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- WonderUnder or HeatNBond - enough to trace 5 hearts
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- Backing fabric in the same size as your background fabric for the back of your pillow
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Valentine Throw Pillow Tutorial
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This is so pretty Amy! Thanks for the great tutorial. The hearts are so cute !ReplyDelete
What a sweet design! Thanks for the tutorial!ReplyDelete
How lovely...very sweet tutorial!ReplyDelete
So cute - may have to make one! Thanks for the tutorial.ReplyDelete
I fell in love with this tutorial the very first time I saw it! I need to make it this year!! :o) Will let you know when I do. :o)ReplyDelete
Can you tell me what the name of the red fabric is, with the little postage stamps on it? Too cute.
love ya, Trish
Great pillow!! It's so cute and festive!! Have a wonderful day!ReplyDelete
super cute! thx for sharing it again!ReplyDelete
I love this pillow Amy!!! So adorable!!!ReplyDelete
adorable pillow Amy!!!ReplyDelete
This is so simple but it looks adorable, I'm going to make a few of them in different colours/patterns, thank you! xReplyDelete
I really love it! It's so simple yet looks pretty. Nice job! :)ReplyDelete
I just found your tutorial last week. I was looking for something simple and classic and this was perfect!ReplyDelete
That is super adorable! And what a great gift for someone, too.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing the heart pillow...i love it and look forward to making one.ReplyDelete
I love your pillow. Thanks for sharing the tutorial.ReplyDelete
this is sooo cute!! I love it!!ReplyDelete
That is so pretty, Amy! Thank you for the tutorial. :)ReplyDelete
I love your pillow!ReplyDelete
That is so cute!!! Love it! :)ReplyDelete
ohhh that is just DARLING! thanks for the great tut!ReplyDelete
cute! cute! cute!ReplyDelete
Absolutely adorable!!ReplyDelete
cutest Vday pillow ever!! Thanks again Amy for sharing it with my readers!ReplyDelete
Oh these pillows are precious! Very, very cute!! Thanks for the tutorial.ReplyDelete
so cute amy. i love it. it's darling.ReplyDelete
So cute! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
I love your pillow :DReplyDelete
Great tutorial! You've been featured on the Quality Sewing Tutorials blog.ReplyDelete
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This is adorable! I'm totally inspired... :o)ReplyDelete
Your pillow is so adorable! I found you on pinterest, and I'm featuring your pillow as my pinterest pick for my Friday Favorites event this week!ReplyDelete
This is just darling!ReplyDelete
In my blog reading tonight I'm seeing quite a few Valentine's Day projects, and this is one of the best. I am so glad you posted it, as I can't sew for too long right now (recovering from surgery) but can still do hand work and stand. I needed a pillow for our bed for Valentine's Day--thanks for this great post!ReplyDelete
Elizabeth E.
Very cute. My Sunshine is loving pillows right now but I'm thinking she'd prefer ones featuring Minnie Mouse or the Princesses.ReplyDelete
Amy, you always have the cutest tutes! Thanks for this one, I will definitely be making one (or two)! :)ReplyDelete
Very sweet and happy pillow! One day I will enjoy expressing the holiday in pillows, the kids will only beat the crap out of them now. I will pocket this tut!ReplyDelete
Thank you very much Amy.ReplyDelete
A very simple, very nice, I liked a lot.
I've been following your tutorial very much like a cushion.
I made one today! Turned out so cute. Thanks for the tutorial :)ReplyDelete
I love love love this pillow! Going to have go add this to my to do list.ReplyDelete
I made one today and I am doing something wrong! The Heat n Bond!! I adhered the hnb to the heart but I cannot figure out how to adhere it to the background fabric. I am sure it is a simple fix but I am fabric challenged! What am I doing wrong?? I sewed it on then put it through the wash and it messed the hearts up! I have to start over!ReplyDelete
Hi Deanna - I don't have a return email address for you, so hoping you will see this reply here.ReplyDelete
Did you peel the paper backing off the heat n bond before you ironed them to the backing? That's the only thing I can think of. Let me know if that is not the problem.
