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Comment Re:This is terrible. (Score 1) 688

I'm sick of fighting to keep Firefox looking and working like Firefox if all they're going to do is take away the things that I actually use it for. It's just too much effort.

You're not alone. I'd recommend PaleMoon, it's based on Firefox but the devs seem more sane. It even has a 64-bit version. Better than SeaMonkey IMO. I've used FF since v1, this is the first time I'm seriously moving to something else, in this case PaleMoon, because they seem to be focussed on what users originally came to Firefox for in the first place.

Comment Re:A patch closer to usability, few more to go (Score 1) 294

The rest is still browseable (and easy to organize if I care to), and searchable

Searchable? Pretend you're not computer-savvy, search for "uninstall" or "remove" to get rid of a program, and try working out which link to click.

Then try searching for the screen-shot.. sorry, screen-grab.. I mean snapshot.. whatever tool, if you can't remember it's called "snipping tool".

Search only works if you already know exactly what you're looking for. On the other hand, having cascading menus, like XP's Start menu, made it very clear what your options were. Plus you could rearrange them as you please, and even launch things with simple keypresses - eg. Win+S+C for Control Panel. Win+P for Programs, Win+R for Run. Windows 7's menu makes that kind of quick navigation impossible.

Comment Re:Ltetres odrer (Score 1) 224

Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy

This is interesting... as a programmer, I read every word of that smoothly, but stumbled on the word "rset", which my brain interpreted as "RESET". I had to go back and read it again, because the phrase "the reset can jumbled" didn't make sense. Interesting. Makes me wonder if there's something specifically about English which makes this work for us, or if it also works in other phonetic languages.

And does it work for everyone, or just with people who read by "sounding" the words in their mind as they read? Do some people read by visual mapping instead?

Comment Re:Seems pretty different, not a gesture (Score 1) 408

and that I have far fewer peers on this hunk of rock than I thought I did, and it's deeply depressing.

And comments like that make me feel similarly.

Be aware that you're making a value judgement of another human being. People are the product of their education, upbringing, culture, etc. "Stupidity", in the way you use the term, is not associated with the capabilities of a person's brain, just that they have come to see an issue differently to you. You have 7 billion "peers", it's just that most of them do not have the same upbringing and influences as you do. So... cheer up.

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