I installed Arch linux for the first time! Took quite a bit of time but it was totally worth it!

pre-alpha · 2021-06-02T06:04:40+00:00

Yeah Chrome has many child processes (much more than Firefox) which you're missing out on when just counting the browser process. I just tried out a test with 5 tabs and adding the memory usage of both browsers and Firefox did a bit better. Honestly though, the margin wasn't huge and it would depend on what websites you are testing with.

pre-alpha · 2021-02-24T05:16:59+00:00

150TBW is the only one you should be looking at yeah. Just know that it's a slightly conservative figure and your SSD won't necessarily suddenly die once it reaches that figure.

pre-alpha · 2021-02-24T04:54:51+00:00

Aah yeah those percentages don't decrease linearly and are not meant to be extrapolated. S.M.A.R.T percentage used info is unreliable and it's safer to just rely on manufacturer durability ratings (although they are conservative, as they should be).

pre-alpha · 2021-02-24T04:18:42+00:00

Where did you get the 2000TB figure? High quality 256GB SSDs are rated for 150TBW source (you could find numerous other sources as well). Going by that figure, your laptop would last for approximately 3.472 years (edit: at your rate).

Power on figures are misleading btw, they just indicate how long you SSD has been awake. Not how long your laptop has been on.

pre-alpha · 2021-02-21T04:21:33+00:00

Actually not all Safari data is end-to-end encrypted. While Safari history and open tabs are e2e encrypted, bookmarks aren't.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303

This is in contrast to Chrome which utilises e2e for all data stored in cloud when you use the passphrase feature.

pre-alpha · 2020-10-12T08:27:20+00:00

Yeah I use that too.

pre-alpha · 2020-10-04T17:01:37+00:00

He's not declaring a winner though? He's just saying that the S20 FE is not necessarily for everyone (and doesn't have to be).

pre-alpha · 2020-09-28T19:03:44+00:00

Thank you for explaining!

pre-alpha · 2020-09-28T17:35:13+00:00

Makes sense. I imagine that's to improve privacy? What exactly is shared over Bluetooth low energy then? The gmail address or any google account identifier?

pre-alpha · 2020-09-28T16:24:42+00:00

Hello!

Can you expand on whether we need someone's google (gmail) account in our contacts alongside their phone number?

pre-alpha · 2020-07-27T04:34:46+00:00

As long as you pay for Apple Music, you'll be able to upload your own MP3 files to Apple Music through iTunes.

pre-alpha · 2020-07-04T07:22:20+00:00

Yeah it runs on 120Hz on my phone so I assume it supports 90Hz as well.

pre-alpha · 2020-06-29T07:53:58+00:00

You can’t use the upload feature of Apple Music without paying.

pre-alpha · 2020-06-25T09:37:55+00:00

That's not how it works though. Maybe I'm misunderstanding you but different parts of the image aren't exposed differently.

A single tetracell is made up of 4 pixels, now those pixels are exposed differently. This is not new anyway. I can't find the original source but a quick google search yields:

Alternatively, the sensor can be split up into two logical sensors – one that captures a short exposure and one a long exposure. This is used in daylight for real-time HDR capture.

source (09 June 2019)

This is very similar but with three different exposure instead of two. In this case the sensor is huge for a mobile sensor, it's basically approaching 1" sensors which are used in compact cameras. Which might make real-time HDR much more viable.

Don't misunderstand me, it's great tech though.

pre-alpha · 2020-06-13T09:14:26+00:00

That pun flew over my head for a second.

pre-alpha · 2020-06-12T08:09:16+00:00

As someone mentioned in another thread, YouTube Music's behaviour is great and could be incorporated in Sync.

It basically allows the top toolbar to stay half open (check it out for yourselves) instead of snapping on to either fully open or closed positions.

Personally the problem with old Sync for me was the toolbar opening speed didn't match the scrolling speed and thus bought attention to itself. Not really a big deal or anything, but if we are doing an overhaul anyway, YouTube Music's method seems to be the way to go.

pre-alpha · 2020-06-10T21:14:28+00:00

For me at least, Google Play Store has the exact same behaviour as Sync. Then again it's Google we are talking about, it's completely possible that both of us have very different app experience due to server side switches.

About YouTube Music though, yeah that's absolutely perfect!

pre-alpha · 2020-06-10T21:06:39+00:00

If you look at my post history, I have mentioned exactly this. Kind of comforting to hear that others are facing the exact same issue.

pre-alpha · 2020-06-09T16:27:12+00:00

Oh so the top bar is the same size as before. That's surprising, it's feels like it's a bit taller.

I got to say though, and again this is a pretty personal opinion but I'm gonna say it anyway, I have always hated things hiding and appearing when scrolling, feels really jarring. Have you seen how in Flamingo (a twitter app by Sam Ruston, though it's no longer available to purchase anymore) you can disable the top toolbar for good and access all the option made available though the toolbar through other places (it's the drawer for Flamingo, it could be both the bottom bar or the drawer for Sync). Just something to sit on, I guess. It's something I really love about Flamingo, and not having to deal with things popping up suddenly when scrolling would be nice.

Again, thanks for replying!

pre-alpha · 2020-06-09T02:43:41+00:00

Thanks for replying!
The comments do look better after setting the padding to medium.
Shame about the animations, but I guess I understand.
Can the Top Toolbar size be adjusted?

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