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I thought your subject was pretty amusing. Damn those capitalist pigs! In SOVIET RUSSIA..... the central planning committee would distribute the binaries.
I don't think those are phobias. If the interface isn't intuitive enough to be able to easily do it without reading manuals, the majority of people just aren't going to do it. A great book on the topic is Donald Norman's The Design of Everyday Things.
Yeah, good point. There have been quite a few articles about this. Here is one from Wired (which wasn't the actual one I was thinking of). (Wired.com seems to be down so here is a google cache.)
If java took off on the internet for client apps and then each vendor had their own libraries the result would be catastrophic.
I think it might just do this! I've heard of this new thing called the Java Applet. It's kinda like a lightweight application... but here is the killer - you can embed it in Web pages! So you can run executable code on web pages for any different platform. Of course it will have some restrictions, sort of putting it in a sandbox, but just think of all the things it can do!
In particular, the navigational model has a few things going for it. Firstly, people have already been forced into it by the spread of the web. One of the most, if not THE most popular apps in usage today is the web browser. The web is clearly a navigational model, the browser is a viewport onto a small segment of the whole, with links between them.
What about the rest of the article? After saying the basic finder should be completely spatial, he suggests a somehwat web-browser-like model to sit on top of the Spatial Finder. (Hence the name Finder Browser - but your term navigational is a good one. They should call it a Navigator instead.) Anyway, I think he is suggesting the best of both worlds.
Another victim of interface fundamentalism. A few decent points, but for the most part the guy sounds like he just wants his OS9 back. Rather disappointing; his articles are usually much more... hmm, how to put it... independent than this.
The rest of your comment makes it clear that you DID actually read the rest of the article, so what's up with this intro? He wasn't whining about having OS9 Finder back - he went and detailed an entire possible replacement! He actually did mockups! If you can do, if you can't, post on Slashdot. He put in a lot of work to suggest a new method, whether you or me approve of his ideas or not.
Well put! On Windows, I use Outlook because there is nothing else better. If I was using OS X I'd probably use iCal / iSync. I think the open source world could really use a calendaring / address book app especially one cross platform such as Mozilla.org would produce. Compatibility with Exchange would of course be awesome, but even basic end/home users could really benefit from a Mozilla suite calendar/address book app.
Speaking of Phoenix stability, does anyone find that it crashes fairly often? (Usually when closing it?) (Release 0.5 on Windows.) Mozilla crashes much more rarely for me, but there are certain Phoenix features I refuse to give up.
A lot of people talk about Phoenix being so snappy compared to Moz, and using less memory. Now I don't know if this is a accurate measure of anything, and I KNOW it isn't directly comparable to IE, but in Task Manager, on this XP box, Phoenix currently has a Mem Usage of 35816 K. Is that supposed to be GOOD/lightweight?? I'm seriously wondering. It takes more memory than anything else on my machine right now. (FB: I have 5 tabs open).
Cool idea, but IIRC the GUI and general application structure aren't open source - just certain KHTML-based components like WebCore. I don't think it would be possible. (Unless Apple did it.)
A "democratic" Iraq... ruled by Americans. And then a "democratic" Syria, ruled by Americans. And then a "democratic" Jordan, ruled by Americans. Think I'm trolling? See it in their own words ("they" being the neo-conservatives running America right now - Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz, et al.) This site scares me to death.
" We seem to have forgotten the essential elements of the Reagan Administration's success: a military that is strong and ready to meet both present and future challenges; a foreign policy that boldly and purposefully promotes American principles abroad; and national leadership that accepts the United States' global responsibilities.
And another:
we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;
I would be interesting to hear some American perspectives on this. What do you think?
It is official; Netcraft now confirms: Merged BSD is dying.
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Merged BSD
community when IDC confirmed that Merged BSD market share has dropped
yet again, now to ZERO PERCENT of all servers. Coming on the heels of
a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that Merged BSD has lost
more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all
along. Merged BSD is collapsing in complete disarray.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Merged BSD's future. The hand
writing is on the wall: Merged BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there
won't be any future at all for Merged BSD because Merged BSD is dying.
Things are looking very bad for Merged BSD. As many of us are already
aware, Merged BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a
river of blood.
Merged BSD is the most endangered BSD of them all, having lost 100% of
its core source credit. The website is bare, red ink flows like a
river of blood. There can no longer be any doubt: Merged BSD is dying.
All major surveys show that Merged BSD has steadily declined in market
share. Merged BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are
very dim. If Merged BSD is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante
dabblers who care not for the One True Licence: The BSD License. Merged BSD
continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this
point in time. For all practical purposes, Merged BSD is dead.
Pay more attention my friend! The Whitespace and the Peter Jackson/King Kong ones are real. No joke. I've never seen the wool pulled over the/. masses eyes as easily!
Somebody mod this as troll or something. At LEAST mod it as funny - this guy got scorched! This is REAL people. Despite the huge numbers of predictable comments in all these stories, the/. editors are pulling off some pretty good ones on us.
Is this the first time the same Slashdot story has been posted 3 times.... and ALL ON THE SAME DAY? We have entered a new era my friends! Now come drink the Koolaid with me, this is the sign we have been waiting for!
Although if Google started offering services like Yahoo, but would stay true to the "google way" I think I'd be down to try a Google Chat Client or a Google Group.
Actually, you can try quite a few of them right here!
