"Nope. I still use OS X 99% of the time I am on my Mac. However, on days when I know I am going to focus on dev tasks, I would rather not use a VM. Might be just me, but I hate compromising power and performance. VM's are nice to hop in and get something done, but not what I want to use for many hours."
- Scott Watermasysk
"They have already said Snow Leopard will be a dev release at the WWDC. I was really hoping for the same thing (it was why I was waiting to buy a new MB)."
- Scott Watermasysk
"Hi Cohen, Thanks for the suggestion. The local offline sync is a feature that I wish was available on Instapaper. I have even looked to write one myself but the Instapaper API does not support querying your data (although there is RSS). At the moment, I rarely use FireFox unless I am on my Mac (Chrome FTW), so Instapaper is a more natural fit for me. The other thing I forgot to mention in regards to Instapaper is that t is integrated into Tweetie which is something I use all the time as well. Thanks again for the suggestion."
- Scott Watermasysk
"I have heard that argument in the past as well. As John mentions, there seems to be ways to sync the comments. However, in my opinion, being able to actually engage with users in a richer way far outweighs the SEO benefits...especially if you come to the opinion that SEO is more or less pointless wasted effort."
- Scott Watermasysk
"I am a big Markdown fan. Once you get the hang of it you will cringe when writing HTML. Heck, I even get annoyed waiting for most WYSIWYG editors at this point."
- Scott Watermasysk
"I think the limits are 20 unique crons. They count against your normal traffic quotas, so I think you are free to do once a minute if necessary."
- Scott Watermasysk
I only seem to use it when twitter is down. A better iPhone app might bring me around more often more "reader" like features (ie, let me add feeds and info that only I see like my google reader subscriptions and all of the tweets from my account on twitter)
- Scott Watermasysk
If it's not on friendfeed, I'm not interested, Thomas. :)
- Alex Scoble
Best ignore those that think they know what is going on and preach about it.
- CW™
Uhh oh, don't I act like that sometimes, CW? *goes and cries in a corner*
- Alex Scoble
Your a scoble.. I don't think you can help it. ;) But you back up your statements, allow others the chance to change your mind and not go off to a Ashram and sulk when people complain about you. ;)
- CW™
People are complaining about me? *goes and cries in a corner*
- Alex Scoble
You mean yesterday's news Arrington ??? Or today's embargo Arrington?
- David HC Soul
I just read Arrington's post and commented via FriendFeed (not to make any philosophical point, but because I'm on an older mobile phone right now using fftogo). While I had some quibbles, the fact remains that there are far fewer FriendFeed users than there are Facebook users. Then again, there are far fewer Twitter users than Facebook users, so simplicity isn't everything...
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
The word I heard him use was "nobody", not "fewer", "nobody"...Perhaps I'm wrong though...either way, I don't care. I find friendfeed to be eminently more entertaining and useful than Twitter or Facebook.
- Alex Scoble
I'm going with Scoble, and betting on this horse. This new UI is just a thing of beauty. This is how it should be. They're the ones who've found the Grail Castle. This is it right here. I'm just loving it.
- Web Nex
Here. But off to bed soon. Back later. G'nite, FF.
- Lisa L. Seifert
Love the new beta. Really nice job to Team FF!
- Marc Chung
Wow, a whole ~120 people ... over 5 hours. I used to play on MUDs 10+ years ago with more simultaneous users. FF is 98% Scoble-hype noise, 2% RSS crawling.
- Dossy Shiobara
@bec rowe - fine, I'll be generous, suppose there's a whole ORDER OF MAGNITUDE more users, 10x or 1,200 ... this is a big deal? Most major IRC networks each have 60k+ concurrent users and that's tech that's 15+ years old now.
- Dossy Shiobara
for such a "new and improved" UI, why do I have to scroll ALL the way back up to click the "comment" link? what, did none of the UX people think "gee, putting it at the bottom of the list of comments would be a good idea"?
- Dossy Shiobara
seriously, people, stop being sheep. FF is cute but it's a pet rock.
- Dossy Shiobara
Exactly -- I come here to escape from Facebook and when I want more conversation than Twitter :) Sheep we are not. ;)
- Mona Nomura
I have 3 tabs locked into the first three positions of my always-open Firefox window: Google Reader, Gmail and you guessed it... FriendFeed.
- Brooks Bishop
Absolutley! Great aggregator, but have to use Twirl or other app at work
- Jonathan Decker
from twhirl
Who the hell is Michael Arrington, and why should I give two tugs of a dead dog's cock what he thinks?
- Steven Perez
damn you steven perez... speak ya mind for a change!!! ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
Perez: Some meatbag with an overblown sense of self importance
- Mo Kargas
Arrington is a Web 1.0 dinosaur trying to make himself relevant still by being Jerry Springer without the entertainment value.