Hang in there!
Really sweet. What a delightful project.ReplyDelete
simple and easy to do tutorial...you make it easy to follow.ReplyDelete
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Love this. As the sewing contributor for Making the World Cuter, I'm featuring this in a Valentine's Day Roundup posting soon. :) http://makingtheworldcuter.com/ Hopefully it will bring lots of traffic your way.ReplyDelete
Just made on for this Valentine's Day! Thanks for the tutorial.ReplyDelete
Thank you very much Amy.ReplyDelete
So So cute!, very nice, I liked it.
I've been following your blog its very interesting!
This is a very nice and informative tutorial for making this beautiful pillow. My grandma made quillows and I thought would try one this summer. So I handmade this quillow.ReplyDelete
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Announcing Small Press Week!
If I have two overriding beliefs in gaming, the second is that the pdf and online revolution has given us a number of small companies every bit as talented and amazing as the larger publishers. There are many, many, many unsung excellent companies making games and supplements that are just begging to be discovered. And for every one we cover, there are a dozen we don't get to.
Well, that's why I've suggested to my fellow RPG Bloggers to make October 19-23 Small Press Week. It's going to be a week focusing on reviews, interviews, and articles about the best in small press gaming. New school, old school, avant-garde, or mainstream--whatever folks want to cover.
For some bloggers, it'll be business as usual. But I'm hoping this serves to highlight and show off any number of small press games, and ultimately gets more folks playing. Gaming isn't a two or three-horse race; there's more great games out there than we'll ever have time to play.
If you have a small press game or product you'd like reviewed or covered, drop me a line at mail.rpgblog(at)gmail.com. I already have several I'm working on for that time, but we should have a goodly list of other bloggers participating that we can coordinate with (bloggers, if interested, let me know, if you haven't already!). Get ready to celebrate the Little Guy in Gaming!
19 comments:
- Rob Lang said...
Capital idea! Mail incoming. Smaller Press types deserve loads of love because their games tend to be packed with it.
- September 22, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Swordgleam said...
Awesome! That's around when I'm hoping to release my first product. Now I have extra incentive to get all the final steps smoothed out and get it released on time.
- September 22, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- Gleichman said...
Oh, I could send you Age of Heroes!
That would be a very bad idea. You have real games to review.
- September 22, 2009 at 10:05 AM
- Zachary The First said...
@Swordgleam: By all means! I'm going to be working to match up interested bloggers and publishers. ;)
@Rob: I knew I could count on you!
@Gleichman: You forget, I've seen AoH. ;)
- September 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- Will said...
Naturally, I'm in. I'm going to try to find a small press of my own to highlight, but appreciate any suggestions.
- September 22, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- clash bowley said...
I'll send you On Her Majesty's Arcane Service this week. It will be released by then. :D
- September 22, 2009 at 12:35 PM
- Zachary The First said...
@clash: Cool! I had already planned to cover an FM title—but I'm not sure that can wait. ;)
- September 22, 2009 at 2:43 PM
- Swordgleam said...
@Zachary: Sent you an email. Thanks again for doing this!
- September 22, 2009 at 4:13 PM
- Kristian said...
The Dice of Life is planning on covering some indie RPG publishers and maybe some small press Savage Worlds licensees.
- September 22, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- A Paladin In Citadel said...
I would be happy to participate, if that means reviewing something on my blog that week. Just trying to make sure I understand this idea...
- September 22, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Zachary The First said...
@Paladin: That'd be great! Are you following the thread over on the RPG Bloggers group? That's where I'll list the companies. If not, drop me a line and we can set you up if you don't already have something..
- September 22, 2009 at 11:38 PM
- RPG Ike said...
I'm with Swordgleam——new, first product on the way and loooking to be broken down so I can rebuild in a big way for round two. Thanks for the idea, sir.
Also, and I'm sure I'm not alone in this, bosoms improve most any creature, lizards included.
- September 23, 2009 at 1:32 AM
- RPG Ike said...
Did I mention I'd be happy to review something as well? I meant to.
