On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Micha <mi...@post.tau.ac.il> wrote: > On 25/12/2009 23:29, Uri Even-Chen wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Dotan Cohen<dotanco...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I tested all 3 browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer) >>>> with Gmail, and the fonts look best with Internet Explorer! The fonts >>>> in Google Chrome and Firefox don't look good, I can't explain it but >>>> the fonts in Internet Explorer look better! >>> >>> Turn on anti-aliasing for all programs. This is a known issue in Windows. >> >> Sorry, I don't know how to do that. I'm stuck with the default. But >> I think the programmers themselves (of Google Chrome and Firefox) >> should have taken care of this issue. >> > > It's not something that the programmers can control in this case. Its a fuck > with the shitty piece of software called windows.
Why? I don't think there is anything a good programmer can't do. If they want they can do it. >>>> I think they should >>>> improve Google Chrome and Firefox, I have problems with other websites >>>> and not only my bank. It's bad, websites should work well with all >>>> browsers but the web developers don't bother to test them! It's much >>>> cheaper to test only with Internet Explorer and ignore the rest. But >>>> I prefer Internet Explorer, I will not switch to another browser if >>>> the fonts don't look good, I don't hear anything when clicking links >>>> etc. I'm not the usual end user who doesn't know how to install new >>>> browsers, I tested 3 browsers and chose Internet Explorer! Maybe in 5 >>>> years I will change my mind, maybe not. Today I think Internet >>>> Explorer is the best browser. I wouldn't recommend anything else to >>>> others! >>>> >>> >>> Other than the fonts (which you can fix by turning on anti-aliasing) >>> and the clicking sound (which an addon fixes), what other advantages >>> does IE have? I personally like IE 8 when I use Windows, but I find >>> Firefox even better. This is a serious question. >> >> My bank (hapoalim) website does not look good in Firefox and Google >> Chrome. Other websites as well. IE is installed automatically on any >> computer with Windows, this helps when you get used to it and it's >> installed on public computers around the world. If I use a public >> computer when travelling, chances are I'm using IE. I tried Firefox >> and Google Chrome, for example with Gmail, and I think they are less >> good than IE. >> > > Israely banks are notorious for horrible site design practices. > > As for IE around the world, I ran into more and more computers running > linux. I also always traver with a portable version of firefox and > thunderbird on a usb disk (Actually also skype for those windows computers > that don't have it installed). Greatly reduces the risk of password theft > (those computers around the world are usually set to store passwords and > such). > > Personally, I introduced my wife to firefox and since then she refuses to > touch Microsoft, she just stopped using any sites that don't support it. > > And now that Leumi has a iphone app we don't need explorer even for that. > >>>> Sorry, I can't. I have files in Excel and Word, they never look the >>>> same with Open Office, and I'm using them. >>> >>> If you have non-confidential files that look different in OOo, please >>> send them to me so that I could file a bug and improve OOo. Thanks. >> >> Sorry, my files are confidential. But I'm not using Open Office, I >> have a version of Microsoft Office on my computer and I'm used to it. >> > > My condolences > >> I suppose I can convert my Word and Excel files to Open Office if I >> want to, but my Access software will have to keep running on Microsoft >> Access& Windows. I wrote this software for the company I work for, >> Pazgal, since 1996 and until now. It has about 80 forms, 40 reports >> and more than 200 queries, 80 tables and a lot of Visual Basic code. >> If I were to write this program again in a new platform, it would take >> me years! And I don't know which platform can replace Microsoft >> Access. >> > > Access is one of the worst databases around. sql is a much better choice, > although I'm not a database person so I can't recomend environments. Visual > basic is also pure crap in my opinion, but I guess I'm as biased against > Microsoft as you are for it. Yes, I hate Visual Basic, and I worked years in Visual Basic and access. I want to start working in other programming languages, such as Java or C++ or Python. But the problem is I can't find work in Java or C++ where I don't have experience. I hate Microsoft, I hate their software, but I admit some of their software is better than their competition. I tried Open Office and I don't like it, I prefer Microsoft Office instead. Maybe we should start a new open source project for office, Open Office is 150MB which is far too much to download. I wish Microsoft will go bankrupt, I hate monopolies and I hate Microsoft. Maybe Google will come up with better solutions, until then I'm stuck with Microsoft! > Each time I touch word (usually to change one equation in an exercise file > or solution) I regret it and end up copying the entire file to latex as it > takes me less time than to make it presentable with word. > >>>> And Access - I don't know >>>> about any alternative to Access. I'm stuck with Windows. >>>> > > Like I said, sql, but it will require converting the software to something > that is not junk. > >>> >>> There is none. OOo Base is nowhere near the level that Access is, even >>> for simple home users. >>> >>> -- >>> Dotan Cohen >>> >>> http://what-is-what.com >>> http://gibberish.co.il >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-il mailing list >> Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il >> http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
