Many slashdot users are Linux users, and *nix users do not like the unhackability of the Apple O/S (at least until OSX). It is an insult to their intelligence to be told 'you don't need to know the details, just click on this nice GUI interface'.
Maybe OSX will change this attitude over time, but maybe not - the bias is already firmly ingrained in some people.
NoteTab is one of the best programmer's text editors available, and the Lite version (which has 90% of the capability of the Pro version) is free. (The Pro version is only $20, and is worth much more than that.)
The name is similar but NoteTab is just massively useful (compared to Notepad, which is a joke).
When they introduced computer based sythesizers, where you could move digital sliders to change the sound parameters (threshold frequencies etc) to make it sound different, musicians that were used to the old analog synthesizers, with dozens of buttons, sliders and knobs, hated the new interface. Why? Because with the old interface they could use both hands at once. They could even use 4, 6 or 8 fingers at once (plus thumbs), each touching a seperate control. But you didn't have to. You could just change one knob at a time if you wanted to. This provided an easy migration path from learners through to experts. And provided much more power and flexibility to create a much wider variety of sounds.
I'm not suggesting we create computer interface gadgets with dozens of sliders and knobs. I am saying that the main current interface on computers (the mouse) which is limited to one or two buttons is geared towards novices, and not toward expert users.
Power users would be much more productive with an interface that lets them use all their fingers simultaneously, and lets them change several things at the same time.
What is this interface? It is a combination of software and hardware. Software that allows you to select lots of things at once and manipulate them at the same time (eg multiple brushes and textures in Photoshop) and hardware that can assign each finger to a thing or process (eg perhaps a dataglove). And remember, each finger can potentially have up to six degrees of freedom, which allows for tremendous expression and power (not limited to the image example mentioned above).
On your company about page (http://www.theglobalname.org/about.htm), they state:
"The Registry firmly believes that everyone is entitled to own their name on the Internet. It is run by a team that has great experience in enabling individuals to establish a web presence for personal rather than commercial reasons."
If this was really the case, then the concept of letting the first John.Smith register John.Smith.name, and denying the URL to all the other John Smiths, does not fulfill the belief stated above!
Some other solution could be better. One possible solution is letting all people with a particular name register that name, then when a user surfs to john.smith.name he is given a list with all the people with that name with some sort of identifying info eg location, occupation, company name, whatever the person wants. The list could be in order of popularity of the person's actual web page (in a similar way that Google sorts its hits)
Maybe you could bring this up with your management. They can make more money this way because they could sell the same name to lots of people (possibly at a reduced rate as it is being shared with others)
Michael Richards (not the actor from Seinfeld) - now you can see why I responded with this suggestion.
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Many slashdot users are Linux users, and *nix users do not like the unhackability of the Apple O/S (at least until OSX). It is an insult to their intelligence to be told 'you don't need to know the details, just click on this nice GUI interface'.
Maybe OSX will change this attitude over time, but maybe not - the bias is already firmly ingrained in some people.
NoteTab is one of the best programmer's text editors available, and the Lite version (which has 90% of the capability of the Pro version) is free. (The Pro version is only $20, and is worth much more than that.)
The name is similar but NoteTab is just massively useful (compared to Notepad, which is a joke).
See www.notetab.com
When they introduced computer based sythesizers, where you could move digital sliders to change the sound parameters (threshold frequencies etc) to make it sound different, musicians that were used to the old analog synthesizers, with dozens of buttons, sliders and knobs, hated the new interface. Why? Because with the old interface they could use both hands at once. They could even use 4, 6 or 8 fingers at once (plus thumbs), each touching a seperate control. But you didn't have to. You could just change one knob at a time if you wanted to. This provided an easy migration path from learners through to experts. And provided much more power and flexibility to create a much wider variety of sounds.
I'm not suggesting we create computer interface gadgets with dozens of sliders and knobs. I am saying that the main current interface on computers (the mouse) which is limited to one or two buttons is geared towards novices, and not toward expert users.
Power users would be much more productive with an interface that lets them use all their fingers simultaneously, and lets them change several things at the same time.
What is this interface? It is a combination of software and hardware. Software that allows you to select lots of things at once and manipulate them at the same time (eg multiple brushes and textures in Photoshop) and hardware that can assign each finger to a thing or process (eg perhaps a dataglove). And remember, each finger can potentially have up to six degrees of freedom, which allows for tremendous expression and power (not limited to the image example mentioned above).
"Anyway, cyclic typing is the best possible way to do blind typing (for example, while driving, in order to keep your eyes on the road)"
Wait a second, shouldn't you have your hands on the wheel, not on the cellular?
Officer: "So, who was driving the car?"
Passenger: "Well, no one sir, we were both typing at the time, and the tree just sort of jumped out at us."
As linked to previously by Slashdot, see this article which explains why Micropayments will never work (by Clay Shirky).
On your company about page (http://www.theglobalname.org/about.htm), they state:
"The Registry firmly believes that everyone is entitled to own their name on the Internet. It is run by a team that has great experience in enabling individuals to establish a web presence for personal rather than commercial reasons."
If this was really the case, then the concept of letting the first John.Smith register John.Smith.name, and denying the URL to all the other John Smiths, does not fulfill the belief stated above!
Some other solution could be better. One possible solution is letting all people with a particular name register that name, then when a user surfs to john.smith.name he is given a list with all the people with that name with some sort of identifying info eg location, occupation, company name, whatever the person wants. The list could be in order of popularity of the person's actual web page (in a similar way that Google sorts its hits)
Maybe you could bring this up with your management. They can make more money this way because they could sell the same name to lots of people (possibly at a reduced rate as it is being shared with others)
Michael Richards (not the actor from Seinfeld) - now you can see why I responded with this suggestion.