Maybe it's a geek thing, but I prefer using my keyboard in a graphical environment too. A mouse can be good for some tasks, but if I'm in work mode then it's likely that I'm using the keyboard anyway and so to continue using the keyboard makes perfect sense.
I press my Start key in Windows 8 and am presented with my most commonly used apps which I can select with a mere single click. If I want another application, then I just start typing its name and guess what: it's another single click.
Not sure where you're getting your timing from. Have you actually used Windows 8 and the metro-style start menu?
I realise (think) your comment is partly in jest, but in theory, such an action could be legally interpreted as assigning copyright of your photos to Disney which could mean they would be able to use your photos in much the same way as Google wants to.
You might have been on the Internet when spam was invented, but it sounds like you haven't used Twitter much.
Twitter has a feature called "retweet" which, for example, would allow me to post someone else's tweet on my own timeline, thereby allowing users who had not subscribed to the initial feed to see it.
The other thing is that the English language is a living one; meaning that the precise definition of words can (and do) change over time. The best example I can think of in a computing sense is the word "hacker" which has evolved into a word with negative connotations. "Spam" may well be another example.
I never heard of a transaction which took place in real life, nor have I ever seen it advertised. In fact, I've seem some vendors explicitly say that they don't offer this because it breaks the anonymity SR offered. I'm sure it will have happened, but these transactions will be in the minority.
The site offered an escrow system for purchasers, so the vendor never received the money until the buyer confirmed that it had been received. In the event of disputes, SR staff mediated.
Overall, as good a system as you can devise for dealing with underground, black market transactions. And for the most part, it seemed to work judging by the number of users and deals which took place.
The pilot quoted merely says "We fought hard for iPad". Neither the pilot nor the article expand on this, other than to allude to the timeframe it will take to roll out the Surface tablets.
When my work laptop was replaced recently, I asked if I could get a MacBook and ended up with a Dell. This is generally what happens; IT decisions are made by specialists with the bigger picture (often financial) in mind and it is for the employees to use the tools provided.
The world has moved on from USB printing via Intel/AMD-powered computers. These days, we print wirelessly from ARM-based devices without the need for USB cables, special drivers, or even third party intermediaries such as Google Cloud Print.
I chose Ubuntu for my home server 4 years ago over the alternatives. I've experimented with distros in the past but I'm by no means a Linux expert and I found that most of the easy to follow tutorials and guides were based on Ubuntu, hence my decision.
The main reason I see people choosing a different ROM such as CM is to change the functionality of their device; in most cases, to expand the functionality.
Why is it unreasonable to contribute financially towards the work of a modder for a ROM which contains features which weren't advertised as part of the standard build of the device you own?
What the hell? I have a passport, and didn't submit any fingerprints to get it.
I think the point here is that you have to submit fingerprints sometimes when entering a foreign country/continent.
Whenever I visit the US, I have to give my fingerprints and have my photo taken at the port of entry, meanwhile as a European, I can travel throughout the EU without even showing my passport. I suspect the parent was a US citizen visiting France as similar entry requirements would apply for non-Europeans at their port of entry.
You need to be realistic with Apple; they aren't going to come out with an IR blaster, SD card reader or user-replaceable battery. Not sure what your issue with the screen is either, as its pixel density is higher than the human eye can distinguish anyway.
The probably lack of NFC is a disappointment, as is the lack of real improvement with iOS 7 (the redesign is welcome, but it is not groundbreaking in terms of features). That said, I would expect most future innovations in terms of the mobile device itself to come from software (excluding the upcoming wearables, of course).
I guess I wish Apple would move faster. I get that they package everything up nicely and make devices easy to use, but I want my phablet/smartwatch/smart glasses *now*, not in 18 months when Apple figures out how to do it "properly".
I've got a lot of different kinds of proprietary cables from a lot of companies, including Sony. I'm pretty sure Samsung had their own for a long time, too. But Apple charge cables are easy to find; they're only slightly less ubiquitous than USB cables. Don't make this out to be a bigger issue than it is; I've never had a problem charging my Apple stuff, even if I've forgotten a cable.
