With the extremely limited real estate on small devices, why use standard window controls (title bar, close box, etc.) which take up space? I would think it would make more sense to have an application take up the whole screen, and provide some space-friendly way to switch between them.
Actually, I agree with you. How many times does someone try to sell you something by handing it to you and saying "Here, use this"? It's about time we started selling the actual product again, and not some largely false image of it.
I would be interested in knowing how you arrived at the conclusion you did. You include a lot of opinion but you don't really say what experiences you've had that led you to that view.
Aqua is not only a look but also a feel. Is the plan to just change the widgets to use the Aqua graphical style, or will they also be re-laying out the interface to conform with the Aqua UI guidelines?
Heh, nice troll, but I'll bite. I don't recall mentioning machine code or byte code. I find it peculiar you are preaching to me about something I never argued. I stand by what I said earlier. Byte code vs. machine code is not what I was talking about, it is robustness vs. efficiency. The fact that so many things are classes rather than primitives in Java gives you much greater flexibility, but at a performance penalty.
Are they an actual evil company? You may disagree with them, and they may have broken the law, and you may find some of their practices unethical... but does that make them evil?
What is in it for Microsoft (or any company, for that matter) to list who they view as their largest threats? I would think you would want the opposite.
Heh. It's fairly obvious you've never even touched OS X.. You are right, I do feel UNIX is great as a programming environment. And OS X offers that. But at its core, it's still a Mac, which is what makes the combination great. Want an extremely easy, friendly, consistant, no-customization-or-installation-required kind of computer? Use OS X. Want a robust, fully customizable, full-fledged programming environment (great shell program, gcc3 now, emacs, vi, native development with Carbon/Cocoa/Java)? Use OS X. It isn't some half assed attempt to put a friendly face on UNIX. It's 100% Mac. And 100% UNIX. You can have whichever of it makes you happier. Or both. I could go on, but we both know you're wrong at this point.
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Sheesh? There's a reason I posted what I did as a question, not a statement. That's a nice feature, but it still doesn't address the question.
You might want to look above you, a joke just went flying over your head. :)
Good point..
Agreed, but I think a taskbar style thing would work. You have a physical edge on the screen, so it would be easy for the user to hit this.
With the extremely limited real estate on small devices, why use standard window controls (title bar, close box, etc.) which take up space? I would think it would make more sense to have an application take up the whole screen, and provide some space-friendly way to switch between them.
Actually, I agree with you. How many times does someone try to sell you something by handing it to you and saying "Here, use this"? It's about time we started selling the actual product again, and not some largely false image of it.
For some reason that cracked me up laughing. :)
I would be interested in knowing how you arrived at the conclusion you did. You include a lot of opinion but you don't really say what experiences you've had that led you to that view.
You forgot the period on your sentence.
Yes.
Oops.. heh, I thought I read the whole thing, but apparently not. :) Thanks for pointing that out.
Aqua is not only a look but also a feel. Is the plan to just change the widgets to use the Aqua graphical style, or will they also be re-laying out the interface to conform with the Aqua UI guidelines?
I thought it was funny, don't mind them. :P
Here's a little tip. When you hit that reply button, it's usually to reply to something the other person said, not just anything that springs to mind.
From what I gandered in the readme, you can even edit maps when you are in multiplayer mode! =)
Heh, nice troll, but I'll bite. I don't recall mentioning machine code or byte code. I find it peculiar you are preaching to me about something I never argued. I stand by what I said earlier. Byte code vs. machine code is not what I was talking about, it is robustness vs. efficiency. The fact that so many things are classes rather than primitives in Java gives you much greater flexibility, but at a performance penalty.
Java is great for robust solutions, but it is hard to beat C in terms of speed.
Trademark, as in mark of a trade. Unless ATI's trade is building phones, it wouldn't be a problem. ;)
Are they an actual evil company? You may disagree with them, and they may have broken the law, and you may find some of their practices unethical... but does that make them evil?
Yes?
For some reason, I read that as "Microsoft pig stuck in Peru." I got very confused..
As I said, log in and maybe I'll consider replying to you. Maybe.
Dammit, I'm jealous. :) Have fun with your iBook, man.
What is in it for Microsoft (or any company, for that matter) to list who they view as their largest threats? I would think you would want the opposite.
Tell you what. Log in, and maybe I'll consider reply to you.
Heh. It's fairly obvious you've never even touched OS X.. You are right, I do feel UNIX is great as a programming environment. And OS X offers that. But at its core, it's still a Mac, which is what makes the combination great. Want an extremely easy, friendly, consistant, no-customization-or-installation-required kind of computer? Use OS X. Want a robust, fully customizable, full-fledged programming environment (great shell program, gcc3 now, emacs, vi, native development with Carbon/Cocoa/Java)? Use OS X. It isn't some half assed attempt to put a friendly face on UNIX. It's 100% Mac. And 100% UNIX. You can have whichever of it makes you happier. Or both. I could go on, but we both know you're wrong at this point.