"Doesn't have that fancy e-ink" = not a Kindle. It misses the entire point. #kindle

#7 seems like it was thrown in to round out the "15" - does it really bother that Orkut exists? It's huge in India and Brazil. Acting as though it should be shuttered because US/Europeans don't use it is a little arrogant.

"Having quick access to your music is essential for a productive work environment"

@StraightEdge25: I think they're building a proprietary database with the intention of selling it as a means to finance the program. Which I don't have a problem with, per se, but in the early stages, it makes life pretty difficult.

@jesterspawn: That's awful optimistic. I think I hit my limit with Farcry - if ever there was a game that didn't need mutations/zombies/whatever.. that was it.

@superberg: Obviously a cellphone camera can't compete with a DSLR. Pocket point-and-shoots can't, either. But the thing about iPhone (and Touch, to a lesser extent) features/apps isn't that they're the best-in-class, it's that they're with you all the time.

That's a neat trick, but what exactly is their criteria for the colors? Most of the arterials that they display would almost certainly never produce an average speed in excess of 30 mph, to say nothing of stoplights?

@Platypus Man: As an aside, the RSS view defaults to one page (which is handy since I'm not a fan of the gallery either)

Re: 'speed reading' - That's a great tip if you're writing a research paper, or if you're trying to get a general outline, but if you're in highschool or undergrad, you're almost certainly going to be tested on the finer details of the argument, since instructors want to make sure you did, in fact, read it and not…

@iSmithx_is_stronger_than_you: I find my wife loves it when I write love notes to her in Verdana.

@joe18521: Right, but I'd never handwrite a note to anyone other than close family in Chinese in "cursive." Penmanship counts - for obvious reasons. I'd add that the word for the so-called "cursive" (草率書) translates to "sloppy writing."

The problem with Asian markets in particular (as someone who shopped at them both in the US and China) is that everything you buy that's not in sealed packages gets permeated with the smell of seafood.

@atm153: Google Docs is the proven product? I think that Microsoft established its bona fides with Office already, and they've proven they can write web applications (Live Mail, Bing). Google Docs, on the other hand, has always felt like the redheaded stepchild of the Google family.

@Imaginary-Fiend: So you'd rather see Pandora go away entirely instead of pay $0.99 for - by your lights - at least 180 hours of music per month?

@Mike Egan: I don't understand why people are complaining about either. Both Pandora and the clients of the RIAA have the desire and right to be compensated. And, at the end of the day, just because we're in the 21st century doesn't automatically mean everything is free now. Artists (and the labels who finance them)…

@Hey Friend.: More ridiculous is the incredulity that people show when being asked to pay for something that cost significant time and effort from several parties to produce.

@Greg Dickinson: I suppose it seems like something you can take for granted from your angle, but if you've spent any time reading the Consumerist you know that not everyone accepts that logic.

@ssj4Gogeta: The only surprising thing about this Lifehacker poll is that Firefox and/or Ubuntu didn't win :p

@bloog: Good point. People with jobs don't deserve to play MMOs.

@Twinnie: Snow Leopard was kind of an odd inclusion on the list (along with the iPhone 3GS, if not the smartphone wars perhaps). 10.6 is definitely an improvement and it looks like it'll be a fantastic upgrade, but getting excited over that kind of feels like getting excited over a new air filter for your Honda Civic…