Two things I would like to see:
- colouring of URLs in the address bar, or something else, that would allow the novice user to easily identify the user name element of a URL. I have already see URLs of the form (http excluded):://www.citibank.com@42426842fdsafadsfasd.com/fhiud sahiufds?sdafdsfsdf
- even in a window that has no tool bar or status bar, there should always be an status bar that displays the page's address.
I think Apple would be well-served by having a continously running OS X security challenge, for both OS X and OS X Server. Offer a reward every time you demonstrate a hole, and fix them fast.
Would be nice to see something like this for all platforms. The only question is how valid is the test, since the security of computer depends as much on the network security around it, as the machine itself. Firewalls can help filter out much of the bad traffic, reducing the final impact on the host. I would not like to say that any system is invunerable, since vunerability also depends on the configuration of the machine and the people managing the installation. A well patched windows installation might be as good as a well patched OS X installation.
I have seen a number of companies in the past offer such services and then they either changed so you had to pay for their services or disappeared. Part of the problem was that, while many offered good solutions, they were often plagued by people using them for pr0n or other illigitmate content. This had the effect of using more bandwidth and storage which they could afford.
Another thing is that many of them were purely web based, and did not neccessarily offer anything like WebDAV to make it easier to transfer the files.
This is not to say that Google will go the same way, but that something will have to happen to avoid the same issues.
I think it depends on what your friends use and where you are located.
One other thing worth mentioning is that AIM and ICQ should be on the same network ( see http://news.com.com/2100-1023-963699.html ), so anything done for AIM should also help ICQ.
I would be interested in using this opportunity to provide Jabber support in the solution.
The TiVo is a valid product if cable and over the air TV is your source. On the other hand think of the mac mini as the media center for the internet generation. Basically anyone who sources their media content over the internet or off CDs/DVDs have exactly what they need.
Saying that the "Mac Mini has amazing features for it's size" is really just totally underestimating what you can do with technology these days. If you get rid of the PCI slots on your average PC board and solder the CPU down, you can get all those features in a board that size. Nano ITX is stark proof of this kind of miniaturisation.
You make a good point. The problem is that only Apple seems to be actually selling something that works out of the box. Sure I could get a Linux box (maybe a Shuttle?), with MythTV, but that would need some technical know how. I could get a TiVO, but I can only use that as a PVR and nothing else. I could use Windows, but I want a Mac.
Yes, its probably not amazing, but it certainly offers a nice alternative to what else is on the market. If you know of any current equivalents of the Mac mini, or upcoming products then please mention them. I am more interested in stuff which is ready out of the box for the non-computer people.
This is not totally true. If you are talking about Mac Classics, iMac and portables, then you are right. On the other hand the larger Macs, such as the towers, have often had third-party daughter cards or PCI add in accelerators on offer.
Something else worth noting is that USB 2 is controlled by the CPU, whereas Firewire has a controller chip to do the work. This means that USB 2 depends on CPU load, whereas Firewire does not.
Sweet! Looks like a fantastic-if-somewhat-overpriced MythTV frontend box for the living room. Anybody got any info on how much of the hardware is Linux-friendly?
But it looks nice;)
Linux friendly a relative term, since it depends on your distro and how much time you spend recompiling the Kernal. They already have Linux running on a iMac Duo, so there should not be much more left to getting it running on this machine.
iTunes lets you burn a copy to CD, three times. What is being proposed limits you completely. I am just waiting for the day that the film and music industry screw the consumer so much, that they end up shooting themselves in the foot. Make some unhappy customers and you still have a few happy ones, but make them all unhappy and you'll have no happy ones left.
However I would like to say that in most cases as a server Unix is better, there is still one place where it is lacking: usability. Sure a seasoned Unix expert understanding what he is doing and can perform plenty of magic, but a company is not always interested in hiring the most compentent person. In this scenario Windows wins hands down, since while not necessarily the 'best' server it is one that is easy to administer. The GUI tools make a huge difference in managing the system and changing settings. Unix often involves delving down to the terminal and invoking some magic to make things happen - understanding the abstraction often helps.
As tasks become more complex and diverse, providing a simple way of managing and reducing the perceived complexity is important. It is also a great selling point. MacOS X also trys achieving the same thing, but because it is only one company selling both the hardware and the software, I am not sure we will see the same deployment on the server side.
What will sell Unix is a good (as opposed to average) set of integrated tools for administering the complexity. If it is as easy to use as Windows Server 2003, then headway has been made. I know you probably wouldn't want a Windows admin messing with your Unix server, but the reality is, companies probably want just that.
Still, the wider adoption of AAC won't help other devices play iTMS tracks unless Apple licences out the format.
AAC is not an Apple format and never was. The 'owner' of the format is Dolby. What Apple owns is the FairPlay DRM extension, applied to AACs from the iTunes music store. So Apple is still part of the problem, if it is the iTunes music store we talking about, but not if it is a question of playing back non-DRMed AAC files.
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How about the space of a cubicle, but without the separator? It would certainly help in the feeling of space and you would be able to breath better.
Huh? Most of the "public" I know doesn't have any lack of confidence in OS X and hasn't even heard all the latest "scares" of OS X's security.
;)
What is OS X? Should it effect me?
Two things I would like to see: ://www.citibank.com@42426842fdsafadsfasd.com/fhiud sahiufds?sdafdsfsdf
- colouring of URLs in the address bar, or something else, that would allow the novice user to easily identify the user name element of a URL. I have already see URLs of the form (http excluded):
- even in a window that has no tool bar or status bar, there should always be an status bar that displays the page's address.
What did the owner of that IP do to piss you off?
:-/ I am already traumatised for life and I am now in rehab.
If you go to that IP with a browser you'll see that there is a challenge.