This used to be true in the days of the dock connector when "everyone" had an old iPod/iPhone cable. But since the introduction of the Lightning connector, the world has generally become more Android-centric. I work in an office for one of the mobile networks and I'm in a minority as an iPhone 5 user - and I am always getting asked to borrow my cable because they are not very ubiquitous around the office.
The 'freedom' argument is made now and then, but nobody's ever shown me an app that every Apple user wants that only exists on Android. Maybe this will change one day, and maybe this won't, but the fact of the matter is that there are more Apple exclusive apps than Android exclusives that are popular. Plants vs. Zombies, anyone? (I know this is coming for Android, but I've already played it enough that I'm almost done with it.)
I don't think it needs to be an app that every iPhone user would want. Everyone has different needs/wants when it comes to apps and as someone with an iPhone and a Nexus 7, it seems to me that there is generally more choice on the Android Market. For example, I play an online game called Hattrick and in the App Store there is only the (poorly featured) official app and a couple of third party clients; on the Android Market, there are significantly more options (whether a greater selection results in greater quality, is of course a different matter).
Where do you go if you break your phone to get it repaired? Is there a convenient shop, or do you have to talk to your carrier (which I think most of us will agree is the worst possible option). How much carrier-ware do you have installed on your phone if you buy it subsidised? With Apple, there's none, ever.
For me, this is a huge benefit. I have been through four iPhone 5s in 11 months (guess I must be unlucky) and the fact that I can pop into the Genius Bar at lunchtime and get my phone swapped out is such a great benefit. I used Nokia phones up to 2010 and have many tales of having to send my phone off or leave it with the local repair shop and use an inferior phone in the meantime.
Mix tapes were great back in the day, but that is where they should stay. Nostalgia is so overrated.
Playlists are far easier to produce, modify and share. I am especially a huge fan of Spotify's collaborative playlists which are great for in the office.
I'm really sick of the greed these days. Charging extra for an e version when I've paid for it already is just plain wrong.
If you have already paid for the e-version then yes, charging extra is wrong. If you haven't paid for the e-version, then you haven't paid your share of the additional typesetting and formatting costs and so charging extra is absolutely correct.
Now, my moral compass is such that when I got my Kindle, I downloaded all my paper books from sites like Mobilism and TPB because I have already paid for the content (I do pay for ebooks that I have not yet purchased offline or online). But it doesn't negate the point that there are additional costs incurred with providing an ebook over and above just writing the content.
Is $3 a reasonable cost? For most books, I'd say so. For popular books, they are probably raking it it.
Geez, why are we always catering to the lowest common denominator for everything these days?
The "lowest common denominator" is the vocal minority who feel their "right" to bring a peanut butter sandwich or wear a particular fragrance to work outweighs the rights of others to come to work without fear of developing an illness, or work.
For example, people like you.
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But users don't want to discover new ways of doing things unless forced/pushed into changing. And also, what the customer thinks he wants isn't always what he actually needs.
As an example, my mother has a lovely Macbook Pro which she refuses to learn the gestures for and sits browsing using Safari in maximised mode (she refuses to learn the fullscreen button too).
Also, if Apple had listened to its customers before they launched the iPad, they would have come out with an OS X powered tablet. That strategy didn't really work out for Microsoft either.
And finally, if customer wants were the most important thing, we'd all be riding super-fast horses right about now...
And yet you are still locked into Microsoft because you felt the need to buy their Office suite.
This isn't a criticism, merely an observation - I am in the same boat. For me, this lock in is about being able to create and edit business documents, as well as downloading existing Office documents and templates from the web and not having to worry about whether they will work in Numbers or Open Office.
While I'm sure there are plenty of apps on all platforms that have no utility whatsoever, the submitter did a poor job in selecting some of the apps in the BB App World that would be worthy of this description.
Restart me free: Seems useful enough in that it allows a restart of the device without having pull the battery. Is it really any less useful than creating a shortcut which opens the All Apps menu on the Windows 8 start menu? Daily Quote: I would have no use for this app, however this doesn't diminish the value it has to the people who use it. Silent Foto Free: as the name suggests, this app lets you take photos without the shutter noise. Could be useful in some situations; taking photos at a chess tournament immediately comes to mind. Lock for SMS: lets you PIN protect any app on the device. Surely ideal for parents wanting to stop their youngsters from accessing particular apps? Search for Amazon: looks like it simply redisplays the Amazon mobile site in an app and adds a few features e.g. writing a review into the native interface. In the absence of an official Amazon app for the Blackberry, it may well be useful for the avid Amazon shopper.
