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    Apart from the extension model as such... The Downloads and Add-ons Managers Automatic Updates implementation The Find window Display of page title (if present) in the address bar Anything else?

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      Apart from the extension model as such... The Downloads and Add-ons Managers Automatic Updates implementation The Find window Display of page title (if present) in the address bar Anything else?

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      I thought this was a Microsoft-Centric site. Shouldn't we all be using Internet Explorer?

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        Apart from the extension model as such... The Downloads and Add-ons Managers Automatic Updates implementation The Find window Display of page title (if present) in the address bar Anything else?

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        Chris Losinger
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          I thought this was a Microsoft-Centric site. Shouldn't we all be using Internet Explorer?

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          Nish Nishant
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          The Grand Negus wrote:

          I thought this was a Microsoft-Centric site.

          It's a Microsoft developer technologies centric site (in my opinion) For non-dev stuff the regulars here use all kinds of software - Oracle, Firefox, Photoshop etc.

          Regards, Nish


          Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
          Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

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            Nish Nishant
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            Chris Losinger wrote:

            Greasemonkey (or whatever in FF makes GM possible)

            Which indirectly gives FF another slick feature. CPHog - only on FF, never on IE.

            Regards, Nish


            Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
            Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

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              The Grand Negus wrote:

              I thought this was a Microsoft-Centric site.

              It's a Microsoft developer technologies centric site (in my opinion) For non-dev stuff the regulars here use all kinds of software - Oracle, Firefox, Photoshop etc.

              Regards, Nish


              Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
              Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

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              Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

              It's a Microsoft developer technologies centric site (in my opinion)... For non-dev stuff the regulars here use all kinds of software - Oracle, Firefox, Photoshop etc.

              I'm not clear on the distinction between "dev" and "non-dev". When someone writes an application using Oracle's tools, isn't that development? When someone writes a script for Firefox, isn't that development? When someone manipulates a picture in Photoshop for inclusion on a website, isn't that development? And if this[^]isn't an article about development, then what is it?

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                I thought this was a Microsoft-Centric site. Shouldn't we all be using Internet Explorer?

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                Shog9 0
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                The Grand Negus wrote:

                Shouldn't we all be using Internet Explorer?

                We may be a bit stuck in our ways, but we're not stupid... :rolleyes:

                ---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.8.2 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums

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                  Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

                  It's a Microsoft developer technologies centric site (in my opinion)... For non-dev stuff the regulars here use all kinds of software - Oracle, Firefox, Photoshop etc.

                  I'm not clear on the distinction between "dev" and "non-dev". When someone writes an application using Oracle's tools, isn't that development? When someone writes a script for Firefox, isn't that development? When someone manipulates a picture in Photoshop for inclusion on a website, isn't that development? And if this[^]isn't an article about development, then what is it?

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                  "centric" does not mean "with absolute exclusion to all other ideas or technologies" imho

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                    The Grand Negus wrote:

                    Shouldn't we all be using Internet Explorer?

                    We may be a bit stuck in our ways, but we're not stupid... :rolleyes:

                    ---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.8.2 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums

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                    Shog9 wrote:

                    We may be a bit stuck in our ways, but we're not stupid...

                    It seems to me that there are some places where monopolies and rigid standards - even if flawed - are more beneficial than not; and vice-versa. You and I are able to communicate, right here and now, because we've both agreed to accept a seriously flawed but useful mechanism - English (you probably thought I was going to say "hierarchical forums"!). But it appears from observation that we, as a species, often accept uniformity when we should reject it, and reject it when it would help. So perhaps we're not as bright, as a species, as we think...

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                      Shog9 wrote:

                      We may be a bit stuck in our ways, but we're not stupid...

                      It seems to me that there are some places where monopolies and rigid standards - even if flawed - are more beneficial than not; and vice-versa. You and I are able to communicate, right here and now, because we've both agreed to accept a seriously flawed but useful mechanism - English (you probably thought I was going to say "hierarchical forums"!). But it appears from observation that we, as a species, often accept uniformity when we should reject it, and reject it when it would help. So perhaps we're not as bright, as a species, as we think...

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                      The Grand Negus wrote:

                      But it appears from observation that we, as a species, often accept uniformity when we should reject it, and reject it when it would help. So perhaps we're not as bright, as a species, as we think...

                      Maybe we all have our individual preferences and prefer using a superior product such as Firefox.

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                        The Grand Negus wrote:

                        Shouldn't we all be using Internet Explorer?

