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Web browser pioneer backs new way to surf Internet
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| Nov 7, 4:35 PM (ET)
| By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Posted on 11/08/2010 6:31:24 AM PST by Red Badger
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F I R E F O X RULES!..............
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
11/08/2010 6:35:05 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
11/08/2010 6:38:43 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Red Badger
RockMelt only works if you have a Facebook account. Therefore, its value to me is precisely ZERO.
Thanks anyway ...
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posted on
11/08/2010 6:41:17 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Red Badger
RockMelt only works if you have a Facebook account. That limits his market considerably. What about the millions of people who choose not to relinquish their privacy to a jerk like Mark Zuckerberg?
The basic idea for his browser sounds good. But wouldn't it be a better business decision to make it more flexible, by allowing the user to select which sites he wants the browser to be anchored to?
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posted on
11/08/2010 6:45:02 AM PST
by
giotto
To: Red Badger
I don’t do FB. I guess I won’t be doing RockMelt either. So be it!
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posted on
11/08/2010 6:46:29 AM PST
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind.)
To: ArrogantBustard
I was thinking the same thing. Sad that we’re gearing ourselves more toward this invasive privacy-sucking form of communication, but many kids these days (25 and under) are so entrenched in social media that they’d be lost without it.
Like cell/smart phones a decade ago and computers before them, we’re seeing the new popular technologies take hold and drag us along with them.
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posted on
11/08/2010 6:47:33 AM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: ArrogantBustard
RockMelt only works if you have a Facebook account. Therefore, its value to me is precisely ZERO.
Me too, and will always be zero as I'll never facebook or tweet.
Posting on FR is enough time invested on an electronic device as I care to expend.
I probably spend 10-15 hours a week online and more during an election cycle.
Way too much time sitting and reading and typing.
To: Swordmaker
I will be interested in your opinion of this...
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posted on
11/08/2010 6:51:04 AM PST
by
jacquej
To: Red Badger
Well, good luck with all that. I don’t facebook, I don’t tweeter, and I don’t use google.
To: Red Badger
Um, yeah....no. Now if these propeller-heads wanted to do some GOOD, they could write a FR-optimized browser, but this thing...not so much.
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posted on
11/08/2010 6:53:39 AM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: rarestia
but many kids these days (25 and under) are so entrenched in social media that theyd be lost without it.
Actually, they're lost WITH it. I have several young relatives and their personal skills leave a lot to be desired.
At family gatherings, it's not unusual to see them isolated in various corners of the house with their noses stuck in their cell phones instead of interacting w/ family.
And if you're lucky enough to find one who's "come up for air", talking to them is like pulling teeth.
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posted on
11/08/2010 6:56:09 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
When I read about the tech-obsessed social media, I wish for an EMP, or at least a cell-phone jammer.
To: giotto
The basic idea for his browser sounds good. But wouldn't it be a better business decision to make it more flexible, by allowing the user to select which sites he wants the browser to be anchored to?Starting with a limited audience and then expanding outward is a good strategy to avoid growing too fast, crashing your servers and driving away people who won't come back. Not that a potential audience of half a billion is an onerous initial limit.
To: Red Badger
the premise that most online activity today revolves around socializing on Facebook, searching on Google, tweeting Uh, I guess I'll stay with Camino as I don't Twitter, I use Yippy searh and the only reason I have a FB account is because my daughter set it up...
To: oh8eleven
Isn't that the truth?
I have a nephew (very bright) who spends hours on end "texting".
This is to his friend across the street, who he could easily walk across the road and talk to.
I asked him, Pat if you're too lazy to walk over to Jim's why don't you just call him?
He gave me this "Are you out of your mind?" look.
I do not, for the life of me, understand the fascination.
Could someone enlighten me?
To: oh8eleven
Amen to that, my FRiend! I have young co-workers who are more concerned about their iPhone goings-on than with their work. We’ve had to fire two kids who spent more time texting and talking on their phones than working. It’s getting pretty bad out there, IMHO.
My young family members aren’t immune, and they exhibit the same behaviors you describe. I thought that instant messaging would be the death of social behavior as we know, but it seems that social networking is more of a problem than IM ever was.
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posted on
11/08/2010 7:19:32 AM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: rarestia
Sad that were gearing ourselves more toward this invasive privacy-sucking form of communication, but many kids these days (25 and under) are so entrenched in social media that theyd be lost without it. Seems to be 50% being oblivious to privacy concerns...and 50% exhibitionism.
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posted on
11/08/2010 7:25:15 AM PST
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: Gondring
I would say it’s more about selfishness than ignorance or exhibitionism. Every kid who went to school in the 80s and 90s (myself included) went through this self-actualization, self-this, self-that crap to bolster self-esteem, and instead of doing that, it made these kids self-centered little brats who cry when they don’t get their way or play the victim card when their bosses give them grief over work habits.
MySpace, Facebook, Twitter... it’s all some self-indulgent need to get 15 minutes of fame over something that a majority of the world public couldn’t care less about.
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posted on
11/08/2010 7:38:45 AM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: rarestia; trickyricky
I think there are two social phenomena going on right now that speak volumes about human behavior.
First and foremost is the cell phone abuse (especially texting) which is so addictive people will risk life and limb to let their friends know - "I just left the mall and some jerk is beeping his horn at me", all while drifting lane to lane doing 45 mph on a 65 mph highway.
The other is bottled water. I think it's replaced smoking to satisfy that hand to mouth habit so many have (or had); and it's also become a security blanket not unlike a baby's "binky."
It still amazes me how many people can't get through a one hour meeting w/o a water bottle. You'd think it was a day long event in the Sahara.
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posted on
11/08/2010 7:46:19 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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