You're making the (IMO incorrect) assumption that programming is the only creative activity taking place when developing an app.
For me, the more creative part of designing an application is the actual content, the look and feel, and how the app actually works. To suggest that someone with these talents can't be equally creative as another person who can write code seems naive.
I'm one of these people who used to take snippets of VBA code and insert them into Excel and Access to improve my workflow and make better tools (now I largely write my own). It was because of my creative skills that I was able to identify what I wanted the code to do and actually make easy to use, functional business tools.
As a counter example, if you take someone whose primary skill is mere coding and asked them to start writing code, their first question will surely be "well what should I write?"
I'd love to find a generic brand cola that tastes exactly the same as Coke. Of all the non-Coke alternatives I've tried (including Pepsi), I've found that that they do taste of cola, but their taste is still significantly different than Coke. And even Coke tastes slightly different in different countries due to variations in the bottling process.
With the example you gave, I'd be surprised if they got enough matches to identify the second word. I know I'd have taken one look at it and hit the refresh button to get two words I can actually decipher.
To an extent, you're right in that it's the website operators who want to use systems like the CAPTCHA. But the primary reason for using such a system is so that users can access the website quickly, and without wading through a tranche of spam to get to what they want to read.
The companies and website operators who use technologies like CAPTCHA didn't suddenly decide they would implement them, just to annoy their users. They are there for a reason and if we as users want rid of them, then we should absolutely be in favour of better alternatives.
I agree and I think that there will still be a market for basic low-powered phones for a long time to come.
However, what the multi-core CPU may turn out to be useful for is the smartphone - where the telephone, SMS and alarm features are simply three apps amongst many. Smartphones are becoming ever more popular and are being used in situations which previously would have required a laptop - for example, photo editing.
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Maybe it's a geek thing, but I prefer using my keyboard in a graphical environment too. A mouse can be good for some tasks, but if I'm in work mode then it's likely that I'm using the keyboard anyway and so to continue using the keyboard makes perfect sense.
I press my Start key in Windows 8 and am presented with my most commonly used apps which I can select with a mere single click. If I want another application, then I just start typing its name and guess what: it's another single click.
Not sure where you're getting your timing from. Have you actually used Windows 8 and the metro-style start menu?
I realise (think) your comment is partly in jest, but in theory, such an action could be legally interpreted as assigning copyright of your photos to Disney which could mean they would be able to use your photos in much the same way as Google wants to.
You might have been on the Internet when spam was invented, but it sounds like you haven't used Twitter much.
Twitter has a feature called "retweet" which, for example, would allow me to post someone else's tweet on my own timeline, thereby allowing users who had not subscribed to the initial feed to see it.
The other thing is that the English language is a living one; meaning that the precise definition of words can (and do) change over time. The best example I can think of in a computing sense is the word "hacker" which has evolved into a word with negative connotations. "Spam" may well be another example.
I never heard of a transaction which took place in real life, nor have I ever seen it advertised. In fact, I've seem some vendors explicitly say that they don't offer this because it breaks the anonymity SR offered. I'm sure it will have happened, but these transactions will be in the minority.
The site offered an escrow system for purchasers, so the vendor never received the money until the buyer confirmed that it had been received. In the event of disputes, SR staff mediated.
Overall, as good a system as you can devise for dealing with underground, black market transactions. And for the most part, it seemed to work judging by the number of users and deals which took place.
The pilot quoted merely says "We fought hard for iPad". Neither the pilot nor the article expand on this, other than to allude to the timeframe it will take to roll out the Surface tablets.
When my work laptop was replaced recently, I asked if I could get a MacBook and ended up with a Dell. This is generally what happens; IT decisions are made by specialists with the bigger picture (often financial) in mind and it is for the employees to use the tools provided.
The world has moved on from USB printing via Intel/AMD-powered computers. These days, we print wirelessly from ARM-based devices without the need for USB cables, special drivers, or even third party intermediaries such as Google Cloud Print.
