Not doubting this, but are there really 3.1 dialogs? I can think of multiple control panels and other screens that haven't seen much change since NT4, but my memories of 3.1 dialogs are getting hazy at this point!

Yes! I get the feeling there are more than a few people on Slashdot (and elsewhere) that just don't get this. Over the last few years I've had multiple Gen Z coworkers for whom installing the desktop version of MS Office is _literally_ the first software they have installed outside of a mobile app store.

>"How exactly would they serve us the ads?"

With text and static images.

>"For example, a website operator could make each page load blank other than a notice to the effect "Tap or click to view 'Title of Article' on Name of Site."

Yeah, I have seen some of that already. Some web developers are just plain evil.

Only if someone bothers to read the article *and* understand it *and* care enough to call out the publication.

A lot of predicates there.

I am running FreeBSD with MATE.
Firefox seems to be using about 1.5GB - just running slashot.

Fight the good fight. Despite being early adopter of Gmail, I moved away from everything Google after they demanded I perform age verification. Thankfully I've seen it coming and they were unable to hold my data hostage.

49% of how much memory?
I am running FreeBSD with MATE. I am using firefox with two tabs open. I am also running jellyfin, and some other background stuff. And I am also running a terminal, and looking at "top" process.
My total active memory being used is 675MB. I have a total of 12GB Ram, and I have about 5200MB free.
Firefox does seem to be quite a hog.

presumably so that dipshit nerd psychiatrists can claim it's not a medicine for the same reason they complain about weed

it underscores the need for research not to be illegal, shut the hell up if you're going to be polite about it

>"It can buffer without playing."

True. Anything is better than autoplaying. Although I would prefer delaying buffering as well. I don't care that it might take 2 seconds longer to start a video, later.

Of course it requires a lot of RAM and CPU power and GPU power and...
Luckly, there are a shitload of options out there that use a lot less resources.

I don't trust Google, therefore I suspect this is about loading ads and claiming they were displayed even if user never got to see them.

No video (or animated image) should ever load/autoplay unless the user interacts with that element, indicating he/she wants to play it. Same with audio.

That is how I have Firefox set up. I can't imagine why anyone would want something different, unless the user wants to whitelist the site (like I do with my video cameras, since I do want those to play automatically).

Apple wouldn't exist today if it were not for Jobs.

Apple wouldn't exist at all without both of them.

Arrogant childish gotta-rank-everything-and-everyone assumes they should have been ranked separately instead of together. They both own #1 as co-founders and the ones who planted both the technical and marketing seeds that grew it into the massive empire today.

I have lots of older machines with 4GB of RAM running the latest Linux Mint and perform just fine with Cinnamon + Firefox + LibreOffice for casual use and browsing (as long as it is an SSD). The majority of RAM is eaten by whatever web browser you are using and by how much. That is what will usually dictate your RAM requirements under Linux far more than the OS (unless you are gaming or doing something major like video editing).

4GB is a bit lean, and has been, so I do agree 6GB is more realistic. But running MS-Windows 11 with 4GB? Good luck with that!