I've always used mine in 'clamshell' mode with an external Kinesys ergo keyboard. My almost virginal MacBook Pro keyboard might actually be worth more than the laptop itself, LOL.
It's an interesting innovation but they're not going to ship enough of these things to create a viable market for them. I personally wouldn't buy a chunky phone like that on the off chance I'd want to unfold it to double my screen size. Just be happy with the 6" 19:9 or whatever it is screen and be done with it. Is the extra price, weight, and bulk worth that occasional convenience for all but a few strange people? No.
I wish I could +1 this reply. Fancy putting your entire life savings (and a significant amount at that!) into crypto-currency!? He should have at least only put in 50% and kept the other 50% as real money. People putting all their eggs in one basket inevitably get taught a very harsh lesson.
Well, that's two ThinkPad recommendations and one Lenovo Legion, so that's Lenovo 3, Apple 0. I was actually considering some kind of desktop PC since I use the MBP in clamshell mode 99.9% of the time, but you never know when you might want to take it somewhere else I guess. And, no doubt, Lenovo would offer some halfway decent docking station or port replicator which Apple has never believed in. Thanks.
My Late 2013 MacBook Pro (i7, 16GB RAM, 512 SSD) has been running very nicely since I bought it just over 5 years ago, but I'm not going to be able to keep using it for another 5 years. I'll have to replace it in a couple of years or so. I don't like the idea of buying newer, dodgy Apple hardware so I'll have to go back to Linux I suppose (no, I'm not doing a Hackintosh). If Apple don't lift their game by the time I need to upgrade, I guess I'll be spending most of my Christmas/New Year holidays distro hopping like I used to:-D I'd probably just stick to Debian, though. I'm getting too old for distro hopping.
I've had a Samsung Galaxy S8 now for almost 18 months and I still haven't agreed to the Bixby terms of service which pop up from time to time (mostly as a result of accidentally pressing that damned Bixby button). It would be nice if I could remove the darned thing altogether (as well as some other shovelware) but since I can't, ain't no way I'm gonna agree to it. It can stay there in its (hopefully) unconfigured state forever.
Down the side? Eww! Think of all that wasted screen real estate if you have only one or a few tabs open (unless you were to hide text tab titles and use only favicons, perhaps).
I think the long press on mobile devices to bring up the equivalent of a right click is probably a necessary evil, since there is no right-mouse button on a mobile screen. Having said that, I often have to fight with the long press to get it to actually appear half the time, so given that screens are getting bigger every year, maybe it's time they had an omni-present toolbar with common functions on display (in apps that could use it, that is)?
I was merely trying to understand the thinking behind such annoyances. I abhor the "mobile first" paradigm, especially when it results in a degraded user experience on the desktop where we have keyboards and mice.
Possibly because the idea of a right-click (or other keyboard shortcuts) don't exist for mobile (apart from a long press in place of a right-click, I guess), so therefore a "mobile first" strategy often means making things less convenient for desktop experiences (where the developers wish to share as much code as possible and not fork the UI for the desktop).
"its lighter tone and rounded tabs make it extremely hard to distinguish tabs from one another, especially when users open multiple tabs."
My eye sight is garbage and I'm normally the first person to complain about something being bad, but I've had no problems with Chrome 71. In fact, I didn't even know that this latest version was as described, although now that I look more closely, I can see that I don't get to see the rounded shapes of the inactive tabs until I hover over them.
I can see the favicon for each tab clearly, I can see each tab's close button, and I can see a clear divider between each tab. I can also clearly see which is the active tab.
Move along, nothing to see here, except a beat up.
Even though I've been using a MacBook Pro for the past five years, I replaced my iPhone 5c it with a Samsung Galaxy S8 and it's just fine. I have three (on screen) buttons at the bottom of the phone instead of just one really dumb button for everything, AND I don't have to use iTunes to copy stuff to and from my phone. I'll never go back to an iPhone (but I'm still happy with macOS... for now).
Maybe you should try ABC Classic FM in Australia:-D No advertisements at all (though sometimes the music is not particularly classical and I have to switch off; beats listening to the local ad-riddled pop station playing tripe while I'm driving).
