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  1. Review - iTunes for Windows

    7.4 (Sep 6, 2007)

    I don't understand the negative ratings.

    Sure, the installer is large, but then again it contains multiple languages PLUS QuickTime. After installation, you can delete all the .lproj files and the whole installation will only be 24.5MB (16.5MB on disk).

    For me, when running, iTunes uses 50MB of memory and 5-10% CPU. Sure, some players have a smaller footprint, but I'll take it to get the useful Genre/Artist/Album browser panel and search interface. Fastest way for me to find certain tunes or flip to albums.

    For me, the only downsides are:
    - can't play wma (obviously!)
    - can't play cue
    - can't play flac
    [i use foobar2000 when i want to play any of those]
    - slightly dubious adhesion to tagging standards
    [i use mp3tag instead]

  2. Comment - Apple Releases New QuickTime Player

    7.4 (Apr 30, 2005 - 4:13 PM)

    If you look around hard enough on their site you can find an installer that contains just QuickTime and nothing else ;)

    Bit like the latest version of Acrobat Reader - 27MB if you choose the default, 12.5 if you dig around and find the version without "useful" stuff like a Yahoo toolbar, heh

  3. Comment - Firefox Hits 50 Million Downloads

    7.4 (Apr 30, 2005 - 4:08 PM)

    lol. me too

  4. Comment - Firefox Hits 50 Million Downloads

    7.4 (Apr 30, 2005 - 4:07 PM)

    IMO they release the updates not to hype the download number but to preserve Firefox's perceived distinction of being a "secure" browser. After all, they'd never get people to switch from IE if Firefox had as many unpatched exploits **as IE** :D

    Agree that a tiny patcher to patch only the updated files would be *far* more sensible tho.

    PS gotta admit the current system works - only 4 (YES, FOUR) known unpatched exploits for FF atm : good page to track it here
    http://secunia.com/product/4227/

  5. Comment - Firefox Hits 50 Million Downloads

    7.4 (Apr 30, 2005 - 4:02 PM)

    No, RobertM's point was that Firefox can handle (lots) more CSS syntaxes that IE. IE, for the most part, can only handle the most basic types of CSS and supports hardly any CSS 3.

    So PKKid's comment that he uses IE "because of CSS" is totally and utterly senseless :)

    I develop web pages and wherever a CSS-decorated link appears differently between IE and Firefox, 99.99% of the time it's because a flat-out flaw in IE's CSS handling, so you end up having to write a workaround that displays the same in both.

    Fair point about the number of downloads though. Though I've always thought it's fair to assume that the number of people who download the setup files say 5 times cancels out people like me who download it once and install it on 5 PCs ;)