I chose Ubuntu for my home server 4 years ago over the alternatives. I've experimented with distros in the past but I'm by no means a Linux expert and I found that most of the easy to follow tutorials and guides were based on Ubuntu, hence my decision.
However, iOS 7 was announced at WWDC which is a conference for developers.
Surely this is exactly the technology you want your app developers using to enhance the experience of your mutual customers?
The main reason I see people choosing a different ROM such as CM is to change the functionality of their device; in most cases, to expand the functionality.
Why is it unreasonable to contribute financially towards the work of a modder for a ROM which contains features which weren't advertised as part of the standard build of the device you own?
What the hell? I have a passport, and didn't submit any fingerprints to get it.
I think the point here is that you have to submit fingerprints sometimes when entering a foreign country/continent.
Whenever I visit the US, I have to give my fingerprints and have my photo taken at the port of entry, meanwhile as a European, I can travel throughout the EU without even showing my passport. I suspect the parent was a US citizen visiting France as similar entry requirements would apply for non-Europeans at their port of entry.
You need to be realistic with Apple; they aren't going to come out with an IR blaster, SD card reader or user-replaceable battery. Not sure what your issue with the screen is either, as its pixel density is higher than the human eye can distinguish anyway.
The probably lack of NFC is a disappointment, as is the lack of real improvement with iOS 7 (the redesign is welcome, but it is not groundbreaking in terms of features). That said, I would expect most future innovations in terms of the mobile device itself to come from software (excluding the upcoming wearables, of course).
I guess I wish Apple would move faster. I get that they package everything up nicely and make devices easy to use, but I want my phablet/smartwatch/smart glasses *now*, not in 18 months when Apple figures out how to do it "properly".
I've got a lot of different kinds of proprietary cables from a lot of companies, including Sony. I'm pretty sure Samsung had their own for a long time, too. But Apple charge cables are easy to find; they're only slightly less ubiquitous than USB cables. Don't make this out to be a bigger issue than it is; I've never had a problem charging my Apple stuff, even if I've forgotten a cable.
This used to be true in the days of the dock connector when "everyone" had an old iPod/iPhone cable. But since the introduction of the Lightning connector, the world has generally become more Android-centric. I work in an office for one of the mobile networks and I'm in a minority as an iPhone 5 user - and I am always getting asked to borrow my cable because they are not very ubiquitous around the office.
The 'freedom' argument is made now and then, but nobody's ever shown me an app that every Apple user wants that only exists on Android. Maybe this will change one day, and maybe this won't, but the fact of the matter is that there are more Apple exclusive apps than Android exclusives that are popular. Plants vs. Zombies, anyone? (I know this is coming for Android, but I've already played it enough that I'm almost done with it.)
I don't think it needs to be an app that every iPhone user would want. Everyone has different needs/wants when it comes to apps and as someone with an iPhone and a Nexus 7, it seems to me that there is generally more choice on the Android Market. For example, I play an online game called Hattrick and in the App Store there is only the (poorly featured) official app and a couple of third party clients; on the Android Market, there are significantly more options (whether a greater selection results in greater quality, is of course a different matter).
Where do you go if you break your phone to get it repaired? Is there a convenient shop, or do you have to talk to your carrier (which I think most of us will agree is the worst possible option). How much carrier-ware do you have installed on your phone if you buy it subsidised? With Apple, there's none, ever.
For me, this is a huge benefit. I have been through four iPhone 5s in 11 months (guess I must be unlucky) and the fact that I can pop into the Genius Bar at lunchtime and get my phone swapped out is such a great benefit. I used Nokia phones up to 2010 and have many tales of having to send my phone off or leave it with the local repair shop and use an inferior phone in the meantime.
Mix tapes were great back in the day, but that is where they should stay. Nostalgia is so overrated.
Playlists are far easier to produce, modify and share. I am especially a huge fan of Spotify's collaborative playlists which are great for in the office.
Our music taste simply evolved. In another 10 years, EDM will be passe and something else will be more popular.
Personally, having grown up listening to my parents' music (Beatles, Led Zeppelin etc), I am happy to have my favourite dance music just a click away.
I'm really sick of the greed these days. Charging extra for an e version when I've paid for it already is just plain wrong.
If you have already paid for the e-version then yes, charging extra is wrong. If you haven't paid for the e-version, then you haven't paid your share of the additional typesetting and formatting costs and so charging extra is absolutely correct.
