I agree. Not only is control tedious without a mouse and keyboard, they have to crank down the rate you can turn to make the game controllable, which means they generally have to add some auto-aiming features.
This works if you're talking about newer FPSes and (Doom3), but the original Doom controlled just fine on a controlpad. There was no need for auto-aim since you didn't play the original with a mouse, you played with the keyboard. There was no up or down.
I'm a programmer for a large, (US) national newspaper chain and screwing up the publication cycle is somewhat more common that you might think
We had a reporter screw up and drag a folder into the trash instead of the volume it was in (MacOS is absofuckinglutely retarded for having you unmount volumes by dragging them to the trash).
He went on with his business, and then around 5pm he emptied the trash. He suspected something was wrong when it was taking over 5 minutes to empty the trash.
Turns out the folder he trashed contained *all* the quark documents for the paper (the next day's stories and advance stories).
While there were backups, some people had to scramble to rewrite their stories. Paper was a little light the next day.
That's the problem with OS9 and OSX. The users need permission to delete stories in order to have permission to modify stories.
Yeah, nobody pays any attention to interface these days.
Funny how you link to Apple's HIG which Apple itself violates whenever it damn well pleases.
Two examples: they used to say that there should be only one selectable element per line in a menu. Panther introduced the Colored Labels which violate this.
Apple also says you can only use Brushed Metal if your application: "Provides an interface for a digital peripheral, such as a camera, or an interface for managing data shared with digital peripherals--iPhoto or iSync, for example Strives to re-create a familiar physical device--Calculator or DVD Player, for example Provides a source list to navigate information--for example, iTunes or the Finder"
They added that last one after Jaguar was released (how convenient). I can guarrantee that they'll add another one since Safari doesn't fit into any of those choices.
The solution, I think, starts with taking user-friendly interfaces from other products (and not just software... machines that people use everyday, such as TV remotes and their "Recall" button
No. In fact, TV remotes are a good illustration of the problem. The TV remote works great when all it controls is a TV.. with a very small and specific set of functions.
But just look at the horrors of universal remotes to see what GUI design is like. As soon as you try and make a "universal" interface, you run into a host usability problems.
I remember setting up a 14.4k modem duel back in the day when online fps was mano a mano
We did the null-modem serial cable thing. The fact that you could play cooperatively was great.
In college our dorms had just gotten ethernet, and we played multiplayer Doom2 constantly. Luckily I had moved out of the dorms (and thus lost my ethernet) by the time Quake came out or I would've failed all my classes.
No, it's like the people at the table next to you start speaking to you in Korean, and because you don't know Korean you make a complaint to the management of the restaurant.
Nonsense. Brazillians are entering established communities and spamming them. It'd be much different if they set up their own communities.
So it's like the people at the table next to you sat down at your table and started yelling at you in Korean. No shit you're going to complain.
I'm not sure on this, but if I remeber right, one of the selling points of.NET is that it is language independent. Doesn't that mean you can use the framework from C++?
Yes you can, but it requires you to use managed C++, which I'm not sure mono supports yet.
Something like RegEX is provided to C# through a library (or framework if you prefer), and isn't part of the actual language. If you want such a simple interface to a RegEX, it would be easy to get a similar thing for C or C++.
That's actually the biggest selling point for C# for me. It has an amazing class library... which is part of the standard.
If I want to do regex under C++ I have to find a regex library and then that's one more dependency for my app. If I also want to do AES encryption, that's another dependency.
Mono is great because it has an incredibly thorough class library. C++ would be a lot better if we dropped STL and created a standard library that had support for everything. I then wouldn't have to have #ifdefs for simple things like networking and 20 dependencies.
What R&D exactly? Did it cost them $70M to make a bunch of cheap parts overseas, throw them in a black case, and slap DELL on it?
I've had it up to here with your Dell bashing young lady!
If you take a look at Dell's business lines, you'll see some very impressive R&D at work. Dell's 1U and 2U rackmounts are very well done, and the optiplex line is amazing.
Look at the Optiplex SX280 It's a 3ghz P4 inside a 12" by 13" by 3.5" case. Yet it still has 8x AGP, 6 USB ports and firewire.
Does Apple sell any machines that come with wallmount and under-the-desk mount brackets?
Gmail isn't completely crossbrowser either. Gmail in opera simply doesn't work (last I checked).
