Well, wanting to marry, and wanting to prevent others from marrying, are not really on the same level. Like wanting an ice cream, and wanting to prevent someone from having an ice cream.
I know back in grade schools bullies seemed to like their ice-cream much better once they had trashed mine, but we(re no longer in grade school, riiiight ?
Totally agree. I've got mail, reader, calendar, to-do on there. Already looking for a replacement, and since this sucks majorly, i'm looking to replace the google services (reader in particular) the i was using iGoogle as a front for.
That'll teach me to put all my eggs in on basket. Anyone got spare baskets ?
The *menu* has mainly outstayed its welcome. For helping a lot of non-geeks with computers, I'm amazed at how they get lost in menus, and are fearful of trying stuff out. I think most apps should just propose templates to be filled, use very loud and simple screen for configuration (à la Palm), and maybe just one menu for "More..." like Android currently does.
I know there are experts out there, who like menus, keyboard shortcuts, and CLIs (I do). But most people just can't handle them.
I think you're selling him short. The guy had the courage to enforce his own very strong opinions, that luckily were very user-centric, but also knew to back down from time to time. I don't agree with most of his choices, but they did work and push the envelope. On the other side, MS seems a prime case of community design and political choices, probably knowing what the market wanted (Metro !), but failing to push courageous solutions in favor of preserving their markets and counting on their strength to force bad-ish solutions down our throats. Smartphones and tablets are a prime example: MS was there first by a wide margin, but marred the experience by trying to use their desktop interface, failing to spot the allure of a fully locked-in, proprietary ecosystem, and relying on OEMs for hardware, apps, cloud.
Not quite the same. The minitel was.. wait for it... network neutral. Any provider (not just your ISP) could use it to deliver and bill for services. Plus billing was handled by the network operator (France Telecom at the time) which saved having to setup up credit-card/paypal/account billing, though you could still do that and go for free connection+login. It allowed micropayments (well, very low time rate), which are still an issue on the Web.
was easy billing of services: depending on a service's call number, several billing levels were available (from free to more than $10/min), and the user was aware of how much each number cost. That's the micropayment thingy the Internet never got right. I remember having to beg to Minitel guys to subsidize me when I was doing Web stuff for a TV station ^^
Apart from drivers/compatibility issues, sucky desktops are what's keeping me away from Linux. Not only are they not very good in theory, they are mostly buggy and not.. play-tested. Honestly, the next-to-latest Unity, KDE, and Gnome were unholy horrors that, as a user, made me not only not want to use them, but also lose confidence in whatever governing bodies are driving features and validating code. My next Linux desktop will probably be lxde or xfce.
Wow. I'm not so sure. We could have a discussion involving freedom, rights, and obligation. 1- the US restricts a bunch of freedoms. Gay marriage, travel... 2- the US do not enforce a lot of rights that seem obvious to many other countries (healthcare, retirement...). Now a right is not a freedom, and might even infringe on a freedom. Except very weak rights protection favours the rich/strong. Is there a right to drink non-flaming water ? Or is it a freedom ?
My take on it is that the outside was ready, not the inside. So the journos did get to play with the case, stand, keyboard, and some very limited apps. This indeed is "hands on" only in the most complacent sense. But then that blogger goes on a rant and throws several falsehoods and fake arguments in the process, which looks to me like a contrived grab for attention.
That guy is trolling for attention with false and idiot statements:
- "MS said their KB is better than a true KB". FALSE. they said i's better than a *touch* KB.
- My bike has a kick stand, and it's not a key feature. DUMB. a tablet's kickstand is for when you actually use the tablet, as opposed to a bike's kickstand.
Overall, a second rate blogger having an hissy fit about being shown a pre-prod unit (was it his first time ?), and trying to blow things out of proportion with idiot arguments. Oh, and he censored my negative comment on his blog, too.
Well, drivers advertised as available at the time you purchased the hardware should be available and supported well enough. Drivers not advertised, on the other hand... OEMs can't support each and every OS, kernel version,... especially when the market share is marginal, and revenue almost nil.
I understand that sucks and, frankly, it's the main thing that' keeping me away, again and again, from Linux. But I also understand that companies are not charities and have to make a business case for investing $$$ in dev and support. Especially when, as is probably the case here, there's 3rd party IP in the mix, which would cost a lot to buy out and "open", or replicate w/o getting embroiled in endless lawsuits.
I've been in contact about a job with a French cybersecurity company that has subsidiaries in 3 countries to be able to be able to offer 24x7 service, and, avowedly, do stuff (counter-attack for ex.) that would be illegal in France.
I don't have a big issue with counter-attacks existing, and being nasty (let's face it, if you beat on me, I'm gonna beat on you). I do have an issue with the potential for counter-attack evolving into spying and pro-active stuff. I'm sure they're doing it already.
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Well, wanting to marry, and wanting to prevent others from marrying, are not really on the same level. Like wanting an ice cream, and wanting to prevent someone from having an ice cream.
I know back in grade schools bullies seemed to like their ice-cream much better once they had trashed mine, but we(re no longer in grade school, riiiight ?
Cooties !
Ain't it ?
Oh, and Google is owned by Halliburton !
"It's not hand-made in USA, it's Hand-made in Usa. The Hand people are a vietnamese slave-tribe, and Usa is their island prison."
