progrock

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by progrock 14y ago
Perhaps it's missing a 'reset' or 'return defaults' button.
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by progrock 14y ago
I think the main itch being scratched here, is the problem of templating. Those that grok file systems, might be happy assembling content into an appropriate folder structure, and hitting a 'publish (to html)' button. You could use a littl
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by progrock 14y ago
And not every browser has implemented them. Do you have control of the when they are updated, and how often etc? I like the idea though of perhaps just having them as simple bookmarks. That would allow for easy syncing. Syncing history -
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by progrock 14y ago
A little exaggeration, but that's a good point. A better bookmark UI then!
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by progrock 14y ago
Wow, that's quite a fingerprint.
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by progrock 14y ago
I know this is slightly off topic, but it would seem only natural to me to actually place a feed reader in the browser itself - actually have browsers that have smart UIs and are more than just fast javascript processors and rendering engin
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by progrock 14y ago
Where did the gulls come from anyway?
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by progrock 14y ago
At least I posit 'a' solution! I'm not a fan of mystery meat navigation, and to be honest - there are plenty of sites - that use quite dumb non-intuitive UIs - including non obvious links and drop down menus. An intuitive navigational mod
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by progrock 14y ago
I find this on a lot of websites. Perhaps my TN panel isn't as crisp as some of the more pricey alternatives. It gets lost on me, and there isn't enough contrans to even read some of it.
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by progrock 14y ago
What makes these pretty? I don't get it it. The new UI in Windows 8, looks anything but pretty to me. Am I missing something? Does it only look good on a very crisp high res display?
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by progrock 14y ago
OT I still find oversized icons, as in Gnome 3, Unity and Windows 8, almost impossible to grok. I never used to be a fan at all of deep nested menus, but a menu is so much more succinct and easier to grasp. It might just be something about
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by progrock 14y ago
There's an easy solution for this: As soon as you interact with the page, be it mouse, touch proximity, or keyboard, you could highlight clickable elements - perhaps with a border, perhaps links with an underline. Then you have the best of
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by progrock 14y ago
Or maybe better, a fictitious attribute... <a action="share">Share this article.</a> Or better still, just have that as an option in the browser. Tada - 100% minimisation!
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by progrock 14y ago
I like a little privacy too! I get what you mean about convenience, I have a boxed DVD version of Game of Thrones, and I ended up using a download instead, mainly because I can't handle the hum of my DVD drive! Laughable though that is. I
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by progrock 14y ago
This still gets me every time.
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by progrock 14y ago
Don't MS make it agonising. To the point that I almost can't be bothered. Have you read all the twisted workarounds that people are doing to get legitimate upgrades? I have Vista 32 on my laptop (that is doing nothing at the moment), I w
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by progrock 14y ago
I didn't really enjoy the scroll, but did like the pagination. A little tangential: Xfce has a dictionary applet. That includes a speed reader. Which only displays words, one word at a time in quick succession. It's actually pretty simpl
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by progrock 14y ago
You can page a webpage with the spacebar. Shift and spacebar to page up. I try not to scroll, because I hate it too, unless I need to look at an image. The browser could magically align and size an image for me, but that's another topic.
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by progrock 14y ago
I found compiz and it's filters made it easier to look at the screen. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5037538
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by progrock 14y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5042010
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by progrock 14y ago
Probably too late to mention, but someone suggested yesterday that the colours blue and yellow could help those with dislexia. Looking further into this, there's mention of using yellow and blue filters to help read. There's at least one
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by progrock 14y ago
I quite liked the way my old powerbook would change it's brightness depending on ambient lighting.
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by progrock 14y ago
That's kind of funny. I personally can have real issues with bright displays. Only in very light sun lit offices, I don't mind the brightness being up. When at home in the bat cave, I far prefer dimmer light. Some days my eyes are more
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by progrock 14y ago
That's what people look like through 'Truth sunglasses.'
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by progrock 14y ago
Just use a pager. I prefer paging to scrolling. What I'd like is probably something in between. Or one e-ink display and one 'normal'. But the OS would need to be aware that it was dealing with an e-ink display. You'd need to say goodby
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by progrock 14y ago
There feels like two Facebook designs, the timeline, and other user pages. I hate the timeline, as I can't track two columns, and probably wouldn't like a grid also for the same reason. I logged in to Facebook a minute a go just out of curi
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by progrock 14y ago
I guess that's down to personal preference. I feel that some applications just don't suit full screen.
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by progrock 14y ago
Good point about visual reminders. Probably why I end up using tabs instead of bookmarks, and because the bookmark UI in browsers is poor.
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by progrock 14y ago
So if you used workspaces, you could have an active workspace, and just move the application that you want to focus on into that workspace. Then it wouldn't matter if it was full screen or not. It could be your distraction free workspace.
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by progrock 14y ago
I'm not familiar with Metro. On small screens, space is a premium, so I can understand the motivation and want for full screen / less chrome. It's also useful when using the computer on a TV. Ideally you want a lower resolution, or to incr

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