Posts by Teoh Han Hui
47 posts • joined Sunday 12th August 2007 05:28 GMT
The real story...
From https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Planning/2011-08-10
"we will ship mozilla-release to the desktop beta channel before the weekend to make sure nothing screwed up (should be no content changes but it would be silly not to test what we will ship!)"
"We will ship the build off mozilla-release to the release channel on 2011-08-16 if no issues are found"
EOL?
I love rapid releases, but why do they have to kill support for the previous version so quickly? It's somewhat ironic when Firefox 3.6 is still being supported. It seems they're pushing things a little too hard.
And looking at the changelog, it's definitely much more than a "secuirty update". Perhaps they should inform users of changes like this from early on...
Privacy?
They should just stop messing with such personal matters, provided that the images are not unsolicited and/or publicly distributed.
GPS
Why GPS? Can't they be synchronized using the delay of receiving the sound waves through the microphone?
From the Meego FAQ
Q: Is MeeGo based on another distribution (like Fedora or Debian)?
No. Meego is its own independent distribution, run as an open source project. In that sense, you can consider MeeGo an upstream distribution, that itself pulls from the upstream of the various open source projects it is based on.
SSD for bulk storage
If and when SSD costs drop to within HDD range... 1TB will be quite small in 4 or 5 years' time.
Wrong focus?
In the US, most customers are bound to contracts with their carriers and that's what failed it (just like how other unlocked phones never sell well in the US market).
If only they've pushed it out worldwide through retail stores... It was only available in few select markets, and many would like to have a feel of the phone they're buying.
Posted in Samsung Wave smartphone
OS?
I guess they (Samsung) won't mind as long as their phones continue to sell well.
re: What do you want new tabs opened as?
I would think that showing pinned and/or frequently visited sites ala Google Chrome and Opera's Speed Dial would be much more useful.
Japan
Isn't similar e-wallet technology very popular in Japan? I really can't see how that'll be more useless than say, a debit or credit card.
Copyright
Are they free to use the artwork (icons etc.)?
Posted in Nokia debuts four cheapo phones
Dual SIM
The C2-00 will support two SIM cards active at the same time.
Windows
Ubuntu 64-bit includes 64-bit Firefox. What's new are the 64-bit Firefox builds for Windows.
Posted in Dell Latitude XT2 XFR ruggedised laptop
Virtualization
Run those tools in a virtual machine, perhaps?
Flash
The flash memory is certainly good for random writes. Maybe it will cache frequently accessed data as well (like Intel Turbo Memory)?
S = Series
They've always used it as such.
Posted in Mozilla spills plan for, yes, Firefox 4
Firebug
I thought they've been busy removing developer functionality from within Firefox, and the reason they quote most of the time is the availability of developer tools such as Firebug. Why are they trying to reinvent the wheel now?
Posted in Apple in shock talks with Reg reader
Huh?
But you can have your Firefox and VLC on Mac OS X too...
Posted in Apple in shock talks with Reg reader
Closed culture
I wish Microsoft has a bug tracker for Windows too, but...
build3 != beta 3
I don't think they ever pushed out build2 to the beta channel (due to some failures?).
From the release notes: "v.3.6.4 Beta (Build 3)". It seems like they're officially just different builds of the same beta.
OS
I've also been wondering about this for a while now. Why must a single audio/video codec be dictated in the standard? Couldn't the browser utilize the OS's media framework instead of duplicating all that functionality?
Re: Erm, recycling, anyone?
What about organic waste? It seems like you need incinerators for much of those.
Security through obscurity
"Browsers absolutely should not be able to connect to ports unrelated to HTTP."
Can you really stop anyone from attempting to connect to a specific port? Merely disabling this feature in web browsers sounds like security through obscurity to me.
Ridiculous
I believe a website with a global audience cannot adequately address the needs of its users if it has to be subjected to the host country's laws and regulations (blocking, filtering etc.).
Posted in Firefox 3.6 goes live and final
Promoted from RC2
I went looking for an update before realizing that it's the exact same build as RC2.
Crashes
Don't blame it on Firefox before you investigate what's causing the frequent crashes. Flash is the usual suspect.