(very bad screencap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm3TepXcD8A)
(Jack Donnaghy)
And then you change PCs, and got to do it all over again. Or you switch to your Tablet, laptop, netbook.. ditto.
A dashboard webpage is really the most portable way to do that. Looking for a replacement as we speak...
Totally agree. I've got mail, reader, calendar, to-do on there. Already looking for a replacement, and since this sucks majorly, i'm looking to replace the google services (reader in particular) the i was using iGoogle as a front for.
That'll teach me to put all my eggs in on basket. Anyone got spare baskets ?
all my contacts' email addresses back !
True that. My dad still has issue with the concept of dead keys though. And it's been 15 years ^^
The *menu* has mainly outstayed its welcome. For helping a lot of non-geeks with computers, I'm amazed at how they get lost in menus, and are fearful of trying stuff out. I think most apps should just propose templates to be filled, use very loud and simple screen for configuration (à la Palm), and maybe just one menu for "More..." like Android currently does.
I know there are experts out there, who like menus, keyboard shortcuts, and CLIs (I do). But most people just can't handle them.
This feels like a loaded question ^^
I think you're selling him short. The guy had the courage to enforce his own very strong opinions, that luckily were very user-centric, but also knew to back down from time to time. I don't agree with most of his choices, but they did work and push the envelope. On the other side, MS seems a prime case of community design and political choices, probably knowing what the market wanted (Metro !), but failing to push courageous solutions in favor of preserving their markets and counting on their strength to force bad-ish solutions down our throats. Smartphones and tablets are a prime example: MS was there first by a wide margin, but marred the experience by trying to use their desktop interface, failing to spot the allure of a fully locked-in, proprietary ecosystem, and relying on OEMs for hardware, apps, cloud.
Not quite the same. The minitel was.. wait for it... network neutral. Any provider (not just your ISP) could use it to deliver and bill for services. Plus billing was handled by the network operator (France Telecom at the time) which saved having to setup up credit-card/paypal/account billing, though you could still do that and go for free connection+login. It allowed micropayments (well, very low time rate), which are still an issue on the Web.
was easy billing of services: depending on a service's call number, several billing levels were available (from free to more than $10/min), and the user was aware of how much each number cost. That's the micropayment thingy the Internet never got right. I remember having to beg to Minitel guys to subsidize me when I was doing Web stuff for a TV station ^^
Apart from drivers/compatibility issues, sucky desktops are what's keeping me away from Linux. Not only are they not very good in theory, they are mostly buggy and not.. play-tested. Honestly, the next-to-latest Unity, KDE, and Gnome were unholy horrors that, as a user, made me not only not want to use them, but also lose confidence in whatever governing bodies are driving features and validating code. My next Linux desktop will probably be lxde or xfce.
Wow. I'm not so sure. We could have a discussion involving freedom, rights, and obligation.
1- the US restricts a bunch of freedoms. Gay marriage, travel...
2- the US do not enforce a lot of rights that seem obvious to many other countries (healthcare, retirement...). Now a right is not a freedom, and might even infringe on a freedom. Except very weak rights protection favours the rich/strong. Is there a right to drink non-flaming water ? Or is it a freedom ?
My take on it is that the outside was ready, not the inside. So the journos did get to play with the case, stand, keyboard, and some very limited apps. This indeed is "hands on" only in the most complacent sense. But then that blogger goes on a rant and throws several falsehoods and fake arguments in the process, which looks to me like a contrived grab for attention.
That guy is trolling for attention with false and idiot statements:
- "MS said their KB is better than a true KB". FALSE. they said i's better than a *touch* KB.
- My bike has a kick stand, and it's not a key feature. DUMB. a tablet's kickstand is for when you actually use the tablet, as opposed to a bike's kickstand.
Overall, a second rate blogger having an hissy fit about being shown a pre-prod unit (was it his first time ?), and trying to blow things out of proportion with idiot arguments. Oh, and he censored my negative comment on his blog, too.
Nice rant. Any relevance to the topic at hand ?
Well, drivers advertised as available at the time you purchased the hardware should be available and supported well enough. Drivers not advertised, on the other hand... OEMs can't support each and every OS, kernel version, ... especially when the market share is marginal, and revenue almost nil.
I understand that sucks and, frankly, it's the main thing that' keeping me away, again and again, from Linux. But I also understand that companies are not charities and have to make a business case for investing $$$ in dev and support. Especially when, as is probably the case here, there's 3rd party IP in the mix, which would cost a lot to buy out and "open", or replicate w/o getting embroiled in endless lawsuits.
I'm sure MS would be delighted to be second best in phones and tablets.
I've been in contact about a job with a French cybersecurity company that has subsidiaries in 3 countries to be able to be able to offer 24x7 service, and, avowedly, do stuff (counter-attack for ex.) that would be illegal in France.
I don't have a big issue with counter-attacks existing, and being nasty (let's face it, if you beat on me, I'm gonna beat on you). I do have an issue with the potential for counter-attack evolving into spying and pro-active stuff. I'm sure they're doing it already.
- a smartphone, either standalon or to remote a real pc
- same with a tablet
- a netbook
- a Air thingy from Apple, or an ultrabook.
So I should like that the small IM windows at the bottom left corner of my leftmost screen has its menu on my rightmost screen ?
I don't.
There are quite a few of my genes in both Monsanto's fouder, their current CEO, and their top scientists. How much do they owe me ?