If seeing the F-word in the Linux source code is a bit too much for you, then perhaps you'd be better off making yet another set of pretty icons for GNOME or KDE.
The BBC gave more air-time to Remainers than it did to Brexiteers, and its editorial line was unashamedly anti-Brexit. Just because you evidently disagreed with Nigel Farage, his participation as the token Brexit voice on air, rudely interrupting your daily stream of EU propaganda, doesn't even bring the BBC's coverage closer to a neutral stance (from its clear Remain bias). If another referendum were held soon on Brexit, the vote would be confirmed, and the margin only widened. Bring it on, I say. Pro-EU supporters need another lesson in democracy, I think.
It might be good to have wireless charging ability at home but what about when you're "on the go" and just need to connect to a cable somewhere to charge your phone, and there's no special Apple wireless charger?
Sorry, Apple, but my Samsung Galaxy S8 (which I bought to replace an iPhone last year) is far superior to your feature-stripped strait jackets.
I agree with you about The Orville. It's 5 starts compared to Discovery, which I'd give 1 star. TNG, DS9, and VOY are all my favourites, but Enterprise had a weakling for a captain and it drove me mad. I watched a few episodes of Discovery (appropriate acronym: "STD") and regretted it. The Orville is where it's at, now.
And they're all far better than any of these new Star Trek series will ever be. I never thought I'd say this but "Enterprise" is almost watchable compared to "Discovery". I'll probably check out the one with Patrick Stewart, if it comes to pass, but I don't hold out a lot of hope for it, not unless they sack the Klingon makeup department and hire some better writers.
I'm pretty satisfied with macOS as well since I made the switch in 2013 from Linux. But Apple's recalcitrance in the hardware space is going to send me back to Linux again within a year or two at most. The problems with KDE 4.0 and GNOME 3 are now over and it's safe to use Linux again. MATE, XFCE or even KDE under Debian would be fairly good and stable replacements for macOS, I reckon.
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I've always used mine in 'clamshell' mode with an external Kinesys ergo keyboard. My almost virginal MacBook Pro keyboard might actually be worth more than the laptop itself, LOL.
It's an interesting innovation but they're not going to ship enough of these things to create a viable market for them. I personally wouldn't buy a chunky phone like that on the off chance I'd want to unfold it to double my screen size. Just be happy with the 6" 19:9 or whatever it is screen and be done with it. Is the extra price, weight, and bulk worth that occasional convenience for all but a few strange people? No.
I wish I could +1 this reply. Fancy putting your entire life savings (and a significant amount at that!) into crypto-currency!? He should have at least only put in 50% and kept the other 50% as real money. People putting all their eggs in one basket inevitably get taught a very harsh lesson.
An alarmist climate scientific paper turns out to be... nothing but alarmist claptrap. Well, I never.
Companies that stubbornly keep Internet Explorer as their default web browser because of SAP need to be publicly shamed.
Well, that's two ThinkPad recommendations and one Lenovo Legion, so that's Lenovo 3, Apple 0. I was actually considering some kind of desktop PC since I use the MBP in clamshell mode 99.9% of the time, but you never know when you might want to take it somewhere else I guess. And, no doubt, Lenovo would offer some halfway decent docking station or port replicator which Apple has never believed in. Thanks.
My Late 2013 MacBook Pro (i7, 16GB RAM, 512 SSD) has been running very nicely since I bought it just over 5 years ago, but I'm not going to be able to keep using it for another 5 years. I'll have to replace it in a couple of years or so. I don't like the idea of buying newer, dodgy Apple hardware so I'll have to go back to Linux I suppose (no, I'm not doing a Hackintosh). If Apple don't lift their game by the time I need to upgrade, I guess I'll be spending most of my Christmas/New Year holidays distro hopping like I used to :-D I'd probably just stick to Debian, though. I'm getting too old for distro hopping.
I suppose I should see what all the fuss is about.
I've had a Samsung Galaxy S8 now for almost 18 months and I still haven't agreed to the Bixby terms of service which pop up from time to time (mostly as a result of accidentally pressing that damned Bixby button). It would be nice if I could remove the darned thing altogether (as well as some other shovelware) but since I can't, ain't no way I'm gonna agree to it. It can stay there in its (hopefully) unconfigured state forever.
