Clearly, you don't know much about the iOS Dev environment. Under Apple's current development terms, organizations can already set up and deploy to their own privately managed App Distribution systems for their own privately signed devices. This would be no different.
More specifically, Apple does not pay to have their products placed. They do, however, provide the hardware free-of-charge. There is a distinction there, but it's probably too subtle for most people here.
Simple:
It is invasive in that it invades your privacy, and ineffective in that it is all about the perception of security as opposed to actual security.
All this does is look under your clothes. If someone really wanted to smuggle a weapon aboard, they'd carry it inside a bodily orifice. Until the TSA starts doing full-body X-rays of all passengers, then this check-point security is entirely for show.
I find it truly amazing that nobody on the development team realized the obvious icon collision with their primary symbol... the "child" splat and this much older, and more universal symbol.
Add a second little black arrow to indicate there is a second window open for a given App? Hovering over the arrow could raise that window of the App. If there are more arrows than would fit under the width of the icon, then it could seemlessly switch to "^6" to let you know how many windows are open.
Sometimes I lose a preference window, or dialog from a running application, and this would help immensely. I love Expose, but its value diminishes when you have more than 20 windows open at once.
My biggest problem with Microsoft is that they have fundamentally shaped the meme of computing to the detriment of everyone.
They have taught the world that computers and computer programs are finicky, fragile, confusing, and unreliable. They have managed to convince people that its OK for a program to crash on a regular basis, that its normal to have to reboot your computer on a daily basis, and that when things don't work right, that's just how computers are.
They have lowered the bar to so many disciplines through their software, and nearly single-handedly destroyed the truism of "The right tool for the job" by filling their flagship applications with numerous ill-conceived features and capabilities that reach so far beyond the abilities of their user-base that we now have a business environment where a secretary is expected to be a graphic designer using a word processor and to use a spreadsheet to build databases.
If the students are going to be designing a project, then it is vital that the "customer" is represented, and NOT by another CS major. Designing & building software for other programmers is easy.
A much more important skill to learn is how to design and build software for someone who doesn't think like a programmer.
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Clearly, you don't know much about the iOS Dev environment. Under Apple's current development terms, organizations can already set up and deploy to their own privately managed App Distribution systems for their own privately signed devices. This would be no different.
More specifically, Apple does not pay to have their products placed. They do, however, provide the hardware free-of-charge. There is a distinction there, but it's probably too subtle for most people here.
Simple: It is invasive in that it invades your privacy, and ineffective in that it is all about the perception of security as opposed to actual security. All this does is look under your clothes. If someone really wanted to smuggle a weapon aboard, they'd carry it inside a bodily orifice. Until the TSA starts doing full-body X-rays of all passengers, then this check-point security is entirely for show.
...and go download the new version: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/
But does it change waste heat into electricity? I'm not quite sure based on that write-up...
Huh?? How's that?
Can somebody explain to me just what is so groundbreaking about the xBox that makes it so hard to produce?
Heh... I also liked the "I'm Linux," says the hot chick, "and there are an estimated 30 millions Linux users..."
Man... Linux really gets around...
Just wait until Novell does one about viruses...
I find it truly amazing that nobody on the development team realized the obvious icon collision with their primary symbol... the "child" splat and this much older, and more universal symbol.
Well, how about this:
Add a second little black arrow to indicate there is a second window open for a given App? Hovering over the arrow could raise that window of the App. If there are more arrows than would fit under the width of the icon, then it could seemlessly switch to "^6" to let you know how many windows are open.
Sometimes I lose a preference window, or dialog from a running application, and this would help immensely. I love Expose, but its value diminishes when you have more than 20 windows open at once.
My biggest problem with Microsoft is that they have fundamentally shaped the meme of computing to the detriment of everyone.
They have taught the world that computers and computer programs are finicky, fragile, confusing, and unreliable. They have managed to convince people that its OK for a program to crash on a regular basis, that its normal to have to reboot your computer on a daily basis, and that when things don't work right, that's just how computers are.
They have lowered the bar to so many disciplines through their software, and nearly single-handedly destroyed the truism of "The right tool for the job" by filling their flagship applications with numerous ill-conceived features and capabilities that reach so far beyond the abilities of their user-base that we now have a business environment where a secretary is expected to be a graphic designer using a word processor and to use a spreadsheet to build databases.
If the students are going to be designing a project, then it is vital that the "customer" is represented, and NOT by another CS major. Designing & building software for other programmers is easy. A much more important skill to learn is how to design and build software for someone who doesn't think like a programmer.