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Member since June 6, 2004

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    Mike Heavin

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    United States of America

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  1. Review - Deepnet Explorer Advanced

    1.5.2 Beta 2 (Dec 7, 2005)

    I installed the browser. I liked in integration with the news feed and the blocking features with the Web browser. It seemed quite slow at loading pages and retrieving files from the news feeds. With other browsers opening the same file, Deepnet consistently took 2-3 times as long to display the pages.

    It has potential, but still needs some speed work.

  2. Comment - Google's Chrome is gaining users, especially in the wee hours

    1.5.2 Beta 2 (Sep 5, 2008 - 9:15 AM)

    Only for searching. The toolbar also provides quick access to bookmarks, email, groups, news sites, etc.

    I just thought it was funny that the link from Chrome to me to a Firefox page.

  3. Comment - Google's Chrome is gaining users, especially in the wee hours

    1.5.2 Beta 2 (Sep 4, 2008 - 11:02 PM)

    Something funny I thought I would share.

    I went to the More Google Products page and tried to install the Google Toolbar. The Toolbar link took me to the Google Toolbar for Firefox page. LOL

    I guess you can't run Google Toolbar in Google Chrome.

  4. Comment - US Antitrust Chief, EU Competition Chief Spar Over Microsoft

    1.5.2 Beta 2 (Sep 20, 2007 - 12:24 PM)

    While I am not much of a Microsoft proponent, I do think in this case that the EU CFI went too far in its decision. Forcing any software company to divulge its source code robs it of the benefits of its own intellectual property. If a company can be forced to lose revenue to recoup its development costs, what motivation would it have to develop new technologies?

    I wonder what the impact would be if Microsoft just pulled out of the EU market rather than share it server source code?

  5. Comment - Microsoft Asks for IE8 Suggestions

    1.5.2 Beta 2 (Jan 30, 2007 - 9:02 AM)

    1. Provide user-created add-on support (ala Firefox)

    2. Follow protocol standards.

    3. Most importantly...decouple it from the operating system and make it a standalone app.

  6. Comment - Apple, Norway Headed for iTunes DRM Showdown

    1.5.2 Beta 2 (Jan 25, 2007 - 2:46 PM)

    I am not really supporting or not supporting Apple. But I do wonder why digital music should get special treatment and be forced to an open format. No one is suing Microsoft because Office documents don't use an open format. No one is suing Quicken because TurboTax won't run on my LINUX system. No one is suing Nintendo because I can't play my Nintendo CD on my PS3.

    To use your analogy, if I buy software, I want to run it on all the OSs I have, not just 1. If my Windows PC breaks, I would lose all my software and would have to buy another Windows PC in order to use.