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Editor wars are still a thing.
License wars are still a thing.
Kernel wars are still a thing.
The 90s never died. (I'm not complaining though)-
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@normandy For a couple of years IE was defeated but then Chrome came to existence and a dark age began.
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@hfaust Strangely, I didn't really like Chrome that much. It looked pretty basic for its time back when it was in its early development stages (before it was ported to Linux & Mac).
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@normandy When Chrome came out, and then Chromium was available as a pre-alpha, I build it weekly to test it. I remember it crashing before entering any page. Lack of bookmarks and extensions were a joke compared to Firefox. Back then, one of the selling points of Chrom* was to create "Web Applications" which were glorified bookmarks for your desktop. And even that was better in Firefox with Prism.
Another funny thing. SRWare Iron was the first Chrom* browser for GNU/Linux, even before Google released a version.-
@hfaust I like chrome, but often use firefox because it eats less memory.
Thursday, 21-Apr-16 06:15:11 UTC from web-
@nerthos One of the things I hate is that many seem to forget how awful Chrom* was during its first years. Sadly, it was also a time were Firefox had its memory problems and even when they fixed it, that prejudice was still present and people move to Chrom*
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@hfaust I used Firefox up until 3.5, and on 3.6 they went for a chrome-like minimalist UI, so at that point I just moved to Chrome which at the time was way faster as there was no point in using something that had lost it's only redeeming quality..
Thursday, 21-Apr-16 06:23:38 UTC from web
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@hfaust I personally have grown used to the "slim" interface Chrome and Firefox now use, but I still resent them for removing the [+] icon from the new tab button.
Let's not forget their new bookmarks manager which was a total disaster. So much so that they reverted back a few versions later.-
@normandy @hfaust Devs should just top changing things when something is fine. UI updating is a cancer.
Thursday, 21-Apr-16 06:20:14 UTC from web-
@nerthos @hfaust Totally agreed. Sadly so many devs just go ahead with it (cough cough Windows 8 and Unity).
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@normandy Youtube
Thursday, 21-Apr-16 06:25:19 UTC from web-
@nerthos I really miss this layout: https://whatisgon.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/youtube-old.png
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@normandy Yeah. Back when it still was made for humans. If the issue was making it more eye pleasing, they should have just replaced words for icons and added some less contrasting colours, instead of reworking everything so you don't know what's what.
Thursday, 21-Apr-16 06:28:41 UTC from web-
@nerthos Also when sub boxes actually worked and there was no pesky algorithms getting in your way.
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@normandy Remember when the "related" column was actually filled with related videos?
Thursday, 21-Apr-16 06:37:20 UTC from web-
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@normandy Hahaha, oh man, yes. Then again those are the literal definition of selling your dignity for money. Intellectual prostitution of sorts.
Thursday, 21-Apr-16 06:41:37 UTC from web
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@nerthos @normandy remember the period when there were response videos but before the responses were filled with spam and reply girls? it was more like a community
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@moonman Youtube is the perfect example of what happens when you introduce monetization to a "creative" community.
Thursday, 21-Apr-16 06:46:25 UTC from web
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Thursday, 21-Apr-16 06:26:09 UTC from web
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