Passenger Seat Radio Episode 1/23/2012 Now Available!

[ChairoNoMe]

As for the ad? What if you go to a mozilla related page with Chrome? Do they encourage you to download Firefox?

Well if I go to Mozilla's page, of course there's going to be a link to download Firefox. That's pretty much the only thing that the organization exists for. I'm talking the MAIN Google page: google.com, where I'm going just to search for something.

Here's a picture that illustrates the ad that I see, and the MultiFox extension:


Apparently you can hit the close button and it goes away for a while, but it comes back. It's pretty annoying and I'll probably write a Stylish script to get rid of it for good with a CSS tweak.

Anyway, you can see where it says my nick that if I click on that little button I can instantly switch identities. It switches over to an entire new set of cookies that match that identity. Best of all, it's totally automatic, when you log in on sites it automatically remembers so you can switch to something else. You can even be logged into multiple accounts to the same site using different tabs.

Just based on what you've said it seems that Google was inspired by the MultiFox extension. In fact I was able to find posts on message boards from a year ago where some people, familiar with MultiFox, were looking for a similar add-on for Chrome. Not that plagiarism really bugs me, I mean the whole industry runs on it. I'm just pointing it out, just like when you point out when Opera has some killer feature first.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Great show! The Chrome multiple users thing sounds like something I'd use--does it save your profiles locally or online?

I thought they saved them online - but I could be wrong... I can check at work tomorrow.

I use it A LOT.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Well if I go to Mozilla's page, of course there's going to be a link to download Firefox. That's pretty much the only thing that the organization exists for. I'm talking the MAIN Google page: google.com, where I'm going just to search for something.

Here's a picture that illustrates the ad that I see, and the MultiFox extension:

Apparently you can hit the close button and it goes away for a while, but it comes back. It's pretty annoying and I'll probably write a Stylish script to get rid of it for good with a CSS tweak.

That's kinda sucky ..

Anyway, you can see where it says my nick that if I click on that little button I can instantly switch identities. It switches over to an entire new set of cookies that match that identity. Best of all, it's totally automatic, when you log in on sites it automatically remembers so you can switch to something else. You can even be logged into multiple accounts to the same site using different tabs.

Just based on what you've said it seems that Google was inspired by the MultiFox extension. In fact I was able to find posts on message boards from a year ago where some people, familiar with MultiFox, were looking for a similar add-on for Chrome. Not that plagiarism really bugs me, I mean the whole industry runs on it. I'm just pointing it out, just like when you point out when Opera has some killer feature first.

Yeah ... Hey, I love the damn feature. I'm glad others can use it. I prefer the "separate window for separate accounts", but tabs work too.

[LovelyWong]

What will those bastards tax next? It seems to me that it is not far off from them taxing the air that we breathe.
As you mentioned in other shows, we keep electing these bastards into office.
To me, unless we stop doing that, they will tax us for all kinds of crap.

[moko]

About the PSN story, Shane, I believe you got a free pass (at least you can play your game). Ever bought Star Wars The Old Republic on the PC? The registration is a pain in the ass. Here is why: First the registration screen doesn't tell you, you need to input your age. Instead its a hidden link. So when you register your bought copy, says your registration is invalid. Second, you need to input security question, when you login. I typed my security question and it outputs one I do did not answer so I get locked out. Customer support says you have to call them up in order to get your account to work. What a scam! Pay for a game and you can't even play it. Here's the worse case, you have to have a subscription before they even allow you on the network. Time codes are not available outside of North America. This sucks!

[Shane R. Monroe]

Un-friggin' believable, moko ... That's crazy action.

[moko]

Followup to this:

Called customer service they helped me get my account back. Also I find out there is an Android app for the security key for its login and I got that working. Cool. But still cannot play the game. After the initial patch download, I was only able to watch the first FMV (which was cool) then the game crashes. So I restart the game, have to download 13 GB more patches. WTF! (later on i read that you have to repair the launcher arrgh!)

Anyways, my co-worker wanted to play this game and he got it working but as for me still going through Gamer Hell! I hear its a hit and miss getting the installation to work right.

Anyone on this forum playing Star Wars The Old Republic yet? Its boasting the largest Massive Mulitplayer online game and yet its putting up so many hurdles to play.