toddheasley

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   by toddheasley 16y ago

   A lot of the best inventions seem obvious after the first person comes up with them. Especially when it comes to code.
2. 32.▲
   by toddheasley 16y ago

   It is YOUR choice, which you can exercise by not buying an iOS device.
3. 33.▲
   by toddheasley 16y ago

   I'm guessing that jQTouch maybe never had any ambition to address the need that jQuery Mobile is hoping to address. It was clever, and it was first. Credit where due. But it was always a toy. Modern mobile JavaScript frameworks can't ignore
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   by toddheasley 16y ago

   Is anybody using jQTouch now (before this announcement)?
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   by toddheasley 16y ago

   The winning/losing framing is from the essay itself. If anything, this thread is coming closer to defining "hacking" as not simply "writing code." The question is whether or not Apple has a hacker culture, since one could argue that, while
6. 36.▲
   by toddheasley 16y ago

   "I don't think it's a far cry to say Jobs is a consumer product hacker and a bit of a market hacker." Exactly. Apple isn't really about winning or losing; they're rewriting the game. Does it really get more "hackerly" than that?
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   by toddheasley 16y ago

   "Are you suggesting that Firefox and Eclipse are lacking in some way because they are built for multiple platforms and would be much better if they were written for a single platform..." Firefox and Eclipse would be worlds better if they we