Web 2.x is soo yesterday. You really should opt for Web 3.11 for Workgroups: Blink-attributes for headings, Matrix-style marquee for paragraphs, and of course, all images automatically converted to animated gifs. And NO SHITTY CSS, just pretty font tags and lots of nice nested tables. It's like, well, Wheee!
...it's all about the software. I know, maybe offtopic but still.
Mac mini comes with the latest Mac OS X, the same operating systems that ship with Apples high-end machines. Nothing like Windows XP Home.
On top of that Mac mini comes with iLife '05 which is iTunes (music jukebox), iPhoto (managing your digital pictures), iMovie (editing HD-quality movies with a _very_ easy to use interface), iDVD (for creating your own DVD:s) and GarageBand (for making your own music). Apart from being a feature-rich application suit, iLife apps work together seamlessly. One cannot just comprehend this until seeing it in action and trying it. It's awesome.
IMHO, in general, the whole Mac-experience has much more to do with software than it is with hardware. It's just impossible to get something like that for (Windows or Linux) PC:s.
Since most of us are advanced computer users or even computer experts, I think we largely know how to search for content.
But what good is your know-how if you can't find what you're looking for? Let's face it: mos of us have hundreds, even thousands (or tens of thousands if you count all your pictures and mp3s), of files on our computer(s) and finding what you want depends nowadays greatly on your memory.
With Spotlight-type (metadata driven) search you can narrow the results, query by query. You don't have to remember where you stored the file or with what name. Even if you know how to archive your files, I think these metadata based technologies are going to help us a lot in the future.
And on a second notion, let's remember that if you know how to find stuff on your computer, you belong to minority of computer users. Most users have no idea how computer works and therefore they don't know how to make efficient searches or how to archive their files practically. Metadata will help these people to find their ways better on this machine that they are not familiar with.
Man, this is old news. We did this few years ago with five or more people on one machine. All we needed was a really small computer class, some free chairs, one PC, one keyboard, one mouse and one display.
Fastest (or strongest) got the best seats and the one with specs got the keyboard.
I can pick and choose the features I want. Bloat implies unnecessary cruftiness that I have no choice but to have on my system. Konquerer is a feature. IE is bloat.
And this is exactly why Joe Average goes for IE. While you may know how to pick those features that you want, regular users do not. Hell, many of us don't even want to! (That's why I love my Mac, btw. It just works.)
Bloat or not, secure or not, most of the users still care only about how easy it is to use. If it requires even one extra click to make it good, it's just not worth it.
(And yes, I know this is silly. I know that IE is maybe the worst browser there is. But this is how most of the userst act!)
She's saying that for desktop "the timeframe is more like the next two years". I just don't see this happening. There's too many usability issues with Linux desktop today.
I really would like to see some serious co-operation with KDE and GNOME teams, for example, to get their software working more uniform way, and more importantly - to get OS developers realize that they need to focus more on usability and some common interface guidelines instead of just adding new features on every new release.
Fileformats are not the only key to success. I mean, where are all the big European online strores, for example? How many ITMS competitors sell outside US?
I think there are lots of potential customers outside US just waiting the oppoturnity to spend their hard-earned money on good and legal music.
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Web 2.x is soo yesterday. You really should opt for Web 3.11 for Workgroups: Blink-attributes for headings, Matrix-style marquee for paragraphs, and of course, all images automatically converted to animated gifs. And NO SHITTY CSS, just pretty font tags and lots of nice nested tables. It's like, well, Wheee!
PS. This new CSS on /. is awesome :)
Try Taboo. It's a free little app that a) warns you before closing a window that has tabs open, and b) disables the nag when downloading a .dmg file.
What more do you want?
An Apple logo on the back?-)
...it's all about the software. I know, maybe offtopic but still.
Mac mini comes with the latest Mac OS X, the same operating systems that ship with Apples high-end machines. Nothing like Windows XP Home.