Posted in Nokia Booklet 3G
Hard disk?
With that "colossal price tag" I don't see any excuse for not having an SSD.
Chaos
"Each light could represent a person in the city, who can then choose to control it as desired..."
How will they make that work?
Windows 7
Windows 7 RTM is already in many's hands: MSDN & TechNet subscribers etc.
Performance
Firefox loads slow compared to most other browsers and its UI is less responsive as well. Just make Firefox faster and it will be perfect. JavaScript performance? It won't do any good if the browser itself is sluggish.
Iron Man
Who will be guarding these missile packages then, or are they to be deployed shortly prior to use during wartime?
Posted in Pirate Win 7 ruse used to build botnet
Leaked
@Major N: It was leaked even before the MSDN/Technet release. Many of the torrents were modified, but one could only tell by hash-checking after downloading.
Friendly reminder
I will never click on any ads, so I block them all. Anyway I think this new "feature" will not be intrusive in itself. It just shows a "yellow bar" at the top. The tag doesn't seem to break any standards. If unblocking the ads can bring money to the sites I find this a friendly reminder for users to support their favourite sites.
RTM
"If the feedback and telemetry on Windows 7 match our expectations then we will enter the final phases of the RTM process in about 3 months. If we are successful in that, then we tracking to our shared goal of having PCs with Windows 7 available this Holiday season."
Obviously it will NOT be released in August.
about:config
I would assume NoScript users to be smart enough to disable the extension's first run redirection in about:config. The same applies to FlashGot.
Posted in Intel playing virtual silly buggers
XPM
You are missing the point here. XP Mode is not for regular users upgrading from Windows XP. It is for businesses that still have a need to run (perhaps in-house) legacy applications.
Posted in Palm's Pré: the $170 phone
Wow
I'll be sure to buy one if it's going to be around that price without a contract.
Posted in Windows 7 and the Linux lesson
Ubuntu 9.04
Ubuntu still has a long way to go to catch up to Windows 7, especially when you consider things like user-friendliness. There are significant design oversights, for example you have to get into the terminal to perform simple tasks like changing a volume label. How does that sound?
Testing is good and Ubuntu has too little of that. I thought I would have a better experience with Ubuntu after a year...
Stark Industries
Stark Industries in the making :P
"... insuring freedom and protecting America and her interests around the globe."
OS
@Anonymous Coward - "Personally, I blame Microsoft - all the spam bots are Windows boxes (the OS fingerprint is detected by the site)."
What has that to do with the OS? It is only natural for you to have such an observation due to the market share of Windows.
Silverlight Flash
$1m lol...
I suppose if Microsoft make Silverlight support Flash content as well they will likely run into legal trouble again.
Posted in Microsoft phone coming Zune?
Steve Ballmer
Take the spotlight off that other Steve and shine it brightly upon himself? It will get reflected...
ISS
Isn't the International Space Station assembled module-by-module as well?
Posted in Google: The Satan Phone cometh
PC syncing
They should have come up with a better PC syncing app than the Nokia PC Suite, but they went with none instead?!
ISA nonsense
1) http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/13/nation/20080913125120&sec=nation
Speaking on the one-day arrest of Sin Chew Daily reporter Tan Hoon Cheng, who was arrested under the ISA, he said Tan was detained under Section 73(1) of the Act in order to ensure her safety.
He added that police intelligence indicated that there were threats to her life after she reported on Bukit Bendera division Umno chairman Datuk Ahmad Ismail’s allegedly racist remarks.
“We have no intention of holding a reporter as after all she was just taking notes of the comments made by a certain party that led to a public debate."
2) http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/23/nation/20080923111517&sec=nation
Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was served with an order Monday night that would see him detained in Kamunting for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Raja Petra will be held without trial under Section 8(1) of the ISA, reporters were told by his lawyers, who were at the High Court hear to argue their habeas corpus application on Tuesday. The detention order was signed by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar on Monday night.
Posted in Burned by Chrome - Fire put out
Services
Could "Services" refer to the Google web apps instead of Chrome?
Malayan?
Had his father died before the formation of Malaysia in 1963? I doubt cellphones had existed at that time.
He should be called a "Malaysian".
