Little changes
Jul. 12th, 2004 06:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plutherusSometimes, it's little changes in technology that make a big difference.
I have been using Firefox as my browser for a few weeks now, and just recently discovered that I love tabbed browsing. As in, it's completely changed the experience of researching on the web. It doesn't seem like a big deal when described - - opening a page in a new tab as opposed to opening in a new window. What's the big difference? Dunno if I can even describe it, but after using it for a few weeks, there's no way I could go back to the old way of doing things.
Tivo, apparently is similar. I don't have one, but have been told by reliable sources that it completely changes TV. Why bother? I ask. After all, I've got a programmable VCR (well, I did last time I had this conversation), but just a little more convenience makes all the difference.
It reminds me a bit when I was selling the NeXT computer, back in 1989. One of the coolest features, I thought, was how easy it was to multitask. "But, really, how often would I want to run more than one program at a time?" The Windows users would ask me. "Trust me - one you've used a real multitasking machine, you'll never know how you lived without it."
I have been using Firefox as my browser for a few weeks now, and just recently discovered that I love tabbed browsing. As in, it's completely changed the experience of researching on the web. It doesn't seem like a big deal when described - - opening a page in a new tab as opposed to opening in a new window. What's the big difference? Dunno if I can even describe it, but after using it for a few weeks, there's no way I could go back to the old way of doing things.
Tivo, apparently is similar. I don't have one, but have been told by reliable sources that it completely changes TV. Why bother? I ask. After all, I've got a programmable VCR (well, I did last time I had this conversation), but just a little more convenience makes all the difference.
It reminds me a bit when I was selling the NeXT computer, back in 1989. One of the coolest features, I thought, was how easy it was to multitask. "But, really, how often would I want to run more than one program at a time?" The Windows users would ask me. "Trust me - one you've used a real multitasking machine, you'll never know how you lived without it."
