99% of development are put in web technologies, of course they are going to be better than native at some point. I think they have already taken over. Native programs often feels like clunky squared dinosaurs when compared. I have used Macs for the last five years and have no emotional attachment to the platform, web apps works here too.
As a side note, Microsoft already uses Electron and have for some time, Teams for example.
Agree, the wider the merrier I say. My desktop is a 21:9 3440x1440, able to have 3 good sized programs open simultaneously side by side. 16:9 gives you about two programs.
The thing is that the earth is pretty flat, I'm not used to bending the neck up and down all day. If you want more screen space, horizontal is the way to go.
My MSI GE62 from last year have 4 core I7, 16GB, tripple m.2 SSD, 2.5" harddrive and fast nvidia graphics in less than a 3kg package.
This is not even the latest iteration of laptops. I love being able to work and game everywhere. At home I plug it into an 1440p 34" monitor, real keyboard and mouse. There is no way I'm going back to desktops again..
Who on earth would choose Javascript for server-side code?
It's not only serverside either, it's now possible to make fullblown desktop applications using mostly javascript/HTML/CSS with Atom. Atom basicaly is chromium + node.
It's picking up pace and the programs written in this feels modern, like the web. It's extremely flexible compared to any existing widget toolset out there. And the applications written are fast. I''ve used it for quite a large project and to me this is what Java promised 20 years ago regarding write once/run everywhere, pixel perfect. I will probably never use a native toolset for a larger project again, too much hassle compared to some HTML/CSS/Javascript. V8 is fast enough for most code and performance code or platform specific features can be written in a compiled language. Mutliplatform is not free but very close.
So far as I can tell, Windows 10 has absolutely no developer advantages at all
In the mobile and server fields, I'd agree. But in the desktop field, the advantage of Windows is in the economies of scale of having far more users than X11/Linux has.
I'll be sure to tell the 1% of developers still building apps for desktop OS:es.
We've tried the global experiment of browser-as-platform, and it has failed miserably from a security, usability and consumer-rights perspective.
The browser as a platform has definitely not failed, 90% of all computer time is probably in the browser. It has taken over almost all general computing task and more is coming. Look at the R&D invested in web technologies versus your favorite desktop OS. The desktop OS as we know it are going to die, it's already minuscule compared to the web.
Still too expensive and too weak. You can get an HP Stream 7 32GB for $80 + $10 USB OTG card reader/full size USB/MHL HDMI adapter and have a full Windows 8.1/10 tablet & PC.
If you want a TABLET you should probably check that one out or any of the other super lowend tablets, but I don't see how that has anything to do with HDMI dongle computers
You should not get bad karma because you are wrong, the post can still contribute, and the poster get the chance to be corrected. A lot of "facts" really are opinions anyway.
There are 84 companies in the OHA (Open handset alliance). If a company for whatever reason will not update their phones to 4.4.4 (which is the latest point release of version 4 of Android) someone should probably backport the patch to 4.3 version of Android. Android is open source and Google accepts patches.
Google is not the only one making Android and the Google supported phones are free of this vulnerability. I can see Googles position on this (they want the vendors to just update to latest point release), although it seems a bit silly.
There's a reason that Apple's devices are smooth, reliable, and stable... and you just can't have that when you live in the Wild West of completely open software. Yes, it means putting some trust in a company to get there, but I don't see that as any worse than the alternatives.
Oh please, come back in a year when the first major (pretty much mandatory) update hits you 1GB RAM phone, no more smooth and random crap like copy/paste stops working. Come back when Apple hardware at least runs 1% of the servers on the internet, which has to be reliable and stable. As of this moment it is the Wild West composed mostly of completely open software...
A modern phone is a small computer, nothing more, nothing less. There is no need for this hunkydory Apple store lock ins. It's not especially hard to keep any phone malware free. And pretty much every modern phone regardless of OS is smooth, reliable and stable.
I think you have been cheated by Apple marketing...
Don't install random crap from the internet. If you use play store the chance is virtually nil to be infected with malware. You also have to make the active choice to even be able to install these trojans by ticking "non trusted sources" down in preferences.
It isn't exactly hard to keep an Android device malware free. Same as any other operating system with a good selection of programs in the default repos and stores, like Debian, Ubuntu, or OS X. Even if those operating systems don't mandate one supplier of programs only.
If this sounds to hard, just use iPhones and Playstations which are unable to install random crap no matter how much you need it, but at least you're safe.
And again Microsoft is ripping someone else's technology and saying it is their own invention. Take your pick: dos, windows, mouse... the list goes on and on.
So who in your oppinon develops Windows? Do they rip code from little puppets from mars or something... Whatever you are trying to say, you are wrong...
If the average human eye can't tell the slightest difference, what's the point of making displays that dense?
The whole retina thing is just a marketing ploy. Perhaps some wants to hold the phone closer than what Steeve decided was the optimum range. There is no denying text is sharper and you need to zoom less when having better than retina resolution.
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99% of development are put in web technologies, of course they are going to be better than native at some point. I think they have already taken over. Native programs often feels like clunky squared dinosaurs when compared. I have used Macs for the last five years and have no emotional attachment to the platform, web apps works here too.
As a side note, Microsoft already uses Electron and have for some time, Teams for example.
Try to put a 34" 21:9 in potrait mode then.
Agree, the wider the merrier I say. My desktop is a 21:9 3440x1440, able to have 3 good sized programs open simultaneously side by side. 16:9 gives you about two programs.
