Some people use shortcut keys to launch applications. Some don't. Some people put icons on the desktop. Some don't. Some use the menu. Some don't. Some use the task bar. Some don't.
> how 90% of the Windows desktop real estate could be put to better use.
That's easy...
1. Stop having a window title bar take the FULL width. The window title bar should be a slidable tab as in BeOS.
2. The window border should be (user customizable) allowed to be ZERO pixels like it was in Windows XP. The window border in Windows 8 are FAT and UGLY. I used to use a 1 pixel border on WinXP -- it was fantastic.
3. The window border should let the user decide if they auto-hide or not. Most of the time you don't resize a window -- why does the window border clutter up the screen?
4. The 'X' close button, should be on the OTHER side away from the '_' Minimize button, and the '[]' Maximize button.
5. There should be an option to have a global menu bar instead of EACH app wasting yet another row for its menu bar.
6. Allow the UI scaling to go BELOW 100%. Who was the idiot that decided the UI text scaling choices should only be 100%, 125%, and 150% ??
Microsoft doesn't understand the first thing about UI design: Signal-to-Noise.
Disclaimer: I am an OpenGL + UI + graphics expert. I am biased.
> I've been using a desktop for more than 15 years. It is not a good habit to pin apps to the task bar.
??
So instead of 1-click lets force a minimum of 2 clicks... first on the Start button, second on the app. Sarcasm... gee, that's progress. NOT.
Pinning commonly used apps to the task bar is perfectly fine.
> When rarely used apps need to be called up, the Start Menu is the best way to do it.
So your "best" way for _you_ is automagically the "best" way for _everyone_ ??
Some people use shortcut keys to launch applications. Some don't. Some people put icons on the desktop. Some don't. Some use the menu. Some don't. Some use the task bar. Some don't.
That's the "problem" with UI. Not everyone uses it the _same_ way.
People organize (or don't) how they want to launch app.
> because the local ordinances required them to have a grid tie system since one of the city ordinances required all houses to have electrical, gas and plumbing services to them, regardless of if they had an alternative and closed loop system to provide the same services locally.
That is total B.S.
Person: We can lighten the load on the system by unhooking from the electrical grid. Government: You are not allowed to. Person: ???
Gee, buggy-whip legislative impeding progress, like usual.
I first though that can't be right but wow, you're right! Looks like the only way now in versions 23+ is through: about:config https://support.mozilla.org/en...
WTF?
Mozilla: keeps making Firefox obsolete -- because you don't know what the fuck you are doing anymore with UI !
Talk about the Mozilla team not having a CLUE by allowing this misinformation...
> also Note that turning off Javascript has little benefit (it isn't very insecure and cant really take control of the system), https://support.mozilla.org/en...
Yup, Microsoft is trying so desperately to stay relevant in a post-PC / tablet world.
Apple currently gives away its OS. With Microsoft fleecing customers for $100 per OEM copy of Windows isn't winning over the hearts of the geeks over. Maybe if they weren't so greedy and lowered the price down to $20 that would do more to "buy" goodwill then the total damage the past 20 years has caused.
So decreasing returns isn't obvious that someone needs to study it??
There is an exponential skill on time spent, and the return -- the skill acquired.
If "success" only required mastery the world would be full of experts. One also needs to be in the right time, at the right place, with the right "product."
As a mystic I'm quite well aware of the purpose of the Genesis allegory such that day 2 is the only day that isn't good, etc.
My comment was to point out the absurdity of a literal interpretation and all the excuses / hoops / etc. people will try to go through in an attempt to "explain" it.
> The fact is, we can't know.... Without personally witnessing it all, we are left with only conjecture.
Incorrect. That is an assumption. One can access the higher levels of reality that are not bound by space and time such as meditation or intuition.
Regardless knowing the true history is of little consequence other then a minor curiosity.
