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Oh boy, Windows Blinds were the thing for Windows XP. Longhorn theme for Windows XP? Remember Windows Blackcomb theme? I also remember customizing msgina.dll :)

Good to see at least two people remember the old Cairo shell :) I remember trying it out on Windows XP long time ago. I'd say it was even before 2010, as the alpha supported Windows XP and Vista.

Cairo shell has been around for quite a while though. I remember trying out alpha version on Windows XP many years ago. I'm not sure if the current version is a fork or someone sold the brand but it has been around for a longer time. I also recall it wasn't open source at first, but was later open sourced. It just never gained enough momentum and publicity.

Yes, and this should be listed as HL1's main advance, its brilliant AI, which at that time of the release was unlike anything else.

https://youtu.be/cOSCBMHGE18

https://youtu.be/GjDY3m1SMpw

Another heavy bookmarks user / hoarder here. I have around 30k bookmarks, so much bookmarks that Firefox freezes for a few seconds when I click on bookmarks menu bar item, because it tries to load them all within that drop down menu. I keep bookmarks sidebar permanently open without any slowdowns.

I've been using Firefox from its very beginnings so I can tell you I've tried switching to Chrome and Safari a few times over the years. Every time I tried to import bookmarks to other browsers they would simply crap out, while Firefox handled them without breaking a sweat.

Of course I continue to use FF for many other reasons but, at least at first, good and fast bookmarks management kept me using Firefox.

Lastly, if anyone knows a way to prevent Firefox to show all bookmarks in drop-down menu, let me know :)

That's a really good idea. To achieve similar result, I am currently using multiple Firefox profiles which have different proxies configured. I also have separate profiles for social media. It wouldn't be bad if they made profiles work in the same way or with similar functionality like containers work (profile per tab, each tab uses different proxy etc.).

Ideally, I'd love to have Firefox handle the whole proxying or even networking part. Like have each Firefox profile use different network gateway (useful when you want to route all network traffic trough VPN for example).

Came here to say that. Though I vaguely remember them trying some paid options even before Sophos. I recall using Sandboxie on Windows XP and Vista, back then it was incredibly useful to have such a tool.

Oh boy, that brings back memories! With nLite you could slipstream Windows XP to run under 100MB. That was fun!

Longhorn concept was awesome. I remember how crazy and advanced this Longhorn promo was https://youtu.be/b9ifQvQCO7Y

>Sadly, we all know how Vista turned out at the end.

Maybe with the first versions, but after a few service packs it was really usable. Hell, Windows 7 was referred to as "Windows Vista SP3" :)

But I do agree that Vista wasn't as Longhorn. I think they realized it was too demanding and too advanced so they decided to milk the concept ideas for later versions.

Yes, and it works quite well. I've flashed the latest OpenWRT on my Unifi AP for a test, I'm really impressed with the performance. It also adds more features with OpenWRT packages.

Do note that some ubnt devices have custom firmwares blocked on newer software versions. For example Unifi AP and LR:

https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/unifi

Ya I've seen those, that's completely crazy.

That talk was at CCCamp 2019. I'd say most attendees looked like that.

It's clearly not a satanic pentagram but apparently some sort of authors inside joke. Sure, it's based on it, but as you can see there's more elements added https://imgur.com/PxKw5Yw

Throughout history five pointed star or its variations have been used in various cultures, ideologies etc. so I don't see it as a "deal breaker".