BuckyBeaver

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   by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

   Looking at the Laravel site, I’m concerned about Laravel’s reliance on an ORM. Not only because ORMs are widely derided, but because I have a legacy MySQL DB and PHP 5 project I want to resurrect. I’m down to rewrite the server, but how do
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   by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

   PHP is a whole server system. The other things you mentioned are just languages.
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   by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

   Thanks. I haven’t used PHP since 2011 or so.
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   by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

   It is tidy and efficient. One question: Are you saying “docblocks?” I’ve never heard of this. Thanks!
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   by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

   This is true. I was a senior developer at Apple for a decade, and if you think they follow some rigorous UI-vetting process (or even user testing in many cases), you’re wrong. There are probably exceptions, but it’s not a company-wide norm.
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   by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

   I hope you're right. But remember that readers of this site are not representative of the computer-using public in general. If Mac (and eventually iOS) users have enough sites, friends, or support people from mostly-computer-illiterate
7. 67.▲
   by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

   Note how some Google apologists down-modded this simple observation. Pathetic.
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   by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

   That's nice to hear. Safari is my main (only, really) desktop browser. But let's consider this: "A leaked proposed EU act may force Apple to allow alternate browser rendering engines on iOS... Some experts believe that this w
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   by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

   That makes sense, because the behavior I'm reporting is of the same infantile ilk.
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Thanks for the info!
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Did I miss it, or did they neglect to say what "SCI" stands for?
12. 72.▲
    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Exactly. Hence the quotes around "racist." It's pathetic that some pompous asses down-modded and FLAGGED that comment, which simply and jokingly referred to a ridiculous and widely-reported claim.
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Thanks for the thoughtful reply. Most of what you cite here isn't dependent on the single-menu design, however. Application startup time, the way things are listed in Alt-Tab galleries, "background agents..." Valid beefs, per
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    That has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    No. Why do you ask?
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    A window does represent an application on some systems. It doesn't on the Mac, because of the aforementioned single-menu problem. It turns your entire screen into the client area for a single application, whereas other windowing GUIs t
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    OK so now we have to issue a series of hotkeys (and then another series to undo them) in order to achieve what only requires half those actions on other systems. There has been no evidence provided to show how this design is "more flex
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Why should you have to look for the name of an application to see if it's focused? If that's true, the GUI is a failure. Knowing which app has focus does not require the entire system to be limited to a single menu. It simply requ
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Hahahah, there it is, the once-inevitable "Fitt's law" trope. People citing 'Fitt's law" to defend this dumb menu design love to ignore the big D in that "law." And what does the D stand for? DISTANCE
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Great, that's even better. The meaning of "Delete" as "forward delete" predates Apple's ignorance on the matter.
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    What "inflammatory language?"
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Is what? You forgot the rest of the headline.
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Thanks, but I'll just use a proper keyboard. Interesting that even Apple chose the D key for "delete" and the action is "forward-delete" and not Backspace, though.
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Ha ha, I don't think you did!
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Unfortunately, Apple has decided that Backspace IS "more correct." Everyone else has been providing both keys for decades. If you do a lot of editing, and certainly programming, you quickly chafe at the lack of a Delete key. I&#x2
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    A two-handed, unmarked key combo to delete a single character is a poor substitute for what has been a standard key on almost every other keyboard for decades. Looking at a Macbook keyboard, regardless of what label Apple puts on it, you ca
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    Wow, airplanes are writing FAA regs now? I hope the 737 Max opts out of those duties.
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    That depends on the application. Most modern applications (fortunately) shun the pile of floating windows that dominated Mac application design historically. For document-centric applications, developers can implement MDI style or tabs and
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    I'd never heard of it, and doubt that there's any other explanation than pandering.
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    by BuckyBeaver 4y ago

    "I believe that, on average, my next task is more likely to be in the same application than the previous application." So what?