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17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Re: 17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Post by fuzzy2 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #201
fuzzy2 wrote: post #190

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The downside is that Mozilla tracks thousands of open tickets, most of which are probably obsolete. But who is going to start now with reviewing stuff from 20 years ago? As much as it pains me (I’m still tracking multiple bugs I reported) to say this, but all tickets with no activity for some reasonable time period must simply be closed. Things are _already_ out of control.

That's too simplistic. What if it IS an issue, or what if it WILL be fixed, but because of priorities it's always bumped down the list? What do you then, bump it every few weeks? No, any open source project needs someone (or multiple people) triaging tickets; either keep them open and make sure they are implemented in a reasonable time, or close them as a 'wontfix'. Of course, then you'll have the issue of people ope…

I totally agree.

There’s just this thing called “reality” and unless your ticket by coincidence ends up catching the eye of someone who can actually do something about it, it will be left to rot. And because nobody will bother looking at the oldest ticket known to man™, the close-bot may as well close it. Tens of thousands of untriaged reports aren’t helping anyone.

Re: 17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Post by CivBase »

saberdancer wrote: post #199
CivBase wrote: post #30

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To think I was still using Eclipse a scant 7 years ago...

I still use it. I always hear these raving praises for IntelliJ so I guess I have to force myself to move to IntelliJ. I tried a couple of times, but always fell back to Eclipse due to familiarity. What do you think is the biggest difference between the two?

I suggest giving IntelliJ a shot but, honestly, if you prefer Eclipse then stick with it. I originally switched because at the time IntelliJ had better code navigation, better version control support, better static analysis support, and an overall much better aesthetic IMO (especially in dark mode). Things might have improved in Eclipse since then, but I haven't tried it in a long time. I think the last Eclipse version I used was Juno.

I do a lot more Python work than Java nowadays so I use PyCharm much more than IntelliJ, though they share a lot in common. Aside from those, the only IDE I really ever use is GNAT Studio for work. I suppose I used Android Studio for a while, but that's basically just IntelliJ with some Android-specific features bolted on.

Re: 17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Post by herodoturtle »

intrasight wrote: post #249
herodoturtle wrote: post #237

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I love it when old-timers weigh in on HN comments. What do you use these days?

Started with Gosmacs. Working in the CMU graduate terminal room with the man himself. I was just a freshman undergraduate, but a graduating student gifted a coveted X1 key to me. Mostly coveted due to the coke machine. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~coke/history_long.txt

What a wonderfully entertaining read that was :)

Sounds like the culture in the CMU CS department was pretty great.

Thank you for sharing this historical gem with us.

Re: 17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Post by herodoturtle »

intrasight wrote: post #248
herodoturtle wrote: post #237

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I love it when old-timers weigh in on HN comments. What do you use these days?

Emacs of course ;) Gosh, "old timer" :(

Apologies for my poor choice of wording!

Here in South Africa we typically use "old-timer" to refer to someone who is very experienced.

My comment was expressed with the utmost respect I assure you :)

Re: 17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Post by volongoto »

clankyclanker wrote: post #10

Good on them for actually tracking this feature request for over a decade and not just closing it after three weeks for “lack of interest.” Looking at you, every random GitHub project ever.

I have seen projects where the developer(s) would say things like: "This feature request sounds good to have but we don't have the time for this now. So, I'm closing it. Could you please create it again in 6 months?"

I'm lost for words. Can't you just put a tag and park it? What is this obsession about keeping the issue count low?

Re: 17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Post by varispeed »

croes wrote: post #92
varispeed wrote: post #82

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This is pretty much why I don't use Firefox. Things like this are a deal breaker for me. I really wanted to use that browser, so I even tried at some point fix it myself.

So which browser do you use, because Chrome has the same behavior?

Really? I use latest Chrome and don't have this problem

Re: 17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Post by dhimes »

herodoturtle wrote: post #237
intrasight wrote: post #64

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I was using Emacs in 1982, and it had been around for several years before that.

I love it when old-timers weigh in on HN comments. What do you use these days?

edlin

Why fix what ain't broke? /s

Re: 17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Post by NoodleIncident »

wongarsu wrote: post #47
NoodleIncident wrote: post #37

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Please remove the link.

The link is good and insightful, if you copy-paste it into the browser bar. If you click it it redirect to a fairly tasteless image complaining about being linked from HN.

If the author complains about a HN ddos, then why does everyone suggest evading his ddos protection? It seems like reuploading the content works out better for everyone. It's just plain lazy to post a raw link to that site on this forum.

Re: 17 year old Firefox feature request fixed

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Post by a1369209993 »

jobigoud wrote: post #206
a1369209993 wrote: post #103

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> single click selects all in address bar and search box. FWIW, this is fixed in Firefox 3.6; you should probably upgrade.

This behavior is the bug. We would prefer the pre-3.6 behavior where the address bar and search box works like a normal textbox.

That is the behavior in 3.6; I'm pointing out that the earlier version (3.6) is a upgrade from the later version (70-something?), because Mozilla is making the browser worse over time.
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