I dunno, thinking of interacting without having to move ones attention to a control element to make something happen is a good thing, and that is how it works with a scroll wheel too right?
Given there may be fine point adjustments that could benefit from tiny incremental movements but I cant say I have come up against that in my current daily task use... which is general sysadmin work.
OSX Mountain Lion is starting to fall for this trap by hiding scroll bars. When I need to scroll, such as dragging the slider up/down, I can't even tell where it unless I first do a dummy scroll. This is retarded..
Just on that I use the touchpad with two fingers on my Macbook with no regard or awareness of what is now to me a redundant control, I don't need to know where the scroll bar is at, I just push two fingers in the direction I want to go. The absolutely effortless, intuitive and completely position agnostic (of my two fingers) behaviour of the touchpad is a marvel to use and one of the reasons I could not consider other meritorious hardware / software computing solutions... and the recent (Lion I think) flipping of the page scroll action direction was another good idea too... guts and design sense, and free koolaid. Sip... mmmmmm:)
Has anyone ACTUALLY seen someone in REAL LIFE with an iPhone?
I am surrounded by people who use Windows, Macs, and Linux and have huge amounts of disposable income they love to spend of giant HD TVs, computers, game consoles, and pretty much anything electronic and remotely interesting.
Not a single person I know has an iPhone, wants an iPhone, or expressed any interest in the product whatsoever.
And out in the street, at bars and restaurants, and the variety of high tech companies I've been to I have yet to actually see an iPhone. Obviously there are people who have bought the phone and most likely spend nights cradling it in their arms knowing their life is now complete.
Other than something the emo demographic buys to sit with at coffee shops hoping emo members of the opposite sex notice them using their iPhone and realize how special they are, who they hell would want this product? It basically looks like nothing more than a crappy phone with a gigantic marketing budget.
I've got one, its bloody marvelous mate.
Had Windows Mobile and a stylus bout 3 years ago - eeew. Graduated to Blackberry's from WM, what a step up, Blackberry's rock, but not as much as the iPhone. Having a proper browser on something this size is really amazing, can log in to my bank etc, no other mobile device I have tried has a browser that actually *works*.
eBooks app (third party, via the excellent installer app from nullriver) is unreal, can read at night without having to hold up a heavy book, or have a light on as it is backlit of course.
Sometimes, just the sheer refinement and smoothness of the OS is a joy to experience, this device is how technology should work, straight forward, smooth and simple... WM is a fuckin dog compared to the iPhone or the BB for that matter.
Oh I have a pc and work on windows networks...;]
Live a little, try one out.
Strong words indeed, but the corporate culture and behavior of M$ (and Intel) need to be stated for what they are.
Didn't have the gumption or give a fuck to think up something original like OLPC...
So when an altruistic, liberating and exciting project put together by some really brilliant people with a vision for humanity (that extends beyond their own wallet) reaches critical mass, the usual fucking lamers have to start out with their trite, tired, predictable tactics of "raping it" any way they can. Go back to swan dives in the money bin Scrooge Mc'Gates et al, about the limit of your collective imagination.
Justice has a sometimes slooow and unpredictable path to it's conclusion, I'm hoping in the case of this utterly heart warming project that it's a path I can be at peace with. If those dollar drones drag down the culmination of so much excellent work (Linux, hardware advances by Mary and all the rest, etc etc) it will be a sad day for all
Negroponte is probably twice as smart as me and knows the potential pitfalls a MS partnership could entail, I just hope OLPC can pull it off without being derailed.
(Like a previous poster said, maybe Google could push a bit)
Too bloody right, sarcastic show after sarcastic show where the humnour is all at the expense of and putting someone else down... YAWN.
Go the original and really funny UK and Aussie comedy.
Dont take this as anti US, however, unfortunately the media and corporate culture in the states is pretty low brow.
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RAOTFL:)
Dont get me wrong, I am partial to the odd tail -f yadda yadda, but the succinctness of that reply is mighty.
