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On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 05:21:26PM +0100, hates-software@xxxxxxxx.xxx said:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 05:07:53PM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote:
> > [Mozilla Pain]
> >
> > So I start using Firebird. It starts off fine, then starts crashing onc=
e=20
> > a day. Then practically constantly.
my personal experience (so far Windows only, since I'm not running
OpenBSD current, where Firebird is now in ports) has been good with Firebir=
d.
No crashes (although way _way_ faster on Win98SE than on Win2k, oddly enoug=
h.
Popping up from minimized in the taskbar on Win2k to regular size, it comes
up as an outline with a blank center and can just stall for 5-15 seconds
sometimes before rendering whatever was already in the browser window. Same
behavior with Mozilla. Of course, MSIE runs along quite zippily.)
> I just downloaded it. It seems quite shiny. Then I noticed this:
>=20
> http://downlode.org/pictures/misc/firebird-prefs.png
>=20
> HELLO? This is the version linked for download from THE FRONT PAGE. And w=
hen
> it starts it says the version you're using is over a month OUT OF DATE.
>=20
> Doesn't anyone proofread things these days?
I found something more amusing than that ... in the current stable release
version for Windows (0.6.1), select Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> and then
click the little + next to 'Download Manager History' ... read the nice
developer TODO note left there ...
"The Download Manager keeps track of recently downloaded files. XXXben -
blake, we need at the very least a toggle here, probably a retention window
as well."
=2E..
<rant style=3D"offtopic">
(also: death to ActiveX and an agonizing death to those fscktards who do web
"design" that only functions in MSIE - use a fscking standard you fscking
boneheads. ActiveX is not one. And then there's all the fun security featur=
es
of ActiveX ...)
</rant>
--=20
Scott Francis || darkuncle (at) darkuncle (dot) net
illum oportet crescere me autem minui
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