Down the side? Eww! Think of all that wasted screen real estate if you have only one or a few tabs open (unless you were to hide text tab titles and use only favicons, perhaps).
I think the long press on mobile devices to bring up the equivalent of a right click is probably a necessary evil, since there is no right-mouse button on a mobile screen. Having said that, I often have to fight with the long press to get it to actually appear half the time, so given that screens are getting bigger every year, maybe it's time they had an omni-present toolbar with common functions on display (in apps that could use it, that is)?
I was merely trying to understand the thinking behind such annoyances. I abhor the "mobile first" paradigm, especially when it results in a degraded user experience on the desktop where we have keyboards and mice.
Possibly because the idea of a right-click (or other keyboard shortcuts) don't exist for mobile (apart from a long press in place of a right-click, I guess), so therefore a "mobile first" strategy often means making things less convenient for desktop experiences (where the developers wish to share as much code as possible and not fork the UI for the desktop).
"its lighter tone and rounded tabs make it extremely hard to distinguish tabs from one another, especially when users open multiple tabs."
My eye sight is garbage and I'm normally the first person to complain about something being bad, but I've had no problems with Chrome 71. In fact, I didn't even know that this latest version was as described, although now that I look more closely, I can see that I don't get to see the rounded shapes of the inactive tabs until I hover over them.
I can see the favicon for each tab clearly, I can see each tab's close button, and I can see a clear divider between each tab. I can also clearly see which is the active tab.
Move along, nothing to see here, except a beat up.
Even though I've been using a MacBook Pro for the past five years, I replaced my iPhone 5c it with a Samsung Galaxy S8 and it's just fine. I have three (on screen) buttons at the bottom of the phone instead of just one really dumb button for everything, AND I don't have to use iTunes to copy stuff to and from my phone. I'll never go back to an iPhone (but I'm still happy with macOS... for now).
Maybe you should try ABC Classic FM in Australia :-D No advertisements at all (though sometimes the music is not particularly classical and I have to switch off; beats listening to the local ad-riddled pop station playing tripe while I'm driving).
You're still here ;-)
LOL... Node.js being used for desktop app development is a bigger scourge than Chromium being used for desktop apps.
If seeing the F-word in the Linux source code is a bit too much for you, then perhaps you'd be better off making yet another set of pretty icons for GNOME or KDE.
That's because nobody with any self respect uses VB.NET ;-)
The BBC gave more air-time to Remainers than it did to Brexiteers, and its editorial line was unashamedly anti-Brexit. Just because you evidently disagreed with Nigel Farage, his participation as the token Brexit voice on air, rudely interrupting your daily stream of EU propaganda, doesn't even bring the BBC's coverage closer to a neutral stance (from its clear Remain bias). If another referendum were held soon on Brexit, the vote would be confirmed, and the margin only widened. Bring it on, I say. Pro-EU supporters need another lesson in democracy, I think.
It might be good to have wireless charging ability at home but what about when you're "on the go" and just need to connect to a cable somewhere to charge your phone, and there's no special Apple wireless charger?
Sorry, Apple, but my Samsung Galaxy S8 (which I bought to replace an iPhone last year) is far superior to your feature-stripped strait jackets.
I agree with you about The Orville. It's 5 starts compared to Discovery, which I'd give 1 star. TNG, DS9, and VOY are all my favourites, but Enterprise had a weakling for a captain and it drove me mad. I watched a few episodes of Discovery (appropriate acronym: "STD") and regretted it. The Orville is where it's at, now.
And they're all far better than any of these new Star Trek series will ever be. I never thought I'd say this but "Enterprise" is almost watchable compared to "Discovery". I'll probably check out the one with Patrick Stewart, if it comes to pass, but I don't hold out a lot of hope for it, not unless they sack the Klingon makeup department and hire some better writers.
I'm pretty satisfied with macOS as well since I made the switch in 2013 from Linux. But Apple's recalcitrance in the hardware space is going to send me back to Linux again within a year or two at most. The problems with KDE 4.0 and GNOME 3 are now over and it's safe to use Linux again. MATE, XFCE or even KDE under Debian would be fairly good and stable replacements for macOS, I reckon.