F2 is closer because I'm a righty. So, while my right hand is moving from the mouse to the typing positiong, my left hand has already hit F2 and then I'm typing.
You're wrong. And you sound like an asshole. "being more affluent" my ass.
There are whole communities of Mac users that share applications amongst themselves. The mere existence of pirated software on the pirate bay proves you wrong. Look at the number of downloads on those files.
In the Mac OS you can put a "Delete" toolbar button in the Finder window, but you can't use the "Delete" key to delete a file. You press the "Enter" key to rename a file instead of opening (entering) it and you press a non-control key combination (Cmd+tilde) to switch between windows within one application.
Jeeez, you can't make your icons bigger without the Apple being invoked?
What a ridiculous thing for them to say. I don't think that people (at least anyone who thinks about it for 2 seconds) really think that Microsoft "simply copied Apple" just because the task bar icons are of the large fckn variety. It's all about how the damn thing works.
Which, in the case of Windows 7 is shit. Pinning programs to the taskbar is fckn crap compared to the Stacks in Mac OS. Try for yourself.
Also, the Windows 7 Start Menu is still slow and stupid just like the Vista one. Too much clicking and scrolling to find what you want. Stacks is better than this solution as well. The only place Stacks fails for this purpose is that when you click on a folder, it opens up a new Finder window. Id' rather see the grid expand in grid-mode or the list fly out horizontally in fan-mode on OSuX.
However, although I'm disappointed with the lack of good UI upgrades in Windows 7, I'm glad that it runs quicker.
If you agreed and said "Windows is slow" you would be marked insightful. Don't you value your slashdot karma???
Anyway, Apple sucks so hard that all they can do is try to disparage Windows in their commercials and sing pretty songs instead of pitching their actual product.
If by "basically just Java" you mean that it has curly brackets, then yes. Otherwise, take a look at this short list of features that differentiate C# from Java and basically make C# better.
C# has support for output and reference parameters. C# has more primitive types than Java. C# allows user-defined value types. C# has partial classes (extremely useful). C# allows the use of pointers. C# allows generics for reference and value types. C# has the yield keyword (iterator generators).
Oh and besides being a better language with a better IDE, it compiles to a runtime that supports multiple programming languages.
Just because parts of a conspiracy theory might not hold up doesn't mean that there isn't one.
IMHO, 9/11 was a false flag attack designed to protect the military+industrial complex from peak oil while simultaneously positioning us closer to China.
"Number of Silverlight users - zero Number of Moonlight users - less than zero"
Where'd you pull those stats from? Just because _you're_ not using it doesn't mean that nobody uses it. I'm a user of both, so I know you're wrong.
"Compatible? Great. Start running ALL MONO code on Windows and vice versa"
Level of compatibility != no compatibility. Would you stop using or developing for your favorite web browser just because it's not 100% compatible with ECMA or CSS3? Didn't the promise of of Java's "write once, run everywhere" quickly turn into "write once, debug everywhere"? Do you really think that Java 100% compatible across all the platforms?
"Windows people don't use MONO"
Again, where are you getting this? Because you're wrong. I hang out on plenty of message boards where people are using Mono to develop cross platform applications. I personally use Monodevelop on Gnome and sharpDevelop on Windows to develop help desk applications for my company.
Why don't you just admit that you can't look at this objectively because it comes from Microsoft?.Net and the CLR ain't Java, they're much better than Java. C# has a lot of great features and if you don't like C# you can compile python, ruby or whatever else you want, to use the CLR. What's not to like? Oh no, it's not perfect!!! (but what is???)
Troll... nowhere in the post you're replying to does Ed say that Mono is as popular as Java. Why don't you try reading before you post...Miguel and his team have had success with everything that Ed mentioned:
"implement a multimedia framework compatible with Silverlight as a free software alternative to Flash" - CHECK.
"have a.NET and C# implementation compatible with Microsoft's" - CHECK.
"write desktop applications in C#" - CHECK.
Where are Java, popularity or conferences even mentioned?
But Apple also doesn't use it's web server as part of it's overall platform of business application tools. Apple and Microsoft are two completely different types of business.
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So? Linux is a blatant copy of some other *nix.
Open Source software factories are constantly churning out copies of commercial software.
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F2 is closer because I'm a righty. So, while my right hand is moving from the mouse to the typing positiong, my left hand has already hit F2 and then I'm typing.
The Tab key moves text to the right. ALTernately, it moves focus to another window. Add Shift in there, it all makes sense. How does ` make sense?
In OS X, when you're going to save a text file, you can create a folder but you can't delete it or rename it. Make sense to you or no?
In OS X, when a window is not minimized, there is no representation of it in the dock. How does that make sense? How is it useful?
I find the Windows/KDE/Gnome way to be simpler and more logical.
Oh sorry :) I should have said Windows 7.
And actually, Vista is quite good. Media Center pretty much kicks the ass of anything available for anything.
You're wrong. And you sound like an asshole. "being more affluent" my ass.
There are whole communities of Mac users that share applications amongst themselves. The mere existence of pirated software on the pirate bay proves you wrong. Look at the number of downloads on those files.
"As such, I fail to see how, as the article suggests, that "superbar" is markedly superior."
Because it's surrounded by Windows and not a gimmicky un-logical mess that was created by marketing?
In the Mac OS you can put a "Delete" toolbar button in the Finder window, but you can't use the "Delete" key to delete a file. You press the "Enter" key to rename a file instead of opening (entering) it and you press a non-control key combination (Cmd+tilde) to switch between windows within one application.
