EinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefoxarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1694cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareAnAngryAlpaca@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up131·edit-29 months agoThings to add to your product when you want to look hip and trendy, but dont have any real ideas how to make your product better: 1990s: visitor counter 1995: Popups 2000s: flash intros 2005: stock photography 2010: local weather widget 2015: share to social media widgets 2020: fullsize 4k background stock videos 2024: AI assistant
minus-squarehavocpants@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·9 months ago1995: animated gifs, , guest books, site rings!
minus-squareAnAngryAlpaca@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoThey would be abused by spam bots in an instant, even before you could write your own “welcome to my guestbook” post.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoSo you’ve never had one of those bot blocking capcha things?
minus-squareshotgun_crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 months agoRemember all those IE toolbars?
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoI got enough installed once to fill the whole screen.
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoUgh…please don’t remind me.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoAnd yet Microsoft added a weather (and bullshit) widget to windows in like 2020
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoI suppose many people were already using a third-party Aero widget for weather forecast since Windows 7. I know I did.
minus-squareneutron@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoIt really grinds my gears. Why does my bank insist on installing an app to approve transactions, and why does that app have a huge background video playing every time i open it? It really should consist of an MFA code generator.
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin @feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months ago2015: share to social media widgets on porn sites
Things to add to your product when you want to look hip and trendy, but dont have any real ideas how to make your product better:
1995: animated gifs, , guest books, site rings!
“Under Construction” GIF
Removed by mod
You forgot about blockchain and NFTs.
I miss guest books tbh
They would be abused by spam bots in an instant, even before you could write your own “welcome to my guestbook” post.
So you’ve never had one of those bot blocking capcha things?
Remember all those IE toolbars?
I got enough installed once to fill the whole screen.
Ugh…please don’t remind me.
And yet Microsoft added a weather (and bullshit) widget to windows in like 2020
I suppose many people were already using a third-party Aero widget for weather forecast since Windows 7.
I know I did.
Removed by mod
It really grinds my gears. Why does my bank insist on installing an app to approve transactions, and why does that app have a huge background video playing every time i open it? It really should consist of an MFA code generator.
2015: share to social media widgets on porn sites