Now, my moral compass is such that when I got my Kindle, I downloaded all my paper books from sites like Mobilism and TPB because I have already paid for the content (I do pay for ebooks that I have not yet purchased offline or online). But it doesn't negate the point that there are additional costs incurred with providing an ebook over and above just writing the content.
Is $3 a reasonable cost? For most books, I'd say so. For popular books, they are probably raking it it.
Geez, why are we always catering to the lowest common denominator for everything these days?
The "lowest common denominator" is the vocal minority who feel their "right" to bring a peanut butter sandwich or wear a particular fragrance to work outweighs the rights of others to come to work without fear of developing an illness, or work.
For example, people like you.
But users don't want to discover new ways of doing things unless forced/pushed into changing. And also, what the customer thinks he wants isn't always what he actually needs.
As an example, my mother has a lovely Macbook Pro which she refuses to learn the gestures for and sits browsing using Safari in maximised mode (she refuses to learn the fullscreen button too).
Also, if Apple had listened to its customers before they launched the iPad, they would have come out with an OS X powered tablet. That strategy didn't really work out for Microsoft either.
And finally, if customer wants were the most important thing, we'd all be riding super-fast horses right about now...
And yet you are still locked into Microsoft because you felt the need to buy their Office suite.
This isn't a criticism, merely an observation - I am in the same boat. For me, this lock in is about being able to create and edit business documents, as well as downloading existing Office documents and templates from the web and not having to worry about whether they will work in Numbers or Open Office.
While I'm sure there are plenty of apps on all platforms that have no utility whatsoever, the submitter did a poor job in selecting some of the apps in the BB App World that would be worthy of this description.
Restart me free: Seems useful enough in that it allows a restart of the device without having pull the battery. Is it really any less useful than creating a shortcut which opens the All Apps menu on the Windows 8 start menu?
Daily Quote: I would have no use for this app, however this doesn't diminish the value it has to the people who use it.
Silent Foto Free: as the name suggests, this app lets you take photos without the shutter noise. Could be useful in some situations; taking photos at a chess tournament immediately comes to mind.
Lock for SMS: lets you PIN protect any app on the device. Surely ideal for parents wanting to stop their youngsters from accessing particular apps?
Search for Amazon: looks like it simply redisplays the Amazon mobile site in an app and adds a few features e.g. writing a review into the native interface. In the absence of an official Amazon app for the Blackberry, it may well be useful for the avid Amazon shopper.
You're making the (IMO incorrect) assumption that programming is the only creative activity taking place when developing an app.
For me, the more creative part of designing an application is the actual content, the look and feel, and how the app actually works. To suggest that someone with these talents can't be equally creative as another person who can write code seems naive.
I'm one of these people who used to take snippets of VBA code and insert them into Excel and Access to improve my workflow and make better tools (now I largely write my own). It was because of my creative skills that I was able to identify what I wanted the code to do and actually make easy to use, functional business tools.
As a counter example, if you take someone whose primary skill is mere coding and asked them to start writing code, their first question will surely be "well what should I write?"
I'd love to find a generic brand cola that tastes exactly the same as Coke. Of all the non-Coke alternatives I've tried (including Pepsi), I've found that that they do taste of cola, but their taste is still significantly different than Coke. And even Coke tastes slightly different in different countries due to variations in the bottling process.
With the example you gave, I'd be surprised if they got enough matches to identify the second word. I know I'd have taken one look at it and hit the refresh button to get two words I can actually decipher.
To an extent, you're right in that it's the website operators who want to use systems like the CAPTCHA. But the primary reason for using such a system is so that users can access the website quickly, and without wading through a tranche of spam to get to what they want to read.
The companies and website operators who use technologies like CAPTCHA didn't suddenly decide they would implement them, just to annoy their users. They are there for a reason and if we as users want rid of them, then we should absolutely be in favour of better alternatives.
I agree and I think that there will still be a market for basic low-powered phones for a long time to come.
However, what the multi-core CPU may turn out to be useful for is the smartphone - where the telephone, SMS and alarm features are simply three apps amongst many. Smartphones are becoming ever more popular and are being used in situations which previously would have required a laptop - for example, photo editing.