iuqiddis
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Comment · 5 years ago
I've used openpyxl[1] to access excel cells directly while using python
Comment · 6 years ago
In Firefox you can right click on a search field and add a keyword bookmark. Once saved, you can type 'kw search query', where kw is your defined key word, in the address bar to directly search the relevant site
Comment · 12 years ago
If anyone wants to use a desktop client with gmail-like conversation view, this add-on for Thunderbird does a great job: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/gmail-con...
Comment · 14 years ago
This works great. It's fast and responsive. Just one comment/request: Maybe allow the user to position the web searches at the bottom of more relevant items in the result. So for example, if I search gmail, it should be the first item. Right now, the first 4 items are : Search 'gmail' using Browser, Search 'gmail' using Chrome, Search 'gmail' using Dolphin, Search 'gmail' using Firefox. Then gmail shows up. If i had a smaller phone, I'd have to scroll down to see the most relevant item.
Comment · 14 years ago
I think the problem is that the post author assumes data tracking isn't too big a deal. E.g. he says, "If company X puts a cookie on the New York Times and MSNBC site, and you browse to both those and Wikipedia, it only knows about the two upon on which it was placed" but the more likely scenario is that company X puts a cookie in a dozen more sites, and then keeps that information on their servers for however long.
What they do do with it, how long they keep it for, whether its anonymous or not is all unknown. I'd rather use ghostery and not worry about all that.
I actually wrote how pervasive the tracking is a while back, http://steadierfooting.com/2012/03/25/how-to-minimize-tracki...
Comment · 14 years ago
It's not a big deal I suppose. They are supposed to be coming out with their own iOS browser, called Junior