As you know, I love and use linux as my primary operating system. Our founder and spiritual leader is Linus Torvalds. Linus is a pretty bright guy, given to speaking his mind. Sometimes he's a tad grumpy, especially during this exchange about Nvidia's statement that they are flatly ignoring and not supporting linux.
What, you've never seen an octopus hitching a ride on a dolphin's genitals before?
Remember that Princely fellow William who recently got married to a Kate? Kate has apparently been shown her place by Lupo, the cocker spaniel. We here at ThermionicEmissions wish to salute William on his excellent taste in black cockers. While Marshall is upset that Lupo is an English cocker, what else can we expect from the Limeys?
Well, it's been a few days since our friends at the TSA have been in the news. This week I bring you news of a different kind of TSA story. A lady had a serious complaint about how she was groped, so she groped a TSA agent. We need more stories like this.
Over in Bedford County, Virginia, a dead dog received a voter registration form. I don't know about his voting plans, but if he ran, I'd vote for him. He has to be better than the current set.
Over at the Jerry Sandusky trial, Mrs. Sandusky took the stand for the defense today. Before the questioning got started, Mrs. Sandusky was heard to ask why Jerry kept asking her to dress up like an altar boy. [I made this up.]
And lastly, Msgr Lynn, of the Philadelphia Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, has requested house arrest instead of jail. I'm not sure but I heard that he's requesting the Ronald McDonald House arrest.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Android Browser Opinions
I installed Firefox on my Samsung tablet today. I was surprised to see that it was version seven, as my desktop (linux) browsers all got upgraded to seven today. Strangely enough, all the mobile extensions I wanted were not available with seven, with the exception of AdBlock.
AdBlock is one of my favorite and most important add-ins. NoScript and cookie blockers run a close second. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be anything happening for Firefox mobile in cookie blocking.
Firefox on Android has always been a mixed blessing for me. Firefox is my favorite browser by far, but it has been an unmitigated disaster on Android. It's my favorite due to plug-ins, which really should be standard on all browsers by now. But Firefox's performance on Android has been sub-par, to be more polite than I have ever been on this blog. Even on my HTC Sensation it's slow. It's also a resource hog.
Seven does seem a bit faster and more polished than the previous version, though, so I added some extensions and did a small amount of browsing. One of the options is to reformat text when resizing, which I checked. As usual, there were a few options that should never be checked by default, like remember passwords. There is an option to delete all info on close, which should also be standard in all browsers.
The site I loaded was (surprise!) ThermionicEmissions. Yes, you're reading it now. Even sight-impaired people can tell that this blog is mainly text. We are generally unencumbered by pictures, blinky lights, javascript, or sliding menus. Firefox's performance was so-so but not tedious. It resized a bit slowly, though. All in all, it was acceptable.
Just for fun I popped up Opera. ThermionicEmissions loaded so quickly it made my head spin. While I did not time loading, it was appreciably faster than Firefox. The site was never loaded before in either browser, so there was no danger of it being cached.
I tend to use Opera as my default Android browser and it appears that it will stay so. I'm not crazy about the built-in browser because it feels very limited. On my first Droid, I tried a number of other browsers, like Dolphin, but I found Opera to be the fastest. Dolphin has all sorts of gee-whiz features but they're not so gee-whiz for me if I don't use them.
Speed is very important to me with Android, moreso after I switched from Verizon to TMobile. If I have to wait significantly longer for pages to load, a browser is of very limited use. I'll keep Firefox around just in case.
Now here's the disclaimer: this is how it worked for me. I'm what you'd call No Fun, in that I disable javascript, Flash, and cookies for safety, privacy, and speed. Do your own testing the way that you use your browsers. This is just a starting point.
AdBlock is one of my favorite and most important add-ins. NoScript and cookie blockers run a close second. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be anything happening for Firefox mobile in cookie blocking.
Firefox on Android has always been a mixed blessing for me. Firefox is my favorite browser by far, but it has been an unmitigated disaster on Android. It's my favorite due to plug-ins, which really should be standard on all browsers by now. But Firefox's performance on Android has been sub-par, to be more polite than I have ever been on this blog. Even on my HTC Sensation it's slow. It's also a resource hog.
Seven does seem a bit faster and more polished than the previous version, though, so I added some extensions and did a small amount of browsing. One of the options is to reformat text when resizing, which I checked. As usual, there were a few options that should never be checked by default, like remember passwords. There is an option to delete all info on close, which should also be standard in all browsers.
The site I loaded was (surprise!) ThermionicEmissions. Yes, you're reading it now. Even sight-impaired people can tell that this blog is mainly text. We are generally unencumbered by pictures, blinky lights, javascript, or sliding menus. Firefox's performance was so-so but not tedious. It resized a bit slowly, though. All in all, it was acceptable.
Just for fun I popped up Opera. ThermionicEmissions loaded so quickly it made my head spin. While I did not time loading, it was appreciably faster than Firefox. The site was never loaded before in either browser, so there was no danger of it being cached.
I tend to use Opera as my default Android browser and it appears that it will stay so. I'm not crazy about the built-in browser because it feels very limited. On my first Droid, I tried a number of other browsers, like Dolphin, but I found Opera to be the fastest. Dolphin has all sorts of gee-whiz features but they're not so gee-whiz for me if I don't use them.
Speed is very important to me with Android, moreso after I switched from Verizon to TMobile. If I have to wait significantly longer for pages to load, a browser is of very limited use. I'll keep Firefox around just in case.
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