Makes sense right? Wrong.
As Anpheus said above:
It's called "Windows 1.0." Look into it.
I did for you:
http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/e7/WindowsLiveWriter/HappyAnniversaryWindowsontheEvolutionoft_1365F/clip_image002_2.jpg
See that at the bottom? 1985 called, they want their dock back. (Nextstep "innovated" that in 1989, four years later!)
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1101639&cid=26569921
Jeeez, you can't make your icons bigger without the Apple being invoked?
What a ridiculous thing for them to say. I don't think that people (at least anyone who thinks about it for 2 seconds) really think that Microsoft "simply copied Apple" just because the task bar icons are of the large fckn variety. It's all about how the damn thing works.
Which, in the case of Windows 7 is shit. Pinning programs to the taskbar is fckn crap compared to the Stacks in Mac OS. Try for yourself.
Also, the Windows 7 Start Menu is still slow and stupid just like the Vista one. Too much clicking and scrolling to find what you want. Stacks is better than this solution as well. The only place Stacks fails for this purpose is that when you click on a folder, it opens up a new Finder window. Id' rather see the grid expand in grid-mode or the list fly out horizontally in fan-mode on OSuX.
However, although I'm disappointed with the lack of good UI upgrades in Windows 7, I'm glad that it runs quicker.
I hear you. It's a shitload of code. But, why not milk them dry while we're working on it?
I was replying to the comment, not the fucking article dipshit.
When your contract with Microsoft is about to run out, just tell them you're switching to Linux. Then you can get more Microsoft products for free.
When Microsoft stops offering freebies, then switch to Linux.
Problem solved.
Yeah, uhhhh no. Not for business.
Right, because it's "incredibly explicit" to put what you're talking about into context. That's just too explicit.
But anyway, could you maybe cry some and be more defensive? I would really enjoy that.
Thanks.
maxume: YOU FAIL
If you agreed and said "Windows is slow" you would be marked insightful. Don't you value your slashdot karma???
Anyway, Apple sucks so hard that all they can do is try to disparage Windows in their commercials and sing pretty songs instead of pitching their actual product.
Why should they switch back to Flash or do twice the work to offer both?
Just because you personally don't like Microsoft? Really? In that case, don't expect a response because they already consider you a crackpot.
OMG, I was blind but now can see thanks to your insightful comment!
Thank You!
"I don't dislike C#; it's basically just Java"
If by "basically just Java" you mean that it has curly brackets, then yes. Otherwise, take a look at this short list of features that differentiate C# from Java and basically make C# better.
C# has support for output and reference parameters.
C# has more primitive types than Java.
C# allows user-defined value types.
C# has partial classes (extremely useful).
C# allows the use of pointers.
C# allows generics for reference and value types.
C# has the yield keyword (iterator generators).
Oh and besides being a better language with a better IDE, it compiles to a runtime that supports multiple programming languages.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_C_Sharp_and_Java
Just because parts of a conspiracy theory might not hold up doesn't mean that there isn't one.
IMHO, 9/11 was a false flag attack designed to protect the military+industrial complex from peak oil while simultaneously positioning us closer to China.
"Number of Silverlight users - zero
Number of Moonlight users - less than zero"
Where'd you pull those stats from? Just because _you're_ not using it doesn't mean that nobody uses it. I'm a user of both, so I know you're wrong.
"Compatible? Great. Start running ALL MONO code on Windows and vice versa"
Level of compatibility != no compatibility. Would you stop using or developing for your favorite web browser just because it's not 100% compatible with ECMA or CSS3? Didn't the promise of of Java's "write once, run everywhere" quickly turn into "write once, debug everywhere"? Do you really think that Java 100% compatible across all the platforms?
"Windows people don't use MONO"
Again, where are you getting this? Because you're wrong. I hang out on plenty of message boards where people are using Mono to develop cross platform applications. I personally use Monodevelop on Gnome and sharpDevelop on Windows to develop help desk applications for my company.
Why don't you just admit that you can't look at this objectively because it comes from Microsoft? .Net and the CLR ain't Java, they're much better than Java. C# has a lot of great features and if you don't like C# you can compile python, ruby or whatever else you want, to use the CLR. What's not to like? Oh no, it's not perfect!!! (but what is???)
Troll... nowhere in the post you're replying to does Ed say that Mono is as popular as Java. Why don't you try reading before you post...Miguel and his team have had success with everything that Ed mentioned:
"implement a multimedia framework compatible with Silverlight as a free software alternative to Flash" - CHECK.
"have a .NET and C# implementation compatible with Microsoft's" - CHECK.
"write desktop applications in C#" - CHECK.
Where are Java, popularity or conferences even mentioned?
But Apple also doesn't use it's web server as part of it's overall platform of business application tools. Apple and Microsoft are two completely different types of business.
So? Linux is a blatant copy of some other *nix.
Open Source software factories are constantly churning out copies of commercial software.
What's your point?
Wow, you took a miscommunication about a very complex technical feature and turned it into "getting his hat handed to him"?
Furthermore, Anders is actually correcting the interviewer because the JVM isn't "inlining virtual method invocations", it's optimizing them.
Millions of iPhones are still only 2% of the cell phone market and only 20% of the smart phone market (if that). Far from mainstream.
See:
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/BEC05CE1-D5EB-4E48-B46C-7385D5AADCFE.html