Re: [dylug] (Firefox/linux really worth the switch ?)

hi , 
Amit Gud wrote:
 
> Firefox or no firefox is I think now is the matter of personal
> experience. I felt it pretty descent, good themes, slick and worked fine
> for me whenever I wanted it to, unlike IE, which I used for ages....

Hey amit absolutely right. Most of the times what we want from a
software is that it is fast , simple and elegant . Firefox atleast for
me does all these and there is no way i am going back to IE.  Besides
its non-intrusive which is important.

With regards to gmail , i think its simplified email. If you just cut
out the initial loading time it takes , its a wonderful journey .
Replying and forwarding are absolutely smooth . Putting in
attachements ( Heavy ones ) is much faster and it adds contacts
automatically ( also differentiates between the frequent ones and the
less frequent ones ). Gmail just makes life so much easier because it
understands the needs of the users. Besides there are no graphical ads
, just text based ones. Hey varun , i honestly think hotmail is going
down the dumps . Forget the 250 mb space ( i still dont have it ! ) ,
the whole user interface is heavy and takes ages to load up.  Its not
just about space dude , just the fact that most of my important mails
would land up in the junk mail in hotmail and would get deleted within
a week . I dont think gmail is over-hyped , besides its just something
called *viral marketing* ( a way to spread the word around ) and they
have been successful at it. If you are quiting gmail , do it at your
own peril ( just feel sad that you will miss out on something really
good )

With regards to programming capabilities "have we really forgotten the
simplicity of VC " . Huh ? is VC really simple ? to me  its arcane and
intricate where a lot of details have to be remembered. BTW , as amit
says the holistic view of Qt and Kdevelop rocks ( i hope varun you had
tried these before :-/ )

Kalyan has raised a pertinent question. With regards to applications
maybe closed source works , but honestly kary , you really think for
something as huge as an OS , closed source is the right choice ? There
are going to be so many bugs , and if the source is open to all , they
are going to come out in the open sooner or later , but with closed
source ... ?

cheers , 
vivek


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