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Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
> Further clarification could be achieved by making the X button actually say "Disallow" and giving it a border separate from the word "Allowed."
I agree. An X usually means "close" or "hide this thing," whereas here they're using it to change a setting. It really looks like there should be a toggle switch there.
Comment · 10 years ago
I thought it was a joke, suggesting that everyone is so caught up with the presidential election, they may have forgotten who the current one is. I thought it was pretty funny. :P
Comment · 10 years ago
I used OwnCloud for a while and never had any problems with it, but it seemed like overkill for my use. I didn't have multiple users and I wasn't using it to share files with anyone -- just syncing files between my own devices.
I started using Sandstorm[0] for my personal server, and there's an app for it called Davros[1], which implements the OwnCloud protocol. It doesn't really do a good job of advertising that fact (not even mentioned in its description), but you can use the OwnCloud clients with Davros. It's been satisfying my file-syncing needs with no problems. Just be aware that it lacks versioning.
I'm excited to see what's coming for NextCloud, though.
[0] https://sandstorm.io [1] https://apps.sandstorm.io/app/8aspz4sfjnp8u89000mh2v1xrdyx97...
Comment · 10 years ago
The title is accurate. People think of Firefox OS as a smartphone operating system; Mozilla is killing that off. They may be reusing the name on something else, but Firefox OS, (as we know it right now,) is being discontinued.
Comment · 11 years ago
Million-dollar aircraft tend to have people on them, while $30 drones don't. I think that's what he was getting at.
Comment · 11 years ago
Also worth mentioning: Chrome for Android did this last year. GP was asking about iOS, but it's not an iOS-specific thing.
Comment · 11 years ago
- Most updates are being reviewed within 7 weeks.
- Most preliminary reviews are being reviewed within 10 weeks.
I know people have complained about the long approval processes for Firefox addons, but I had no idea it was so absurd.
Comment · 11 years ago
It is definitely convenient -- in fact, using one system exclusively almost always provides the best user experience. (Apple has had great success with that idea.) Having Pocket bundled with eBook readers and browsers is convenient, but that doesn't fit the idea of an open web, which is what Mozilla is supposed to be supporting. I understand when Kobo does it, but Mozilla is supposed to operate under a different set of principles.
Comment · 11 years ago
This looks exactly like Shout[1]. This seems to be an IRC channel, and you have a web interface (using Shout) hosted on your domain, with some of Shout's features removed so that people can't use it to connect to other IRC servers. And you aren't giving any credit to Shout.
*EDIT: My apologies, I totally jumped the gun there. I didn't see the "?" at the bottom, which states that that's exactly what this is. I still think that you could give a little more credit to them, though. In my opinion, this is more than just "based" on Shout, as your credits say.
Comment · 11 years ago
They've said that they don't intend to support this because the web interface has features like previewing images and editing ODF docs. So, in order for that to work, the server has to be able to read the actual file. As others have pointed out, there's a plugin for encryption at rest, but that can be decrypted by the server. Sounds like client side encryption is a no-go for the time being.
Comment · 12 years ago
> BitTorrent Sync remains the most secure and private way to to move data between two or more devices.
That very first sentence will always be false as long as it isn't open source. (Even the protocol isn't publicly documented, last I checked.) I'm not an open-source purist, but the way they always promote as being the most secure, private option out there while completely ignoring that fact is frustrating.
I haven't tried using it, but Pulse[0] appears to be an open source replacement for BitTorrent Sync. I figure it's relevant to this thread.
EDIT: ef4 mentioned Syncthing in his comment. Pulse was forked from Syncthing. I think they're still compatible with each other at the moment. Nice explanation at https://discourse.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-is-still-syncthi....
Comment · 12 years ago
That's a really good way of putting it; I hadn't thought of it that way before. Fair enough! :)
Comment · 12 years ago
I'll check it out, but in his past reviews, I've had the impression that the author really likes showing off his background knowledge of all things Apple. A lot of the text is irrelevant to the review, and therefore shouldn't be there. Also, the endless, endless links. He really needs to learn when something should be linked and when it shouldn't -- it really affects the reading experience on the web. You're constantly alternating between black and orange text, and being tempted to hover over them to see "what does this one go to?"
His attention to detail is great, though, no doubt about that.
I really like the way Fira Sans looks, and I used it for a while, but M+ 1m has a huge practical benefit. And it still looks great, too.