I can't agree with that. People DO hire the wrong people to do certain jobs. (Usually based on the cost of the bid alone). If you can't legally call someone an engineer, they have no liability within the framework of the law. Sure your bridge may fall, but you don't have a legal avenue to sue the person unless they are a professional engineer.
I think things are quite different here in Canada than the US. Engineering is a much clearer boundary, it's the law. Here is legislation passed in Alberta that governs the the use of the term engineer. (And geologist and geophysicist) APEGGA recently took Microsoft to court over the MCSE term and won. You aren't allowed to expand it here either.
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I thought your subject was pretty amusing. Damn those capitalist pigs! In SOVIET RUSSIA..... the central planning committee would distribute the binaries.
I don't think those are phobias. If the interface isn't intuitive enough to be able to easily do it without reading manuals, the majority of people just aren't going to do it. A great book on the topic is Donald Norman's The Design of Everyday Things.
Yeah, good point. There have been quite a few articles about this. Here is one from Wired (which wasn't the actual one I was thinking of). (Wired.com seems to be down so here is a google cache.)
I think it might just do this! I've heard of this new thing called the Java Applet. It's kinda like a lightweight application ... but here is the killer - you can embed it in Web pages! So you can run executable code on web pages for any different platform. Of course it will have some restrictions, sort of putting it in a sandbox, but just think of all the things it can do!
Sorry, couldn't resist. ;)
What about the rest of the article? After saying the basic finder should be completely spatial, he suggests a somehwat web-browser-like model to sit on top of the Spatial Finder. (Hence the name Finder Browser - but your term navigational is a good one. They should call it a Navigator instead.) Anyway, I think he is suggesting the best of both worlds.
The rest of your comment makes it clear that you DID actually read the rest of the article, so what's up with this intro? He wasn't whining about having OS9 Finder back - he went and detailed an entire possible replacement! He actually did mockups! If you can do, if you can't, post on Slashdot. He put in a lot of work to suggest a new method, whether you or me approve of his ideas or not.
Well put! On Windows, I use Outlook because there is nothing else better. If I was using OS X I'd probably use iCal / iSync. I think the open source world could really use a calendaring / address book app especially one cross platform such as Mozilla.org would produce. Compatibility with Exchange would of course be awesome, but even basic end/home users could really benefit from a Mozilla suite calendar/address book app.
Speaking of Phoenix stability, does anyone find that it crashes fairly often? (Usually when closing it?) (Release 0.5 on Windows.) Mozilla crashes much more rarely for me, but there are certain Phoenix features I refuse to give up.
A lot of people talk about Phoenix being so snappy compared to Moz, and using less memory. Now I don't know if this is a accurate measure of anything, and I KNOW it isn't directly comparable to IE, but in Task Manager, on this XP box, Phoenix currently has a Mem Usage of 35816 K. Is that supposed to be GOOD /lightweight?? I'm seriously wondering. It takes more memory than anything else on my machine right now. (FB: I have 5 tabs open).
Cool idea, but IIRC the GUI and general application structure aren't open source - just certain KHTML-based components like WebCore. I don't think it would be possible. (Unless Apple did it.)
Here is a gem from their Statement of Principles
" We seem to have forgotten the essential elements of the Reagan Administration's success: a military that is strong and ready to meet both present and future challenges; a foreign policy that boldly and purposefully promotes American principles abroad; and national leadership that accepts the United States' global responsibilities.
And another:
we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;
I would be interesting to hear some American perspectives on this. What do you think?
Hahaha. Somebody mod that up, that is hilarious.
I believe that's the sound of the joke flying over your head.
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Merged BSD community when IDC confirmed that Merged BSD market share has dropped yet again, now to ZERO PERCENT of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that Merged BSD has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Merged BSD is collapsing in complete disarray.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict Merged BSD's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Merged BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Merged BSD because Merged BSD is dying. Things are looking very bad for Merged BSD. As many of us are already aware, Merged BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
Merged BSD is the most endangered BSD of them all, having lost 100% of its core source credit. The website is bare, red ink flows like a river of blood. There can no longer be any doubt: Merged BSD is dying.
All major surveys show that Merged BSD has steadily declined in market share. Merged BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Merged BSD is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers who care not for the One True Licence: The BSD License. Merged BSD continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Merged BSD is dead.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. ;)
It's real. Try it. The joke's on you!
Somebody mod this as troll or something. At LEAST mod it as funny - this guy got scorched! This is REAL people. Despite the huge numbers of predictable comments in all these stories, the /. editors are pulling off some pretty good ones on us.
Whoa, +1 insightful there! They really did!
Is this the first time the same Slashdot story has been posted 3 times.... and ALL ON THE SAME DAY? We have entered a new era my friends! Now come drink the Koolaid with me, this is the sign we have been waiting for!
Actually, you can try quite a few of them right here!
Slashdot is more like 2nd hand news (and sometimes 3rd and 4th depending on how many dupes)
I don't know, why write Linux when Unix already existed?
I think things are quite different here in Canada than the US. Engineering is a much clearer boundary, it's the law. Here is legislation passed in Alberta that governs the the use of the term engineer. (And geologist and geophysicist) APEGGA recently took Microsoft to court over the MCSE term and won. You aren't allowed to expand it here either.
can anyone put this on BitTorrent? It is perfect for this stuff. (Getting 150k/sec on Mandrake 9.1 ISO downloads right now)
The Big Hit was terrible! How could any movie with Marky Mark and Christina Applegate be good? The submitter must be joking.