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skippybosco | 15 years ago | on: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

I am surprised to see that a restart of the browser is still required to enable / disable extensions and themes in the new FireFox 4.

Is this the case with Chrome as well?

skippybosco | 15 years ago | on: Back to the front of the pack: Ars reviews Firefox 4

With the addition of the FlashBlock plugin (http://flashblock.mozdev.org/) the chance of those crashes happening drops significantly.

skippybosco | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Where are the decent elearning platforms?

@Terrence_B: Good to see that you've stumbled across eFront. Not sure what version you looked at, but be sure to check out the 3.6 version being released at the end of January (beta available on the eFront website).. pretty radical change to the theme engine, tighter integration options, etc.

There has been support for add-on modules for a while now, but for the hackers, the 3.7 release later this year is a fairly big architecture change and opens up the entire platform similar to how Wordpress manages their plugins in terms of hooking, etc.

Let me know if you have any questions and I'll do what I can to assist.

skippybosco | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What does everyone use to send out newsletters, email campaigns?

You don't really say, what is it about your evolving business that dictates a change in mail provider?

That being said, depending on your volume and functionality you require, http://www.aweber.com is also an option to consider.

skippybosco | 18 years ago | on: Should asking puzzle questions in technical interviews be illegal?

From my perspective it is less about the actual answer and more about the process you use to get there.

Now granted I have read a few studies indicating that it is possible to derive puzzles in such a way that to weed out certain demographics. One could argue the same thing based on what college someone went to and when based on the published numbers from that school and logical analysis. Should asking what college you went to and when be illegal?

As it stands right now, "puzzle solving ineptness" is not one of the groups of people protected by the equal opportunity act.

skippybosco | 18 years ago | on: Is anyone making something women want?

So what you are saying is that you are having a hard time understanding women's needs? ;-)

Since you asked, our company is in stealth mode on a product geared specifically for women (not a shopping, dating/rating, community or gossip site).. each demographic has their special needs, we're attempting to address those needs..

I do agree that a web app should be built for anyone. We are building in flexibility, for example, for the significant other of a female to gain value from the app as well..

skippybosco | 18 years ago | on: Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)

Taiwan

skippybosco | 18 years ago | on: Where is your startup? (for me Atlanta)

I was also born and raised in STL.. left 5 years ago for the west coast, moved to Asia at the beginning of 2007.

Palish, I'll be in STL 9/13 - 9/19 for business meet ups. If you have availability I'd love to buy you a drink and hear about what you have going there. Curious as to how the startup scene in STL is evolving.. -frank{&at&}actercompany.com.