- September 23, 2009 at 1:33 AM
- Zachary The First said...
@Ike: Cool--I'll be posting up a list over at the RPG Bloggers group for reference and coordination. Sound ok?
- September 23, 2009 at 7:38 AM
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If anyone wants to review any of my games, just ask.
- September 23, 2009 at 8:34 AM
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where do I find the thread over at RPG bloggers?
Word verification: hydrotto - look out, its the fabled hydrotto! RUn!
- September 23, 2009 at 6:09 PM
- Zachary The First said...
Try this:
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- HinterWelt said...
Squirrel Dice and Coffee incoming...yeah, you heard me, packing it up tonight!
- September 23, 2009 at 10:35 PM
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Brilliant idea. We'll seek out a small press game publisher and feature them on that week's episode of Happy Jack's RPG Podcast.
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By Jeb Bladine
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For the first time, our annual "Shop Local" message is being delivered on "Black Friday." The irony, no doubt, is not lost on those who believe a Shop Local campaign should promote only locally owned retail and service providers.
Certainly, we maximize the area impact of consumer spending by supporting locally owned businesses. But outside-owned companies also employ local people and support the community, so we should be comfortable extending our "Shop Local" cloak to those businesses.
First, as usual, here's the message we've delivered in this space for almost 25 years:
Dollars spent at home are recirculated to the benefit of our community. Property taxes from local businesses finance our schools and other government services, and those owners and employees support and finance local causes, programs and projects.
Buying locally is a primary way to improve the economy and social infrastructure serving our community. Strong local businesses will draw buyers from other communities, offsetting the outflow of money when local people shop elsewhere.
Tens of millions of dollars are at stake annually. A strong shop-at-home mentality translates into better prices and selections in local stores and a strong economy serving everyone.
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The "Shop Local" concept can be extended to the state and nation. Purchasing goods made in Oregon, or at least made in America, supports some of the most important elements of a strong economy. When those goods are produced nearby, the financial impact is even greater.
Manufacturers provide quality jobs, and our country has lost far too many of those jobs to foreign countries. In fact, one of the most interesting "Made in Oregon" campaigns involves an effort to entice Chinese companies to open manufacturing plants in our state.
There also is a new campaign called "The Made in America Movement" (MIA). Its mission: "To play a part in the restoration of the U.S. economy by connecting U.S. manufacturers with consumers. Educating consumers on the importance of buying American-made products. Partnering with manufacturers and small retail boutiques to collaborate on expanding their Made in USA product inventory."
At all levels, Shop Local supporters identify the "multiplier effect" of keeping dollars inside our economy. According to the MIA movement, this economic factor generates $1.40 in revenue for every $1 spent, and each additional 1 percent of Made in America goods purchased generates 250,000 jobs.
Bottom line is, consumer spending accounts for a majority of all economic activity. The more spending we keep in our community, county, state and nation, the better our economy will be.
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Significant forces continue to impact the level of consumer spending. One is the slow recovery from a great recession; another is growing recognition that overbuying contributes to excesses in energy use and depletion of natural resources.
In such times, it's even more important to consider the "Birth of a New Tradition" we featured in last year's Shop Local message. Written by an unknown author, the article went viral on the Internet in 2011, and its core axioms are all the more relevant in 2012.
Give gift certificates to a hair salon or barber, to a local gym or for an auto detail job, the person wrote. Mow a lawn for the summer or take someone for a game of golf. Give the gift of an oil change, cleaning day or computer tune-up. Consider local artwork, restaurant reservations or a night at a nearby B&B.
Turn away from those "monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods," the writer urged, which are "produced at the expense of American labor." He or she concluded:
"Let's make spending choices that show we care about the United States; choices that encourage American small businesses to keep plugging away, keep hiring, and keep contributing to our hometown's success. When we care about other Americans and turn that caring into action, the benefits will come back to us in ways we can't even imagine. Choose to make this the new American Christmas tradition."
