There is a nice freeware app called adobe speed up or something similar that disable a lot of the plugins for acrobat (it has a feature to restore it to its orginal state). Speeds it up tremendously on web page loads.
j On 8/13/05, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I totally agree. Quicktime is a total fucking annoyance if you don't > purchase the damn "Pro" version. However, I use iTunes and it requires > QT. >:-( > > But then, it could be worse. Try Real player. ;-) > > While I'm joining your rant, I want to add that Adobe's Acro Reader bugs > the living shit out of me. I hate the annoying pink button in the > top-right corner. You know the marketing manager at Adobe said "What > would be the worst possible color that would clash with most web sites? > We must grab everyone's attention" The kiss-asses said, "Pink!" > > I also hate how Acro Reader decides to update itself in the background > while you are waiting for the PDF to appear in the browser. Then, you > are sitting wondering why your CFDOCUMENT tag didn't work. Only when > you close all windows, you notice that Reader is waiting for you to > approve an update. I've seen too many of these issues noted by CF > developers. > > I can't wait until Acro Reader and Flash Player are integrated and then > Adobe will make us sit through a "commercial" before the Flash content > actually starts playing. > > Don't even get me started on the TV bugs and in-program commercials. I > don't need to know what the fuck comes on after King of the Hill. I > have a damn on-screen guide. Who the hell doesn't these days? > > So, they then show the damn commericals while you are watching the > program. The "bugs" used to be just a fraction of the screen. Now, I > have seen bugs that are about 25% of the screen and some that are > half-way, vertically, on the screen. I'm sure the television program's > producers and directors really intended for their "art" to be covered by > advertising for next week's movie. > > God! I hate those marketing bastards! > > M!ke > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:13 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Damn Quicktime! Damn it all to Hell! > > I just really hate QuickTime. > > I hit a site, it says "you need QuickTime"... I accidentally hit "Okay" > to the request. It downloads something then hits Apple's site to > download Quicktime. > > I say "no". > > You'd think that would be that, uh? No. > > The stub it downloaded first, although it can't do a damn thing, > installs itself into my "Run" key, DOESN'T give me an uninstall option > (not in the application itself, not in the add/remove programs, not in > the start menu) and displays a useless QuickTime logo in my tray. > > From this logo I can see 10 greyed out options (since I don't actually > QuickTime installed) and the option to go to Apple's website. To > provide me with this invaluable service this little piece of shit needs > upwards of two meg of RAM constantly. > > In the end I had to edit the registry to get rid of it. > > This is just nasty. > > When Gator and Hotbar do the same thing it's "Spyware" and "Malware" and > so forth... but Apple does it and it's what? "Good UI"? > > Just venting. > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169250 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