                        We may be a bit stuck in our ways, but we're not stupid... :rolleyes:

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                        Antony M Kancidrowski
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                        ...Stupid or not I like IE7 :)

                        Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
                        I'm coloured, yet clear.
                        I'm fruity and sweet.
                        I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return!
                        - David Walliams (Little Britain)

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                          ...Stupid or not I like IE7 :)

                          Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
                          I'm coloured, yet clear.
                          I'm fruity and sweet.
                          I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return!
                          - David Walliams (Little Britain)

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                          Then in your case, stupid would be using something else simply because it was made by a company that makes other things you need... ;)

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                            Shog9 wrote:

                            We may be a bit stuck in our ways, but we're not stupid...

                            It seems to me that there are some places where monopolies and rigid standards - even if flawed - are more beneficial than not; and vice-versa. You and I are able to communicate, right here and now, because we've both agreed to accept a seriously flawed but useful mechanism - English (you probably thought I was going to say "hierarchical forums"!). But it appears from observation that we, as a species, often accept uniformity when we should reject it, and reject it when it would help. So perhaps we're not as bright, as a species, as we think...

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                            The Grand Negus wrote:

                            But it appears from observation that we, as a species, often accept uniformity when we should reject it, and reject it when it would help.

                            Inertia... Ah, how many times i've missed a turn while driving, because i didn't see it in time to slow down for it. :)

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                              Kevin McFarlane
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                              I was thinking more of FF's features themselves rather than specific extensions.

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                                Shog9 wrote:

                                We may be a bit stuck in our ways, but we're not stupid...

                                It seems to me that there are some places where monopolies and rigid standards - even if flawed - are more beneficial than not; and vice-versa. You and I are able to communicate, right here and now, because we've both agreed to accept a seriously flawed but useful mechanism - English (you probably thought I was going to say "hierarchical forums"!). But it appears from observation that we, as a species, often accept uniformity when we should reject it, and reject it when it would help. So perhaps we're not as bright, as a species, as we think...

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                                Dave Kreskowiak
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                                The Grand Negus wrote:

                                a seriously flawed but useful mechanism - English

                                And you wrote a compiler that uses this?? :wtf: Hmmm...

                                Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

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                                  Apart from the extension model as such... The Downloads and Add-ons Managers Automatic Updates implementation The Find window Display of page title (if present) in the address bar Anything else?

                                  Kevin

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                                  I think the downloads and add-ons are particularly slick for Firefox, aside from that it has little to offer that is much different than Opera or IE.

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                                    The Grand Negus wrote:

                                    But it appears from observation that we, as a species, often accept uniformity when we should reject it, and reject it when it would help.

                                    Inertia... Ah, how many times i've missed a turn while driving, because i didn't see it in time to slow down for it. :)

                                    ---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.8.2 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums

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                                    Shog9 wrote:

                                    Ah, how many times i've missed a turn while driving, because i didn't see it in time to slow down for it.

                                    I tend to sit at stop signs waiting for them to turn green.

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                                      The Grand Negus wrote:

                                      a seriously flawed but useful mechanism - English

                                      And you wrote a compiler that uses this?? :wtf: Hmmm...

                                      Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

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                                      Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

                                      And you wrote a compiler that uses this??

                                      Yep. And we wrote it for Intel processors and Microsoft operating systems for the very same reason: ubiquitousness. None of these three would not be our first choice in an ideal world. But we do have plans to make the latter two go away (at least for us); I think we're stuck, however, with English for some time yet...

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                                        Shog9 wrote:

                                        Ah, how many times i've missed a turn while driving, because i didn't see it in time to slow down for it.

                                        I tend to sit at stop signs waiting for them to turn green.

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                                        The Grand Negus wrote:

                                        I tend to sit at stop signs waiting for them to turn green.

                                        :wtf: Aren't these[^] things actually static by nature?:~ Roswell

                                        "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                                        Antonio VillaRaigosa
                                        City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                                          Dave Kreskowiak wrote:

                                          And you wrote a compiler that uses this??

                                          Yep. And we wrote it for Intel processors and Microsoft operating systems for the very same reason: ubiquitousness. None of these three would not be our first choice in an ideal world. But we do have plans to make the latter two go away (at least for us); I think we're stuck, however, with English for some time yet...

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                                          Sir, what are you smoking? Roswell:wtf: P.S. Well, maybe you do have a point there...perhaps a fragmented german compiler will be a bit more popular than plain english;P

                                          "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                                          Antonio VillaRaigosa
                                          City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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