Not so sure, look at roguelikes. They consumed years of my life with naught but ascii characters.
I think graphics are a luxury, not a necessity. Games can definitely get by with little to no graphics.
Yes, the problem with most of facebook is that most people are immature and use it obsessively and abuse it. But saying Facebook sucks is like saying battle.net sucks; most of battle.net is rabid teenagers, but battle.net is a very good tool when used right. Facebook is a good tool in the right hands. I use it to join my friends' capture the flag games all the time, and its much easier than getting another site, because we all already have accounts on facebook.
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uPortal is open source and allows for easy information access, and has groups and stuff built in. We use it in Cal Poly, it works quite nicely...
Not so sure, look at roguelikes. They consumed years of my life with naught but ascii characters. I think graphics are a luxury, not a necessity. Games can definitely get by with little to no graphics.
Yes, the problem with most of facebook is that most people are immature and use it obsessively and abuse it. But saying Facebook sucks is like saying battle.net sucks; most of battle.net is rabid teenagers, but battle.net is a very good tool when used right. Facebook is a good tool in the right hands. I use it to join my friends' capture the flag games all the time, and its much easier than getting another site, because we all already have accounts on facebook.
So this means that more of the browser market will be standards compliant?