I've had a 24 inch display with 1920x1200 resolution for FIVE YEARS! How is that "getting there"? The market stagnated about a decade ago. Honestly, I'm surprised it took so long for an article like this.
What kind of monitor is that - a professional one? The prices on decent panels (H-IPS, specifically) are coming down now, and it's possible to get a really nice 24" display for under $500. 1920x1200, too, not '1080HD'. Ugh. But it's happening with the advent of H-IPS panels. It's taken a while to go from our beloved 21" 1600x1200 CRTs to something high-res WITH a decent viewing angle in the flat panel equivalent, but it's happening now. From here on out, things should start to get a bit better, albiet slowly. I had really hoped SED would be available by now, but oh well. *sigh*
And another thing, what the heck ever happened to 4:3? Why can't I buy a laptop with a screen like that anymore. They all have widescreens with terrible vertical resolution.
The panel manufacturers decided you didn't need that aspect ratio anymore, so they're not going to make them. Nice of them, eh? I guess you could cut a 16:10 in half, and you'd be close.:)
The market is getting there. New 22" and 24" displays are coming out that have 1920x1080 (or 1200) resolutions, and recent 27" displays like on the latest iMac and a Dell 27" display have 2560x1440 (the 16:9 version of the 16:10 2560x1600 30" displays). You should be careful about some of these monitors, as many of them are large gamut displays that require calibration, and they're generally not going to be for gaming, as they're H-IPS panels. But they're really beautiful. I'm waiting for some detailed reviews on the new HP zr24w display - 1920x1200 (16:10 FTW!) with regular color gamut. I want the wide viewing angles, but I'm not _that_ picky about color. $425, I think.
I know gamers and drafters really want giant screens at massive resolutions, but besides them who else really wants it? 2560x2048 resolution doesn't exactly help me see my web pages or documents any better - in fact it can make them downright hard to see, so why do I need it?
This is a combination of bad UI in operating systems and programs, and user cluelessness about how to make use of high resolution displays. What you want to do is configure your system to display things larger. The OS and programs should make sure they either default to that on a high res display, or at least make it really apparent that you should with popup boxes when you first set up the machine/program.
Some OSes and programs also don't always work well with very large size fonts, though modern ones should.
You really WANT super-high res displays with 'normal' size letters - your text will be far crisper that way than even font smudging, err, anti-aliasing, at lower resolutions.
They're no extremists. A strongly-worded Jihad? Let the ululation begin! (Until our voices get sore, or until I have to get back in time for the Osama bin Laden Variety Hour tv show...)
In 5 years, we will finally see the death of mainstream support for IE6 in the corporate environments. Sadly, IE 7 and 8 will still be around dragging us back into the past. And, web developers who thought IE 9 and 10 would actually correctly support standards will look back and shake their heads at their naiveté.
Opera will still be goofy enough to not be mainstream for most people.
Firefox will finally have sandboxed tabs, not just sandboxed plugins (though it will only be in beta in 5 years).
Chrome will have gained sentience.
Safari won't be anywhere anymore, as Satan got impatient waiting for Jobs to join him in Hell, and simply reached out and dragged him and the entire company down into the fiery pit for one giant, everlasting technological lock-in orgy of evil.
Oh, and the HURD will finally be released - as an extension to Emacs.
I'm pretty sure Quirk Books must already be working on a tale that involves Mr. Bookman (from Seinfeld, season 3) travelling back in time, terminator-style, to charge late fees on George Washington.
Sheesh, what a waste of a working time machine! Just go back a bit farther in time and get the books back before they're overdue. People were waiting for those books to return, you know.
Using Java for web development is like using a wrecking ball to hammer in a nail.
Actually, *that* sounds pretty effing cool, almost Mythbuster-like! I'd like to try that some time. But using Java for web development? *That's* just crazy-talk.
No amount of screaming "the reds are under the beds!!" is going to bring back the unique set of cold war circumstances that made Apollo a success.
Screaming about weapons of mass destruction brought about the spending of waaaay more money on a couple of wars than we would need to get a working Mars program. Never underestimate the ability of enough screaming to get anything done you want.
Same here for me with Wells Fargo, except they called me to ask if I had made certain funky-looking purchases (I had not) before I had even noticed. If you're going to go with a BigBank, Wells Fargo is the one, for sure. One of my local branches is even open until 5 or 6 on Saturdays, which is extra-special-nice.
Most likely skimmed. What's your card number and PIN so I can check.
Oh, awesome, service, thanks! My card # is 1234-5678-9012-3456, and my PIN is 1234 (same as my luggage, so I don't have to remember multiple numbers; I recommend this 'mnemonic device' to all my friends!).
