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by Zev 17y ago
Changing defaults around means that you're forcing people to learn new behavior specifically for your site. Not a particularly user-friendly thing to do. And in Safari, doing this would raise even more confusion; the default behavior works
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by Zev 17y ago
It seems to me that most of the 'mouseover' problems described can be handled with click-and-hold. Nope; the "Tap and hold" gesture is used by the Safari (and the iPhone OS, for that matter) for other tasks already, namely to bring up the
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by Zev 17y ago
Apple's fixed the criticisms from a few months ago (long submission updates, poor/inconsistent private API policy, etc). Not to say that you wouldn't have to look far to find new criticisms (their recent removal of "adult" apps, to name o
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by Zev 17y ago
I (well, those of us behind Mobile Colloquy, not just me) briefly considered having a colo'd Mac Mini a few months back. It was either with macminicolo or at a datacenter near where one of us lived (NYC area, LA area and SFish area, so dece
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by Zev 17y ago
Nokia uses WebKit in their S60 platform. WebKit's trac even has a branch for their old fork (which, afaik, has been merged into mainline by now).
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by Zev 17y ago
In the early 80's to the early 90's Apple achieved fairly significant success at getting their computers into elementary and middle school computer labs. Ignoring the fact that these labs are now stocked with Dell's or other cheap machine
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by Zev 17y ago
Personally, I prefer a platform, where I won't potentially run into an application designed for a device with hardware that I don't have. I would prefer a device that is consistent. It doesn't have to do everything under the the sun. It jus
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by Zev 17y ago
The touching might make the interface more humane Bingo. This is exactly it. it makes things more humane. Easier. You don't have to worry about where you saved that file to. There's no accidentally deleting a folder that had an important
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by Zev 17y ago
The iPad isn't about hardware, at all. The iPad is about getting away from the hardware. About having a completely new way to use a computer. Yes, to do the same tasks you do now. But to do them in a better way. That this device is bettin
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by Zev 17y ago
The iPad (and this tablet, for that matter) is not a netbook. Throwing Gnome without the bar on the bottom on it won't magically make Ubuntu usable on the tablet in any way that makes sense. I can go compile an X server for the iPhone and
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by Zev 17y ago
The core of OS X and Springboard might be shared, but if you think that the UI of the applications on the iPad shared with the iPhone, might I suggest that you go and watch the iPad release video where Steve Jobs shows the device off? From
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by Zev 17y ago
Android has a file browser. Plus, it seems to be designed around small, portable devices. Which the iPad (and the tablet in the video) isn't. And are there any devices with ChromeOS available or about to be available in the next month or tw
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by Zev 17y ago
Otherwise, it's basically the same concept ... In that case, cell phones aren't a new concept. Its the same as talking to my neighbor, only through this speaker... Or maybe a car isn't a novel concept. It is, after all, the same as walkin
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by Zev 17y ago
running Android, Ubuntu, or Chromium Then its not an iPad competitor or alternative. It might be a tablet, but it is not in the same market as Apple is in with the iPad. None of these three OS's is a drastic change from what a computer is
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by Zev 17y ago
I'm trying to make sense of what you're saying. Are you saying: "Yes, many sections of 4chan exhibit the qualities described. But, not all sections of 4chan do. Therefore, 4chan doesn't exhibit the qualities described and the parts of 4chan
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by Zev 17y ago
Actual link to code + detailed description that doesn't spend 3/4 the post describing what bittorrent is and instead discusses what the project is: http://github.com/lg/murder#readme
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by Zev 17y ago
If you wait for more info to come out, there's a good chance you'll wait until it's too late. By all means, jump to conclusions about events based on preformed opinions about a company. I won't stop you. But excuse me for not jumping down
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by Zev 17y ago
Did I mention that Mac OSX drivers are written in C++? To be nitpicky about an otherwise very good post, IOKit uses a "restricted subset" of C++, so things like exceptions, multiple inheritance and templates aren't allowed. Also, IOKit ha
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by Zev 17y ago
I thought that blackberries had their own network? Wasn't there was a big outage for blackberries awhile back that didn't affect other smartphones?
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by Zev 17y ago
I'd rather wait for more information to come out before deciding if I want to be outraged or not. For all we know, the block isn't targeted at 4chan specifically, but the IP's to try and fight a DDoS (which is, iirc, what happened with AT&#
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by Zev 17y ago
Not that its worth much, but it should be pointed out: The block is on Verizon's wireless (cellular data) network, not their FIOS or DSL networks.
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by Zev 17y ago
I don't see $150 breaking the bank, not if the app being advertised has sold marginally well in the past. And its a fun, different way for people to remember about your app after you've spoken to them about it (say, after a conference). I
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by Zev 17y ago
Same here, with Safari 4. Looks like it worked fine after spoofing the user agent though.
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by Zev 17y ago
If the problem is moderately complex and you've thought about how to solve it, sure, why not. I could see it happening on rare occasions; at that point, its just a matter of writing the solution down properly, not solving the problem anymor
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by Zev 17y ago
Doesn't DC have one of the highest murder rates in the country? Whats to stop you from getting shot or into a bad car accident in Washington D.C.? Point is, theres always going to be a risk, regardless of where you happen to live. Might as
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by Zev 17y ago
If you only have one copy of your materials for a presentation, I'd say that you're unprepared for said presentation. What if GitHub was up but the network where the presentation was being given was down? Would tethering really provide fo
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by Zev 17y ago
It happens. And it shouldn't really affect anyone's workflow, regardless; it is git, after all. So, is there really a newsstory here?
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by Zev 17y ago
Fair enough. I deliberately avoided commenting on how it would look for Microsoft, since I'm not at all knowledgeable on Microsoft's open source policy.
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by Zev 17y ago
I am wondering how open source contribution from apple or MS would look like if there where no GPL but only BSD licensed software.. For Apple, probably the same. Most of their open source software is under the APSL, or (more frequently) B
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by Zev 17y ago
Erlang, C++, Java, Python and possibly others that I can't quite remember. See http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Facebook-Software-Stack for actual details.

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