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> No weirder than the one used by Dyn or Paypal That doesn't make it non-weird. Obligatory Godwin, "meh, Hitler was no more horrible than Stalin or Pol Pot."
they don't feel weird to me, I like 2FA via SMS Edit: enjoyed your godwin ref though ;)
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>Example is google voice which is frozen in time. No kidding. The integration with Google Hangouts has been a disaster, and me moving to iOS has made it even worse. Of course, there are no good competitors, so I'm stuck in the holding pattern just hoping some of the ridiculous issues get fixed.
As a long-time Google Voice user, I've been pretty happy with Hangouts integration. Texts, VoIP, cross-platform use... could still use invisibility and a (much) better set of "stickers," but I'm otherwise pretty happy with it and Google ecosystem integration. Admittedly, I'm on a Galaxy Note right now and can't attest to the iPhone experience. GVoice used to have ATROCIOUS call quality that seems to have been amelior…
EDIT: Also, the OSX Hangouts app crashes about every 2 hours with no error message. This is a "known issue" of varying types on Google's site, but customer service with them, well, you know how that is.
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I have limited experience with Namemcheap, but my most recent experience was not exactly a positive one. Backstory: I have five .io domains, three that I registered with Gandi, and two with Namecheap. When the expiration period for the Gandi ones was coming up, I got an email saying "the domains expire on xx/xx/xxxx, renew by then if you want them to stay active. If you don't renew, you can renew then any time up to…
Question - were the namecheap domains *.eu ?
The best feature is that it's not GoDaddy, or NameCheap. Having registered hundreds of domains, dealt with all kinds of customer service and had to perform numerous operations for my domains the user experience matters and though Google hasn't has the best track record with UX they certainly do invest in it more heavily than GoDaddy & NameCheap.
Hey, Tamar from Namecheap here. Would love to hear about your user experience so I can pass it on. thanks.
On the marketplace, your display name is the same as the username. What a security risk.
And most of all: why charge at all for the domain name privacy option? As if this is such a costly tech thing to accomplish.
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Private registration on a business domain is a scumbag flag. Use it only for blogs and such.
I don't agree. I have a one-man online business, which means I can operate from home to save a lot of money, making it possible to charge less to my customers while still making a profit. I really would rather not have people who are angry at the business, for whatever reason, have easy access to my home address.
(d) A vendor conducting business through the Internet or any other electronic means of communication shall do all of the following when the transaction involves a buyer located in this state:
(1) Before accepting any payment or processing any debit or credit charge or funds transfer, the vendor shall disclose to the buyer in writing or by electronic means of communication, such as e-mail or an on-screen notice, the vendor's return and refund policy, the legal name under which the business is conducted and, except as provided in paragraph (3), the complete street address from which the business is actually conducted.
(2) If the disclosure of the vendor's legal name and address information required by this subdivision is made by on-screen notice, all of the following shall apply:
(A) The disclosure of the legal name and address information shall appear on any of the following:
(i) the first screen displayed when the vendor's electronic site is accessed,
(ii) on the screen on which goods or services are first offered,
(iii) on the screen on which a buyer may place the order for goods or services,
(iv) on the screen on which the buyer may enter payment information, such as a credit card account number, or
(v) for nonbrowser-based technologies, in a manner that gives the user a reasonable opportunity to review that information. The communication of that disclosure shall not be structured to be smaller or less legible than the text of the offer of the goods or services.
(B) The disclosure of the legal name and address information shall be accompanied by an adjacent statement describing how the buyer may receive the information at the buyer's e-mail address. The vendor shall provide the disclosure information to the buyer at the buyer's e-mail address within five days of receiving the buyer's request.
(C) Until the vendor complies with subdivision (a) in connection with all buyers of the vendor's goods or services, the vendor shall make available to a buyer and any person or entity who may enforce this section pursuant to Section 17535 on-screen access to the information required to be disclosed under this subdivision.
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As a long-time Google Voice user, I've been pretty happy with Hangouts integration. Texts, VoIP, cross-platform use... could still use invisibility and a (much) better set of "stickers," but I'm otherwise pretty happy with it and Google ecosystem integration. Admittedly, I'm on a Galaxy Note right now and can't attest to the iPhone experience. GVoice used to have ATROCIOUS call quality that seems to have been amelior…
Here's a simple thing: I want to SMS a friend. I type in their name in my Hangouts OSX app. It brings up their GTalk interface. No. I want to SMS. In iOS texting or Android texting, all I need to do is search the name (obviously) to call/SMS. In Hangouts I need to know the person's number, so what I do is open the Google Voice app (which is deprecated), search their name, copy/paste their number into Hangouts, and SM…
It's not necessarily intuitive unless you know to look for it, and it might not work if your Google Contacts are incomplete (as in, you don't associate your Hangouts friend with his phone number). But it works really well for me.
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The primary reason I use it is to have two factor authentication defending my domains. [disclosure: Google employee]
gandi.net has 2FA.
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Here's a simple thing: I want to SMS a friend. I type in their name in my Hangouts OSX app. It brings up their GTalk interface. No. I want to SMS. In iOS texting or Android texting, all I need to do is search the name (obviously) to call/SMS. In Hangouts I need to know the person's number, so what I do is open the Google Voice app (which is deprecated), search their name, copy/paste their number into Hangouts, and SM…
Ah, I think it's a UI problem. Open up your friend's name. In the bottom left corner is a little green chat icon, which signifies that you're sending a Hangouts message. Tap that and you should see the option to send a text to the associated phone number. It's not necessarily intuitive unless you know to look for it, and it might not work if your Google Contacts are incomplete (as in, you don't associate your Hangout…
Oh finally, Bob Robot comes up. I click it. It says "Bob Robot isn't on Hangouts right now..." Well I don't want that. I want to send an SMS.
OK let's look for a green chat icon. Nope, just a smile button to put emojis in there.
This is OSX's Chrome plugin as stated.