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by mambodog 16y ago
It's funny seeing this article a day or two after seeing an article about Diaspora.
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by mambodog 16y ago
After having to endure my university's switch to Live@Edu (Outlook Webaccess in cloud) I can only envy those that would be so lucky to have Gmail for their uni email service.
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by mambodog 16y ago
Well... you kind-of do. Once something like DVD-Decrypter or Handbrake comes out for your format (making ripping a one click affair) then the casuals might start figuring it out... that's why they adapt.
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by mambodog 17y ago
I worry that they are just retargeting Flash to HTML5/canvas instead of redeveloping/expanding the Flash production environment as a true standards-based authoring tool. It makes me think of exporting HTML documents from Word (or to be kind
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by mambodog 17y ago
Not often, I'd say, as those ads are where their paycheck comes from.
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by mambodog 17y ago
Flash will always(ish) have a purpose. It brings extra 'closer-to-the-OS' features that only a native plugin currently can. Its just that the particular features for which it has recently been popular are now available directly from the bro
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by mambodog 17y ago
Right, but not many organisations are in a position to come along and do us all* a big favour as Google is here. Between being able to afford it, having a browser and a mobile OS, and YouTube, they are really holding the right cards to do t
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by mambodog 17y ago
I love the video player they're using. Instead of 'scrubbing' over the video when you drag the playhead during playback (like most online video), it has something like the Red Book Audio CD 'search' algorithm; it plays a short sample over a
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by mambodog 17y ago
With regards to video, if the lack of Flash support on Apple devices means faster uptake of the HTML5 video tag, then that's no bad thing.
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by mambodog 17y ago
Yeah, but they've gotten really good at copying that from Apple (HP Envy, HP Slate) so it might not be a problem.
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by mambodog 17y ago
Copiers saving potentially (very) sensitive information to enable features most people don't use. Seems like a poor choice of default...
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by mambodog 17y ago
I never would have thought of making that parallel. Maybe because Windows PCs don't have the limited interaction/input options of a touchscreen phone, nor the limited system resources, making this an apples to oranges comparison? Also, like
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by mambodog 17y ago
I like that it showed me the weather in Fahrenheit, even though I'm in Australia. Location aware...ish.
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by mambodog 17y ago
I'm sure there are a few, off the top of my head I know Battlefield 1943 was released on XBLA and PSN at around the same time. However, being the fastest selling download-only game ever, neither Microsoft or Sony were going to miss out on a
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by mambodog 17y ago
Why reply to someone with a reasoned argument when you can just downvote... nice.
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by mambodog 17y ago
Honestly, I still think people writing native code and using the native APIs for a platform like the iPhone is something worth enforcing. On the desktop multiplatform development toolkits consistently fail to deliver a user experience that
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by mambodog 17y ago
I'm thinking Adobe is going to build one, and its going to do horrible 'one size fits all' type stuff, like Dreamweaver.
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by mambodog 17y ago
All I can say about that page is thanks Readability for actually making it readable/viewable! (What's going on with the massive images?)
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by mambodog 17y ago
I was refering to the visual styling. HP Slate might not be based on the iPad, but surely it draws on the iPhone/iPod and/or MBP, just as the HP Envy does. Not saying there's anything wrong with that, just that it seems to be a theme in HP'
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by mambodog 17y ago
Between this and the envy it seems like HP's strategy at the moment involves looking like (but not being) Apple products... I wonder if they will raise the same kind of ire from Steve Jobs that resulted in the Apple-HTC patent lawsuit?
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by mambodog 17y ago
Also, this video of related material for news services just appeared on the channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BflAj2txMVQ
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by mambodog 17y ago
Torrent of the video available here: http://collateralmurder.com/file/CollateralMurder.mp4.torren... (for anyone interested being part of the crowd-archive)
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by mambodog 17y ago
would clickwrap licenses stand up in court? in all cases? in this case?
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by mambodog 17y ago
In Australia, I see a mixture of: 1. reasonably priced games - often cheaper than physical copies, and, 2. ridiculously overpriced games - same price as RRP for a physical copy, even months later when physical copies are going for much less
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by mambodog 17y ago
The crack protection described in the article was based on the game code being modified... most PC games these days don't need to be modified to be pirated, they are just duplicated accurately enough to appear identical to the original medi
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by mambodog 17y ago
"...all browser conventions go out the window: bookmarks, the back button, and deep linking." Actually all of those things can be managed (quite well) with SWFAddress. http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/ That's not to say, however, that I ag
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by mambodog 17y ago
Jeez guys, have none of you ever played a ROM on an emulator? You know how they save and resume? By taking a snapshot of the RAM and restoring it later on. Sure, its not great to have to take a snapshot of the 2gb+ of memory being used at r
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by mambodog 17y ago
Great, Adobe, so you are able to code something properly. So now maybe you'll think about addressing the Mac and Linux plugins? Which are still horrible?
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by mambodog 17y ago
you got me feeling 10^27 good so lets just keep on dancin' doesn't really have the same ring to it...
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by mambodog 17y ago
Maybe for your own site, yeah. But for sites that you've built and handed off? Are you going to update them for free? Are the clients going to pay you (again) to rework the interface (non-trivial) for a small minority of users?

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