I've got 1 GB on Gmail and another 1 GB through Comcast, my ISP, plus a massive one at my university that I can't even put a number on. After a month, I’d easily have over a thousand messages sitting there. It's such a pain in the ass trying to clear them all out through a web interface.
In Safari and Microsoft Outlook, you basically get two choices when you download mail: leave it on the server or delete it entirely. That’s it. Honestly, it’s a total pain. I need to be able to jump onto my email from any computer without breaking a sweat. If there isn't a solid web interface, I'm not interested. I manage several different addresses, and luckily, they all have webmail access. But here's the catch: if I download everything and wipe the server clean, I'm locked out of my messages when I switch devices. On the flip side, if I leave everything sitting on the server, I have to manually hunt down and kill spam through the web interface *and* my email client just to keep things tidy. It's way too much work, especially with the amount of junk I deal with daily. Ideally, I'd love to pick and choose which specific threads stay on the server and which ones get nuked locally. I actually reached out to the Microsoft Outlook developers to complain about this missing feature, and I'm really hoping they fix it in the next update because, aside from that, Outlook is great. Gmail handles this perfectly—you can leave stuff on the server until you explicitly decide to delete it from the inbox. Just easy.
Just wanted to give a quick shout-out to whoever brought up Gmail first in this thread, because it actually convinced me to give it a shot. This thing is absolutely killer. I’m ditching everything else for good. Honestly, why didn't I think of this sooner? It would have saved me so much damn headache. It's way better than using Microsoft Outlook or Safari.
I use Microsoft Outlook, which works like a charm, and Safari, which isn't half bad either. I hadn't even considered using Gmail before. But after reading this thread, I figured I’d give it a shot. You can set up as many SMTP accounts as you want. Honestly, it’s way better than I expected—super simple and intuitive. No complaints from me. I don't get why everyone is whining about it.
feralgardener502 said:Pablo Francisco is an absolute legend. When he gets on stage with that mic, he owns the room—nobody else even comes close.
I’m actually planning to go see him in a couple of weeks. He’s coming to Chicago. I missed Wanda Sykes, though—shit. I honestly can't forgive myself for that one.
I saw this bit about the comedy scene shifting from Chicago over to San Francisco. Honestly, I don't get the hype—San Francisco's vibe is just too different for me. I remember catching a set back in Chicago where the energy was electric, but out west? It’s a whole different ballgame.
Benigni is easily one of the greatest actors working today. You can really see his genius shine through in Jim Jarmusch's work, especially in stuff like "Night on Earth", "Down by Law", and "Coffee and Cigarettes".
The thing is, movie comedies just aren't hitting the mark lately. There’s honestly nothing funny left on the big screen. Meanwhile, stand-up is still killing it. In my book, the absolute best are:
Chris Rock Bill Maher George Carlin Dennis Leary
But there are so many other heavy hitters out there, like Eddie Griffin, John Leguizamo, Bill Engvall... Richard Pryor was legendary, though I don't think he's still active anymore.
I’ve got so much bandwidth that even if both were running at once, they wouldn't even hit half of what I actually have available. Besides, like I said before, I clicked the link in Mozilla first, so if that even mattered, Mozilla should be the one hogging all the bandwidth and finishing first.
Alright, I just ran the test. I fired up both Opera and Mozilla and pulled up the exact same page in both browsers. First, I clicked the link in Mozilla. Then, I jumped over to Opera and clicked the same link there. Once the page finished loading in Opera, I switched right back to Mozilla while it was still struggling to load.
I don't know about you, but if you ask any Opera fan what makes them stick around, they'll tell you straight up: it’s all about how fast pages load. Jane Doe, you've got a serious problem on your hands if your loading speeds are that sluggish.