Please do tell me this is not goatse
I think Apple would be well-served by having a continously running OS X security challenge, for both OS X and OS X Server. Offer a reward every time you demonstrate a hole, and fix them fast.
Would be nice to see something like this for all platforms. The only question is how valid is the test, since the security of computer depends as much on the network security around it, as the machine itself. Firewalls can help filter out much of the bad traffic, reducing the final impact on the host. I would not like to say that any system is invunerable, since vunerability also depends on the configuration of the machine and the people managing the installation. A well patched windows installation might be as good as a well patched OS X installation.
I have seen a number of companies in the past offer such services and then they either changed so you had to pay for their services or disappeared. Part of the problem was that, while many offered good solutions, they were often plagued by people using them for pr0n or other illigitmate content. This had the effect of using more bandwidth and storage which they could afford.
Another thing is that many of them were purely web based, and did not neccessarily offer anything like WebDAV to make it easier to transfer the files.
This is not to say that Google will go the same way, but that something will have to happen to avoid the same issues.
I think it depends on what your friends use and where you are located.
One other thing worth mentioning is that AIM and ICQ should be on the same network ( see http://news.com.com/2100-1023-963699.html ), so anything done for AIM should also help ICQ.
I would be interested in using this opportunity to provide Jabber support in the solution.
Talking of Jabber, maybe we could make a AIM migration path towards Jabber integration? Doing so should also allow ICQ to join the fray.
The TiVo is a valid product if cable and over the air TV is your source. On the other hand think of the mac mini as the media center for the internet generation. Basically anyone who sources their media content over the internet or off CDs/DVDs have exactly what they need.
Saying that the "Mac Mini has amazing features for it's size" is really just totally underestimating what you can do with technology these days. If you get rid of the PCI slots on your average PC board and solder the CPU down, you can get all those features in a board that size. Nano ITX is stark proof of this kind of miniaturisation.
You make a good point. The problem is that only Apple seems to be actually selling something that works out of the box. Sure I could get a Linux box (maybe a Shuttle?), with MythTV, but that would need some technical know how. I could get a TiVO, but I can only use that as a PVR and nothing else. I could use Windows, but I want a Mac.
Yes, its probably not amazing, but it certainly offers a nice alternative to what else is on the market. If you know of any current equivalents of the Mac mini, or upcoming products then please mention them. I am more interested in stuff which is ready out of the box for the non-computer people.
Maybe it was the Flash movie that lost people? ;)
This is not totally true. If you are talking about Mac Classics, iMac and portables, then you are right. On the other hand the larger Macs, such as the towers, have often had third-party daughter cards or PCI add in accelerators on offer.
Actually Apple did release the necessary stuff, they were just late. Check the darwin-dev mailing list.
Its not clear who that programmer was. The only programmer mentioned is "Stewart Butterfield", but it is unclear whether he was the original one.
Also add to this the profit margin of the retailer. Does anyone know what percentage is added by retailers?
Seems like there is an implementation for FreeBSD and Darwin (underlying OS used by MacOS X) too, according to this page.
Will /.'er still call Google evil now? I think this is a nice compromise.
Evil is relative.
Something else worth noting is that USB 2 is controlled by the CPU, whereas Firewire has a controller chip to do the work. This means that USB 2 depends on CPU load, whereas Firewire does not.
Sweet! Looks like a fantastic-if-somewhat-overpriced MythTV frontend box for the living room. Anybody got any info on how much of the hardware is Linux-friendly?
;)
But it looks nice
Linux friendly a relative term, since it depends on your distro and how much time you spend recompiling the Kernal. They already have Linux running on a iMac Duo, so there should not be much more left to getting it running on this machine.
So? The movie "Fargo" claimed to be fact, too, and the MPAA keeps telling me that I can't copy it freely, even though it's a true story.
If it is a true story, then you can write about it all you wish, but the film as a work still retains copyright.
But you can't say there's a resale market for tracks purchased on iTunes. Whatever they are or aren't doing with their DRM, they've accomplished that.
True, but resale is less of an issue for me as being able to do what I want with my purchased music.
Hasn't hurt iTunes.
iTunes lets you burn a copy to CD, three times. What is being proposed limits you completely. I am just waiting for the day that the film and music industry screw the consumer so much, that they end up shooting themselves in the foot. Make some unhappy customers and you still have a few happy ones, but make them all unhappy and you'll have no happy ones left.
However I would like to say that in most cases as a server Unix is better, there is still one place where it is lacking: usability. Sure a seasoned Unix expert understanding what he is doing and can perform plenty of magic, but a company is not always interested in hiring the most compentent person. In this scenario Windows wins hands down, since while not necessarily the 'best' server it is one that is easy to administer. The GUI tools make a huge difference in managing the system and changing settings. Unix often involves delving down to the terminal and invoking some magic to make things happen - understanding the abstraction often helps.
As tasks become more complex and diverse, providing a simple way of managing and reducing the perceived complexity is important. It is also a great selling point. MacOS X also trys achieving the same thing, but because it is only one company selling both the hardware and the software, I am not sure we will see the same deployment on the server side.
What will sell Unix is a good (as opposed to average) set of integrated tools for administering the complexity. If it is as easy to use as Windows Server 2003, then headway has been made. I know you probably wouldn't want a Windows admin messing with your Unix server, but the reality is, companies probably want just that.
Still, the wider adoption of AAC won't help other devices play iTMS tracks unless Apple licences out the format.
AAC is not an Apple format and never was. The 'owner' of the format is Dolby. What Apple owns is the FairPlay DRM extension, applied to AACs from the iTunes music store. So Apple is still part of the problem, if it is the iTunes music store we talking about, but not if it is a question of playing back non-DRMed AAC files.
The answer is "because you can".
So what was the question?