mhomde

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by mhomde 10y ago
Not making more mistakes sooner
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by mhomde 10y ago
Microsoft is an underdog in mobile devices. Google is an underdog in tablets/desktop devices. Apple is an underdog when it comes to services. It's like rock/paper/scissors :)
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by mhomde 10y ago
Wouldn't it be ironic of most of the Apple developers ended up developing iOS apps in Windows on PC Computers :) Meanwhile in the Windows Store...
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by mhomde 10y ago
Yeah I don't know. I mean it's great that Microsoft is starting to actually being able to bring innovative products to market rather than staying at the concept stage. Panos seems to infuse that part of Microsoft with some great
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by mhomde 10y ago
Dell used to have a Linux version of their XPS line called "Developer edition", really great form factor on that one and they also have an extra battery as an accessory. Looking at their webpage I'm not sure if they discontin
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by mhomde 10y ago
Well, there's a few options why they did what they did, to be honest I'm not sure which might be true or if I missed any a) Leadership is smart and actively dismissing portion of the market that's vocal but the largest one b)
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by mhomde 10y ago
that's a bit ironic considering one of the things that made Dell successful was their manufacturing logistics :) But yeah, I think that's one of Dell's problems, it feels like an enterprise behemoth without a soul nor a good
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by mhomde 10y ago
Yeah, no doubt Jobs was driven by his demons and desire to prove himself ... but layered on top of that seemed to be some kind of genuine ideology and good taste. Say what you want about him but if the choice was between earning a little mo
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by mhomde 10y ago
yeah sorry that was what I meant: they know industrial design in itself but failed to understand what users actually need for that design to provide functional benefits. Either their understanding is lacking ... or they're targeting d
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by mhomde 10y ago
I bizarrely think dell currently is making the best laptops in the market. The surface book is "sexier" and both that and the Macbook pro has better industrial design than the XPS's ... and the XPS's had some quality pro
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by mhomde 10y ago
While I think Jobs was not perfect in many aspects it seems that Apple is unfortunately suffering from his absence. Ive and his team no doubt knows industrial design, perhaps better than any company right now. Yet they can't seem to c
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by mhomde 10y ago
Well, what are you thinking will replace it? We can all imagine glasses/brain plugs/löksoppa but even in our fast-paced world it feels like a paradigm shift away from the mobile factor is 4-5 years away... and an eco system/
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by mhomde 10y ago
I don't think so, making hardware is not something you do for profit these days IMO. Only Apple has been able to do that and I think the days of their margins is coming to and end. The new way is simply being their in hardware to feed
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by mhomde 10y ago
You make some good points, and some I didn't quite agree with. The notion that you could just recompile old win32 apps, while nice in theory is not practical IMO. Software has gone from being heavily GUI oriented (windows, dialogs, but
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by mhomde 10y ago
I must say I've long abandoned any illusions of personality and values of big tech companies like Apple/Google/Microsoft, are any one of them better or worse than the other, more moral or less? It's all big companies, sh
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by mhomde 10y ago
I see your point, I think it comes down to if you believe a major actor like Apple/Google/Microsoft can afford to ignore mobile... I think it's too integral with their ecosystem, being present in mobile will bring more busine
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by mhomde 10y ago
That's a good question, and the mobile market is cutthroat when even companies like HTC/Samsung/Lenovo etc is struggling to survive. However I think Microsoft has a lot of synergy good both on the gaming side with Xbox and on
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by mhomde 10y ago
Yeah that's exactly the thing. There's always been something missing. In the beginning there wasn't any apps and hardware was lackluster, but at least Microsoft was putting everything into the platform. Then Nokia shined in k
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by mhomde 10y ago
yeah, I totally agree with you, unfortunately :/
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by mhomde 10y ago
I've seen lots of presentations from Android, HTC, Samsung, Apple and Microsoft and the cringe factor in these kind of presentations is always off the charts. It's like there's some weird corporate/cultish vibe they can&
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by mhomde 10y ago
I think the main thing holding MS back is that people are doubting their commitment to mobile. It's so weird, they finally clawed their way to a position where there most of the "must have" apps finally are on the platform (
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by mhomde 10y ago
I can't but feel sad that Microsoft somehow is dropping the ball on mobile despite them having been, briefly, in a prime position to succeed. They've executed well with their "One platform"-strategy. UWP is great and wit
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by mhomde 10y ago
Glanceable information on the home screen is useful so users don't have to open every app, it also changes the home screen from being just "an launcher" to potentially provide useful information that you might need rather the
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by mhomde 10y ago
Well, they're half way there with the "force"-push shortcut actions on icons. It's a good idea even if discovery is a little bad. That was easier to add however since it really doesn't interfere with existing users.
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by mhomde 10y ago
Nothing wrong with the age of an UI per se, but I think the notion of App's as silos which need to be individually opened get its information is rather old fashioned, and not ideal from an UX POV. Being able to quickly glance informati
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by mhomde 10y ago
iOS is in a tough position, the road of incremental changes is coming to an end. The icon-based home screen is showing it's age and will need a revolution rather than an evolution. You can kinda see Apple dipping it toes into the widg
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by mhomde 10y ago
Friend of Hugo :)
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by mhomde 10y ago
Great product guys, nice to see KoHub work giving fruit :)
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by mhomde 10y ago
Yeah, it can be very frustrating :(
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by mhomde 10y ago
Ahh, Shirky is always good, thanks for the link

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