Columbus, OH. Right in the middle of the Midwest. Very reasonable living expenses.
Lots of national company HQs are there. Most of those aren't tech companies, but they all need some kind of tech solutions.
Mass transit doesn't really exist, so you need a car. But the traffic is actually pretty good.
Weather is fairly moderate for a northern state. 90 peaks in summer, winter rarely goes below 20 at the coldest.
There are Japanese games that I love but also whole genre's that I just cant stand. Final Fantasy, any fighting game, any virtual pet, any dancing game, especially those with songs about butterflies...
Hey, Crazy Town's Butterfly was All-American, unfortunetly.
I wouldn't say that "it tends to piss people off AND then they tend not to buy your products." It's usually just the first. There are very few people out there who will actually stop buying something on principle. Most of them will stop buying it if they cease to like it. Consumers are very greedy--they're only getting "pissed" because they can't get something for free that they used to (not that they have been getting it free for long).
Build a real-time spell checker with wavy red underlines
Warn users that they are going to lose their work if they hit the close box of the browser
Update a small part of the display based on a change that the user makes without a full roundtrip to the server
Create a fast keyboard-driven interface that doesn't require the mouse
Let people continue working when they are not connected to the Internet
Anyone else see this list? I scoffed at most of it instantly. Sure, the author apoligizes for a few of them but very poorly and with no explanation.
The author says that some of these can be solved by JavaScipt. No; all of them can be easily solved with Javascript. And if you don't like Javascript, try using ActiveX, DHTML/CSS, Java, Flash, ColdFusion, or any of the other many options out there.
It is true that these solutions take a little more work, but everyone knows that. The author admitted that much.
My question is this: If the author doesn't even say this list is accurate, why did he even put it in the article?
If he must make a point about the web versus Microsoft, make it about the fact that Microsoft refuses to update their web browser even though everyone knows that it was not even standard compliant when it was last released so very long ago. There are much better browsers that are still under constant development including Opera, Panther, and Mozilla to name some excellent examples.
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Columbus, OH. Right in the middle of the Midwest. Very reasonable living expenses. Lots of national company HQs are there. Most of those aren't tech companies, but they all need some kind of tech solutions. Mass transit doesn't really exist, so you need a car. But the traffic is actually pretty good. Weather is fairly moderate for a northern state. 90 peaks in summer, winter rarely goes below 20 at the coldest.
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Hey, Crazy Town's Butterfly was All-American, unfortunetly.
Sometimes getting headshots when it looks like you 'miss' is cheating, but it can often be other things too.
Everytime you fire there is a 'cone' of error because the guns aren't always perfect and different guns have different accurace, obviously.
There is also the possibility of latency and mismatches between your client, their client, and the server so things may not quite appear correct.
I wouldn't say that "it tends to piss people off AND then they tend not to buy your products." It's usually just the first. There are very few people out there who will actually stop buying something on principle. Most of them will stop buying it if they cease to like it. Consumers are very greedy--they're only getting "pissed" because they can't get something for free that they used to (not that they have been getting it free for long).
Anyone else see this list? I scoffed at most of it instantly. Sure, the author apoligizes for a few of them but very poorly and with no explanation.
The author says that some of these can be solved by JavaScipt. No; all of them can be easily solved with Javascript. And if you don't like Javascript, try using ActiveX, DHTML/CSS, Java, Flash, ColdFusion, or any of the other many options out there.
It is true that these solutions take a little more work, but everyone knows that. The author admitted that much.
My question is this: If the author doesn't even say this list is accurate, why did he even put it in the article?
If he must make a point about the web versus Microsoft, make it about the fact that Microsoft refuses to update their web browser even though everyone knows that it was not even standard compliant when it was last released so very long ago. There are much better browsers that are still under constant development including Opera, Panther, and Mozilla to name some excellent examples.