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hegz | 7 years ago | on: Tell HN: Using Gmail? You will be force logged into Chrome

The gdpr agreement form on websites usually requires you to enable 3rd party scripts and cookies otherwise you get hit with endless popups about it. Someone should make a browser extension that automatically denies every gdpr popup.

hegz | 7 years ago | on: Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL

Modern websites use the screen width to show you mobile vs desktop view. But before CSS had good support for responsive web design everyone had to create a separate website for mobile and put it on m.website

hegz | 7 years ago | on: Americans are changing their relationship with Facebook

Maybe a global general social network simply can't exist. Maybe the people who are not on the network are just as important as the people who are. Facebook is full of people we don't want seeing everything we post.

Reddit these days has gotten really bad these days, likely because there are just far too many people on it now.

hegz | 7 years ago | on: Progress update from the Librem 5 hardware department

I have been using only open source apps for the last year. For basic stuff like podcast streaming and IM the Foss stuff is better than the proprietary stuff. For complex things like maps and assistants its like taking a step 5 years back in the past.

OSM and is no where near as good as google maps at most things but its still perfectly usable.

The average person probably won't be happy with a purely foss phone right now but if its something you care about then it can be done fairly easily.

hegz | 7 years ago | on: I've mostly given up on making Ubuntu bug reports

They won't solve every issue posted to it though. Also microsoft does things differently to Linux distros. Hardware manufacturers have to make sure their devices work with windows and software devs have to do the same. Canonical accepts bug reports on just about any hardware and the thousands of programs in the repos.

hegz | 7 years ago | on: Web Design Museum

Still feels a little dated but if I had to guess when it was made I would say 2010.

hegz | 7 years ago | on: Web Design Museum

Works better on more screen sizes. All standard web tech; no flash/Java/browser specific things.

Less clutter and visual distractions once you block adverts. Also much much easier to navigate with a consistent design guideline vs having every page randomly assembled with no oversight. Standardised components and design also makes larger websites possible without having to manage 1 billion pages and elements.

hegz | 7 years ago | on: I've mostly given up on making Ubuntu bug reports

Also a lot of the bugs will affect such a tiny percent like users with some obscure Bluetooth card trying to use some uncommon feature. Ubuntu could spend all year closing obscure bugs and almost none of their users would benefit.
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