On top of that Mac mini comes with iLife '05 which is iTunes (music jukebox), iPhoto (managing your digital pictures), iMovie (editing HD-quality movies with a _very_ easy to use interface), iDVD (for creating your own DVD:s) and GarageBand (for making your own music). Apart from being a feature-rich application suit, iLife apps work together seamlessly. One cannot just comprehend this until seeing it in action and trying it. It's awesome.
IMHO, in general, the whole Mac-experience has much more to do with software than it is with hardware. It's just impossible to get something like that for (Windows or Linux) PC:s.
Apple is hiring young hackers to develop more of these new "sales-promoters" to increase the sales of the new Mac mini.
Imagine a mac mini. Add a battery pack. Add wireless option. Throw it in your backpack.
It's called PowerBook.
Ok, replying to myself after RTFM.
It's so obvious: only G5:s are able to handle the enormous power needed for controlling mouse with two buttons.
But wait.. what about scroll-wheel?
..can I play this with my PowerBook which has only one-button (touchpad)mouse?
absolutely stunning looks and style
Never seen PowerBook or iBook, have you?-)
Since most of us are advanced computer users or even computer experts, I think we largely know how to search for content.
But what good is your know-how if you can't find what you're looking for? Let's face it: mos of us have hundreds, even thousands (or tens of thousands if you count all your pictures and mp3s), of files on our computer(s) and finding what you want depends nowadays greatly on your memory.
With Spotlight-type (metadata driven) search you can narrow the results, query by query. You don't have to remember where you stored the file or with what name. Even if you know how to archive your files, I think these metadata based technologies are going to help us a lot in the future.
And on a second notion, let's remember that if you know how to find stuff on your computer, you belong to minority of computer users. Most users have no idea how computer works and therefore they don't know how to make efficient searches or how to archive their files practically. Metadata will help these people to find their ways better on this machine that they are not familiar with.
Man, this is old news. We did this few years ago with five or more people on one machine. All we needed was a really small computer class, some free chairs, one PC, one keyboard, one mouse and one display.
Fastest (or strongest) got the best seats and the one with specs got the keyboard.
Talking about multi-tasking...
I've been using Nokia 6600 with Salling Clicker for a while now and it works great.
It can control just about every program and SC ships with ready scripts for the most used, like iTunes, Keynote and Powerpoint.
Here's an article from Jack Herrington on PHP's scalability
And here is an actual link to the article.
Somehow I'm getting more and more eager to get iTMS here in Finland, too.
Oh, well. It's not like they're giving away free iPods or anything.
No, wait..
"one of Microsoft's FAT patents"?
Oh, my. They're patenting software that's bloat?
Who the hell thought it would be a good idea for that guy to not wear a shirt during their promo?
A Swede.
Cool, I'm blogging this!
Is there anything original in Lindows or are they just copying someone elses work?
And this is exactly why Joe Average goes for IE. While you may know how to pick those features that you want, regular users do not. Hell, many of us don't even want to! (That's why I love my Mac, btw. It just works.)
Bloat or not, secure or not, most of the users still care only about how easy it is to use. If it requires even one extra click to make it good, it's just not worth it.
(And yes, I know this is silly. I know that IE is maybe the worst browser there is. But this is how most of the userst act!)
We'll be safe as long as Bruce Willis is around.
She's saying that for desktop "the timeframe is more like the next two years". I just don't see this happening. There's too many usability issues with Linux desktop today.
I really would like to see some serious co-operation with KDE and GNOME teams, for example, to get their software working more uniform way, and more importantly - to get OS developers realize that they need to focus more on usability and some common interface guidelines instead of just adding new features on every new release.
...when caught from a bar near by:
"Nooo. Can't go to school, they're running critical updates on our building today!"
Fileformats are not the only key to success. I mean, where are all the big European online strores, for example? How many ITMS competitors sell outside US?
I think there are lots of potential customers outside US just waiting the oppoturnity to spend their hard-earned money on good and legal music.