I'm still holding hope that thunderbird will actually fetch mail into folders without having to click on them...
Right click folder, select "Properties", check "When getting new messages for this account, always check this folder."
Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years
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Re: Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years
#12I wish the bug where the copy option is randomly greyed out even though there is text to copy got finally fixed. It's been driving me insane.
Glad to know I'm not the only one experiencing this
Re: Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years
#13That's awesome! 28-03-2000 is not 25 years ago, tho.
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Re: Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years
#14Ha! I was subscribed to this bug for most of those 25 years. Note that Firefox didn't exist at the time, this was filed against Netscape Navigator. Don't remember why I was subscribed to the bug, must have commented on it or something. Got the occasional email notification about it over the years, always got a chuckle out of it. Then a couple of days ago, lo and behold, it was fixed!
Me too: I remember, when I was first toying with the idea of building websites as a career, being fascinated by the idea of having a web site where the background was transparent or translucent down to the desktop behind. I always figured you should be able to do something like html { background: transparent; } and have it just work.
It’s worth pointing out that this bug fix doesn’t actually do that. For a start, it’s a preference that can be toggled on by the user or an extension, rather than a default thing that websites can choose. Probably for the best: it’d certainly open up new avenues for clickjacking.
Re: Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years
#15That bug is older than half the audience here...
Probably?
Re: Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years
#16Firefox's Bugzilla is certainly one of the oldest running bug trackers. I'm impressed at how much of the original feel of the bug tracker is still around after all these revisions. It was a pretty hairy, monstrous codebase back in the day. At one point in 2000 (?) I stood up an instance in our Windows dev shop to replace a home-grown bugtracker built on Microsoft Access/Outlook. It was complex but pretty much one of…
Even today it is hard to beat Bugzilla. In fact, some of the choices available today are so much worse than Bugzilla that I cannot even fathom how they exist. As an example, Dwarf Fortress uses Mantis BT, which is just awful.
On the other hand, FogBugz is one that I have always wanted to try if I ever got the chance.
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#18Re: Firefox bug gets fixed after 25 years
#19That's awesome! 28-03-2000 is not 25 years ago, tho.
That is an odd way to round it, now that you mention it.