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Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by gfritzsche »

loso wrote: post #27
darkpark wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What went wrong with the update? Maybe it's actually a perfect time because maybe you can figure out why it was a "dud" and fix it :). Assuming your an engineer.

When I type in the address bar I can't see the URL's pop up like I used to. All I see are the favicons. When I have a window open and try to open another one Firefox freezes and crash. There are a few more things but those are the major problems. I never had a problem with a Firefox update before until this morning.

The address bar is apparently caused by the delicious addon: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799903

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

#32

Post by shardling »

loso wrote: post #27
darkpark wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What went wrong with the update? Maybe it's actually a perfect time because maybe you can figure out why it was a "dud" and fix it :). Assuming your an engineer.

When I type in the address bar I can't see the URL's pop up like I used to. All I see are the favicons. When I have a window open and try to open another one Firefox freezes and crash. There are a few more things but those are the major problems. I never had a problem with a Firefox update before until this morning.

I'd guess if you start in safe-mode those problems would disappear.

If so, you can hunt down whether it's an extension (likely), plugin, or some config setting that's causing issues.

e: Ok, so it's the delicious addon. Surprised that no one caught that in the 12 weeks of aurora/beta builds.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

#33

Post by shreeshga »

darkstalker wrote: post #17
lincolnwebs wrote: post #8

If you select PHP, you get "So you like your variable names to include dollar signs? That's cool, everyone misses Perl once in a while." Making smartass remarks about their language of choice is not a great way to initiate a relationship with a developer.

The remaining quotes: C++: "So you like long compile times and incomprehensible error messages? That's cool, we do too" Java: "So you're a believer in AbstractMethodFactoryBeans? That's cool, we all have our vices" Python: "So you enjoy the paradigm of backtrace-driven development? That's cool, everyone gets a bit tired of static typing once in a while" C: "So you think OOP is for hipsters? That's cool, we all get no…

only the famous get mocked.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

#35

Post by macspoofing »

lincolnwebs wrote: post #8

If you select PHP, you get "So you like your variable names to include dollar signs? That's cool, everyone misses Perl once in a while." Making smartass remarks about their language of choice is not a great way to initiate a relationship with a developer.

Can't take a joke?

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

#36

Post by loso »

gfritzsche wrote: post #31
loso wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I type in the address bar I can't see the URL's pop up like I used to. All I see are the favicons. When I have a window open and try to open another one Firefox freezes and crash. There are a few more things but those are the major problems. I never had a problem with a Firefox update before until this morning.

The address bar is apparently caused by the delicious addon: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799903

wow, thanks for that. I do have delicious installed. The fact that it could have been a plugin is why I didn't do a bug report. I just did a fresh install, still had the problem, and was going to go into safe mode after that. I wanted to see if I could isolate the problem first. Glad someone else already did.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by sharkweek »

kibwen wrote: post #23
TomasSedovic wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except for Rust which takes you directly to rust-lang.org. I actually like the idea though. No language is perfect and people do seem to be a bit too sensitive of their favourite languages.

"So you have a fetish for pointer types? That's cool, we all get tired of monogamy eventually."

You learned how to program bank software in the 80s? COBOL is GREAT for that

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by tedmielczarek »

rurounijones wrote: post #4

would be nice to have a "none of the above" option for people who A) Do not use those languages or B) are not programmers who would like to help Every project can do with documentation help etc.

The existing "Bugs Ahoy" site (created by the same person) has lots of choices: http://www.joshmatthews.net/bugsahoy/

...but it gets you right to bugs, which may be a harder place to start for some contributors.

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by lxt »

darkstalker wrote: post #17
lincolnwebs wrote: post #8

If you select PHP, you get "So you like your variable names to include dollar signs? That's cool, everyone misses Perl once in a while." Making smartass remarks about their language of choice is not a great way to initiate a relationship with a developer.

The remaining quotes: C++: "So you like long compile times and incomprehensible error messages? That's cool, we do too" Java: "So you're a believer in AbstractMethodFactoryBeans? That's cool, we all have our vices" Python: "So you enjoy the paradigm of backtrace-driven development? That's cool, everyone gets a bit tired of static typing once in a while" C: "So you think OOP is for hipsters? That's cool, we all get no…

The author of the site works on Rust ;)

Re: What can I do for Mozilla?

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Post by mhurron »

km3k wrote: post #10
lincolnwebs wrote: post #8

If you select PHP, you get "So you like your variable names to include dollar signs? That's cool, everyone misses Perl once in a while." Making smartass remarks about their language of choice is not a great way to initiate a relationship with a developer.

It makes remarks for all the languages. I think it is part of the appeal of the website.

Ya, not everywhere tries to pretend that no one has a sense of humour the way HN does.
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