they do offer an API that allows you to use third party devices with iTunes, but Palm has chosen not to go that route.
No they don't. Writing a daemon that reads and writes to an XML file (that has changed formats in the past) is NOT an API. Stop saying there is an API.
Apple doesn't know if the Pre is exactly the same as the iPod it's pretending to be, so it could be a support liability.
That's just dumb. Because what's Palm's alternative? To modify the iTunes Library XML directly. If that XML changes formats in the future, palm could easily corrupt it.
What palm is doing is actually safer. This is evidenced by the fact that iTunes locks the pre out without corrupting itself.
How exactly is Apple inviting USB spoofing when they already have a fully functional, documented API and plug-in framework to be used for the purpose of syncing 3rd-party devices?
They don't have either one. What they do have is a XML-based storage format. Palm would have to write their own syncing software to read/write from this XML format. You would have to have that software running separate from iTunes. It is impossible for Palm to write a plugin for iTunes to allow it to sync with their hardware.
Unless you just enable hard drive mode support on the ipod. If you do it shows up as a hard drive just fine. I know it is hard to check a box these days though.
He was talking specifically about the iphone. It does not support this feature.
I'm not sure what your point is. I'm using the RC Windows 7 right now. It was free, but it's also supported. I installed MSE yesterday.
We're talking about pirates who aren't using the free RC. We're talking about habitual pirates who pirated windows 7 in the face of a free release candidate. They deserve to get a virus.
That's an SDK for using the COM interface to manipulate iTunes (pause,play,next track). It is not for developing plugins or adding device support for iTunes.
On a Mac it's under the "Firefox" menu (the mac has an "application name" menu to the left of the File menu that contains preferences, about, and quit).
Looking at Firefox's menus, I'd have to say they're not intuitive. Why are New Window, New Tab, Send Link, Work Offline, Quit, etc in the "File" menu? That doesn't make any sense. The only things in the File menu that make sense are Open File and Save Page As... that's 2 out of 14 items.
The problem with a menu system is that we're stuck with these "standard menus" that work poorly for all apps. "Find" shouldn't be under "Edit", "Quit" shouldn't be under "File". You have two options, either get rid of the menu system all-together, or change the menu system to actually make sense, and each app would have its own menu hierarchy.. no more standard menus.
Both options will have people screaming against change.
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You're rewriting history. iTunes was written before the iPod existed.
Since when is reading and writing from an XML file considered an API?
No they don't. Writing a daemon that reads and writes to an XML file (that has changed formats in the past) is NOT an API. Stop saying there is an API.
That's just dumb. Because what's Palm's alternative? To modify the iTunes Library XML directly. If that XML changes formats in the future, palm could easily corrupt it.
What palm is doing is actually safer. This is evidenced by the fact that iTunes locks the pre out without corrupting itself.
and this requires also that you must run their sync software in the background.
Making your competitors run extra software means there isn't an even playing field.
No there aren't. Only if you have an iPod from a few years ago. The current iPods and iPhones require iTunes. They won't work with anything else.
It also saves Pre owners from having to install yet more software that constantly runs in the background, needlessly tying up CPU and RAM.
They don't have either one. What they do have is a XML-based storage format. Palm would have to write their own syncing software to read/write from this XML format. You would have to have that software running separate from iTunes. It is impossible for Palm to write a plugin for iTunes to allow it to sync with their hardware.
No, they don't. Stop spreading this misinformation.
He was talking specifically about the iphone. It does not support this feature.
That's why newspapers are going under. Because advertisers are deciding that online advertising is more effective than print advertising. Cheaper too.
I'm not sure what your point is. I'm using the RC Windows 7 right now. It was free, but it's also supported. I installed MSE yesterday.
We're talking about pirates who aren't using the free RC. We're talking about habitual pirates who pirated windows 7 in the face of a free release candidate. They deserve to get a virus.
You mean like iSync? The separate sync application that comes with OSX? Yes. I do think that it's ridiculous that the iPhone syncs through iTunes.
Safari was checked by default last year. There's even a screenshot of it on mozilla's blog when they complained about it.
http://john.jubjubs.net/2008/03/21/apple-software-update/
What "people"?
This post on reddit shows people aren't treating Sun any differently than Apple in this regard.
By the time slashdot posted this story, reddit had fixed it. Which should surprise no one.
Section 501 only applies to government websites, and really, it should apply to crappy screen readers that can't handle javascript.
Says the guy posting on slashdot. Your comment is dynamic content, numbnuts.
I don't think so. I never found a way to open a menu in OSX with the keyboard. You might need to turn on accessibility though.
That's an SDK for using the COM interface to manipulate iTunes (pause,play,next track). It is not for developing plugins or adding device support for iTunes.
On a Mac it's under the "Firefox" menu (the mac has an "application name" menu to the left of the File menu that contains preferences, about, and quit).
So you're going to switch to Chrome, which works exactly the same as the firefox proposal you're trying to avoid?
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Sprints/Windows_Theme_Revamp/Direction_and_Feedback
Chrome works the *EXACT SAME WAY* as this firefox proposal. I swear, slashdot is full of the dumbest, most ignorant people I've ever encountered.
You do know that Chrome doesn't even have a menu bar, right?
Sounds like you just like to hate things for the sake of hating things.
Looking at Firefox's menus, I'd have to say they're not intuitive. Why are New Window, New Tab, Send Link, Work Offline, Quit, etc in the "File" menu? That doesn't make any sense. The only things in the File menu that make sense are Open File and Save Page As... that's 2 out of 14 items.
The problem with a menu system is that we're stuck with these "standard menus" that work poorly for all apps. "Find" shouldn't be under "Edit", "Quit" shouldn't be under "File". You have two options, either get rid of the menu system all-together, or change the menu system to actually make sense, and each app would have its own menu hierarchy.. no more standard menus.
Both options will have people screaming against change.