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It seems to me the consuming trend is sending things down the tubes. There is no jobs because the small business is being bypassed because of an INFLATION of material being available online. It's like the Fed printing money. It has devalued the material sold. Now that there is an avenue to buy it 20 to 50% less then the brick and mortar guy can provide it for...
Now wholesalers a distributors are going directly to the public bypassing the very shops that have been selling their material all along.
I'm all for capitolism but SHEEEZ!!!!
I'm not sure what the answer is... But the next time you get layed off, think about the purchases you made online. Now that your layed off, who can blame you for needing to buy online... What a person to do?
Not running with the herd can be helpful, and less stressful, too.
You, yourself, being somewhat of a politician, why do you think that is, Troy?
Just curious.
http://farmwars.info/?p=6247ure Privatization."
You, yourself, being somewhat of a politician, why do you think that is, Troy?"
let me say it this way:
A farmer, saw that at feeding time his big pigs would lie down in the trough to eat, preventing the little pigs from getting food. He asked aonservative what to do. They replied survival of the fittest was the law of nature, so let the little pigs die.
Then he asked a liberal. They said double the feed and maybe some would spill over to the smaller pigs.
Then he asked me I told him remove the pigs from the trough.
everyone and everything in government is either bought and sold. welcome to capitalism.
I doubt that an import tax would have the desired effect in this age of instant gratification. I actually believe that you'd see rioting in the inner-city streets should people not be afforded access to cheap big screen tv's, cell phones, computers and/or what have you.
Umm....maybe that's what all of those U.S military urban-warfare exercises conducted in every major city in America over the prior decade where in preparation for. Food for thought.
I think we're not too far from a time when lead will be the new gold, and we'll all be wiping our ass's with hundred dollar bills. That's just my humble opine. This year in celebration of Christmas I'm gifting seeds from the garden to my grandchildren so that they may produce their own, to pass on...well...that, and the one book each the three of them will recieve purchased from Incahoots.
I have always been big into Zen.
Kay Pranis about peace circles. Even Quaker simplicity stuff
but lately.. because of a class.. scott mills, kant and rawls...pretty good stuff.. wish I could be that good in writing..grrrrr..... Well have a good one.. we shall talk later... troy*
" Your money or your life"
joe domiguez, and vicki robin
awesome book.. which personally I think should be mandatory in high school.
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WTOP's David Burd reports from Frederick, Md.
Should you get a ticket if you pick up your smartphone and check a map while driving? Why or why not? Post a comment in this story, comment on WTOP's Facebook Page or use #WTOP on Twitter.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Steven Spriggs was stopped in a traffic jam near downtown Fresno and thought nothing of whipping out his iPhone 4 and clicking on the map feature to see if there was an alternate route around the construction mess.
He was startled when he looked up and saw a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer ordering him to pull over. He showed the officer that he was looking at a map and not texting or talking.
"'Pull over,'" Spriggs recalled the officer as saying. "'It's in your hand.'"
A little more than a year later, Spriggs is at the heart of a novel court case that has technology blogs and social media sites buzzing about the $160 ticket plus court costs he was ordered to pay for "distracted driving."
A court commissioner and then a three-judge appellate panel of the Superior Court found Spriggs guilty of violating a California law that bans motorists from texting or conducting phone conversations with hand-held devices.
The judges rejected Spriggs' argument that they were expanding the law by refusing to toss out the ticket he got in January 2012.
Spriggs, who graduated from law school but is not a practicing attorney, represented himself before the commissioner and then the appeals panel. He initially brought a paper map to court to argue that it was legal to hold it while driving. Not persuaded, the traffic court commissioner found him guilty.
Next, he appealed to the three-judge panel of Fresno Superior Court, arguing in a legal brief that the iPhone has a flashlight feature and other functions that can be useful to a driver and aren't as dangerous as texting or talking. That hearing last all of 30 seconds because no one from the CHP or district attorney's office appeared to oppose the appeal by Spriggs.
He still lost.
Fresno County Judge Kent Hamlin, writing on March 21 for the three-judge panel upholding the commissioner's ruling, said "the primary evil sought to be avoided is the distraction the driver faces when using his or her hands to operate the phone. That distraction would be present whether the wireless telephone was being used as a telephone, a GPS navigator, a clock or a device for sending and receiving text messages and emails."
