You think a layout can stretch from 1920px to 320px wide and still retain usability? Not going to happen until CSS columns catches on. Taking 10-16px text and having it flow from one side of an HD screen to the other is a usability nightmare. Many people do it anyway because they like to feel they're making use of their big screen, and I'm sure for a minority, it isn't that much of an impairment. But designing for most sites is about designing for most people. Unless leaving large screens with unused space is proven to make a site unusable or dramatically impairs it, it's not going to be seen as a big problem. If you really don't like it, you should be able to turn off CSS.
Bullshit. All it means is that people will make sure their sites are usable on a screen that is 1024px wide (and possibly 768px), which is the new default width to design for anyway. Why does do that automatically imply a fixed-width layout?
You can open multiple pages on the iPhone and iPad. It just does it in a different way to tabs. An inconvenience if you need to switch between pages quickly and repeated, but hardly a major limitation.
Though I suppose the mere notion of shades of "addictiveness" can be dishonest itself, considering the binary nature of addiction (you either are, or you aren't, and exhibit a different set of behaviors based on that).
Since when? It's hard to think of a subject filled with more vagueness and degrees of feelings and behaviors than human psychology. The brain isn't a binary computer, even though it may make it easier to classify and talk about it as such.
Why is it sickening and embarrassing? I don't understand the idea that I should be sickened about someone's weight problem, which at the end of the day, is more like a software glitch. Not to mention you can't really compare a lab rat to a non-lab human in that way. Perhaps I'm wrong, but your post sounds like more anti-obesity BS. Why are people with obesity problems OK targets for BS that we wouldn't otherwise tolerate?
Second, if brain chemistry doesn't determine one's actions, what does? Are you a dualist or something?
What does dualism have to do with knowing that we don't have a complete understanding of neuroscience, or the idea that more than one current system is responsible for explaining behavior? We don't have a complete understanding of gravity and how it fits in with quantum physics, but that doesn't mean that anyone open to new theories about physics is a dualist, right?
I'd be quite surprised if Apple changes the screen res of the iPhone this soon. The current screen res is good enough and that's not something that's going to change unless people start holding their phones closer to their faces. A higher res screen would have to offer enough of a benefit to overcome the extra production cost, increased GPU consumption, and extra mucking about for developers.
My mum owns a car. All she ever does is drop it off at the garage once a year. Why should owning a computer be any more than that? The main reason the car needs annual check-ups is because it has many physically moving parts that wear out. Computers are getting less and less moving parts. A modern house built to a decent standard shouldn't actually require that much maintenance. The reason they still do is because their average lifespan is many times that of your average computer.
Yeah, but computers aren't cars, are they? So why try to compare the complexities of building reliable automated vehicles to building easy to use computers?
The blame is with the computer industry. But not because they told people computers were easy to use. It's because they didn't follow up on it properly. Of course, that is beginning to change, as evident by the iPad.
I used to be a fan of Dr. Pepper as a kid, on the very rare occasion I could get it. People have been importing it more these days so it's easy to get, but I don't like it anymore. Perhaps it always had HFCS in it and I didn't notice it as much as a kid. I notice it now, though. I've yet to find anyone who imports the cane sugar version in Wellington.
If you were going to the hospital for open heart surgery, would you want the lowest paid doctor that has no incentive for good performance cutting you open?
Are you really saying that most surgeons don't take their job seriously? That their main motivation for keeping you alive and doing a good job isn't their sense of ethics and pride as a doctor, but their income?
I'd want the super-star doctor that drives the Porche.
There is a Porsche in the staff parking lot of our public hospital. Some governments actually pay their doctors quite well.
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Maybe if you stopped hating things so much you would be happier and wouldn't have as much of a problem with giving a small part of your income away to help the other people.
How is a sick person supposed to work? Do you really not care about other people? What has being superior got to do with anything? Caring for other people is just a basic part of being human. I just don't understand getting so hateful over public healthcare. If we had to rely on charities, there wouldn't be enough money because people like you wouldn't give anything.
The black levels on my iPhone are pretty good for what and where I use it. I'm sure the N1 is better, but just how much better is it in terms of bring an objective benefit? Does that high contrast still apply outdoors? As for 2x the resolution, the same thing applies; just how much more beneficial is it given that I find the smallest renderable text on my iPhone too small for anything but short labels, at least at the distance I hold my phone.
If course I'd prefer a better display, but a device is more than just the specs of each component it's made of.
What about the display? As great as the N1 screen is, the colour isn't necessarily as good (an orange tinge in skin tones etc.) and it isn't as good under bright sunlight (very important to me). I'm sure there are many areas where the hardware is better, but I still don't see how that makes it an objectively better device unless you start making assumptions about users' needs and preferences.
I've read many Nexus One reviews, and while it's clearly good competition for the iPhone, saying that it's objectively better is just plain silly. There are still many areas where it's lacking. Better at some things for some people, yes, but that's not the same.
I doubt they'll bother with Palm because it would hardly seem worth the trouble given how the company is doing. Android is the iPhone's bigger competitor.
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You think a layout can stretch from 1920px to 320px wide and still retain usability? Not going to happen until CSS columns catches on. Taking 10-16px text and having it flow from one side of an HD screen to the other is a usability nightmare. Many people do it anyway because they like to feel they're making use of their big screen, and I'm sure for a minority, it isn't that much of an impairment. But designing for most sites is about designing for most people. Unless leaving large screens with unused space is proven to make a site unusable or dramatically impairs it, it's not going to be seen as a big problem. If you really don't like it, you should be able to turn off CSS.
