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But if, as you say, any bit of explorer uses a HTML view then surely the DLL is loaded? I forget now if webview is the default, but if it is then I suspect the HTML components will get loaded shortly after the machine boots and the users starts using explorer.I believe it's the default, yes... but I'm not sure when the html component would be loaded. Presumably not until the user navigates to a folder that actually has html components?-nontroppo (April 15, 2008, 08:51 AM)
Just to say, Opera is modular, so chat and torrent are not "in" the core product. They are linked, but will be flushed out of memory when not in use IIUC. If Opera didn't compress its DLL they would not even hit memory.It's windows default to discard unused memory pages, whether they're in DLLs or not... I just don't like features like this being included with a web browser, and would rather see them moved out to separate projects, and have the Opera developers focus on their browser instead.-nontroppo (April 15, 2008, 08:51 AM)
And if you can reproduce a crash, I'd be happy to submit a bug for you with a crashlog. Opera even have a specialised assembler program to catch crashlogs: http://www.opera.com...ort/search/view/432/It's usually been on pages with java (not javascript) or flash... so you might say "it's not an Opera problem", but I've had far less crashes on the same sites with IE and FF. There's also been some pretty random crashes, but those are hard to reproduce.-nontroppo (April 15, 2008, 08:51 AM)
I couldn't be bothered to read the article, it sounded too much like linkbait to me...If you're talking about this article, it's not linkbait and definitely worth a read.-nontroppo (April 15, 2008, 08:51 AM)
even though IE is essentially preloaded into memory at Windows startup.Ugh, would you please stop spreading that piece of false information? It really isn't. If you (on old enough hardware
) time first- and secondary launch times of IE, you'll see a speed difference. People are all confused over this issue because things like the common controls were introduced with IE, but quickly became a set of core windows controls, used by many other apps...).To be fair, not all of the integrated intel graphics are bad - won't do high-end gaming, but that's not the idea of integrated graphics after all. Also, I think a big part of the problem with integrated intel graphics the last few years is driver-induced, not because of bad hardware...Intel has already released very comprehensive full 2D/3D documentation for their embedded graphicsIntel + 3D graphics + embedded chips = Not computable-f0dder (April 14, 2008, 01:00 PM). And they had sound cards as well?
-Lashiec (April 14, 2008, 06:17 PM)
Blame hardware manufacturers with Microsoft's fingerprints on their bankroll that won't allow them to release a decent API for open source driver developers.Please, don't blame Microsoft for this. Blame Linus for refusing to do a stable kernel ABI, and the GPL mentality of refusing closed-source stuff. And blame intellectual property, as well as the fear of being ripped off when you've paid millions of dollars for research and development.
(unless it's because of ClipX, clipboard extenders can cause weird problems... then again, I had those problems before using ClipX).Anyway I thought one of the big criticisms of Vista was eye candy - why is Linux even tryi9ng to compete in the shallow eye candy stakes?Because they're all a bunch of hypocrites, and because it's funnier writing graphical effects than documentation and bugfixing.
I have came to know Adobe made Photoshop express web interface that allows photographers to manipulate photos online.Nah, we won't see this for quite some years to come... the online version isn't really photoshop, imho, all it has is a bundle of their filters. Something as heavy-duty use as photoshop (full featured) is impossible to move to a web-app for the foreseeable future.
Maybe she thought you are CinderellaI don't... all you need now is Prince Charming (don't we all)
-Carol Haynes (April 11, 2008, 08:32 PM)
But it's still important to know what an interrupt or a pointer is, and to know enough about memory management, even if your programming language takes care of all that for you.Most programmers don't need to know about interrupts or much other machine architecture, really - it's pretty irrelevant if you're doing web apps or database clients, etc. Heck, even in native C++ you can go a long way without needing to use (or at least know much about) pointers.-Gothi[c]
Perhaps in the end it doesn't matter what you start with, and experience is the only thing that counts.I agree more or less with you here - and I'd like to add curiosity to the mix. Stay curious and willing to learn, that's what counts. I do believe that it's not entirely irrelevant how you start your programming adventure; BASIC can have permanent damaging effects to innocent souls-Gothi[c]
