Firefox Personas, Joel Spolsky Podcast Mention
Software developer Joel Spolsky mentioned the program on his podcast, leading to a discussion about potential public relations titles for him. Firefox version 3.6.2 forced an update on users, introducing a feature called "Personas" that allows users to skin their browser interface. There are concerns that these designs interfere with tab visibility and the ability to close windows.
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00:01 Oh no, I'm sorry, it's not a Lindsay Lohan promo, John. Sorry. Adam Curry, John C. DeVore Act. It's March 25th, 2010, time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 185. This is no agenda. Four of the Roses while leading a life of fighting crime. From the Hilltop Watchtower, Crackpot Command Center in Gitmo Nation West in the People's Republic of Southern California, where there is no sunshine in the morning. I'm Adam Curry. And from soggy northern Silicon Valley, where it just rained a minute ago, I'm John C. DuBois. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill! In the morning! Hi, in the morning to you my friend. In the morning. You know because of stuff I was doing earlier this morning I didn't have time to pull this awesome clip from you know Joel Spolsky? Joel on software? Yeah. Yeah he on this podcast he made this awesome reference to us.
00:56 Yeah, that's good to know. Clearly he's a listener, but I just didn't have time to pull the clip. But it was really cool. He was doing like the whole... Was it the... You're gonna give him an associate public relations? Nah, he should get one actually because... You know what? I'll pull the clip on Sunday and then we'll make a decision then. But it's just nice to know that he's listening. That's kind of cool. So there's, I want to point something, I want to mention something to people since I'm sure everyone will run into this situation. Have you booted Firefox recently? Yeah, booted, rebooted, I got another update. I guess you can complain about that. Yeah, well they forced an update on everybody. I hate it when they do that. It's 3.6.2 and with it they've added this new feature called personas. Oh yeah, I know I got that. I made the mistake of actually installing one. Yeah. And uninstalled expeditiously.
01:56 Well, the problem is of course it kind of screws up the tabs because many of these things bleed through the... Yeah, you can't see what's... that's exactly why uninstalled is like I can't see what... I can't even see the little X mark to get rid of it. Well anyway, so the thing that kind of got me is that I booted a different computer so they came up with these suggested personas and for anyone who hasn't seen this is just essentially designs, a little artwork that gets splashed across the top. But I noticed it was different, so I clicked on it and I didn't realize they have 2100 of these things. And on the first page of them though, I find it interesting because obviously someone has to make a decision on where these things go. So why is Bob Marley, even though he's
02:42 deceased getting a free publicity on page one of the persona page. I'm just just wondering you know they got a bunch of reggae. Well clearly it's all part of the upcoming referendum on marijuana John. It's a you know it's a pro-smoke. It could be. That's a good one then. Well good. I do want to give a little credit and I don't have this person's name but I have the link in the show notes on Zazzle.com, GP1477 is his username there. And he has made a number of No Agenda coffee mugs, which actually, let me send you the link, because, and the reason I bring this up is twofold. One, it's, you know, obviously it's another effort to promote the show, which we always appreciate.