The ruling doesn't apply outside of Fresno County.
Nevertheless, Spriggs said he is troubled that police can now pull over motorists they suspect of simply holding their mobile phones.
Spriggs, a fundraiser for Fresno State University, said he's unsure if he has the time or money to pursue further appeals to the California Court of Appeal and the state Supreme Court.
"I'm just a little guy who is frustrated," Spriggs said. "I don't see how they can extend this law."
He actually supports the prohibition on texting and conversing on hand-held devices while driving, saying his adult son's leg was badly broken in 2010 when he was struck by a motorist who was chatting on a mobile phone.
Judge Hamlin acknowledged in his ruling that changes in the law may be needed.
"It may be argued that the Legislature acted arbitrarily when it outlawed all 'hands-on' use of a wireless telephone while driving, even though the legal use of one's hands to operate myriad other devices poses just as great a risk to the safety of other motorists," the judge wrote in the March 21 ruling. "It may also be argued that prohibiting driving while using 'electronic wireless communications devices' for texting and emailing, while acknowledging and failing to prohibit perhaps even more distracting uses of the same devices, is equally illogical and arbitrary."
But the judge said it's up to the Legislature to amend the law. Until then, Hamlin wrote, courts are compelled to deem illegal nearly all uses of hand-held phone by motorists.
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Tony Mellencamp had no question about who the real winner was in Tuesday night's election results. Even though he captured an at-large seat on the County Council, the fact that his wife Kaye was by his side was the real winning moment.
"The real winner tonight is having my wife by my side this time," said Mellencamp, whose wife is recovered from a brain aneurysm. "I am very humbled that I had this many votes.
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In the race for South Adams School Board, Arlene Amstutz defeated Cheryl Caffee for District Two, and Amy Orr squeezed by Gresham Bearss in the South Adams At-Large School Board seat. Orr collected 1,192 votes to defeat Bearss by just three votes, 1,189; Deb Gerber finished third in the At-Large race. Also, for the SA Board of Education, John Buckingham and Julie Mansfield ran unopposed and were re-elected.
Four Adams Central school board members ran unopposed and were confirmed for another term. Those included Brian Tonner, Steven Bailey, John Sipe and Mike Brown.
Voting in Indiana closed at 6 p.m. The first results at the Adams County Clerk Office arrived at 6:42, with all precincts reporting by 8:30 p.m.
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1118: Microsoft
Title text: Facebook, Apple, and Google all got away with their monopolist power grabs because they don't have any 'S's in their names for critics to snarkily replace with '$'s.
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In the late 1990s Microsoft started bundling its web browser, Internet Explorer, with its Windows operating system. This effectively destroyed the Netscape company, who up until then had the most market share with its browser, Netscape Navigator. Microsoft was involved in a legal case against the U.S. government, which required Microsoft to allow IE to be uninstalled among other remedies. Removal of Internet Explorer has no clear solution as libraries and utilities associated with Internet Explorer are used across other Windows applications.
The comic sarcastically states that this stopped companies from creating a monopoly on software practices. Unfortunately, platform developers such as Apple, Sony, and Microsoft have restricted third-party software distribution over the internet via their own curated online stores in recent years, and will come full circle with the introduction of Metro Applications on the Windows 8. The comic also mocks the triviality of browser debates compared to current antitrust cases concerning privacy and price fixing.
Apple bundled a browser in on both its desktop and mobile platforms. On its mobile platform, iOS users are not allowed to change the default browser. Apple also requires all iOS developers to sell their apps only through the iTunes app store, paying sizeable commissions to Apple, and Apple can refuse to sell any app. In some instances, Apple has developed its own versions of popular third-party apps.[1] Google bundles its operating system with the Chrome web browser. The company has a majority market share in web search engines, being the most popular search engine available. On Android, Google bundles in a mobile version of Chrome (as of version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich), but you are allowed to change the default browser. On Facebook, users face difficulties in accessing or removing their profiles and personal information, among other issues. Recently, this has been mitigated by the ability to download a zip file of all content ever posted to Facebook, but it still remains difficult to delete data from Facebook.
