Mac vs dell sgc

[canuguzzi]

Windows 10 doesn't shove desktop feature onto a phone or tablet, that is the point. It detects the device and presents accordingly.

That is far better that having three specialized operating systems. There is virtually nothing that runs on an iPhone that also runs well on a MAC or an iPad and vice versa. It might not be Microsoft that does it as good as it needs to be but that is the future. Having a separate OS for each device type is the old way of doing things.

If I get a program or app, I want it to run on everything, not get three different versions.

[rboe]

I am using Firefox.

On the Mac I typically use Safari but have Chrome and Firefox handy for those times Safari is not handling a page correctly. I rarely use Firefox anymore (loath to use Chrome at times because she is such a memory hog).

Ghostery is safe. If you happen to disable too many features on a web page (say a video that you DO want to watch you simply re-enable it and reload the page; it uses simple slider switches and color coding to tell you if a widget or cookie is enabled or not. I use it on Safari, have not tested it with the other two browsers.

One size that fits all (like in OS's) sounds nice, but in practice I prefer an OS designed and optimized for a particular platform. Trying to make it the do all and end all is getting too clever by half. E.g. I would not want Windows on my car. That said, Linux/UNIX like OS's are sneaking in everywhere in embedded chips in all sorts of smart devices. Typically those are pared down to the task at hand and not Swiss Army knives seeing what they are on before they load what is needed.

[Kentktk]

Windows 10 doesn't shove desktop feature onto a phone or tablet, that is the point. It detects the device and presents accordingly.

That is far better that having three specialized operating systems. There is virtually nothing that runs on an iPhone that also runs well on a MAC or an iPad and vice versa. It might not be Microsoft that does it as good as it needs to be but that is the future. Having a separate OS for each device type is the old way of doing things.

If I get a program or app, I want it to run on everything, not get three different versions.

You don`t know what you are talking about. It`s easy to move things from an iPad to an iPhone or to an iMac or any combination of each. That`s one of the best things Apple has going. Also all the devices work in a similar way so going from one to the other is easy.

[Kentktk]

 There operating systems are easier to use and harder to freeze the computer. Plus that wonderful feature called "force quite" will always get you out of a jam. 

'force quite"  is force quit. and is quite handy

[Lannis]

How do I know that this is safe?

If it's not, I'm in trouble.   I'll be your guinea pig ... soon as I saw the link, I downloaded it (WG would NEVER set me wrong, would they?  ;) ), and I'm as happy as a possum up a gum stump.   No ads at all any more, just a little purple box telling you who WOULD be running ads, and you can turn that off if you want.

If the program empties my bank account or something, I'll let you know once I get a new computer ...  :D

Lannis

[fotoguzzi]

I am using Firefox.

to clean up Firefox, use the help drop down menu, go to troubleshooting, it opens a new page, in the upper right click on refresh firefox.. they call it a tune up. you won't loose bookmarks.

[gearman]

If it's not, I'm in trouble.   I'll be your guinea pig ... soon as I saw the link, I downloaded it (WG would NEVER set me wrong, would they?  ;) ), and I'm as happy as a possum up a gum stump.   No ads at all any more, just a little purple box telling you who WOULD be running ads, and you can turn that off if you want.

If the program empties my bank account or something, I'll let you know once I get a new computer ...  :D

Lannis

Lannis, I am in your boat now. I just downloaded ghosty too.Anybody who had a pc800 can't be all wrong. I am trying to sell my second one now ;) Edit, I must have done something wrong;I still have the ads.It looked like  I said no trackers but allow cookies. Is this correct?

[redrider90]

How do I know that this is safe?

I've been using it for 2 years on two computers on both firefox and safari and it has been nothing short of a dream. Maybe they are waiting on me tell enough people and then they will make off with all the change on one day.   :o

[redrider90]

Lannis, I am in your boat now. I just downloaded ghosty too.Anybody who had a pc800 can't be all wrong. I am trying to sell my second one now ;) Edit, I must have done something wrong;I still have the ads.It looked like  I said no trackers but allow cookies. Is this correct?

Cookies are different than trackers, widgets, beacons, analytics.
I control cookies using better privacy. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/
It also cleans most of the cookies storied in macromedia/adobe. Those are the big hitters that follow you around everywhere.
I use firefox a lot and clean my cookies a couple of times a day. When I need to go where I want to use cookies I use Safari.  Better privacy is an extension that deletes LSOs in adobe which is stored in the macromedia files.
LSOs which are flash cookies. Adobe is the worst thing in the world for helping all the buggers out there to follow you around.  But you need it to view a lot of videos. So I use better privacy, check my macromedia files to make sure better privacy doesn't miss anything and then I go into adobe on the web and clear out the files that are attached in adobe 2 X a day. 

[gearman]

Cookies are different than trackers, widgets, beacons, analytics.
I control cookies using better privacy. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/
It also cleans most of the cookies storied in macromedia/adobe. Those are the big hitters that follow you around everywhere.
I use firefox a lot and clean my cookies a couple of times a day. When I need to go where I want to use cookies I use Safari.  Better privacy is an extension that deletes LSOs in adobe which is stored in the macromedia files.
LSOs which are flash cookies. Adobe is the worst thing in the world for helping all the buggers out there to follow you around.  But you need it to view a lot of videos. So I use better privacy, check my macromedia files to make sure better privacy doesn't miss anything and then I go into adobe on the web and clear out the files that are attached in adobe 2 X a day. 

Huh, I am out of your league . :P

[redrider90]

Huh, I am out of your league . :P

It's not hard. I just had to learn how to do it and access the files and download the app.  There are just a couple places where this stuff is stored against your will and knowledge. 1. is on adobe on the internet. So you go there and clean out the cookies daily. 2. is in a file on your computer (mac and PCs are in a different place)  which is also adobe but on the computer it is called macromedia. That's is where a lot of LSO flash cookies are put on your computer against your will and you do not even know it. I do not know why they call them flash cookies.
 https://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/ccleaner-settings/cleaning-flash-cookies   
3. And then I installed the app called "better privacy" and that usually takes all the flash cookies out of Macromedia aka Adobe. I can do it in one minute.