Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users to “Upgrade” to Firefox

Post by ripdog » Sat, Dec 13, 2014, 5:11 AM UTC

seanp2k2 wrote: post #156

mrisse wrote: post #70

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Installing extensions can dramatically slow down browsers. I wonder if the lack of extensions is responsible for the quickness users experience with a fresh install.

That's my biggest reason for switching from AdBlock+ to Privoxy + https://github.com/skroll/privoxy-adblock . Same blocking rules but uses a ton less memory, since each tab isn't running all of AB+ .

Post by _delirium » Sat, Dec 13, 2014, 5:46 AM UTC

Karunamon wrote: post #179

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Oddly the lack of a decent spam-filter was the reason I left gmail. It had way too many false positives for me, including some very problematic ones. The last straw was when it flagged an email from my landlord as spam, with the explanation that it was flagged because it was written in Danish, a language I don't normally communicate in. It's true that I don't normally write in Danish. But I do live in Denmark, so it…

I've had the opposite experience - demos of hosting mail elsewhere lead to me getting absolutely overwhelmed by spam. I think being a gmail user since it was initially released has given it a really long time to train to the spam I normally receive. Very few false positives too. Maybe one or two a month.

Post by Karunamon » Sat, Dec 13, 2014, 6:19 AM UTC

_delirium wrote: post #183

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I've had the opposite experience - demos of hosting mail elsewhere lead to me getting absolutely overwhelmed by spam. I think being a gmail user since it was initially released has given it a really long time to train to the spam I normally receive. Very few false positives too. Maybe one or two a month.

One or two false positives a month? You must have low standards. <1 false positives a year is my threshold. I don't believe that throwing out non-spam emails is acceptable.

Post by wutbrodo » Sat, Dec 13, 2014, 6:27 AM UTC

ripdog wrote: post #182

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another entity is doing the search. What? It redirects your browser to Google, it's you doing the search, not any other entity. They don't proxy or anything.

He means that, for example, "!hn rust" would search hacker news directly for rust, whereas "hacker news rust" on google would do a similar job but via google, informing google of your search.

Post by wutbrodo » Sat, Dec 13, 2014, 6:36 AM UTC

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Generally, the number of clicks isn't the issue. Its knowing which clicks to make.

Sure, but in this case, we're talking about a dropdown marked on the main UI immediately next to the search box. It's not as of it's hidden. Anyone who realizes the search engine has changed is saavy enough to figure out how to change it.