Channel 9 - Discussions by brien http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by brien http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/brien/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/brien/Discussions en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:06:19 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:06:19 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - Google Chrome, Google’s Open Source Browser Project Amen.

I hate the fact that there are so many browsers out there.  Think about the billions of dollars wasted on multi-browser support.  Supporting various browsers is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) challenges developers face.

This being said, maybe Google can help crush some of the other pesky browsers out there (e.g. FireGerbil).

My main complaint with FireGerbil has always been it's lousy memory management (it's a leaky pig).  If each tab in the Google browser has "it's own memory and it's own copy of global data structures" doesn't that mean it's going to waste a ton of memory? 

The reason the web is a beaf-cake is because most sites deliver crappy content.  IMHO technology companies need to focus more on delivering useful solutions and less on elegant technology.  Craigslist is a good example of this, Google used to be, but even their search page (well, results page) has bloated.

For example, Silverlight is really cool, but so far that's all I've seen from it.  ...Cool things.  Not useful things.  ...Cool things get old and become boring, useful things are always appreciated.  ...And this really sucks, but I had a lot of problems getting Silverlight running.  Maybe that's because I originally had a Beta version, but that's no excuse.  Ditto for IE8 Beta 2.  ...I had to uninstall IE8 Beta 1 first?  ...Why couldn't my computer do that for me again?

Honestly, after 20 years I'm started to dislike technology. 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/424703-Google-Chrome-Googles-Open-Source-Browser-Project/0973dbfe1d2843fe988b9deb0139040d#0973dbfe1d2843fe988b9deb0139040d Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:46:42 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/424703-Google-Chrome-Googles-Open-Source-Browser-Project/0973dbfe1d2843fe988b9deb0139040d#0973dbfe1d2843fe988b9deb0139040d brien 292 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/brien/Discussions/RSS The Sandbox - FingerFlicker  

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Sandbox/258023-FingerFlicker/95a90245c4794c888b089dea0108f1e2#95a90245c4794c888b089dea0108f1e2 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:03:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Sandbox/258023-FingerFlicker/95a90245c4794c888b089dea0108f1e2#95a90245c4794c888b089dea0108f1e2 brien 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/brien/Discussions/RSS The Sandbox - FingerFlicker  

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Sandbox/258023-FingerFlicker/ac90fce616434b8a9b759dea0108f1bb#ac90fce616434b8a9b759dea0108f1bb Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:50:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Sandbox/258023-FingerFlicker/ac90fce616434b8a9b759dea0108f1bb#ac90fce616434b8a9b759dea0108f1bb brien 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/brien/Discussions/RSS The Sandbox - FingerFlicker  

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Sandbox/258023-FingerFlicker/cb62da0bbfb94d30a4739dea0108f193#cb62da0bbfb94d30a4739dea0108f193 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:28:07 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Sandbox/258023-FingerFlicker/cb62da0bbfb94d30a4739dea0108f193#cb62da0bbfb94d30a4739dea0108f193 brien 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/brien/Discussions/RSS The Sandbox - FingerFlicker  

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Sandbox/258023-FingerFlicker/258023#258023 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:31:32 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Sandbox/258023-FingerFlicker/258023#258023 brien 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/brien/Discussions/RSS