It is also fairly buggy in Safari (you have to reload the page a lot). But it is still in beta.. I'm assuming either Google will fix gmail, or Apple will fix safari.
The original poster who said something about \\\\ was clueless. WHEN do you ever need four backslashes in PHP for a backslash literal? in my experience, never.
Your experience must be very limited. I was talking about PCRE. You have to escape everything *twice*. Once because PHP wants it escaped, and again because PCRE wants it escaped. Thus you get \\\\ just to match a single literal backslash in a regular expression.
Uhm, the compiler is priced at a low, low introductory price of $399. I don't think it'll be taking the *NIX world by storm any time soon, or cause mass adoption to PHP executables anytime soon.
The price is nothing. If you're running a site that requires compiled PHP, $399 is a joke. The thing holding the compiler back isn't the price, it's the lack of Solaris support.
. The PS/2 has the best games followed by the Gamecube. XBox has Halo.
Well, the PS2 has the most games... but I would argue that most of the best games are on other platforms.
All my PS2 owning friends have sold their PS2s and bought xboxes.. simply because they said the games were more fun. Maybe they're just odd, I don't know, I own a gamecube.
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I agree. Not only is control tedious without a mouse and keyboard, they have to crank down the rate you can turn to make the game controllable, which means they generally have to add some auto-aiming features.
This works if you're talking about newer FPSes and (Doom3), but the original Doom controlled just fine on a controlpad. There was no need for auto-aim since you didn't play the original with a mouse, you played with the keyboard. There was no up or down.
I want to play the latest Mario Bros on my Nintendo Master System.
You're going to have problems playing any game on a fictitious system.
I'm a programmer for a large, (US) national newspaper chain and screwing up the publication cycle is somewhat more common that you might think
We had a reporter screw up and drag a folder into the trash instead of the volume it was in (MacOS is absofuckinglutely retarded for having you unmount volumes by dragging them to the trash).
He went on with his business, and then around 5pm he emptied the trash. He suspected something was wrong when it was taking over 5 minutes to empty the trash.
Turns out the folder he trashed contained *all* the quark documents for the paper (the next day's stories and advance stories).
While there were backups, some people had to scramble to rewrite their stories. Paper was a little light the next day.
That's the problem with OS9 and OSX. The users need permission to delete stories in order to have permission to modify stories.
Its price is way to high...in my opinion.
No kidding. $2000-$2700 Gaming PCs try to stack up to $100-$150 consoles?
I wonder who is going to win.
Yeah, nobody pays any attention to interface these days.
Funny how you link to Apple's HIG which Apple itself violates whenever it damn well pleases.
Two examples: they used to say that there should be only one selectable element per line in a menu. Panther introduced the Colored Labels which violate this.
Apple also says you can only use Brushed Metal if your application:
"Provides an interface for a digital peripheral, such as a camera, or an interface for managing data shared with digital peripherals--iPhoto or iSync, for example
Strives to re-create a familiar physical device--Calculator or DVD Player, for example
Provides a source list to navigate information--for example, iTunes or the Finder"
They added that last one after Jaguar was released (how convenient). I can guarrantee that they'll add another one since Safari doesn't fit into any of those choices.
The solution, I think, starts with taking user-friendly interfaces from other products (and not just software ... machines that people use everyday, such as TV remotes and their "Recall" button
No. In fact, TV remotes are a good illustration of the problem. The TV remote works great when all it controls is a TV.. with a very small and specific set of functions.
But just look at the horrors of universal remotes to see what GUI design is like. As soon as you try and make a "universal" interface, you run into a host usability problems.
I remember setting up a 14.4k modem duel back in the day when online fps was mano a mano
We did the null-modem serial cable thing. The fact that you could play cooperatively was great.
In college our dorms had just gotten ethernet, and we played multiplayer Doom2 constantly. Luckily I had moved out of the dorms (and thus lost my ethernet) by the time Quake came out or I would've failed all my classes.
It was the New York Post that got the VP selection wrong.
I hear last week they also declared that Dewey Wins!
Secondly, there is no standard definition of any word
My rebuttal:
I am the eggman. I am the walrus.
It's a pretty good rebuttal if you use my word definitions.
No, it's like the people at the table next to you start speaking to you in Korean, and because you don't know Korean you make a complaint to the management of the restaurant.
