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Re:Excel Never Dies on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:32AM (#26396347)
I've used openpyxl[1] to access excel cells directly while using python

[1] https://openpyxl.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Re:We can do better than DuckDuckGo on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:46PM (#25129577)
In Firefox you can right click on a search field and add a keyword bookmark. Once saved, you can type 'kw search query', where kw is your defined key word, in the address bar to directly search the relevant site
If anyone wants to use a desktop client with gmail-like conversation view, this add-on for Thunderbird does a great job: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/gmail-con...
Re:Show HN: Conjure - A launcher for Android on Sunday September 23, 2012 @11:53PM (#4563117)
This works great. It's fast and responsive. Just one comment/request: Maybe allow the user to position the web searches at the bottom of more relevant items in the result. So for example, if I search gmail, it should be the first item. Right now, the first 4 items are : Search 'gmail' using Browser, Search 'gmail' using Chrome, Search 'gmail' using Dolphin, Search 'gmail' using Firefox. Then gmail shows up. If i had a smaller phone, I'd have to scroll down to see the most relevant item.
I think the problem is that the post author assumes data tracking isn't too big a deal. E.g. he says, "If company X puts a cookie on the New York Times and MSNBC site, and you browse to both those and Wikipedia, it only knows about the two upon on which it was placed" but the more likely scenario is that company X puts a cookie in a dozen more sites, and then keeps that information on their servers for however long.

What they do do with it, how long they keep it for, whether its anonymous or not is all unknown. I'd rather use ghostery and not worry about all that.

I actually wrote how pervasive the tracking is a while back, http://steadierfooting.com/2012/03/25/how-to-minimize-tracki...

It's not a big deal I suppose. They are supposed to be coming out with their own iOS browser, called Junior

https://air.mozilla.org/product-design-at-mozilla/

I'd like to see a one-finger method for switching tabs in the next version. What I mean by this is the following: On larger phones (pretty much all the new phones), its hard (for most people) to reach the top of the screen to toggle the tab changing button.

Besides that, changing a tab is at least a 2-tap process. The Chrome browser allows tab switching by swiping the edge of the screen; Dolphin HD allows tab switching by pressing the volume buttons; even the default browser allows faster tab switching than firefox as the navigation bar can be accessed by pivoting on the edge of the screen (not on by default).

I use firefox on the desktop, and I'd love to use it as my default browser on android as well. For now, I'm using Chrome. Works well enough for me.

I think to get a good experience with Unity you have to try it on dedicated hardware. I initially tried it on VirtualBox (I don't know how well 3D is supported in VMWare, but GPU support isn't great on VirtualBox for me) and it was a terrible experience. But installing it on a separate partition, the experience was much more fluid, and enjoyable. There are some frustrating aspects, but overall, I think it's an innovative project. They have definitely done some things that Windows or OS X could imitate (and are imitating).
Re:Show HN: Our Hackable E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @04:41PM (#3829536)
Out of curiosity, any reason for not using Bluetooth 4.0?