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Really bizarre formatting on this page, looks almost like a stitching together of images. That, plus the way its worded makes me suspicious of some kind of sca

by mchusma 15y ago

Really bizarre formatting on this page, looks almost like a stitching together of images. That, plus the way its worded makes me suspicious of some kind of scam (worst) or is not fully baked (likely). Does anyone know more? Anyone have the same thoughts?

aiscott 15y ago
It is bizarre. The whole page is a sliced image, text included.
- Scaevolus 15y ago
  This web development style seems to be common with Chinese/Japanese websites. It's a lot easier to style your text with the fancy effects you want if it's an image.
  - jacabado 15y ago
    Maybe it also let's you go through China's GFW if you have some censorable content. But I'm sure the front-end developers I work with (in Portugal) are not thinking in censorship when they do that.
  - caf 15y ago
    Well, back when browsers gave you any character set you wanted as long as it was ISO-8859-1, that was probably the only reliable way to build a web page that displayed Chinese/Japanese native script.
freehunter 15y ago
From a Youtube demonstration[1] it looks a little laggy. Looks like it can barely power Angry Birds at a decent speed. Oddly though, the Spiderman game looks like it runs a bit better. Not perfect, but better. I don't have sound at work, so the guy might be saying something related to his personal experience with it. It's MIPS-based, not ARM. I don't know if that gives it anything of note. The thing _does_ exist, people have them in their hands. Not saying it's a worthwhile investment, but it might be. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJb3k4fZpB8&feature=youtube_gdata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJb3k4fZpB8&feature=yout...
- jmarinez 15y ago
  Here's another Youtube video I found. This one running ICS instead of the older version from the previous video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuYE_u19i44&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuYE_u19i44&feature=rela... This one is in Spanish, but you can see the FPS performance in a number of games, flash, PDF, etc.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkDKgNBjlTw&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkDKgNBjlTw&feature=rela...
zht 15y ago
As a native Chinese speaker it reads like the typical English of someone who has been educated in China.

by mchusma 15y ago

aiscott 15y ago

It is bizarre. The whole page is a sliced image, text included.

Scaevolus 15y ago
This web development style seems to be common with Chinese/Japanese websites. It's a lot easier to style your text with the fancy effects you want if it's an image.
- jacabado 15y ago
  Maybe it also let's you go through China's GFW if you have some censorable content. But I'm sure the front-end developers I work with (in Portugal) are not thinking in censorship when they do that.
- caf 15y ago
  Well, back when browsers gave you any character set you wanted as long as it was ISO-8859-1, that was probably the only reliable way to build a web page that displayed Chinese/Japanese native script.

freehunter 15y ago

From a Youtube demonstration[1] it looks a little laggy. Looks like it can barely power Angry Birds at a decent speed. Oddly though, the Spiderman game looks like it runs a bit better. Not perfect, but better. I don't have sound at work, so the guy might be saying something related to his personal experience with it. It's MIPS-based, not ARM. I don't know if that gives it anything of note. The thing _does_ exist, people have them in their hands. Not saying it's a worthwhile investment, but it might be. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJb3k4fZpB8&feature=youtube_gdata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJb3k4fZpB8&feature=yout...

jmarinez 15y ago
Here's another Youtube video I found. This one running ICS instead of the older version from the previous video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuYE_u19i44&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuYE_u19i44&feature=rela... This one is in Spanish, but you can see the FPS performance in a number of games, flash, PDF, etc.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkDKgNBjlTw&feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkDKgNBjlTw&feature=rela...

zht 15y ago

As a native Chinese speaker it reads like the typical English of someone who has been educated in China.