Firefox 2.0 came out this week. I’m still in the testing phase, with one crash so far, but no memory issues like v. 1.5. I’ll try it out until it either pisses me off or makes me forget that I’m trying out. The new features include: improved tabs, spell checking, search suggestions, session restore (in case you crash), web feeds, live titles, and phishing protection. Nothing revolutionary. But a necessary update.
Now Hearing- Blind Faith – Had to Cry Today
- Blind Faith – Jam No. 3: "Change of Address Jam"
- Blind Faith – Jam No. 4: "Slow Jam No. 2"
- Dire Straits – Two Young Lovers Intro: The Carousel Waltz
- Dire Straits – Walk of Life
- Dire Straits – One World
- Stevie Wonder – I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
- Stevie Wonder – Boogie on Reggae Woman (1982 Musiquarium Version)
- Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground
- Herbie Hancock – Heartbeat
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It does have built-in spell-check-as-you-type, which is an überupgrade in my book.
I’m noticing a slow-down today (when compared to Camino). I’m going to keep using Firefox for now, but if it keeps going slow like it, I won’t use it for very long.
Spell check makes people stupid. I am the worst speller in the world and now I just type in what the word starts with and random letters behind it and hope the program can figure it out.
Two things.
1) Spell check didn’t “make you” stupid. It simply allows you to get away with it.
2) Second, people who can’t spell aren’t “stupid.” They simply can’t spell. They have completely coherent thoughts and are capable of communicating vital and socially rewarding information. In the past, their ideas may have been discounted because they couldn’t spell. But with spell check, they don’t have to worry about that anymore. It’s one less “technical” issue standing in the way between people enriching each other’s lives through written communication.
I disagree because at one point I could spell restaraunt but because I never had to do it I became more stupid and lost the ability to spell it.