The thing is that the earth is pretty flat, I'm not used to bending the neck up and down all day. If you want more screen space, horizontal is the way to go.
Fully 93% of handsets aren't running the latest secure version and I don't see this changing with the next upcoming release.
Having the latest OS is not a requirement for having a secure OS. Several older OSes including Android releases are still receiving updates.
That's great because human beings produce 25,000 BTUs of body heat.
Relax! Our most valuable and most secure operating system is out there for free! How am I suppose to explain that?
I don't know... Say it was all part of the plan!
My MSI GE62 from last year have 4 core I7, 16GB, tripple m.2 SSD, 2.5" harddrive and fast nvidia graphics in less than a 3kg package.
This is not even the latest iteration of laptops. I love being able to work and game everywhere. At home I plug it into an 1440p 34" monitor, real keyboard and mouse. There is no way I'm going back to desktops again..
Who on earth would choose Javascript for server-side code?
It's not only serverside either, it's now possible to make fullblown desktop applications using mostly javascript/HTML/CSS with Atom. Atom basicaly is chromium + node.
http://electron.atom.io/
It's picking up pace and the programs written in this feels modern, like the web. It's extremely flexible compared to any existing widget toolset out there. And the applications written are fast. I''ve used it for quite a large project and to me this is what Java promised 20 years ago regarding write once/run everywhere, pixel perfect. I will probably never use a native toolset for a larger project again, too much hassle compared to some HTML/CSS/Javascript. V8 is fast enough for most code and performance code or platform specific features can be written in a compiled language. Mutliplatform is not free but very close.
So far as I can tell, Windows 10 has absolutely no developer advantages at all
In the mobile and server fields, I'd agree. But in the desktop field, the advantage of Windows is in the economies of scale of having far more users than X11/Linux has.
I'll be sure to tell the 1% of developers still building apps for desktop OS:es.
Newflash: It's a dead market. The web won.
We've tried the global experiment of browser-as-platform, and it has failed miserably from a security, usability and consumer-rights perspective.
The browser as a platform has definitely not failed, 90% of all computer time is probably in the browser. It has taken over almost all general computing task and more is coming. Look at the R&D invested in web technologies versus your favorite desktop OS. The desktop OS as we know it are going to die, it's already minuscule compared to the web.
I have used this computer for weeks without any problems whatsoever. I wouldn't worry one bit about data loss. Mark my wor#$Ã(+#NO CARRIER
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Still too expensive and too weak. You can get an HP Stream 7 32GB for $80 + $10 USB OTG card reader/full size USB/MHL HDMI adapter and have a full Windows 8.1/10 tablet & PC.
If you want a TABLET you should probably check that one out or any of the other super lowend tablets, but I don't see how that has anything to do with HDMI dongle computers
You should not get bad karma because you are wrong, the post can still contribute, and the poster get the chance to be corrected. A lot of "facts" really are opinions anyway.
There are 84 companies in the OHA (Open handset alliance). If a company for whatever reason will not update their phones to 4.4.4 (which is the latest point release of version 4 of Android) someone should probably backport the patch to 4.3 version of Android. Android is open source and Google accepts patches.
Google is not the only one making Android and the Google supported phones are free of this vulnerability. I can see Googles position on this (they want the vendors to just update to latest point release), although it seems a bit silly.
There's a reason that Apple's devices are smooth, reliable, and stable... and you just can't have that when you live in the Wild West of completely open software. Yes, it means putting some trust in a company to get there, but I don't see that as any worse than the alternatives.
Oh please, come back in a year when the first major (pretty much mandatory) update hits you 1GB RAM phone, no more smooth and random crap like copy/paste stops working. Come back when Apple hardware at least runs 1% of the servers on the internet, which has to be reliable and stable. As of this moment it is the Wild West composed mostly of completely open software...
A modern phone is a small computer, nothing more, nothing less. There is no need for this hunkydory Apple store lock ins. It's not especially hard to keep any phone malware free. And pretty much every modern phone regardless of OS is smooth, reliable and stable.
I think you have been cheated by Apple marketing...
Will this boot over ethernet?
Don't install random crap from the internet. If you use play store the chance is virtually nil to be infected with malware. You also have to make the active choice to even be able to install these trojans by ticking "non trusted sources" down in preferences.
It isn't exactly hard to keep an Android device malware free. Same as any other operating system with a good selection of programs in the default repos and stores, like Debian, Ubuntu, or OS X. Even if those operating systems don't mandate one supplier of programs only.
If this sounds to hard, just use iPhones and Playstations which are unable to install random crap no matter how much you need it, but at least you're safe.
Microsoft never claimed to have created the first mouse or any of the other things you listed. You're delusional...
And again Microsoft is ripping someone else's technology and saying it is their own invention. Take your pick: dos, windows, mouse... the list goes on and on.
So who in your oppinon develops Windows? Do they rip code from little puppets from mars or something... Whatever you are trying to say, you are wrong...
It was a bad motivator?
Fortunaly Google dosen't accept mallware onto the market, so you should be pretty safe.
If the average human eye can't tell the slightest difference, what's the point of making displays that dense?
The whole retina thing is just a marketing ploy. Perhaps some wants to hold the phone closer than what Steeve decided was the optimum range. There is no denying text is sharper and you need to zoom less when having better than retina resolution.
In any case, I'm not average.
When Oculus Rift gain 4K resolution I will have all the display space I need. Unlimited virtual monitors...
I think he got disconnected before the punchline, bet it was good though...