The title text refers to mocking Microsoft as Micro$oft or M$ for attempting to take too much money from consumers.
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- Megan: Remember when we prosecuted Microsoft for bundling a browser with an OS? Imagine the future we'd live in if we'd been willing to let one tech company amass that much power.
- Ponytail: Thank God we nipped that in the bud.
Let the discussion begin! (replace this stub with actual content?) Odysseus654 (talk) 04:29, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Well in the case of Microsoft they already dominated the market and so threatened to gain monopoly power. In the case of Apple (disclosure: I use a Mac) the market share is insignificant, really. As for Facebook and Google, the oversight is puzzling to say the least.188.8.131.52 05:16, 8 October 2012 (UTC)ExternalMonologue
- ¬I Ummmmmmm... Why does my IP address show?? Other peoples' addresses don't show. How do I prevent this from happening?220.127.116.11 05:19, 8 October 2012 (UTC)ExternalMonologue
- Click the "log in / sign up" icon in the upper right and login or create an account for youself. Then you will no longer be known by your IP addressOdysseus654 (talk) 06:27, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- I think the reason Microsoft was noticed and Facebook/Google didn't was that Netscape complained. It didn't helped him, of course. Which may also be reason why nothing is happening with Facebook/Google: seriously, WHAT do you think can the court do? And about Apple: yes, they could forbid Apple to control the list of application, but ... RIAA/MPAA will then complain. They WANT to end the era of "you own the device, therefore you can install whatever you want on it", because THEY want that control. -- Hkmaly (talk) 08:24, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
One could add that the European Union did the same thing (see Wikipedia:European Union Microsoft competition case), first because of Windows Media Player (imagine any operating system coming without media player), but later also because of Internet Explorer. (It was already laughable back then, even before Apple completely dominated the mobile and tablet market.) Thanks to that we now have Wikipedia:BrowserChoice.eu, and we are a free people. --18.104.22.168 08:49, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
- In the tablet and smartphone markets, Apple's market share is not at all insignificant. Furthermore, legal solutions are supposed to be even-handed, not "it's okay if these other guys do the same thing because." If a situation arises with a particular party arises such that one of its practices is determined to be abusive, then that practice is restricted, not that party.
Note that Microsoft has been in the news recently because they (accidentally?) broke the agreements they made (or were forced into) when the last browser rulings came down Odysseus654 (talk) 22:43, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
What about Fa€ebook, App£e, and Goog£e?
- In retrospect, the whole Internet Explorer thing seems pretty dumb. I guess at the time web browsers still weren't considered to be an essential, fundamental piece of computer functionality. But they certainly are now. It would be weird for an operating system, ANY operating system, to not have a built-in web browser at this point. 184.108.40.206 20:42, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
- Wouldn't Fac€book be more exact?
- Yes, the browsers ARE essential and BECAUSE of that it's important WHICH browser you have. Personally I can't understand why the OS (any of them) can't came with multiple browsers preinstalled. I find hard to believe it's because of size. -- Hkmaly (talk) 08:36, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
- How many web browsers? What standards are used to select them? Which one is the default? How are naive users to decide? As a semi-power user, I would be irritated to know that a bunch of redundant bloatware came pre-installed, especially when it's an application that often intertwines with the operating system. Frankly, it's NOT that important which browser you use for most users, just that you have one. The ones for whom it is important are going to change theirs regardless of what came preinstalled. - jerodast (talk) 17:51, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Would it also be relevant that, a week before this comic, Google surpassed Microsoft in market value? —22.214.171.124 13:30, 10 October 2012 (UTC)I don't really understand the advantage of browser market share. Browsers are free and have no ads. If the advantage is in using browser features to promote other services (like search), then THAT's the bundling that should be scrutinized. In contrast, forcing users to funnel all purchases for your system through your own store is much more abusive. - jerodast (talk) 17:51, 3 December 2012 (UTC)


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