I think you fail to address the issue. Under windows I was very happy with Ultraedit and it's column mode and all of its features. I cannot find anything close to it under linux. Nothing.
easy to use to me is double-clicking an icon that says "Setup". Sure you could explain harder ways to install things than apt-get is but I, like the parent story, talk about desktop, not console.
like a laundromat with two rooms. On for cleaning and one for surfing. And don't fuck up the OS. Install whatever you want, Windows, Linux(preferably if you want to save money) but by all means do not cripple your users with a totally locked down system.
My worst nightmare was having to send a resume and not having a net connection at home yet (moved the day before). I had my resume on my palm but couldn't install the software to grab it on Windows nor was I allowed to boot using Gnoppix (wouldn't boot from CD). I had to go across town to a friend's house to send the damn resume.
depends what you mean by sophisticated. I have not been able to install something yet without having to type something. And I still have no idea where the icons are for new apps and how to put them in my Applications panel. Mac takes care of all of this. It does it the other way around. You install a package by choosing where you want it to be and voila you have your installed app.
1) You have three options as you said but there are others as well. document.title = 'str' or window.status = 'str'. I think it is a wonderful way to start. First time I saw printf() I was really lost.
2) the prototype is only there if you want to add a function after you instantiated an object. There are much better ways to add a method to an object since javascript 1.0.
If you were to build a function with a method you can do it very easily without using the prototype construct (ie inside the class definition):
var myObj = new MyClass('Beer'); myObj.changeDocTitle()// your document title will change to "Beer"
Now the Array object is a great example of when you should use the prototype construct. Say you wanted to add a method to all array objects to check if it contains an item. Here is how you would do it:
Array.prototype.contains = function (obj) {
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)
{
if (this[i] == obj) return true;
}
return false; }// You could then check to see if an array contains something with a simple method:
var myArray = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]// shorthand array definition
if (myArray.contains(3)) {
alert("My array contains 3")// of course this one is alerted. } else {
alert("My array doesn't contain 3") }
The prototype construct is actually really handy here for objects which have already been defined. Using it in any other circumstances is still possible but it isn't a good way to program IMHO.
3) nope JS wasn't designed for that but for people to learn for, switch, do and while loops it is very handy. You cannot expect someone just wanting to learn a bit about programming to directly dive into a Java/Swing/SQL environment, there needs to be stepping stones to get there. ECMAScript (Javascript) does that quite well.
it is a simple and clean way to learn about loops and variables for a beginner. It looks enough like other languages so that someone can easily move on to harder meatier stuff. I can't think of a better way to learn myself.
I wanted to be able to go head to head with other people around the world on a stationary bike fitted to calculate my wattage output against my weight, taking into account my speed and what wind force I'd have to work against. I'm still waiting. I'd take any/. on any day!;)
one of my desires is for a silent keyboard. One that reduces dramatically the amount of noise when I hit the key. Sure other factors are nice but right now if I wanted to change keyboard it would have to be because of the noise this one makes.
seriously how can they companies benefit from adding a piece of hardware/software that prevents such usage of their product? Doesn't it higher their costs?
don't you see? Since they control the online shopping music pages and that their IE has all kinds of weird proprietary features to it they'll just use HTML and other crap that will break other browsers. Then people who want to use the online music shop will believe that all other browsers suck compared to IE and stick to it anyways.
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gee thanks but still no column mode.
I think you fail to address the issue. Under windows I was very happy with Ultraedit and it's column mode and all of its features. I cannot find anything close to it under linux. Nothing.
it currently has a score of 2/5. Once the /. effect is done we should all create an account and rate it as low as it can go.
cause I sure as hell would like to see them!
am I supposed to know about this?
easy to use to me is double-clicking an icon that says "Setup". Sure you could explain harder ways to install things than apt-get is but I, like the parent story, talk about desktop, not console.
My worst nightmare was having to send a resume and not having a net connection at home yet (moved the day before). I had my resume on my palm but couldn't install the software to grab it on Windows nor was I allowed to boot using Gnoppix (wouldn't boot from CD). I had to go across town to a friend's house to send the damn resume.
depends what you mean by sophisticated. I have not been able to install something yet without having to type something. And I still have no idea where the icons are for new apps and how to put them in my Applications panel. Mac takes care of all of this. It does it the other way around. You install a package by choosing where you want it to be and voila you have your installed app.
apt isn't easy to use and isn't a desktop app.
1) You have three options as you said but there are others as well. document.title = 'str' or window.status = 'str'. I think it is a wonderful way to start. First time I saw printf() I was really lost.
:
// your document title will change to "Beer"
:
// You could then check to see if an array contains something with a simple method :
// shorthand array definition
// of course this one is alerted.
2) the prototype is only there if you want to add a function after you instantiated an object. There are much better ways to add a method to an object since javascript 1.0.
If you were to build a function with a method you can do it very easily without using the prototype construct (ie inside the class definition)
function MyClass(str)
{
this.name = str || null;
this.changeDocTitle = function()
{
document.title = this.name;
}
}
var myObj = new MyClass('Beer');
myObj.changeDocTitle()
Now the Array object is a great example of when you should use the prototype construct. Say you wanted to add a method to all array objects to check if it contains an item. Here is how you would do it
Array.prototype.contains = function (obj)
{
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++)
{
if (this[i] == obj) return true;
}
return false;
}
var myArray = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
if (myArray.contains(3))
{
alert("My array contains 3")
}
else
{
alert("My array doesn't contain 3")
}
The prototype construct is actually really handy here for objects which have already been defined. Using it in any other circumstances is still possible but it isn't a good way to program IMHO.
3) nope JS wasn't designed for that but for people to learn for, switch, do and while loops it is very handy. You cannot expect someone just wanting to learn a bit about programming to directly dive into a Java/Swing/SQL environment, there needs to be stepping stones to get there. ECMAScript (Javascript) does that quite well.
it is a simple and clean way to learn about loops and variables for a beginner. It looks enough like other languages so that someone can easily move on to harder meatier stuff. I can't think of a better way to learn myself.
you do have a good point, however have you ever tried to install PG on Windows? It's a bloody nightmare!
before someone else does!
it's all about making us wait to see if it will be 99$, in case we'd be thinking about buying a different console which would cost less.
and MS Word, oh and Excel too!
I wanted to be able to go head to head with other people around the world on a stationary bike fitted to calculate my wattage output against my weight, taking into account my speed and what wind force I'd have to work against. I'm still waiting. I'd take any /. on any day! ;)
them to act like little fairies?
one of my desires is for a silent keyboard. One that reduces dramatically the amount of noise when I hit the key. Sure other factors are nice but right now if I wanted to change keyboard it would have to be because of the noise this one makes.
seriously how can they companies benefit from adding a piece of hardware/software that prevents such usage of their product? Doesn't it higher their costs?
I'd understand if this was a major release but this is a release candidate. The interested people are on the kde mailing list to know of any news.
they have something excellent for such a thing.
hahahahaha! I've not seen any since I started using Mozilla Firebird! hahahaha
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Web Developper Extension.
don't you see? Since they control the online shopping music pages and that their IE has all kinds of weird proprietary features to it they'll just use HTML and other crap that will break other browsers. Then people who want to use the online music shop will believe that all other browsers suck compared to IE and stick to it anyways.