1) Get a bank that lets you put your picture on your card (in case your card is physically stolen) 2) If it's possible (not sure on this one), get a card that can't be used without a PIN 3) If it's possible (not sure here either), get a bank that allows you to configure your card to only be used online if the security code on the back is also used. MANY places online still don't ask for this, for some reason. The payment systems DO know the difference between whether a card is being used in person or not, so there's no technological reason this isn't possible. 4) Encourage laws to make these things available where they aren't, with the 'default' settings set to maximum safety.
In which case, you could take Steve Jobs' comments at face value, and it is just about the fact that Flash is crap, buggy, memory-hogging and inadequate to be run on a low-power, low-spec'd mobile device.
I guess the rest of us aren't actually able to use Flash on our smartphones. Huh. I guess we've been imagining things. I sure picked the wrong day to quit LSD!
You know how sometimes tech jobs request things like "Java: 15 years experience" that leave you screaming at the HR people that the language wasn't even released until 1996? While you're busy crying about that, James Gosling is going to laugh at you and take that job.
Yeah, but the problem with job requests like that are things like they said Java when they really meant JavaScript, and they also want you to be an expert in.Net, databases, Photoshop and Flash, all at the same time. And they pay $18/hr.
'Lorentz' - a beta version combining FF 3.6.3 with the out of process plugin feature, became available yesterday. This shoves the plugins into their own process, which is where the vast majority of problems occur. Give it a shot and report them bugs!
Most people are crazy for ad block, flashblock, etc. For me, Chrome's biggest lack is no Tab Mix Plus-like add-on. Once I have that, Chrome will be much more usable. Without something like Tab Mix Plus, tab handling is ridiculously crude. At least there is a light version of Web Developer Toolbar for Chrome now. Once that's full-featured, and I have Tab Mix Plus, Chrome will almost certainly be my browser of choice.
Still, FF plugins are about to be run in a separate process with an upcoming version, so that'll help a lot of problems, I bet.
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I've had a 24 inch display with 1920x1200 resolution for FIVE YEARS! How is that "getting there"? The market stagnated about a decade ago. Honestly, I'm surprised it took so long for an article like this.
What kind of monitor is that - a professional one? The prices on decent panels (H-IPS, specifically) are coming down now, and it's possible to get a really nice 24" display for under $500. 1920x1200, too, not '1080HD'. Ugh. But it's happening with the advent of H-IPS panels. It's taken a while to go from our beloved 21" 1600x1200 CRTs to something high-res WITH a decent viewing angle in the flat panel equivalent, but it's happening now. From here on out, things should start to get a bit better, albiet slowly. I had really hoped SED would be available by now, but oh well. *sigh*
And another thing, what the heck ever happened to 4:3? Why can't I buy a laptop with a screen like that anymore. They all have widescreens with terrible vertical resolution.
The panel manufacturers decided you didn't need that aspect ratio anymore, so they're not going to make them. Nice of them, eh? I guess you could cut a 16:10 in half, and you'd be close. :)
The market is getting there. New 22" and 24" displays are coming out that have 1920x1080 (or 1200) resolutions, and recent 27" displays like on the latest iMac and a Dell 27" display have 2560x1440 (the 16:9 version of the 16:10 2560x1600 30" displays). You should be careful about some of these monitors, as many of them are large gamut displays that require calibration, and they're generally not going to be for gaming, as they're H-IPS panels. But they're really beautiful. I'm waiting for some detailed reviews on the new HP zr24w display - 1920x1200 (16:10 FTW!) with regular color gamut. I want the wide viewing angles, but I'm not _that_ picky about color. $425, I think.
I know gamers and drafters really want giant screens at massive resolutions, but besides them who else really wants it? 2560x2048 resolution doesn't exactly help me see my web pages or documents any better - in fact it can make them downright hard to see, so why do I need it?
This is a combination of bad UI in operating systems and programs, and user cluelessness about how to make use of high resolution displays. What you want to do is configure your system to display things larger. The OS and programs should make sure they either default to that on a high res display, or at least make it really apparent that you should with popup boxes when you first set up the machine/program.
Some OSes and programs also don't always work well with very large size fonts, though modern ones should.
You really WANT super-high res displays with 'normal' size letters - your text will be far crisper that way than even font smudging, err, anti-aliasing, at lower resolutions.
I'd pay for it if they brought back The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
That's more Comedy Central's call, sadly.
They're no extremists. A strongly-worded Jihad? Let the ululation begin! (Until our voices get sore, or until I have to get back in time for the Osama bin Laden Variety Hour tv show...)
Thank God! Mice of the world can now sleep easy at night.
Honestly, this just increases the chances that one of them will live long enough to take over the world.
In 5 years, we will finally see the death of mainstream support for IE6 in the corporate environments. Sadly, IE 7 and 8 will still be around dragging us back into the past. And, web developers who thought IE 9 and 10 would actually correctly support standards will look back and shake their heads at their naiveté.