Nonsense. Brazillians are entering established communities and spamming them. It'd be much different if they set up their own communities.
So it's like the people at the table next to you sat down at your table and started yelling at you in Korean. No shit you're going to complain.
Do not attempt sexual relations, as years of computer monitor radiation have left
your genitals withered and useless.
I know this is a joke, but considering that my wife and I haven't used any sort of protection in over 3 years and still no kids, I have to wonder.
My swimmers must be too busy programming.
Am I the only one who thinks the headline to this story should be "Violent Video Game Law Fragged"
I'm not sure on this, but if I remeber right, one of the selling points of .NET is that it is language independent. Doesn't that mean you can use the framework from C++?
Yes you can, but it requires you to use managed C++, which I'm not sure mono supports yet.
Something like RegEX is provided to C# through a library (or framework if you prefer), and isn't part of the actual language. If you want such a simple interface to a RegEX, it would be easy to get a similar thing for C or C++.
That's actually the biggest selling point for C# for me. It has an amazing class library... which is part of the standard.
If I want to do regex under C++ I have to find a regex library and then that's one more dependency for my app. If I also want to do AES encryption, that's another dependency.
Mono is great because it has an incredibly thorough class library. C++ would be a lot better if we dropped STL and created a standard library that had support for everything. I then wouldn't have to have #ifdefs for simple things like networking and 20 dependencies.
What good will the standard be if the company that owns 95% of the desktop starts shipping a .Net that deviates from the standard?
.Net apps would break.
Yeah, because MS never concerns itself with backwards compatability.. oh wait, yes they do.
MS can't break the API because then all the current
Well. . . click the icon of the web browser and a web browser opens. . . imagine that.
Oh? Which icon is that? The compass? How intuitive!
Every OS has a learning curve, OSX is no different.
What R&D exactly? Did it cost them $70M to make a bunch of cheap parts overseas, throw them in a black case, and slap DELL on it?
I've had it up to here with your Dell bashing young lady!
If you take a look at Dell's business lines, you'll see some very impressive R&D at work.
Dell's 1U and 2U rackmounts are very well done, and the optiplex line is amazing.
Look at the Optiplex SX280
It's a 3ghz P4 inside a 12" by 13" by 3.5" case. Yet it still has 8x AGP, 6 USB ports and firewire.
Does Apple sell any machines that come with wallmount and under-the-desk mount brackets?
I gotta hand this one to Bruce Campbell as the "Tour Guide" in the Spiderman game.
I collected all 170(or so) hint icons in Spiderman 2 just to hear Bruce dish out hints.
That and my insane desire to collect random shit is heightened by videogames.
Gmail isn't completely crossbrowser either. Gmail in opera simply doesn't work (last I checked).
It is also fairly buggy in Safari (you have to reload the page a lot). But it is still in beta.. I'm assuming either Google will fix gmail, or Apple will fix safari.
The original poster who said something about \\\\ was clueless. WHEN do you ever need four backslashes in PHP for a backslash literal? in my experience, never.
Your experience must be very limited. I was talking about PCRE. You have to escape everything *twice*. Once because PHP wants it escaped, and again because PCRE wants it escaped. Thus you get \\\\ just to match a single literal backslash in a regular expression.
Have you never used preg_match or preg_replace?
Plenty of other nicer languages exist.
The biggest problem with PCRE in PHP is the escaping problem. PHP needs something so you don't end up with having to type \\\\ to match a backslash.
Uhm, the compiler is priced at a low, low introductory price of $399. I don't think it'll be taking the *NIX world by storm any time soon, or cause mass adoption to PHP executables anytime soon.
The price is nothing. If you're running a site that requires compiled PHP, $399 is a joke. The thing holding the compiler back isn't the price, it's the lack of Solaris support.
When you upgrade from Win2K to WinXP (and presumably to Longhorn or whatever), bloat increases and speed decreases.
Actually, I've found XP to be faster and more compatible with older software than 2k. Upgrading from 2k to XP gave me definite speed increases.
. The PS/2 has the best games followed by the Gamecube. XBox has Halo.
Well, the PS2 has the most games... but I would argue that most of the best games are on other platforms.
All my PS2 owning friends have sold their PS2s and bought xboxes.. simply because they said the games were more fun. Maybe they're just odd, I don't know, I own a gamecube.
the question is, radman, will there be another The Product this year?
--mrkite