Comment Doesn't respect my pixels (Score 1) 381
Wastes too much screen real estate: http://i.imgur.com/0RFAmU1.png
Comment It took that long? (Score 1) 104
Had this already for years, with QTTabBar. Works great on Win 7, too.
Comment Re:What's the TOS say? (Score 2) 421
Hey that's great! On my next EULA I'm going to sneak in the terms "And we agree not to sneak into your home in the middle of the night to harvest your family's organs" just to see who's paying attention.
Comment Finally! (Score 1) 118
It's about time they made alert() dialogs tab-modal instead of window-modal. This is not so much news, as poor UX that should have been corrected long ago.
Comment Parachutes available (Score 3, Informative) 358
Lightweight parachute systems are available for popular consumer drones (e.g. Skyfallx, Mars Parachutes, FruityChutes, Skycat.pro). Not endorsing as a substitute for good pilot judgement, but it might have helped here.
Submission + - Backers Accuse 3D Printer Kickstarter of Faking Prints 3
PrintBetter writes: With just 3 days to go, backers are pulling out of Next Dynamics' NexD1 Kickstarter amidst fears the creator exaggerated progress on their prototype and tried to pass off prints purchased from Shapeways as their own.
Billed as the "first Multimaterial & Electronics 3D Printer" the Berlin company's campaign was a darling of Kickstarter, carrying their "Projects We Love" endorsement and receiving praise from publications like TechCrunch, 3DPrint.com and Make magazine for its purported ability to mix up to six plastic and conductive resins in a single print.
But as pledges grew to over half a million euros, backers started to sense things didn't add up. Kevin Holmes comments "Wow, I'm stunned — I cancelled my pledge already ... Did they really buy parts from Shapeways and pass them off as their own?" while Anthony Webb remarks "I've backed over 100 projects on Kickstarter ... but this one takes the cake for a complete scam."
The company was a no-show at events it scheduled this week, including a demonstration yesterday and a live stream today.
Billed as the "first Multimaterial & Electronics 3D Printer" the Berlin company's campaign was a darling of Kickstarter, carrying their "Projects We Love" endorsement and receiving praise from publications like TechCrunch, 3DPrint.com and Make magazine for its purported ability to mix up to six plastic and conductive resins in a single print.
But as pledges grew to over half a million euros, backers started to sense things didn't add up. Kevin Holmes comments "Wow, I'm stunned — I cancelled my pledge already
The company was a no-show at events it scheduled this week, including a demonstration yesterday and a live stream today.
Comment Re:Fuck no (Score 1) 173
Aye. Also takes roughly double the clicks to get most tasks done (switch to the ribbon tab you want, then click the button). Kind of defeats the whole point of a toolbar (premise of which is having commands 1 click away) in the first place.
Comment Re:Dead links (Score 2) 158
The missing comments have started showing up in the forum thread. It looks like Dropbox didn't censor the feedback; they just expunged the feature request and merged the comments into another discussion on the same topic.
Comment Dead links (Score 3, Informative) 158
After this story hit the front page, Dropbox quietly killed off some of the links it points to (go figure).
The original feature request along with all its comments up until it was squashed has been faithfully recreated.
Here's the coast guard comment, and a snapshot of the Top 10 list as it appeared Friday afternoon.
The original feature request along with all its comments up until it was squashed has been faithfully recreated.
Here's the coast guard comment, and a snapshot of the Top 10 list as it appeared Friday afternoon.
Submission + - Dropbox Kills Public Folders, Users Rebel
rkagerer writes: Dropbox unleashed a tidal wave of user backlash yesterday when it announced plans to eradicate its Public folder feature in 2017. Criticism from users whose links will break surfaced on Reddit, HackerNews and its own forums. Overnight, customers upvoted a feature request to reverse the decision, skyrocketing it to a "Top 10" position on the company's tracker.
joemck explains:
There are countless users who have been using the public folder to post images and files in blogs and forums. These aren't just worthless jokes and memes that nobody will miss if you flip the switch and break all of them. These are often valuable resources that users have created and entrusted to you to retain and keep online.
One user even created a comic strip for the occasion, with another concerned the URL he registered with the Coast Guard containing potentially lifesaving information will go dark.
Although the feature was deprecated in 2012, it remained in place for existing users. The company provides an alternative sharing method, but some users claim it's not as convenient and doesn't provide direct links. According to the announcement, free accounts have until March 15 to update their links, while the lights will go out for paid accounts on September 1.
joemck explains:
There are countless users who have been using the public folder to post images and files in blogs and forums. These aren't just worthless jokes and memes that nobody will miss if you flip the switch and break all of them. These are often valuable resources that users have created and entrusted to you to retain and keep online.
One user even created a comic strip for the occasion, with another concerned the URL he registered with the Coast Guard containing potentially lifesaving information will go dark.
Although the feature was deprecated in 2012, it remained in place for existing users. The company provides an alternative sharing method, but some users claim it's not as convenient and doesn't provide direct links. According to the announcement, free accounts have until March 15 to update their links, while the lights will go out for paid accounts on September 1.
Submission + - Wikipedia exceeds fundraising target, but continues asking for more money
Andreas Kolbe writes: The fundraising banners on Wikipedia this year are so effective that halfway through its December fundraising campaign, the Wikimedia Foundation has already exceeded its $25 million donations target for the entire month, reports The Register. A few weeks ago, Jimmy Wales promised that the Wikimedia Foundation would "stop the fundraiser if enough money were raised in shorter than the planned time". But there’s no sign of the Foundation doing that. When asked about this more recently, a Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson remained non-committal on ending the campaign early. The most recent audited accounts of the Wikimedia Foundation showed net assets of $92 million and revenue of $82 million. None of this money, incidentally, pays for writing or checking Wikipedia content – that's the job of unpaid volunteers – and only $2 million are spent on internet hosting every year.
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