Because on some machines with same spec it runs smoothly. I am having issues with a clean windows xp sp3 installation, for example, and all updates are installed. Hi. I have an issue with Prism 1.03b. On some machines it refuses to run. The error message says: “This application has failed to start
because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the
application may fix this problem.”.

I have posted the issue on google group as well but no working solution has been given.

Does prism have any pre-requisetes? any system libraries? Because on some machines with same spec it runs smoothly.

I am having issues with a clean windows xp sp3 installation, for example, and all updates are installed.

]]> Comment on Steve Jobs Says Flash Sucks by Alexander Ewering http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2008/03/06/steve-jobs-says-flash-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-2155 Alexander Ewering Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:27:08 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2008/03/06/steve-jobs-says-flash-sucks/#comment-2155 Flash conceptually does not suck, nor does the additional functionality it provides. Up to Flash 5 or so, it clearly was a great technology, and back then (that was 2001 or so), it offered pretty much anything one could desire, or already too much. Nowadays, it's almost impossible to develop anything in Flash, because it's so incredibly complicated (all that OO/Interfaces/Classes shit), convoluted, bloated, and incomprehensible. I hate my life for 3 entire days after "developing" 10 minutes in Flash and running into countless, totally ridiculous problems that I don't have in any other programming environment or any other platform. The bottom line is: Flash itself is a great idea, developing for Flash however sucks bigtime. Flash conceptually does not suck, nor does the additional functionality it provides.

Up to Flash 5 or so, it clearly was a great technology, and back then (that was 2001 or so), it offered pretty much anything one could desire, or already too much.

Nowadays, it’s almost impossible to develop anything in Flash, because it’s so incredibly complicated (all that OO/Interfaces/Classes shit), convoluted, bloated, and incomprehensible. I hate my life for 3 entire days after “developing” 10 minutes in Flash and running into countless, totally ridiculous problems that I don’t have in any other programming environment or any other platform.

The bottom line is: Flash itself is a great idea, developing for Flash however sucks bigtime.

]]> Comment on The Social Web Browser by Karen Cayamanda http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2008/03/30/the-social-web-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 Karen Cayamanda Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:53:04 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2008/03/30/the-social-web-browser/#comment-2152 Have you heard of Flock browser? It's also a social web browser that keeps people connected. I'm not sure with this but I'm downloading it now. Have you heard of Flock browser? It’s also a social web browser that keeps people connected. I’m not sure with this but I’m downloading it now.

]]> Comment on Prism and Extensions by Mozilla Labs » prism » Blog Archive » Prism Updated, Planning Next Steps http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2009/10/22/prism-and-extensions/comment-page-1/#comment-2148 Mozilla Labs » prism » Blog Archive » Prism Updated, Planning Next Steps Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:53:26 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/?p=102#comment-2148 [...] version of Firefox, rather than as a XULRunner application. This will have the advantage of making Firefox extensions work on Prism without modification. For example, Weave running on Prism will allow for profile synchronization, [...] [...] version of Firefox, rather than as a XULRunner application. This will have the advantage of making Firefox extensions work on Prism without modification. For example, Weave running on Prism will allow for profile synchronization, [...]

]]> Comment on Thoughts on Planet Mozilla by Gordon P. Hemsley http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2010/01/20/thoughts-on-planet-mozilla/comment-page-1/#comment-2145 Gordon P. Hemsley Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:58:00 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/?p=119#comment-2145 I haven't read most of the comments, but I would like to express my support for this idea. I am currently (literally, right now) working through my backlog of articles in my feedreader—about half of which belong to Mozilla Planet or an offshoot thereof. (The other half is from Ars Technica.) In the past, I have often simply marked as read articles that were older than a week old, and I still had ~100 articles left per feed. I've also pruned some feeds altogether because I never read them, or they give me duplicate information. I would love to be able to weed out the articles that I don't care about. I would probably subscribe to a number of the categories you suggested, but at least I'd be able to opt-out of a couple. And 10 feeds with 15 new articles is psychologically a lot less daunting than one feed with 150 new articles. I haven’t read most of the comments, but I would like to express my support for this idea. I am currently (literally, right now) working through my backlog of articles in my feedreader—about half of which belong to Mozilla Planet or an offshoot thereof. (The other half is from Ars Technica.)

In the past, I have often simply marked as read articles that were older than a week old, and I still had ~100 articles left per feed. I’ve also pruned some feeds altogether because I never read them, or they give me duplicate information.

I would love to be able to weed out the articles that I don’t care about. I would probably subscribe to a number of the categories you suggested, but at least I’d be able to opt-out of a couple. And 10 feeds with 15 new articles is psychologically a lot less daunting than one feed with 150 new articles.

]]> Comment on Prism, Firefox 3.6, OS X and dependentlibs.list by Wladimir Palant http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2010/02/09/prism-firefox-3-6-os-x-and-dependentlibs-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2142 Wladimir Palant Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:37:33 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/?p=121#comment-2142 Matthew, I was also surprised to see approval for 1.9.2.2 on one of my bugs - but then I was told that there won't be a Firefox release on Gecko 1.9.2.1. See http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.platforms.mobile/browse_thread/thread/a0d34c2c31aa31ad for details. Matthew, I was also surprised to see approval for 1.9.2.2 on one of my bugs – but then I was told that there won’t be a Firefox release on Gecko 1.9.2.1. See http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.platforms.mobile/browse_thread/thread/a0d34c2c31aa31ad for details.

]]> Comment on Prism 1.0b3pre Available for Testing by Kanaan http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2010/01/11/prism-1-0b3pre-available-for-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-2124 Kanaan Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:41:39 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/?p=104#comment-2124 After upgrade, minimize, maximize and close buttons stopped working (Windows Vista, Firefox 3.5.7). After upgrade, minimize, maximize and close buttons stopped working (Windows Vista, Firefox 3.5.7).

]]> Comment on New Prism 1.0b3pre Build, Now With Mozilla 1.9.2 by uberVU - social comments http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2010/01/15/new-prism-1-0b3pre-build-now-with-mozilla-1-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2119 uberVU - social comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:08:15 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/?p=108#comment-2119 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by planetmozilla: Just Browsing: New Prism 1.0b3pre Build, Now With Mozilla 1.9.2: Based on feedback from my last post, I fixed the ... http://bit.ly/7EKiAW... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> Comment on New Prism 1.0b3pre Build, Now With Mozilla 1.9.2 by Jeff Schiller http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/2010/01/15/new-prism-1-0b3pre-build-now-with-mozilla-1-9-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2118 Jeff Schiller Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:40:41 +0000 http://browsing.justdiscourse.com/?p=108#comment-2118 Hi Matt - seems the extension is not compatible with Firefox 3.6 after all. Hi Matt – seems the extension is not compatible with Firefox 3.6 after all.

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