Indeed. Carmack's honesty and plain openness is a breath of fresh air where everybody is trying to get the latest "scoop" and drive clicks / hits / web traffic with the latest "corporate news".
Indeed. There are a few more terms that should be included for good game games but I didn't want this to turn into an essay.:-)
Play Control is definitely one of the key ones. In contradistinction to "floaty controls". Your example of BF feeling clunky while WoW being polished is spot on. I'm not sure I would praise COD, but I can see why you did. It is all relative.:-)
> Didn't John Carmack of ID Software vanished voxel-based engines back in the 1990's as being technically inferior
/sarcasm That is why Mojang was bought for $2.5 billion dollars from Microsoft because it had an inferior voxel engine.:-)
Oh wait. Voxel engines are NOT the problem. It is the world interaction that either breaks or makes the games. Successful games are about FUN first, graphics second, regardless of what sequelitis EA & Ubisoft is trying to shovel this year.
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> One of the big failings of Windows 8 was ignoring this, and forcing a single, completely different way of working on people.
Concur 100% !
Mod parent up.
While GIMP is fine for quick edits -- it lacks essentials features that Photoshop has.
Having to use a _plugin_ for Layer Effects is _lame_. It should work out-of-the-box!
http://registry.gimp.org/node/...
> We're talking about the desktop. You know, the bit behind your application windows,
Do (most) users even know about Windows-D to show the desktop??
Because 99% of the time there are windows blocking the desktop from even being visible in the first place.
As I already pointed out
> how 90% of the Windows desktop real estate could be put to better use.
That's easy ...
1. Stop having a window title bar take the FULL width. The window title bar should be a slidable tab as in BeOS.
2. The window border should be (user customizable) allowed to be ZERO pixels like it was in Windows XP. The window border in Windows 8 are FAT and UGLY. I used to use a 1 pixel border on WinXP -- it was fantastic.
3. The window border should let the user decide if they auto-hide or not. Most of the time you don't resize a window -- why does the window border clutter up the screen?
4. The 'X' close button, should be on the OTHER side away from the '_' Minimize button, and the '[]' Maximize button.
5. There should be an option to have a global menu bar instead of EACH app wasting yet another row for its menu bar.
6. Allow the UI scaling to go BELOW 100%. Who was the idiot that decided the UI text scaling choices should only be 100%, 125%, and 150% ??
Microsoft doesn't understand the first thing about UI design: Signal-to-Noise.
Disclaimer: I am an OpenGL + UI + graphics expert. I am biased.
> open source is use to copying the work of other people then trying to claim it as their own.
Troll much?
Re-implementing an idea so it is free for everyone is far cry of trying to "claim it as their own."
Open Source has it problems -- hijacking software is not of them.
> Apparently they are now admitting that their approach was flawed or insufficient.
LOL. Microsoft admit they were wrong or clueless? That's funny!
They just release a new version with revised function, form, and don't talk about the previous version hoping that it will eventually go away.
i.e. .NET
* COM
* OLE
* VBX
* ActiveX
* VisualBasic
* MFC
* ATL
* COM+
* DCOM
* DNA
*
* DX3
* DX5
* DX9
* DX11
> I've been using a desktop for more than 15 years. It is not a good habit to pin apps to the task bar.
??
So instead of 1-click lets force a minimum of 2 clicks ... first on the Start button, second on the app. Sarcasm ... gee, that's progress. NOT.
Pinning commonly used apps to the task bar is perfectly fine.
> When rarely used apps need to be called up, the Start Menu is the best way to do it.
So your "best" way for _you_ is automagically the "best" way for _everyone_ ??
Some people use shortcut keys to launch applications. Some don't. Some people put icons on the desktop. Some don't. Some use the menu. Some don't. Some use the task bar. Some don't.
That's the "problem" with UI. Not everyone uses it the _same_ way.
People organize (or don't) how they want to launch app.
Obviously it should read:
There is an exponential fall-off for skill on time spent
aka
Non-linear: Decreasing Returns
> MS doesn't charge any where near $100 to OEM's.
