Actually, by saving as.DOC you will get "near-universally viewable/printable documents out of MS Word," because nearly all (90%+) of the personal computer market runs an OS that can read them with the proper product. Hell, OSX can read them without Word even (though losing some formatting features in Textedit.app I'm sure).
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I never said it was a replacement. It's a compliment to existing tech.
Accessibility for the blind is available in Flash, most people don't bother though (just like most people don't bother with IMG alt tags and HREF title tags).
A well designed Flash site can give you the option to bookmark, to copy text, and to have access for the blind. It's no fault of Macromedia's if people aren't using their tool "responsibly".
The open standard part, I tend to agree with. However, Macromedia has always seemed to be fairly friendly, because they (unlike Real, MS, Apple in the case of Quicktime, etc) realize that they need to _not_ offend the user with an intrusive, obtuse plugin.
If Macromedia goes out of business, then it won't be much of an issue, because:
There won't be many new sites done in flash after that point
The good sites will have already had text alternative developed (a must have for flash sites, IMO), thus circumventing the problem of not having a flash plugin
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I'll never understand the hatred of Flash that pervades geek culture. Yes, there are many flash pages that are overwrought, and could have the same effect produced with good javascript/images, but we've been down this road before. When GIFs and JPGs were introduced to be viewable inline in HTML, I can guarantee that there was this similar reaction. It was the same when DHTML and Javascript first became popular, people derided it for ruining the presentation of content, but now they are integral to many popular geek sites. There is an art to doing good flash, just as there is an art to doing good basic page design, good use of javascript, and good use of CSS. The entireity of Flash isn't crap just because there are a lot of poorly mad sites that use it. The web is much more than HTML these days. Consumers need/demand motion, audio (in some cases, but I hate it), video, and interactivity. With basic HTML, and even with Javascript/DHTML/CSS, it's much harder, less compatible, and less attractive to do this than with Flash. That's the end of my rant.
I have a powerbook with an 80gb drive, which is enough space for carrying around a decent sized library of mp3s, documents, pictures, etc. However, with my old iBook and it's 20gb drive, I was unable to arry everything around with me that I wanted. A nice, small, bus powered pocket sized drive was exactly what I wanted. Which is why I bought an iPod.
Actually, the majority of the Left I've talked to (including myself, good convo's), are always up in arms about the things you mentioned. Stop lying about other people to push forward your own agenda.
HOWEVER, if they can claim that their online music store is the way in which they are going to make money, this also may be allowed, similar to how the XBox is. Curious...
Is that I submitted a story about a website trying to install mal-ware through Mozilla 2 months ago, and it never got published. While I'm not trying to bitch about the editors, because it probably didn't seem that important, it's hilarious that now because someone has written "an article", which appears to be rambling, it's a large issue. Oh bla di.
Exactly, someone missed the point that up until now there were only two versions of Office for Mac, Regular and Educational. He was a nice troll though.
Actually, VPC 6 runs fine in Panthurrr. The problem is getting VPC to run on G5's, because they don't have quite the same functions as the G4's (something about little-endian's or something I believe). They aren't shipping VPC with Office as a replacement for an Exchange client, but it's a nice conspiracy theory. VPC is just part of the Office Suite in this new version.
Btw, after using it, it's very similar to v.X from what I can tell.
Really? The Native Americans sure thought so. Or did they not have any legal claim on the land that they had inhabited for years? Legality is in the eye of the beholder.
Well, any "law" that exists is simply our way of rationalizing that which we see happening. I wouldn't be surprised if these predictions are fairly common in 3 years. But oh well, no skin of my OSX loving back.
How do you know that this price is "unecessarily high"? Do you have a time machine or some crystal orb that shows you the prices for components two years from now? Or is there a new feature on Froogle that I don't know about?
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Actually, by saving as .DOC you will get "near-universally viewable/printable documents out of MS Word," because nearly all (90%+) of the personal computer market runs an OS that can read them with the proper product. Hell, OSX can read them without Word even (though losing some formatting features in Textedit.app I'm sure).
My friend's neighbors would probably like some of this, since I'm cruising on their wifi right now. GO IRVING ST, DC!
