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Re: How To Hack Firefox

joecab — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:19:33 -0000

Twenty years?

To be fair, I would only count the four or so years Firefox was on the scene. Netscape seemed for all intents and purposes abandoned after IE took over, so nobody wanted to even touch it. It wasn't until FF came around to be a real alternative to IE (and people either got fed up with IE or realized they didn't HAVE to use it) that they started seeing real growth.

Re: A Picture’s Worth 100M Users???

joecab — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:09:47 -0000

Seems to me that Apple may tweak Microsoft's nose every now and then, there are some places they're too chicken to mess with them: browsers and the Office suite

Re: Oh For The Love Of God!

joecab — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:25:47 -0000

Paranoid little me says this was Apple's plan all along, because if they started off by offering Safari in the update window as an alternative, people would bitch and moan about that as well, and they'd have no lesser evil to go back to aside from removing it all together. You can't ever underestimate the public's ability for misplaced indignation and stupidity.

Re: Thoughts On The iPhone 3G Pricing

joecab — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:50:02 -0000

Which is also one of the arguments Mac users have used on people who say Windows is cheaper: long term, when you add in stuff like virus software (and sometimes cards for video, sound or networking), and put a price on your time solving problems, you'll probably be better off with a Mac.

Also, I've never understood this line of thinking. it's like people who tell you to adjust your withholding so that you're not giving the government a free loan just to get a rebate check when you file. Most people would blow that money if they were receiving it amortized over a year; get it in a lump sum and you're much more likely to do something a little more constructive with it, like put it away or pay down some debt.

Re: Thoughts On The iPhone 3G Pricing

joecab — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:23:50 -0000

Oops -- I was agreeing :)

Re: Why are some bloggers turning on Apple?

joecab — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:23:29 -0000

It's just bound to happen as Apple grows in popularity and mindset. And this is true for anybody: the more tech you put in your devices, the more ways things may go wrong. It's the price of advancement as Apple strives to be more cutting edge than anyone else. And what was said above is true: people almost never switch from Mac to Windows, and that speaks volumes.

I think the more interesting argument is how Apple is handling customer service when problems do pop up.

Re: You are an idiot if…

joecab — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:28:46 -0000

Pardon my ignorance, but why COULDN'T they do a complete rewrite with a rock-solid emulator for older apps? That's part of what worked in Apple's favor: don't break older apps but still set them off in their own little neighborhood to gradually wean people off them and point them to a brighter future. It'll work, but again, we're talking ROCK SOLID for this to succeed. Isn't it better to make this transition by choice rather than out of desperation like Apple had to?

Re: You are an idiot if…

joecab — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:24:30 -0000

Then unless MS does something super risky like start a brand-new OS alongside Windows that's tempting enough to start getting people (especially cutting edge users) to transition over, I dunno what they can do. Apple is going through another coding rewrite for efficiency with Snow Leopard which will I assume be Intel only, rewrite anything still using more Carbon code than it should (*cough*Finder*cough*), and speed things up across the board. It's not anywhere near as radical as going from OS 9 to OS X but it sure seems like something you need to do every few years to stay competitive.

Re: Hog Bay Software - WriteRoom.iPhone $4.99 sales compared to giving...

joecab — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:32:53 -0000

I didn't even realize you had a free offer this weekend. Didn't see it mentioned in any of my usual feeds.

But I did buy it today for 99¢ after Chairman Gruber's mention.

Re: http://blog.inc.com/the-breakthrough-company/2008/04/vista_still_sucks.html

joecab — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:12:28 -0000

What re you talking about? You have plenty of choices. You can buy something besides a Dell. You can go back to XP. You can switch to Macintosh or Linux.

I think you bemoan the lack of choices out there because you really DON'T want to switch at all, so don't go looking for sympathy from any of us.

Re: Who needs BlendTec for your iPhone, when you can use a washing machine?

joecab — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:57:29 -0000

Yep. When something electronic like a cell gets wet, you're supposed to pack it in uncooked rice. That will really suck out the water. But an iPhone is a lot more solid than a typical cell so I'm not sure how well it would work.

Re: My Powerbook Pismo Turns 10 Years Old

joecab — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:44:53 -0000

I can relate: my "WallStreet" PowerBook is still going strong and it's about the same age. I've never bothered with the heavy duty upgrades on it; just RAM and hard drive.

Re: My Powerbook Pismo Turns 10 Years Old

joecab — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:44:53 -0000

I can relate: my "WallStreet" PowerBook is still going strong and it's about the same age. I've never bothered with the heavy duty upgrades on it; just RAM and hard drive.

Re: The Daily What

joecab — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:36:58 -0000

Oh, they just have to pretend it's a big deal to make it look like they're taking the matter seriously to prevent any further overreaaction.

I still don't get why putting V-chips in TVs is mandatory here yet you can't curse. Either let people say what they want and concerned parents can still lock it out for their kids, or remove the chip and end this idiocy.

Re: Safari AdBlock on Snow Leopard

joecab — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:41:09 -0000

He's offering this for free, and you're whining and saying people will ditch him without 64-bit support.

You are truly a class act.