Opera will still be goofy enough to not be mainstream for most people.
Firefox will finally have sandboxed tabs, not just sandboxed plugins (though it will only be in beta in 5 years).
Chrome will have gained sentience.
Safari won't be anywhere anymore, as Satan got impatient waiting for Jobs to join him in Hell, and simply reached out and dragged him and the entire company down into the fiery pit for one giant, everlasting technological lock-in orgy of evil.
Oh, and the HURD will finally be released - as an extension to Emacs.
callers will still be able to block their information entirely
TrapCall says you won't. :)
I'm pretty sure Quirk Books must already be working on a tale that involves Mr. Bookman (from Seinfeld, season 3) travelling back in time, terminator-style, to charge late fees on George Washington.
Sheesh, what a waste of a working time machine! Just go back a bit farther in time and get the books back before they're overdue. People were waiting for those books to return, you know.
Using Java for web development is like using a wrecking ball to hammer in a nail.
Actually, *that* sounds pretty effing cool, almost Mythbuster-like! I'd like to try that some time. But using Java for web development? *That's* just crazy-talk.
Zero Cool strikes again. Mess with the best, die like the rest!
No amount of screaming "the reds are under the beds!!" is going to bring back the unique set of cold war circumstances that made Apollo a success.
Screaming about weapons of mass destruction brought about the spending of waaaay more money on a couple of wars than we would need to get a working Mars program. Never underestimate the ability of enough screaming to get anything done you want.
Because when I take a girl for a walk on the beach at night I want to see the moon, not a Pepsi logo.
Ahh, there's your problem. You should concentrate on looking at the girl, not the Moon.
Same here for me with Wells Fargo, except they called me to ask if I had made certain funky-looking purchases (I had not) before I had even noticed. If you're going to go with a BigBank, Wells Fargo is the one, for sure. One of my local branches is even open until 5 or 6 on Saturdays, which is extra-special-nice.
Most likely skimmed.
What's your card number and PIN so I can check.
Oh, awesome, service, thanks! My card # is 1234-5678-9012-3456, and my PIN is 1234 (same as my luggage, so I don't have to remember multiple numbers; I recommend this 'mnemonic device' to all my friends!).
Thanks so much, you're a real pal!
If it gets stolen, it's not your money.
Well, yeah, not anymore, it isn't. Hence, the stealing.
1) Get a bank that lets you put your picture on your card (in case your card is physically stolen)
2) If it's possible (not sure on this one), get a card that can't be used without a PIN
3) If it's possible (not sure here either), get a bank that allows you to configure your card to only be used online if the security code on the back is also used. MANY places online still don't ask for this, for some reason. The payment systems DO know the difference between whether a card is being used in person or not, so there's no technological reason this isn't possible.
4) Encourage laws to make these things available where they aren't, with the 'default' settings set to maximum safety.
News at 11!
In which case, you could take Steve Jobs' comments at face value, and it is just about the fact that Flash is crap, buggy, memory-hogging and inadequate to be run on a low-power, low-spec'd mobile device.
I guess the rest of us aren't actually able to use Flash on our smartphones. Huh. I guess we've been imagining things. I sure picked the wrong day to quit LSD!
What do you mean? An African or European bupkis?
AMERICAN bupkis, you commie pinko! Go clack your coconuts together somewhere else...
CS5 comes with content-aware fill also known as magic. Every review of it will be entranced. Seriously, that shit is crazy.
Brought to you by the secret FM.dll file.
You know how sometimes tech jobs request things like "Java: 15 years experience" that leave you screaming at the HR people that the language wasn't even released until 1996? While you're busy crying about that, James Gosling is going to laugh at you and take that job.
Yeah, but the problem with job requests like that are things like they said Java when they really meant JavaScript, and they also want you to be an expert in .Net, databases, Photoshop and Flash, all at the same time. And they pay $18/hr.
https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2010/04/08/firefox-lorentz-beta-available-for-download-and-testing/
'Lorentz' - a beta version combining FF 3.6.3 with the out of process plugin feature, became available yesterday. This shoves the plugins into their own process, which is where the vast majority of problems occur. Give it a shot and report them bugs!
'QuickJava'. That 'J' icon is always disabled.
Most people are crazy for ad block, flashblock, etc. For me, Chrome's biggest lack is no Tab Mix Plus-like add-on. Once I have that, Chrome will be much more usable. Without something like Tab Mix Plus, tab handling is ridiculously crude. At least there is a light version of Web Developer Toolbar for Chrome now. Once that's full-featured, and I have Tab Mix Plus, Chrome will almost certainly be my browser of choice.
Still, FF plugins are about to be run in a separate process with an upcoming version, so that'll help a lot of problems, I bet.