Bullshit. All it means is that people will make sure their sites are usable on a screen that is 1024px wide (and possibly 768px), which is the new default width to design for anyway. Why does do that automatically imply a fixed-width layout?
Are you saying that if the iPad had never existed that all those sites would suddenly have changed to HTML5 around this time?
Well, my 13" MBP is too heavy for me to lug around all the time, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
50% faster? At what? Performing benchmarks? Running bloated operating systems?
And what about the quality of the screen? Do any netbooks have IPS LCD screens?
You can open multiple pages on the iPhone and iPad. It just does it in a different way to tabs. An inconvenience if you need to switch between pages quickly and repeated, but hardly a major limitation.
Why does the soul have to be either completely separate or only an emergent property of biology?
Not many helicopters have propellers. They do have rotors, however.
Though I suppose the mere notion of shades of "addictiveness" can be dishonest itself, considering the binary nature of addiction (you either are, or you aren't, and exhibit a different set of behaviors based on that).
Since when? It's hard to think of a subject filled with more vagueness and degrees of feelings and behaviors than human psychology. The brain isn't a binary computer, even though it may make it easier to classify and talk about it as such.
Why is it sickening and embarrassing? I don't understand the idea that I should be sickened about someone's weight problem, which at the end of the day, is more like a software glitch. Not to mention you can't really compare a lab rat to a non-lab human in that way. Perhaps I'm wrong, but your post sounds like more anti-obesity BS. Why are people with obesity problems OK targets for BS that we wouldn't otherwise tolerate?
Second, if brain chemistry doesn't determine one's actions, what does? Are you a dualist or something?
What does dualism have to do with knowing that we don't have a complete understanding of neuroscience, or the idea that more than one current system is responsible for explaining behavior? We don't have a complete understanding of gravity and how it fits in with quantum physics, but that doesn't mean that anyone open to new theories about physics is a dualist, right?
I'd be quite surprised if Apple changes the screen res of the iPhone this soon. The current screen res is good enough and that's not something that's going to change unless people start holding their phones closer to their faces. A higher res screen would have to offer enough of a benefit to overcome the extra production cost, increased GPU consumption, and extra mucking about for developers.
My mum owns a car. All she ever does is drop it off at the garage once a year. Why should owning a computer be any more than that? The main reason the car needs annual check-ups is because it has many physically moving parts that wear out. Computers are getting less and less moving parts. A modern house built to a decent standard shouldn't actually require that much maintenance. The reason they still do is because their average lifespan is many times that of your average computer.
Yeah, but computers aren't cars, are they? So why try to compare the complexities of building reliable automated vehicles to building easy to use computers?
The blame is with the computer industry. But not because they told people computers were easy to use. It's because they didn't follow up on it properly. Of course, that is beginning to change, as evident by the iPad.
I used to be a fan of Dr. Pepper as a kid, on the very rare occasion I could get it. People have been importing it more these days so it's easy to get, but I don't like it anymore. Perhaps it always had HFCS in it and I didn't notice it as much as a kid. I notice it now, though. I've yet to find anyone who imports the cane sugar version in Wellington.
If you were going to the hospital for open heart surgery, would you want the lowest paid doctor that has no incentive for good performance cutting you open?
Are you really saying that most surgeons don't take their job seriously? That their main motivation for keeping you alive and doing a good job isn't their sense of ethics and pride as a doctor, but their income?
I'd want the super-star doctor that drives the Porche.
There is a Porsche in the staff parking lot of our public hospital. Some governments actually pay their doctors quite well.
Maybe if you stopped hating things so much you would be happier and wouldn't have as much of a problem with giving a small part of your income away to help the other people.
How is a sick person supposed to work? Do you really not care about other people? What has being superior got to do with anything? Caring for other people is just a basic part of being human. I just don't understand getting so hateful over public healthcare. If we had to rely on charities, there wouldn't be enough money because people like you wouldn't give anything.
Apparently Cameron wanted a higher frame rate but Fox wanted to stick with 24fps.
Neither way is very convenient when an app doesn't show up because you just bought a new phone with an old OS. That's quite a serious problem, IMHO.
Why are two-strokes so unreliable? I assume you're not just talking about non-aircraft engines.
The black levels on my iPhone are pretty good for what and where I use it. I'm sure the N1 is better, but just how much better is it in terms of bring an objective benefit? Does that high contrast still apply outdoors? As for 2x the resolution, the same thing applies; just how much more beneficial is it given that I find the smallest renderable text on my iPhone too small for anything but short labels, at least at the distance I hold my phone.
If course I'd prefer a better display, but a device is more than just the specs of each component it's made of.
What about the display? As great as the N1 screen is, the colour isn't necessarily as good (an orange tinge in skin tones etc.) and it isn't as good under bright sunlight (very important to me). I'm sure there are many areas where the hardware is better, but I still don't see how that makes it an objectively better device unless you start making assumptions about users' needs and preferences.
I've read many Nexus One reviews, and while it's clearly good competition for the iPhone, saying that it's objectively better is just plain silly. There are still many areas where it's lacking. Better at some things for some people, yes, but that's not the same.
I doubt they'll bother with Palm because it would hardly seem worth the trouble given how the company is doing. Android is the iPhone's bigger competitor.