Hehehe
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I dunno, thinking of interacting without having to move ones attention to a control element to make something happen is a good thing, and that is how it works with a scroll wheel too right? Given there may be fine point adjustments that could benefit from tiny incremental movements but I cant say I have come up against that in my current daily task use... which is general sysadmin work.
OSX Mountain Lion is starting to fall for this trap by hiding scroll bars. When I need to scroll, such as dragging the slider up/down, I can't even tell where it unless I first do a dummy scroll. This is retarded..
Just on that I use the touchpad with two fingers on my Macbook with no regard or awareness of what is now to me a redundant control, I don't need to know where the scroll bar is at, I just push two fingers in the direction I want to go. The absolutely effortless, intuitive and completely position agnostic (of my two fingers) behaviour of the touchpad is a marvel to use and one of the reasons I could not consider other meritorious hardware / software computing solutions... and the recent (Lion I think) flipping of the page scroll action direction was another good idea too... guts and design sense, and free koolaid. Sip... mmmmmm :)
Ding ding ding, give wytcld a prize.
Hahahaha
Bring it on. The power (savings) of a networked world. Bloody brilliant.
Ding ding ding, give the man a prize. Spot on.
I am surrounded by people who use Windows, Macs, and Linux and have huge amounts of disposable income they love to spend of giant HD TVs, computers, game consoles, and pretty much anything electronic and remotely interesting.
Not a single person I know has an iPhone, wants an iPhone, or expressed any interest in the product whatsoever.
And out in the street, at bars and restaurants, and the variety of high tech companies I've been to I have yet to actually see an iPhone. Obviously there are people who have bought the phone and most likely spend nights cradling it in their arms knowing their life is now complete.
Other than something the emo demographic buys to sit with at coffee shops hoping emo members of the opposite sex notice them using their iPhone and realize how special they are, who they hell would want this product? It basically looks like nothing more than a crappy phone with a gigantic marketing budget.
I've got one, its bloody marvelous mate.
Had Windows Mobile and a stylus bout 3 years ago - eeew. Graduated to Blackberry's from WM, what a step up, Blackberry's rock, but not as much as the iPhone. Having a proper browser on something this size is really amazing, can log in to my bank etc, no other mobile device I have tried has a browser that actually *works*.
eBooks app (third party, via the excellent installer app from nullriver) is unreal, can read at night without having to hold up a heavy book, or have a light on as it is backlit of course.
Sometimes, just the sheer refinement and smoothness of the OS is a joy to experience, this device is how technology should work, straight forward, smooth and simple... WM is a fuckin dog compared to the iPhone or the BB for that matter. Oh I have a pc and work on windows networks...
Live a little, try one out.
The worlds biggest software taxation device is coming on par with the rest of the field... I'm underwhelmed
Strong words indeed, but the corporate culture and behavior of M$ (and Intel) need to be stated for what they are.
Didn't have the gumption or give a fuck to think up something original like OLPC...
So when an altruistic, liberating and exciting project put together by some really brilliant people with a vision for humanity (that extends beyond their own wallet) reaches critical mass, the usual fucking lamers have to start out with their trite, tired, predictable tactics of "raping it" any way they can.
Go back to swan dives in the money bin Scrooge Mc'Gates et al, about the limit of your collective imagination.
Justice has a sometimes slooow and unpredictable path to it's conclusion, I'm hoping in the case of this utterly heart warming project that it's a path I can be at peace with. If those dollar drones drag down the culmination of so much excellent work (Linux, hardware advances by Mary and all the rest, etc etc) it will be a sad day for all
Negroponte is probably twice as smart as me and knows the potential pitfalls a MS partnership could entail, I just hope OLPC can pull it off without being derailed.
(Like a previous poster said, maybe Google could push a bit)
Cant laugh out load cause I'll wake my gf, goddamn I want to :)
Too bloody right, sarcastic show after sarcastic show where the humnour is all at the expense of and putting someone else down... YAWN. Go the original and really funny UK and Aussie comedy. Dont take this as anti US, however, unfortunately the media and corporate culture in the states is pretty low brow.
RAOTFL :)
Dont get me wrong, I am partial to the odd tail -f yadda yadda, but the succinctness of that reply is mighty.
Hehehe