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Shades

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Re: Is Firefox 3.0 the "Fat Elvis?"
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2008, 08:29 PM »
WMP 11?

In my point of view the person(s) that designed the default interface should be shot on site, immediately, without mercy. The simplicity of Mediaplayer 6.4 is unsurpassed. Even the videoplayer which has my total devotion (VideoLan) interface can still learn from this one!

Some six years ago I saw and heard the perfect hi-fi 5.1 audio amplifier (:-*), while fixing the computer from a customer of mine...it's user interface just consisted of an On/Off button and a big round knob for volume control (and the remote control did not have any more functionality!).

That thing really opened my eyes about the "keep it simple" concept.  :)     

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Re: Is Firefox 3.0 the "Fat Elvis?"
« Reply #26 on: April 16, 2008, 12:43 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.
-nontroppo (April 15, 2008, 08:51 AM)
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.
-f0dder (April 15, 2008, 09:32 AM)

Opera developers do focus on the browser. There is a seperate team who handle M2 (the mail/chat/rss client). One of the great advantages for me is the fact I've got a solid mail/rss client linked in. Single interface, less resources, more consistency. Opera runs with profiles off a single install, so you can build two profiles, one as a pure fast browser (I call mine Munin), and my full integrated profile. I can run one or both at the same time as needs be (also possible with FF, but to run multiple profiles simultaneously requires a hack).

I couldn't be bothered to read the article, it sounded too much like linkbait to me...
-nontroppo (April 15, 2008, 08:51 AM)
If you're talking about this article, it's not linkbait and definitely worth a read.
-f0dder (April 15, 2008, 09:32 AM)

No, I've read that and it is excellent, I was refering to the OP Wired article...
FARR Wishes: Performance Tweaks ― Task Control ― Adaptive History
[url=http://opera.com/]

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Re: Is Firefox 3.0 the "Fat Elvis?"
« Reply #27 on: April 16, 2008, 01:23 AM »
WMP 11?

In my point of view the person(s) that designed the default interface should be shot on site, immediately, without mercy.
-Shades (April 15, 2008, 08:29 PM)

What? No waterboarding? Politically correct folk suck!
« Last Edit: April 16, 2008, 01:25 AM by nosh »
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