I've (tried to) use the free version of DimDim. It would be a nice service, except it was so-o-o slow it was unusable. Not sure if that's a subtle attempt to push people into paying, or just carelessness in making sure their servers have enough bandwidth. It wasn't a very impressive intro, so I never did get around…

My Firefox (3.6.5) isn't at all slow on that site. Everything comes up as fast as I can move the mouse.

@pale_blue_eyes: Thirded!

@quixote: I did move the buttons back where I'm used to them though. A stupid, make-work move on Ubuntu's part.

I've been using Lucid since beta1, and I've been very impressed. Fast, stable, easy to use. I have to disagree with the commenter who said it's not ready for mainstream. It's better than mainstream. You need something? You can just go get it, and forget ever having to dig up some 32 digit alphanumeric string…

Agreed. We need some sort of Tumor Necrosis Factor for bureaucracies. But what is it?

@Pikadude No. 1: I think it's called 3.7 now, but when it's ready for general release it'll be 4.0.

@prupert: The services would be free if Google wasn't in the ad business. As it is, the data they get from you turns into billions in profit. That's what you're paying them. In the end, we may all find out it would have been cheaper to just use cash.

@bobba: Walnuts (not the oil) have quite a bit of tannin in them, and tannins darken just about anything. So the oil may not have exactly the same effect as a whole walnut. Haven't tried it. I'm just guessing.

@quixote: oops. it cut out the html. img src="path-to-img/5x5.png" width="240" height="120" alt="5x5 placeholder" . But put greater-than and less-than angled brackets around the whole thing, ""

@Raum Bances: yeah. The OP idea is nice if you don't know any html. Otherwise you just add width="whatever" height="whatever" to your 5x5 px image source file, and presto: custom placeholder. I.e.:

Private should be the default. It's what people think they're getting. What's needed now are laws making it more than a comfortable illusion.

@UntrueProphecy: Well, let's see... Blackberries have thorns. Lettuce has milky sap. Edible almonds were selected for their lack of hydrogen cyanide, but you could kill yourself on peach pits.

@zdevex: that was a problem about a year ago. Now, just get the flash "nonfree" version listed in synaptic. Effortless, everything works.

Honestly. It *is* good they were smart enough to have a good emergency kit. It's sad that they had to use it purely because they'd put their common sense in the trunk.

Thanks for this! I've used k/ubuntu since Dapper Drake, and I love it. But I have to say I really don't understand the gnome attitude against obvious customizations. Like this one, which should just be in a right-click dropdown menu!

@quixote: (I'm not aware of Google having reached the "charge money" stage yet. It just looks like the next step.)

@leetgeek: :shock: No power off? Are you kidding me? Who puts out an "OS" without a way to turn it off? Seems like a pretty basic function. This isn't even a half-baked Google product like all their other beta stuff. This is about 1/10 baked.

@skierpage: Cookies is an interesting story. Regular cookies work as you say in Firefox. (You don't actually need to use about:config unless you want to. Prefs Privacy then choose "custom history settings" from the dropdown, and you can set cookie prefs there.)

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