Macmall bought all those, and were the ones seling them as limited edition, not Apple.
Apparently ATI drivers from XFree 4.3.0 work with X.Org
Accessibility for the blind is available in Flash, most people don't bother though (just like most people don't bother with IMG alt tags and HREF title tags).
A well designed Flash site can give you the option to bookmark, to copy text, and to have access for the blind. It's no fault of Macromedia's if people aren't using their tool "responsibly".
The open standard part, I tend to agree with. However, Macromedia has always seemed to be fairly friendly, because they (unlike Real, MS, Apple in the case of Quicktime, etc) realize that they need to _not_ offend the user with an intrusive, obtuse plugin.
If Macromedia goes out of business, then it won't be much of an issue, because:
I'll never understand the hatred of Flash that pervades geek culture. Yes, there are many flash pages that are overwrought, and could have the same effect produced with good javascript/images, but we've been down this road before. When GIFs and JPGs were introduced to be viewable inline in HTML, I can guarantee that there was this similar reaction. It was the same when DHTML and Javascript first became popular, people derided it for ruining the presentation of content, but now they are integral to many popular geek sites. There is an art to doing good flash, just as there is an art to doing good basic page design, good use of javascript, and good use of CSS. The entireity of Flash isn't crap just because there are a lot of poorly mad sites that use it. The web is much more than HTML these days. Consumers need/demand motion, audio (in some cases, but I hate it), video, and interactivity. With basic HTML, and even with Javascript/DHTML/CSS, it's much harder, less compatible, and less attractive to do this than with Flash. That's the end of my rant.
Let's hear it for good sense on slashdot! If I had mod points, they'd be all yours, my friend.
I have a powerbook with an 80gb drive, which is enough space for carrying around a decent sized library of mp3s, documents, pictures, etc. However, with my old iBook and it's 20gb drive, I was unable to arry everything around with me that I wanted. A nice, small, bus powered pocket sized drive was exactly what I wanted. Which is why I bought an iPod.
Actually, the majority of the Left I've talked to (including myself, good convo's), are always up in arms about the things you mentioned. Stop lying about other people to push forward your own agenda.
HOWEVER, if they can claim that their online music store is the way in which they are going to make money, this also may be allowed, similar to how the XBox is. Curious...
But those cost more than a cheap router and some cookware. And aren't quite as geek cool.
Where's the xJAVAx tattoo then? Object oriented till death!
Is that I submitted a story about a website trying to install mal-ware through Mozilla 2 months ago, and it never got published. While I'm not trying to bitch about the editors, because it probably didn't seem that important, it's hilarious that now because someone has written "an article", which appears to be rambling, it's a large issue. Oh bla di.
Wow. If mislabeling is getting you this worked up, then go take a cold shower, flog the dolphin and calm down.
Exactly, someone missed the point that up until now there were only two versions of Office for Mac, Regular and Educational. He was a nice troll though.
Actually, VPC 6 runs fine in Panthurrr. The problem is getting VPC to run on G5's, because they don't have quite the same functions as the G4's (something about little-endian's or something I believe). They aren't shipping VPC with Office as a replacement for an Exchange client, but it's a nice conspiracy theory. VPC is just part of the Office Suite in this new version.
Btw, after using it, it's very similar to v.X from what I can tell.
Locate32 is a program that can replace your built in Windows FIND function, including indexed searches.
I just installed OSX here. Go soak your head.
Maybe you should actually read the webpage and see for yourself.
He was referring to Camino, not Safari. Safari is based on KHTML, the KPART that makes Konqueror a web browser.
Really? The Native Americans sure thought so. Or did they not have any legal claim on the land that they had inhabited for years? Legality is in the eye of the beholder.
Well, any "law" that exists is simply our way of rationalizing that which we see happening. I wouldn't be surprised if these predictions are fairly common in 3 years. But oh well, no skin of my OSX loving back.
How do you know that this price is "unecessarily high"? Do you have a time machine or some crystal orb that shows you the prices for components two years from now? Or is there a new feature on Froogle that I don't know about?
Let's go smash some looms.
The grammar police are going to have my ass for that sentence.