A few readers have asked me to comment on Symantec's recent report. I held off because it didn't make sense for me to jump out in front of the official word.
I'm extremely proud of our approach to security. The Symantec report, when one actually reads it, validates our process and makes it clear that we're getting better all the time.
This is seriously funny. See also.
What amuses me in all of this is that so many Debian fans think they represent the position of both Debian and Ubuntu.
Head over to Centauri Dreams for new of a A Baffling New Planetary Discovery.
Has it really been a year since I asked you all which developer we should target for the next developer interview?
Well, it's time to revive the developer interviews and we're starting with Boris Zbarsky.
For those of you who don't remember or weren't around a year ago, here's how it works: you all submit your questions in the comments section here. At the end of a week (or sooner if the questions fall off -- in which case I'll do a follow-up post giving warning of the early close) I gather up the best questions and deliver them to Boris. Boris will answer each question and I'll post the questions and his answers soon after.
So ask away!
Theme updates landed in this morning's builds. So what do you think?
I finally got 10.5 installed on a machine at the office and though I've only been exploring for a day, and while there are a couple of nice new apps (Time Machine, for example,) it doesn't make me think "I've got to get this on my primary machine" like previous testing releases from Apple.
note: apparently I'm not allowed to talk about features in 10.5 that Apple have yet to describe publicly so I've removed the paragraph that was here and it sort of blunts my overall post but I'd rather not delete it completely..
What do you all think? Are there new features in Safari I'm missing? Or are they simply going to rev the version with each new OS version they ship?
I've heard a few people saying they don't think Firefox 2 is really that big of a jump from Firefox 1.0 and might not warrant the full version number bump. While I've only been playing with the Safari 3 app for a day, it sure doesn't feel a lot more usable than Safari 2. Are they ready for the big number 3? How much do you think should change for a full version bump, (bittorrent and widgets seemed to be enough to bump Opera from 8 to 9.)
For quick reference, here's a partial list of features that Firefox 2 has that Firefox 1.0 doesn't: automatic update service with binary patching, live bookmark titles, phishing protection, tab drag and drop, search suggestions, clear privacy data, search plug-in manager, OpenSearch support, session restore and undo close tab, Safari migration and Mac OS integration, web feed preview, tab scrolling and overflow menu, external feed handling, inline spell checking, and search plugin auto-discovery. Those are just some of the user-facing improvements and don't include other huge improvements like SVG, JavaScript 1.7, client-side session and persistent storage, extension blocklisting, and lots of other web developer and extension developer features.)
Oh, and I really am interested in hearing from those of you on 10.5 about other features, apps, changes that I might find fun or useful. I'm also fully aware that Firefox 2 and Safari 3 are both still pre-release software and things will change for both before release.
I'm reading a wide variety of opinions on the latest iteration of the Firefox theme. Some people really like it; others, not so much.
I haven't had the time to look for opinions outside of the regular watering holes, but so far it looks like the nos are outnumbering the yeas.
What's your take on the beta 2 theme? And be sure to note which OS you're on (because the theme is a bit different depending n your OS and your OS theme.) Oh, and while "love it" and "hate it" comments are fine, if you've got the time, I'd love to hear about what specifically you love, hate or are ambivalent.
