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I wish there had been a link or reference to a more in-depth history, since this article is quite short and skips over any early stuff. I've been weirdly interested in door knobs and handles ever since I moved into an older (110 years) house and tried to find a matching door knob for one that was weirdly missing (got lucky due to its distinctive fleur-de-lis motif and knowing their age).

Tangentially, this reminded me of a nice automotive door handle taxonomy I came across recently: https://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-definitive-classification-g...


Yeah, it also completely misses the influence of the ADA on door handles in the US, and the complete migration away from non-lever handles in non-residential spaces.


You can now select any emoji for a reaction in the version that was just released (at least on Android).


Maybe there's some extension to fix this now, but I always hated how GNOME's workspaces were just small boxes on the opposite side of the overview button/hot corner. And even more so that they were a row, not a grid. KDE's exposé-like grid that separates all the windows on all the workspaces is so much more useful to me (not sure if that's enabled by default though).


You can get pretty close to emulating Unity's interface with Plasma, especially if you use Latte-dock. But there are still certain things that can't be done; the biggest to me is having the menu bar (File, Edit, etc.) in the title bar of all the windows (a global menu at the top works though). You can get a button that then gives you those options, which is close but an extra click.


> Please stop pretending like these people are egotistical and narcissistic when they simply don't have any other choice.

I think some of the contention here is that you believe those protesting the restrictions are the same as those who are most hurt by them. But I don't think most people here are upset that people who have no safe place to go, don't have money to buy necessities, etc. in the best of times, are facing terrible difficulties and are upset.

Maybe it's different elsewhere, but at least in my own state (Michigan), protesters seem to be people who are frustrated that they can't go about their daily life as usual. They tend to better off than many and can do things like drive to Lansing to protest, with the most vocal yelling about how they need haircuts, not being able to keep their lawns in perfect condition, and how they can't go to their cabins up north. And plenty still believe this is all just a big conspiracy and government power grab (tons at the protests didn't wear masks or socially distance at all).

People in my city (Detroit) are getting hit the hardest in the state, partially due to poverty (and race, but around here the two are inextricable). It's not those working-class people who are protesting: they're too busy just trying to survive and stay as safe as they can.


That's a fair point, I can only react on the information I'm aware of (what I have seen is that if the economic situation in gets any worse, this lockdown will be far worse than the disease itself).

What you describe does sound like an awful lack of responsibility and that I do disagree with.


LCDs around the gauge cluster seem to encourage the display of extraneous information and eye candy, from making what should be a simple gauge extra gaudy and shiny, to adding useless images and readings all around (look at these leaves! Your car is so efficient!).

My friend had an old Saab with the "Black Panel" button, which turned off all internal lights save the speedometer. If other readings became relevant (e.g., running low on gas), that gauge or light would illuminate. I drove a Peugeot 208 a few years ago with a similar function. I wish I could find a vehicle with something similar, but design is clearly moving in the opposite direction.


You could have a similar thing in the future if OLED panels in cars become feasible.


What? The U.S. invaded Afghanistan first, in 2001. Iraq came in 2003.


My build (just downloaded as a fresh install) is #20351804. Add-ons are a menu option now, with UBlock Origin as the only recommended one. Actually, it might be the only one available at the moment?


Judging by the previous topics about Firefox Preview, uBlock is by far the most requested one.

Worth pointing out that Firefox Preview is set to replace current Firefox within the next 5 months, add-on support will probably arrive a version or two after that.


Is it definite that Preview will replace the current default before it gets full add-on support? That's surprising.


Yes, it's definite. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-preview-upgrade...

"Full add-on support will be available in late 2020." "The Firefox for Android Beta and general release migrations will follow and the final migration will occur in Spring 2020."

Mozilla were cagey about this for a while, but this doesn't come as a surprise to any of the many people who predicted they would do this.


Been waiting for uBlock Origin support for some time. I'm really glad the developers decided to support it! UBlock Origin seems to be the only suggested add-on in a fresh install. Just tested it briefly, and it seems to work great.


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