Huh, there is this funny little button that says "Buy" on the site.

Who bought this not knowing anything about the game, solely supporting this pricing model?

*slowly raises hand*

AMCAS for AAMC applications (MD med school applications in the US) requires not only IE6, IE7, FF2 or FF3, but also that you are running WinXP, WinVista, or OS X. If you try accessing the site without one of these combinations, you are rerouted to an error page. It is really frustrating for someone that uses Linux PCs 90% of the time.

On top of that, there is no problem with using FF3.5 on any OS if you complement it with User Agent Switcher.

Well, if it is anything similar to the previous iterations installing another OS is possible, as there is already an installable community-created distro out there. It's called Mer.

Well, I also think that Google has shown that their vision for web apps extends into offline mode ala Google Gears and multitasking via tabs. In this particular instance, if the web app is not open on the iPhone, it cannot record your location. They thought if they could use it as a special app, it would be able to update your location while you are doing other things.

Heh, you have nailed why I dislike iTunes and the iPod firmware so much. I meticulously organize my music into the categories I want and iTunes will not properly categorize the music the way I want. Sure I could make a lot of playlists, but I cannot create "sub-playlists."

Why did you include iD Software in that list? iD is pretty damn good about supporting linux. I agree with the rest of what you say.

Uhm, Boxee has the BBC iPlayer for use in the UK, is actively trying to get Canadian content, and has many "Apps" that are location agnostic.

Fixed that for you.

Oh I sympathize there. I live under the same type of blue laws. I'd like to be able to go to a bar after I get off work at 3am, or buy a six-pack of Guinness after 9pm.

I wish I had mod points right now.

There really does need to be a "sunset law" for all laws, a "fourth body", or even one committee in congress that focuses on repealing or revising outdated laws in national, state, and local governing bodies.

There really is no reason for whaling to be illegal in so many land-locked US states.

Woosh!

I just wish there were a way to autohide toolbars or better yet, when they are detached make sure they stay where you put them when the program is restarted or refocused.

Yeah, that is hit or miss a lot of the time, though. Works fine on my desktop, but my laptop won't run it no matter what I try...

Why are people so enraged over this? To me it sounds like they built a repository system where other repositories can be added, which is, in my opinion, essential for a remote-driven system. Why would you want to get up, go over to a keyboard, find the plugin from the site you want, download, and then install it when you can just click over to the 'app store' and push one button to download and install.

Also, if other people want to put a lot of time and effort into their plugins and then charge for them, why not? I wouldn't buy them anyway. If I was that upset that someone is charging for something that should be offered for free, I'd make my own damn plugin and release it.