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Ecoute
Aug 16 2009
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GABBLE  I find Ecoute a great idea, anyway...

I usually take my iPod with me, plug it to my MacBook or to my iMac@work, then play songs from there.

It would be great if I could use Ecoute to play song from iPods too, without launching iTunes.

(I have emailed the developer 16 days ago, but had no reply from him).  
(Version 1.2.1)

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Ecoute
Aug 23 2009

PIXIAPPS  I think it's possible only with "Hard-drive mode" on iPods.. but impossible with iPod Touch / iPhone.  
(Version 1.2.3)

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Firefox
Jun 20 2009

GABBLE  ERUNNO, if you read at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3

you'll see:

ECMAScript Conformance (subtests 81-96)

Data URI scheme (subtest 97)

XHTML 1.0 Strict (subtest 98)

HTTP 1.1 Protocol

SVG tests are:

SVG 1.1 (subtests 74, 78)

SVG 1.1 Fonts (subtests 77, 79)

In any case:

"Firefox developers had been preparing for the imminent release of Firefox 3, focusing more on stability than Acid3 success. The resulting 3.0 release consequently gained a score in the 70s. The performance of Firefox has been improved in version 3.5, which scores 93/100. The current trunk builds of Firefox score 94/100 with the default configuration and 96/100 with svg.smil.enabled set to true."

Aaaannd: :-)

"Microsoft, developers of the Internet Explorer browser, said that Acid3 does not map to the goal of Internet Explorer 8 and that IE8 would improve only some of the standards being tested by Acid3. IE8 scores 20/100 and has some problems with rendering the Acid3 test page."

Surely Firefox is a terrific browser, it only could be a bit better in standards compliance.

Happy browsing! :-)  
(Version 3.5rc2)

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Firefox
Jun 19 2009

GABBLE  Still 93/100 against acid3 test (sfari4 and latest opera are both 100/100):

http://acid3.acidtests.org/  
(Version 3.5rc2)

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Firefox
Jun 19 2009

XENOPHILE  What's with the negative ratings on this comment? The reviewer posted a simple, verifiable fact, and apparently it hit a nerve amongst the Firefox Fanboyz here.  
(Version 3.5rc2)

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Firefox
Jun 19 2009

TWEETY_  Don't care ;) I use Firefox on my dual G4 Mac because Safari crashes a lot. And I'm happy with Firefox, it never caused me any problems.  
(Version 3.5rc2)

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Firefox
Jun 19 2009

ERUNNO  http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pNgBCwWdyRTT2JeiZn4B2Yw&gid=0

Looking at the spreadsheet you'll notice that Firefox 3.5 mostly fails in SVG related tests, none which should be relevant in the near future. Plus, full standard compliance implies Acid 3 conformance, not the other way around. That's a common mistake people seem to make (i.e. 100/100 doesn't mean that a browser is fully standard compliant).  
(Version 3.5rc2)

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Firefox
Jun 20 2009

CHRISWAN  Does it really matter? 93 vs 100?

I almost never have problem using Firefox, and it's customizbility beats the cr*p out of Safari  
(Version 3.5rc2)

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Firefox
Jun 20 2009

GABBLE  ERUNNO, if you read at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3

you'll see:

ECMAScript Conformance (subtests 81-96)

Data URI scheme (subtest 97)

XHTML 1.0 Strict (subtest 98)

HTTP 1.1 Protocol

SVG tests are:

SVG 1.1 (subtests 74, 78)

SVG 1.1 Fonts (subtests 77, 79)

In any case:

"Firefox developers had been preparing for the imminent release of Firefox 3, focusing more on stability than Acid3 success. The resulting 3.0 release consequently gained a score in the 70s. The performance of Firefox has been improved in version 3.5, which scores 93/100. The current trunk builds of Firefox score 94/100 with the default configuration and 96/100 with svg.smil.enabled set to true."

Aaaannd: :-)

"Microsoft, developers of the Internet Explorer browser, said that Acid3 does not map to the goal of Internet Explorer 8 and that IE8 would improve only some of the standards being tested by Acid3. IE8 scores 20/100 and has some problems with rendering the Acid3 test page."

Surely Firefox is a terrific browser, it only could be a bit better in standards compliance.

Happy browsing! :-)  
(Version 3.5rc2)

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Firefox
Jun 20 2009

ERUNNO  @Gabble

What makes you think that the numbering of the tests is the same as the order they are executed? For instance, subset 79 (SVG fonts) is not implemented yet. This feature will be release with Gecko 1.9.2:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119490

Your assertion about the numbering is wrong.  
(Version 3.5rc2)

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Firefox
Jun 21 2009

O5220803  Well, if it's 93/100 or 100/100 either score is fine with the rest of us, when you consider how far FFx has come in is development life-cycle. This release of the FFx is truly the best yet. Kudos to the Mozilla Development Team for a browser very well done!  
(Version 3.5rc2)

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Apple iTunes
Jun 19 2009

GABBLE  What I really miss with iTunes is a real tagging system, with spotlight integration.

I would also miss flac, ogg, etc., but tagging support for me is vital.  
(Version 8.2)

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Apple iTunes
Jul 16 2009

FRANKNS  Yes ... I agree.

I've always felt that iTunes lacked lots of basic tools that would make me a more frequent user and customer. Tags, bookmarks, all the basics ...  
(Version 8.2.1)

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Twin
May 26 2009
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GABBLE  Looks promising, but:

1) Twin is not able to use custom ports (e.g. sftp on port 54000, etc.). According to developers, version 1.0.1 was supposed to add this feature... I still see no indication in the release notes.

2) No support for incremental backups, by design. This makes some sense with remote backups, but not with mass media backup (where Twin is rather a complement to Time Machine)

3) no bit-wise comparison of files, which is vital for large files backups (images, video, vmware images,...). Every time the new file gets deleted then replaced. This is a real time, bandwidth (and money?) waste with remote backups. Dropbox and Qrecall both deal with bit-wise comparison. Unfortunately Twin developers don't seem interested in such feature.

A real pity... :-(  
(Version 1.0.1)

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DEVONthink Pro
Dec 28 2008

GABBLE  Thank you so much.  
(Version 2.0 pb1)

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DEVONthink Pro
Dec 24 2008

GABBLE  How do I tag documents imported in the database?

The info panel has a Tags field, but I cannot write anything into it (cannot set the cursor inside).

The same happens with the document properties window, I cannot write inside any of the fields, "keywords" in particular.

What am I missing?

Is it a limitation of the public beta version? No indication on their website anyway…  
(Version 2.0 pb1)

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DEVONthink Pro
Dec 28 2008

JGJONES28  The Upgrader's Guide included in the download lists all the features, including tagging, that are not yet functional in the first public beta.  
(Version 2.0 pb1)

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DEVONthink Pro
Dec 28 2008

GABBLE  Thank you so much.  
(Version 2.0 pb1)

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