Ilan Meir updated 2 products

Ilan Meir — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:15:24 -0400

1. updated Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd - July 23, 2009 at 1:15 am

tapped as "love it"
untapped as "love it"

2. updated SanDisk Sansa View - July 23, 2009 at 1:11 am

tapped as "love it"
disagreed: "Buttons around the scroll wheel are small"
agreed: "Poor Podcast support."
agreed: "Battery life is greatly decreased when the screen is on full brightness"
agreed: "Poorly organized user interface"
disagreed: "Instable firmware"
disagreed: "No tailored accessories market, just universal stuff"
agreed: "Sometimes slow to update screen after button presses, ie: track skip, FF/RWD, volume, sometimes locks out button presses, continues playing song, but unresponsive to buttons."
agreed: "Unable to create/edit playlists away from PC"
disagreed: "No way to cycle quickly through long song lists."
disagreed: "No DivX support"
agreed: "Scratch-resistant face"
agreed: "Dual USB modes (MTP, MSC)"
agreed: "built in voice and FM radio recording"
agreed: "Using a SanDisk Audio/TV Cable, it Plays videos on external external monitors (Beamer, TV...)."
agreed: "includes an FM tuner"
disagreed: "Good video format compatibility"
agreed: "Very light weight"
disagreed: "No drivers needed - drag & drop supported"
agreed: "Mechanical wheel's tactile feedback is satisfying"
disagreed: "Large screen size without being bulky"
agreed: "MicroSD/SDHC expansion slot"
agreed: "Great GB/$ ratio"

Ilan Meir updated 4 products

Ilan Meir — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:35:26 -0400

1. updated Mozilla Firefox - July 19, 2009 at 9:35 am

disagreed: "v3 Default theme sports obnoxiously large and glossy back button "
agreed: "Memory usage and load time are significantly slower than IE."
disagreed: "V3 violates web standards"
disagreed: "The full potential of this browser can only be unlocked by downloading & trying the (free) extensions. Choosing between hundreds of them can be a daunting task."
agreed: "Bad Flash integration"
disagreed: "Slow javascript "
agreed: "Tons of seemingly unnecessary updates that force you to restart the browser "
agreed: "The browser completely locks up if there's any hiccup in Internet connectivity "
agreed: "Unresponsive interface "
agreed: "Doesn't always close properly "
agreed: "Can suck up a lot of CPU cycles for no reason "
agreed: "Takes up an inordinate amount of RAM "
agreed: "Windows returns an error if you close Firefox and try to start it up right away "Firefox is still running" "
disagreed: "Windows returns an error if you close Firefox and try to start it up right away "Firefox is still running" "
agreed: "Updates itself without notification - uses bandwidth when the user may need it elsewhere"
agreed: "Firefox V2 crashes semi-regularly and uses a lot of computing resources"
disagreed: "Websites designed with proprietary IE/Active X code may not render correctly"
disagreed: "It isn't part of Bill Gates' P.O.S. Monopoly,therefore it works a lot better.If Mozilla would just develop a OS it'd probally be Awsome."
agreed: "High standard-compliance"
agreed: "Great for web developers: design and debugging. "
agreed: "Speed - reloading 5 tabs on browser startup takes 4 seconds (FX 3.0.5), the same task with Internet Explorer 7 takes 14 seconds (until all tabs are fully loaded). This is on a Athlon 64 6000 with 2 Gbyte Ram under Windows XP Pro."
agreed: "Its easier to integrate into different OS themes (e.g. using Windowblinds)."
agreed: "Built in hierarchical Bookmarks Toolbar. Easier usable than scrolling through a sidebar. (just point and click not click - expand - click - expand - click)"
agreed: "New Complete Page Zoom in V3 with resampled pictures - really useful and way better than IE 7 Zoom."
agreed: "DOM browser can be used to learn about web pages and customize the browser itself."
agreed: "Built in error console for debugging Javascript and CSS"
agreed: "Site Icons for easier recognizing of web pages"
agreed: "Improved memory usage in v3"
agreed: ""Awesome bar" learns and adapts according to the frequency and recency of pages you visit"
agreed: "Faster browsing in v3"
agreed: "In page searching and highlighting is powerful and straightforward. Just slash and type, or F3 refind: easy!"
agreed: "Page loading can be significantly faster than IE, especially when using speed-enhancing plugins."
agreed: "Open-source project"
agreed: "Fewer security exploits directed at Firefox vs. IE"
agreed: "After a crash can "Restore session" which reopens all tabs"
agreed: "Tabbed browsing"
agreed: "Extensive functional add-ons (extensions) and plug-ins"

2. updated Google Chrome - July 19, 2009 at 9:31 am

agreed: "Doesn't render XML/RSS pages very well - FF, Safari, IE are all better"
agreed: "No F11 full-screen mode "
agreed: "updates are pushed automatically, unannounced"
agreed: "Fonts aren't as nice as Safari "
agreed: "High CPU load"
agreed: "updates are few and far between"
agreed: "Security Flaws prevalent"
agreed: "No "/" for searching in a page "
agreed: "Not available on Mac"
agreed: "Window placement is wonky with Win-split revolution "
agreed: "unfinished "
agreed: "Dragging a window into a new window is slow with a low power GPU "
agreed: "No "copy link name" feature "
agreed: "Installation is a little weird "
agreed: "Can't switch between custom search engines as quickly as Firefox or IE "
agreed: "not avaliable on Linux"
agreed: "Location bar isn't as intelligent as Firefox awesome bar "
agreed: "No addons yet "
agreed: "Does better than IE, Safari on the Acid3 compliance test (passes both Acid2 and Acid1)"
disagreed: "Has an "awesome bar" like Firefox "
agreed: "No clutter on the screen, very open and clean"
agreed: "has incognito mode which does not save any cookies"
agreed: "Adapted best to Google Applications"
disagreed: "Includes some Safari-esque UI niceities like resizable input boxes "
agreed: "Drag and drop of tabs into new or existing windows is well done "
agreed: "Seemless transition from Firefox with importing "
agreed: "Autocomplete in the omnibar without using arrow keys "
agreed: "Integrated search box into the location bar "
agreed: "Open-source"
agreed: "Multi-threaded application architecture"
disagreed: "Includes "Task Manager" utility to see what web pages/plugins/tabs are using what resources"
agreed: "Very fast startup time "
agreed: "Very clean interface "
agreed: "Extremely fast web-browsing "

3. updated Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd - July 19, 2009 at 9:23 am

tapped as "love it"

4. updated SanDisk Sansa Clip - July 19, 2009 at 9:22 am

new pro/con: beautiful mp3 , good audio sound ,cheap , fiable
agreed: "built in fm tuner"
agreed: "OGG support as of firmware version 1.01.29a - May 16, 2008"

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