I haven't read UserFriendly regularely for 2 years or so. The writing isn't that great anymore, and the "art" isn't enough to carry the strip. Ozy and Millie is the one of the only webcomics I read on a regular basis anymore. It's not geek humor, but it's worth a look. It's well written, and very funny, something I can't say for UF anymore. (And I love the way D.C. Simpson draws.)
I downloaded it, and noticed that the Streamer app would crash often when I loaded the "Stations" list. Looking at the log window, it seems that there have been stations set up with the intent of crashing the client.
From what I've seen, this has potential. It's simply too buggy to be useful at the moment, though. It'd be nice if it was open-source, too. This guy is just setting himself up to be sued by the RIAA if this takes off...
It's a FRIDGE! It's supposed to keep food cool. Who really wants to browse the Web, or read email, while standing in front of the fridge? That's what a computer is for. Just because you can put a computer in everything, doesn't mean you should.
I'm sure my ignorance about OS/2 is showing, but didn't Microsoft play a role in the development of OS/2, at least in the early versions? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, of course.
Other than that little detail, I completely agree with your post.
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Surprisingly, the game is still being developed after all these years. Don't think it's ever made it off of DOS, though...
I haven't read UserFriendly regularely for 2 years or so. The writing isn't that great anymore, and the "art" isn't enough to carry the strip. Ozy and Millie is the one of the only webcomics I read on a regular basis anymore. It's not geek humor, but it's worth a look. It's well written, and very funny, something I can't say for UF anymore. (And I love the way D.C. Simpson draws.)
From what I've seen, this has potential. It's simply too buggy to be useful at the moment, though. It'd be nice if it was open-source, too. This guy is just setting himself up to be sued by the RIAA if this takes off...
It's a FRIDGE! It's supposed to keep food cool. Who really wants to browse the Web, or read email, while standing in front of the fridge? That's what a computer is for. Just because you can put a computer in everything, doesn't mean you should.
Other than that little detail, I completely agree with your post.