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Platypus Man
11/18/09

In reply to Moving Scroll Bar Clock Makes My Inner Web Designer Queasy
Now, you say the scroll bars work, and that's true, but moving them doesn't do anything. I was hoping that each one would represent how far along that number is from changing (if it's 1:30:00, 1's scroll bar would be halfway down, but all the other numbers would be right at the beginning).

Something else I like in this vein -- [the389.com] (though it only really works well in Chrome or Safari).
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iheartpie
11/18/09

@Platypus Man: now THAT is cool!

Question in regards to both sites; I'm assuming these are actually scroll bars and not just fancy scripting with some graphics? Cause that'd be easy to do ... actual scroll bars not so easy to do.

Can't test with OS/browser either, cause the graphics could be dynamically set depending on these factors ... and most code and right-click functionality can be altered server side :( I need answers!
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TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
11/19/09

@iheartpie: I use a custom XP skin (XPMC Compact) and the clock showed the correct scroll bars , so it's definitively using actual scrollbars and not just emulating them with graphics.
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Crimson33
11/18/09

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Too bad ME users might be using IE 6 or lower... And it might look like this.
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Platypus Man
11/18/09

@Crimson33: Better than IE8, where it doesn't even appear...
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jakemg
11/18/09

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Sorry, but this didn't exactly give me a boner. :(
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John Herrman
11/18/09

@jakemg: I don't know what to do here, console you?
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nutbastard
11/18/09

@John Herrman:

...are you saying you dont know how to give someone a boner?
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tnt-tek: I'd like some corn nuts
08/14/09

In reply to Google Chromium on Mac Kicks Every Other Mac Browser's Ass
I submit to you that being the best browser on OS X is like being the prettiest waitress at Denny's.

Thanks Doug
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badasscat
08/14/09

In reply to Google Chromium on Mac Kicks Every Other Mac Browser's Ass
Ok, someone want to take a stab at explaining how Chromium, in pre-alpha stage before its first official release, is labeled version 4.0?
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Darklighter
08/14/09

@badasscat: Every project chooses their own versioning conventions.
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ReconToaster misses garnett :(
08/13/09

In reply to Google Chromium on Mac Kicks Every Other Mac Browser's Ass
Gets extensions? Why?

If you want a browser that has tons of gadgets and crap, use Firefox. Chrome is made for a fast, simple browsing experience.
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Andre Ondre
08/13/09

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Looking at the mac version of chrome it clearly takes up more tabs and tool bar space than the windows equivalents which reminds me of Microsofts horrible IE6 with its space hoggin ability !!! heres a link of what im talking about

[video.linux-noob.com]
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Andre Ondre
08/13/09

@Andre Ondre: heres a link of what im talking about
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(Starman) Starman
08/13/09

@Andre Ondre: *Barf* I just threw up a little looking at that... reminds me of the dial-up Yahoo/AOL days, which I did not like. *SHUDDER*
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Sir Gibler
08/13/09

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well the safari build for snow leopard is going to be faster so im going to hold of until changing browsers until my iMac boots 10.6
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glaeven
08/13/09

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the UI just doesnt work in OS X. the "tabs on top" works better in windows.

iron out the UI, and we're in business.
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SysRq
08/13/09

@glaeven: Yeah, I think I see what you mean, what with the awkward placement of the little circle button things. (they probably have a name, I don't know what it is.)
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The Donut Pirate
08/13/09

@SysRq: You mean the Traffic Light XMinusPlus buttons, right?
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Dillinger23
08/14/09

@glaeven: See that is the one thing i miss from the safari 4 beta, was the tabs on top. I dont need the title bar taking up the whole section when it could be used for tabs and save me another 25 px.
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SysRq
08/14/09

@The Donut Pirate: Indeed I do. I know you probably made that up but whatever. The rest of you, no comment approval for you!
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SysRq
08/14/09

@Dillinger23: Really? Because I hated that. Maybe I just hated it because at the time I was using XP primarily. Windows tends to fill me with hate.
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MacAttack7388
08/13/09

In reply to Google Chromium on Mac Kicks Every Other Mac Browser's Ass
To firefox? Why not to safari? I use safari for it's speed, and for top sites. If Chrome is that much faster, and has an add-on to duplicate top sites, I'll switch.
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itchytooth
08/13/09

@MacAttack7388: I like Safari too, partly because it means one less piece of software to install on a new Mac and also because it's so visually subdued. I hate how other browsers have toolbars littered with colorful icons. I know, I know, there's themes to make Firefox look however you wish, I just can't be bothered with pimpin' my browser all day.
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Barry99705
08/13/09

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just need an adblock addon....
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SysRq
08/13/09

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How is Safari 4 not already a challenger to Firefox? On the Mac, it kicks the crap out of Firefox as it is. And for the people who use FIrefox over Safari in the name of features, they're not going to give a shit about Chrome.
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Yossarian Threepwood
08/13/09

@SysRq: I completely agree with you. I did switch briefly from Safari to Firefox until Safari 4 was released, I tried it out, and was stunned by the realisation that I didn't have to wait thirty seconds to boot my browser and load a webpage. I haven't even booted up Firefox since.
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ForestFire0
08/13/09

@SysRq: You seem to imply that choosing a browser for features instead of speed is a mistake. I would have to disagree with you. I use Firefox, and I'm not even considering switching. If you notice, those times are in ms. As in milliseconds. As in 1/1000th of a second. I'd trade .5 sec for a huge library of add-ons any day. Do you really think that is what matters in a browser is thousandths of seconds of load time? Welcome to the real world, where a lot of functionality is more valuable than a little performance.

And to anyone who uses the argument that time adds up, and by using Chrome I will save a significant amount of time in the long run, I could get one add-on for Firefox that Chrome doesn't have that will save me 10x or 100x as much time. (I don't have a specific add-on in mind. There's lots that save time. Pick one.)
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Tariq Ismael
08/13/09

@Yossarian Threepwood: Adblock and StumbleUpon were the only two add ons I used in Firefox, and both can be used with Safari. It's so much nicer to have a faster and better looking browser than a feature bloated and slow one.
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Nintenboy01
08/13/09

@SysRq: I have to agree, Firefox 3.5.2 kept crashing on me so I defected to Safari. Even scrolling pages is faster.
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SysRq
08/13/09

@ForestFire0: I'm not trying to say that performance > features or vice versa. I'm just saying the great thing about the "browser war" is that people like you, who value features, can have a browser you like, and people like me, who value performance, can have a browser we like. One is not more important than the other universally. People have needs, people have opinions, people have preferences.

I find Safari 4 to be much faster than Firefox. I don't really care about add-ons, the few add-ons I care about I can get for Safari. When I have a page that is acting weird in Safari (rare but it happens) I load it in Firefox. That's why I keep them side by side in my dock. Different tools for different problems.
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djdare
08/13/09

In reply to Google Chromium on Mac Kicks Every Other Mac Browser's Ass
How about Camino? In my personal experience that seems to be really fast. I switch between that and Safari, and they both seem to be about the same, firefox always seemed slower on a mac, and so does opera. I know there are some tweaks you can do to make firefox faster, but I don't understand why I would need to tweak a finished product. Shouldn't it come set up to be as fast as it can be? I am pumped for this though, when they released it for pc, I was disappointed that I had removed my windows partition...
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drewdrawshashtags
08/14/09

@djdare: I was a big fan of Camino (used it as my primary browser for a couple of years), but recently it's lagged too far behind the big boys to be my everyday browser. Quite a few bugs that just never seem to get taken care of and average speed compared to Safari 4 and Firefox 3.5 IMHO.
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