dregev - Slashdot User

Comment RSS Feed with Links (Score 2) 1839

by dregev on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @09:54AM (#51429665) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot?

It's annoying when Slashdot is the only feed that I read that actively strips out its links from the feed. So, when I want to see something referenced in a story, I need to open the Slashdot post in my browser, wait until I have a Wi-Fi connection, re-read the story to refresh my memory, find the right link, click on it, and finally see what I wanted to see (assuming I'm not on the subway and haven't lost the connection by the time I've clicked on the link).

The user experience would be far more humane if I could just click on the link directly from my feed reader. I might actually be inclined to comment more when I don't have to waste so much time just to find a link.

Looking For Love; Finding Privacy Violations 112

Posted by timothy on Saturday February 11, 2012 @10:54PM from the my-profile's-all-lies-anyhow dept.

itwbennett writes "When you sign up for online dating, there's a certain amount of information you expect to give up, like whether or not your weight is proportional to your height. But you probably don't expect that your profile will remain online long after you stop subscribing to the service. In some cases your photo can be found even after being deleted from the index, according to the electronic frontier foundation (EFF), which identified six major security weaknesses in online dating sites."

Comment Clarifications from the Author (Score 4, Informative) 591

by dregev on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @04:23PM (#36243398) Attached to: Mozilla Labs: the URL Bar Has To Go

I'm the author of the guest blog post. I have some clarifications that should clear things up a lot.

First, I'm just a member of the large community of Firefox users. I do not work for Mozilla (though that would be awesome), and I do not speak for Mozilla. As far as I know, no one within Mozilla is working on implementing any of my ideas at the moment. I simply had a concept and was offered the amazing opportunity to write some guest blog posts. The linked post is Part 1. Part 2 is coming.

Second, contrary to the article summary and to the many comments from people who clearly did not read the post, I am not proposing to hide the location. The location will be completely visible at the top of each page, with even more information. As far as I can tell, there is nothing that the location bar can do that is not possible in my concept.

Finally, the arguments behind each step are available in much more detail on the Mozilla Wiki. That should answer many questions.

if you want to contribute to the discussion in a substantive manner, please first read the article and then go to the discussion page. I've already responded to a number of excellent comments there. Also, if anyone is interested in helping me implement some of these ideas, please let me know!

David

Mozilla Labs: the URL Bar Has To Go 591

Posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @12:07PM from the command-line-strikes-back dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an editorial from ConceivableTech "Since Google's move to enable users to hide the URL bar, we have seen what could be the beginning of the end of one of the key features of the web browser. Mozilla has its own thoughts, but there is little doubt that Mozilla is reconsidering the purpose of the URL bar in future versions of its browsers. In a Mozilla Labs post today, David Regev suggests that the location bar should be replaced with a tool to support more than just one command."

Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience 219

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:49PM from the type-A-negative-personality dept.

trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be taking some action."

Firefox To Replace Menus With Office Ribbon 1124

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 23, 2009 @03:14PM from the what-about-in-gnome? dept.

Barence writes "Mozilla has announced that its plans to bring Office 2007's Ribbon interface to Firefox, as it looks to tidy up its 'dated' browser. 'Starting with Vista, and continuing with Windows 7, the menu bar is going away,' notes Mozilla in its plans for revamping the Firefox user interface. '[It will] be replaced with things like the Windows Explorer contextual strip, or the Office Ribbon, [which is] now in Paint and WordPad, too.' The change will also bring Windows' Aero Glass effects to the browser." Update: 09/24 05:01 GMT by T : It's not quite so simple, says Alexander Limi, who works on the Firefox user experience. "We are not putting the Ribbon UI on Firefox. The article PCpro quotes talks about Windows applications in general, not Firefox." So while the currently proposed direction for Firefox 3.7 involves some substantial visual updates for Windows users (including a menu bar hidden by default, and integration of Aero-styled visual elements), it's not actually a ribbon interface. Limi notes, too, that Linux and Mac versions are unaffected by the change.

High-Speed Robot Hand Shows Dexterity and Speed 133

Posted by kdawson on Monday August 24, 2009 @02:01AM from the think-fast dept.

An anonymous reader tips a blog posting that begins "A few blogs are passing around videos of the Ishikawa Komuro Lab's high-speed robot hand performing impressive acts of dexterity and skillful manipulation. However, the video being passed around is slight on details. Meanwhile, their video presentation at ICRA 2009 (which took place in May in Kobe, Japan) has an informative narration and demonstrates additional capabilities. ... [It] shows the manipulator dribbling a ping-pong ball, spinning a pen, throwing a ball, tying knots, grasping a grain of rice with tweezers, and tossing / re-grasping a cellphone!"

Futurama Rumored To Return On Comedy Central 259

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @05:26AM from the good-news-everyone dept.

avajcovec points out a brief note on Collider.com that Comedy Central has ordered 13 new episodes of Futurama. Quoting: "Though still technically a rumor at this point, word is that 'Futurama' production offices have already opened and that casting is about to move forward. This should be a welcome surprise to fans of the show who have already gone through the series' cancellation and resurrection as direct-to-DVD movies."