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by nigelsampson 14y ago
I'm fairly sure any app that declares the Internet capability will be flagged as requiring a privacy policy.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
One of the better "Metro" frameworks is Metro Bootstrap, simply a Metro skin over Bootstrap rather than trying to reinvent the wheel. http://talkslab.github.com/metro-bootstrap/index.html
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
The great thing is that with the Start Screen the first scenario still works and anecdotally is faster for me than the Windows 7 Start Menu.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
Highly recommend Modern UI Icons http://modernuiicons.com to fill any gaps.
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Show HN: GitHub issues on Windows 8
5 points by nigelsampson 14y ago|1 comments
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
It's certainly looking more "metro" than Chrome attempt so far. I kinda like that it's a bit of a fusion of both, still keeping some elements identifiable as Firefox.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
I believe a lot of the teams were jumping on Git for source control before Codeplex had Git support. A little awkward in that stuff is split, but still awesome to seem more stuff like this.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
It's had the "do anything" behavior since the Consumer Preview back in February.
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Windows 8 productivity: Who moved my cheese? Oh, there it is.(hanselman.com)
168 points by nigelsampson 14y ago|157 comments
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
Installing Metro apps from the Store then sure it's metro. Installing a desktop app doesn't go through metro at all. You can change the default apps, just like you always have to not use Metro apps. The Start Screen works just like the Star
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
The biggest problem I had with OAuth 1 was that if you messed up anything chances are all you got back from the server was "Signature Invalid". You're then stuck trying to find out where you had gone wrong with no guidance. The last time wa
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
That's untrue, desktop apps can (and already have) been listed in the Windows Store. They're essentially links out to your website where you'd need to handle your own payment and downloads, but you'd have a presence and show up in search re
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
Yes and no, the approach I've used in MVC (.Net) is passing View Models to the View (rather than pure models). That means you can push some of the "tell" into the view model rather than having that logic in the view itself. I haven't done a
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
I've been using Windows 8 has my main development machine since the start of April (developing Metro style apps). I also found the jump between Metro and Desktop initially jarring but I've gotten used to it now and it feels less unnatural.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
Sorry I meant when they announced a few weeks ago that the expression version wouldn't support native Windows apps.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
Given that there were about four or five posts on the front page about the changes to the express version changes it would that a lot of people care. I'm glad Microsoft listened to people on this one.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
Lots of really interesting things, I like they're bring git (although personally wish it supported hg) publishing, memcached protocol support etc.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
This was the first computer when I was eight, thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
Thank you, I was wondering where I had heard the name before.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
Agreed, the title feels very "link baitish", the text of the email sent out says they're changing the names of the Azure services in the usage reports. IMO this makes sense, if I'm receiving an Azure Usage Report I don't need to see a line
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
It's certainly becoming more impressive, though I think the network effect of Dropbox will certainly help them along. Having the built in Office apps in Skydrive and the ability to have the same word doc available on every computer as well
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
The Windows 8 store isn't even open for developer submission yet, seems a little early to compare size or quality. I imagine once we see a Release Candidate and the store open it will be a different story, but still far too early. Here's a
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
I took the same view, I think there's been a kind of conflation of loving your profession and not being a 501 developer.
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by nigelsampson 14y ago
I think this is exacerbated by the various levels of tax in the US, because not everyone knows which taxes apply it makes it difficult to compare prices objectively. In NZ GST is always 15% and always included but because everyone knows thi
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Announcing Windows Azure Media Services(weblogs.asp.net)
2 points by nigelsampson 14y ago|0 comments
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by nigelsampson 15y ago
Agreed, the biggest issue highlighted in the new Lumia 900 views (which most are calling a fantastic phone) is missing some of the key apps in the ecosystem. I don't think the size of the marketplace is the problem, every user has about ten
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by nigelsampson 15y ago
I've had the complete opposite experience, approval of new apps and updates have all being quick and pain free. A couple of times when there's been a failure in approval I've had really good documentation around what needed to be done.
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by nigelsampson 15y ago
Trouble with cats is they often destroy bird populations as well, not sure how much of a problem this is in Australia, but in New Zealand feral cats are up there with pests that need to wiped off any island that is to be rehabilitated. The
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by nigelsampson 15y ago
Congratulations on the success, I'd love to subscribe to the print version, but the delivery costs to New Zealand are 95% of the subscription cost.
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by nigelsampson 15y ago
I don't think comparing developers based off the achievements on Coderwall is helpful either.

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