Sorry, should of clarified OEM version of Windows.
* http://www.newegg.com/Product/...
* http://www.newegg.com/Product/...
> because the local ordinances required them to have a grid tie system since one of the city ordinances required all houses to have electrical, gas and plumbing services to them, regardless of if they had an alternative and closed loop system to provide the same services locally.
That is total B.S.
Person: We can lighten the load on the system by unhooking from the electrical grid.
Government: You are not allowed to.
Person: ???
Gee, buggy-whip legislative impeding progress, like usual.
I first though that can't be right but wow, you're right! Looks like the only way now in versions 23+ is through: about:config
https://support.mozilla.org/en...
WTF?
Mozilla: keeps making Firefox obsolete -- because you don't know what the fuck you are doing anymore with UI !
Talk about the Mozilla team not having a CLUE by allowing this misinformation ...
> also Note that turning off Javascript has little benefit (it isn't very insecure and cant really take control of the system),
https://support.mozilla.org/en...
Yup, Microsoft is trying so desperately to stay relevant in a post-PC / tablet world.
Apple currently gives away its OS. With Microsoft fleecing customers for $100 per OEM copy of Windows isn't winning over the hearts of the geeks over. Maybe if they weren't so greedy and lowered the price down to $20 that would do more to "buy" goodwill then the total damage the past 20 years has caused.
/Oblg. The Microsoft Watch (TM) will Blue Screen every day. At least a broken clock will be right twice a day. :-)
So decreasing returns isn't obvious that someone needs to study it??
There is an exponential skill on time spent, and the return -- the skill acquired.
If "success" only required mastery the world would be full of experts. One also needs to be in the right time, at the right place, with the right "product."
/oblg.
The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The Alternative Vote Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Gerrymandering Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Mixed-Member Proportional Representation Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
From:
http://www.cgpgrey.com/politic...
Sadly the Socialist Slave Number has taken away that freedom :-/
As a mystic I'm quite well aware of the purpose of the Genesis allegory such that day 2 is the only day that isn't good, etc.
My comment was to point out the absurdity of a literal interpretation and all the excuses / hoops / etc. people will try to go through in an attempt to "explain" it.
> The fact is, we can't know. ... Without personally witnessing it all, we are left with only conjecture.
Incorrect. That is an assumption. One can access the higher levels of reality that are not bound by space and time such as meditation or intuition.
Regardless knowing the true history is of little consequence other then a minor curiosity.
/Oblg. Mongo DB Is Web Scale :-)
Your reference to text adventures is spot on! We were lost in the imagery that the text prompted our brains to create!
And yup, agreed that the lack of animation seems conspicuous too!
Indeed. Carmack's honesty and plain openness is a breath of fresh air where everybody is trying to get the latest "scoop" and drive clicks / hits / web traffic with the latest "corporate news".
I miss Carmack posting on /.
I'm still trying to figure out how there was a day and night before the sun existed? :-)
/Oblg. *Ogg* the caveman shakes first* All those lazy bastards using the wheel ...
* No, NOT the /. troll Ogg ...
> The problem id had with it in RAGE (which was also voxel based)
How do you come to THAT conclusion?? The world was represented and stored with a **polygon** mesh.
Indeed. There are a few more terms that should be included for good game games but I didn't want this to turn into an essay. :-)
Play Control is definitely one of the key ones. In contradistinction to "floaty controls". Your example of BF feeling clunky while WoW being polished is spot on. I'm not sure I would praise COD, but I can see why you did. It is all relative. :-)
> Didn't John Carmack of ID Software vanished voxel-based engines back in the 1990's as being technically inferior
Oh wait. Voxel engines are NOT the problem. It is the world interaction that either breaks or makes the games. Successful games are about FUN first, graphics second, regardless of what sequelitis EA & Ubisoft is trying to shovel this year.