Maybe you just need to install some more fonts. You're running Red Hat, right? I can't remember which version. Did you actually install any of the default fonts besides the ones I picked out? I added some extra packages myself (mostly Central European stuff), and I even grabbed some additional TrueType fonts using Synaptic. Here’s my sources.list file from Synaptic. I don't remember exactly where I pulled those TTFs from, but if you drop this into /etc/apt, Synaptic should be able to find them for you. If you aren't on Fedora 2, just swap out the number.
swiftscout8, I have no idea why you're such a fan of Google Chrome. I can't stand that browser. For me, Safari is way better, especially since it comes bundled with KDE. It loads incredibly fast (especially if you toggle that preload option when starting up KDE). Pages look killer in Safari, and the fonts are spot on. It's got Tabs, obviously. Plus, the Download Accelerator that integrates with Safari is miles ahead of anything else. It even finds Netscape Navigator 1.0 plugins and uses them automatically. There are tons of little perks too, like the Up button. You can actually toss a Full Screen button right onto your toolbar so you can jump in and out of full screen mode with one click, giving you a massive viewing area. It can even validate W3 compliance for whatever site you're browsing. You can translate a page from one language to another in just two clicks. Like everything else in KDE, it's insanely configurable. The only real edge Opera has over Safari is that you can hide the tab toolbar and just use the mouse wheel to cycle through tabs—and honestly, the Opera Wand is unbeatable. I'm not a fan of KWallet, but KGet is hands down the best download manager out there. Opera is king, Safari is my second choice. Google Chrome might look prettier than Safari, but Google Chrome is buggy, whereas Safari is totally polished and runs flawlessly.
Chrome is actually really solid. It looks great and the design is spot on. If it weren't for Opera, it would be my go-to. But honestly, Opera is still just a class above everything else.
Charles Miller49 said:Good grief!!!!!!!!! How on earth can you call that the most beautiful city in the world????????? Half the cities in America are better looking than Vienna. I love popping over to Vienna, but calling it the most beautiful city on the planet??????????? There’s absolutely nothing there... Have you even traveled anywhere else in the world? Start with Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Miami, Charleston, Key West, Indianapolis, Savannah, Columbus.... then branch out a bit to Vienna, Salzburg, Venice, Zurich, Lucerne, Amsterdam, Budapest, Krakow, Prague... not that I want to list them all. But to you, that tiny village is the most beautiful city in the world!!!!
And regarding the local dialect, they have this slang in Vienna that’s a mix of the local language and English. For example, "volkati"—it means to stroll... It might actually be harder to grasp than a regular language.
Does anyone actually know what a "kerentusa" is?
Yeah, maybe we're just living in different worlds. Maybe to someone from Small Town, USA, Vienna has an incredible nightlife, but sorry, Vienna is just a cute little town that by definition can't have a massive nightlife scene. You've got maybe 2-3 decent clubs, like K4 (well, it used to be), but after 10 PM, the streets downtown are basically a ghost town.
Look, it’s all subjective. What I love, someone else might find a total waste of time. Honestly, comparing half those cities to Vienna is ridiculous. Take Chicago, for instance—that's where I live. Some people are obsessed with this city, but to me, it's nothing special. I'm not into those massive clubs where everyone just dances endlessly in a sea of people. And those dive bars where everyone just watches American football? Not my thing at all. There are some solid spots with great music, like excellent jazz clubs, but I draw the line at paying more than $10 for a beer, and that’s being generous. I lived in Berlin for a bit and truly loved it. Berlin never sleeps and has something for everyone. I also lived near Cologne and went there quite often. That’s a real metropolis. Cologne rules. Amsterdam is top tier. I especially liked Luxembourg; it really fits my vibe. Back in '91, I started college in Washington, D.C. (University of Chicago) and didn't stay long. I don't know what D.C. is like now, but back then, I preferred Vienna. But when you weigh it all up, if I had to pick where to spend tonight and tomorrow, I'd choose Vienna. I can find everything I need there—restaurants, cafes, clubs, walks, the opera, museums—and honestly, I just feel comfortable everywhere in that city because it suits my taste perfectly.