- Bob M. Montgomery
from twhirl
Just to note: I know damn well who Arrington is. He's that meatsack whose website couldn't hold its load for a few hours. But I'm serious about not caring what he thinks.
- Steven Perez
that's r scoble too mo... ooops I'll get bashed! :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
something tells me THIS proves how little he uses this place ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
That's OK, I get the sense that most people here couldn't care less. :) We use friendfeed because we like it, not because some A-Lister that doesn't even participate here thinks we should or shouldn't.
- Alex Scoble
Shouldn't this be on a TC post since all those comments will be sucked into the blog itself?
- coldbrew
agreed alex, if you watch your brother's video of the pre-beta walk through from last weekend, mike was there, engaged and asked good questions of bret and paul, but then he goes off and belittles ff & those using it - immature or trollish not sure which it is...
- mike "glemak" dunn
But Alex.. your bro is a supposed A-lister...
- Rob Sellen :o)
dunn: Arrington is providing feedback. I'm sure team-FF can handle it.
- coldbrew
yeah the feedback he provides is..."the worse way to use friendfeed" :o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
My brother also participates here a lot, so when he says something is great or sucks here he has some authority...certainly a lot more authority on the subject than you know who.
- Alex Scoble
i am and its soo much better. Tell mike the tech rumors are better here, too.
- Roberto Bonini
my head hurts. || button is my friend
- Todd Randolph
Right on Alex! To enhance what I said yesterday, FriendFeed is the "coolest app" to consume information on the Internet and interact with smart people.
- Eric Berlin
Nah, I never use FriendFeed. FriendFeed uses me! Don't ask.
- Brad Butner
from twhirl
*rolls eyes* Outlandish statements are how Arrington moves the space. It doesn't matter how the space moves, as long as it moves, then Arrington can remora off it. He doesn't care who wins or how his little bombs affect anyone, just as long as it moves somewhere. He's like a weapons dealer who foments the extension of wars so he can sell the weapons to both sides.
- Matthew DeVries
It's Michael Arrington. His ego is the size of the Sun and is infinitely expanding like the universe. All I hear is "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah."
- Zach Flauaus
My thread was first and my brother was just being a copycat. First!
- Alex Scoble
Put both threads in a room, and similpost in both. The power of the exponent!
- Matthew DeVries
yep, that Scoble is a copycat !! :)-
- Peter Dawson
I think the only way to settle this is with a good old fashioned slap fight. Or a drinking contest... Either way we need video of it.
- Joe Pierce
But I said "First!" That's the internet beat down right there.
- Alex Scoble
more comments than likes? how can that be... you commenter's who have yet to like...like.. and those who have yet comment...comment..and like ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
I'm down with FreindFeed. My usage has skyrocketed since the beta launch.
- Tim
"More likely twitter is having problems. I have had to re-tweet things quite a few times over the last couple of days. When the shit hits the fan, the twitter API seems to be the first thing that suffers."
- Scott Watermasysk
"Hi R.L. Good point. In the example you showed, I think that makes sense. The JavaScript is helpful but not neccessary since there is also a link to view the full contents. On the other javascript enabled links I am a bit torn. For the sake of simplicity I am taking the line of "without javascript, the tool won't be functional" since there are a bunch of other scenarios which rely on javascript. Might not be optimal long term, but works for a pet project. :) Thanks."
- Scott Watermasysk
"I don't think it is that easy. There isn't one open and one close. There are essentially N. Using CSS classes would certainly make it easier in the selector, but I still need to find the ID to do the toggling unless there was a way of saying "toggle open/closed from within this parent". Hmm....maybe that would work."
- Scott Watermasysk
"There could be multiple elements found in select which is why I was using bind. I wanted to avoid trying to find each of them individually. As for slide, that might be a nice touch. For now, I am just trying to gage the user experience. Thanks."
- Scott Watermasysk
"Hi Bob, Thanks for the feedback. While there is certainly some risk, this is all automated work. So saying it cost $29 to open a temporary account is really BS. In addition, if your software did its job, then there should very little risk. In the event someone's return was not accepted, you could potentially be out the fees of using your software, which should be penny's if even measurable. Finally, going out on a limb here, but the kind of person who is too scared to use a credit card online is not likely doing his taxes online either. Again, thanks for the reply, but from comments here, on Twitter, and personal emails I have received you have lots of customers who are concerned about how you do business. Although your software has worked quite well for me for the last couple of years, I may have to try TaxAct next year based on some of the feedback I have gotten about them."
- Scott Watermasysk
"@JohnnyHall I don't think it is any particular feature (although SLOOB will be very helpful). It is more around the overall momentum and a personal belief that they are just getting started. -Scott"
- Scott Watermasysk
"Hi Johnny, Not sure what I was thinking when I said extension method. I was probably thinking you could use extentsions for properties, but that is obviously not valid. Thanks."
- Scott Watermasysk