So your argument is use XHTML because it's nice to read? My argument was that the reason the markup language exists is to help the parser. However all of the parsers (IE,FF,Opera etc.) have HTML parsers that are built for speed, not how nice the document looks. Having a pure XML document adds extra text (see the grand parent link about PCDATA) when all you're really doing is telling a browser how to display the stuff. Clean code for maintainability, sure, but having to jump through loops to facilitate older standards like CSS,Javascript just seems like a waste of time.
what baffles me about xhtml is that browser engines handle HTML in a fast and effective way, so the desire to switch to xhtml for standard's sake seems pointless - the markup language was created for the parsing engine.
The parsing engines are now all mature and so having to squeeze layout, scripting etc. into an XML format that doesn't necessarily lend itself to this makes no sense to me. Yes have well formed HTML, but making it XML compliant, why bother?
I think the redesign should feature some nice corporate stock photos, everything goes Tahoma and news for nerds replaced with "Leveraging real time news from emerging technology channels. Delivering centralised paradigm deliverables".
A nice idea would be a style sheet that you can upload to your user area, and then gets used by the system.
And I can't imagine Google will ever hand over the logs to their chums to Microsoft, given the current legal case. Unless Steve Balmer gets on his knees and prays to some google techies for 5 minutes.
Yes, I keep my hotel cards after I've checked out and destroy them in a vat of acid, burning the acid vat afterwards, then burrying the chard remains in 9 foot hole to be safe.
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What is the PHP programmer's (read phpBB and other forums, this too) obsession with version numbering:
Gallery 1.5.1-RC3 Gallery 1.5-pl1
And I bet RC2 and RC1 had 2 a few
tags changed and $global_title renamed to $title_global or something?! This is an app written in a scripting language not an operating system, get your head out of your asses jeez
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You don't get any of the GUI controls in the standard windows controls DLLs, and end up having to buy copies of these controls from one of about 5 control makers: Infragistics, DevExpress etc.
Microsoft seems to have one company that they use (or internally create) to make these controls which are are subsequently copied. They use these accross their non bundled-with-windows apps. Office, MSN messenger, Media Player, VS.net use these and Microsoft have always made a point of using these 'enhanced' menus, toolbars as a selling point for these apps.
The resource DLL that Office (and VS.NET) use for their menu and toolbar icons contains over 1000 icons, I can't imagine they'll ever start giving this out and the enhanced toolbar/menu controls for free. The closest I've seen is.NET V2 having Office 2003 style main menus...
I feel a bit sorry for someone who dedicates his/her spare time maintaining an anti-paypal site, and forum. Really, is there nothing else you could do? Go to a cash machine, draw out some money and buy some crack for example.
http://www.rarlabs.com/ - unzips a ZIP file in 2 clicks and handles about 10 other formats, and also has its own very good RAR format. Why bother paying for Winzip? I'm surprised people use it over winrar.
If it's an 'online alternate reality game' what benefit would there be to the BBC, in having a viral marketing campaign? There's no advertising revenue gained from attracted a lot of new (mostly nerds) to their website.
For google's distributed cluster setup it makes sense to choose any open source OS, however paying a 3rd party company (and having to wait), although very true, probably adds up to the same cost as doing it yourself with an open source offering.
Unless you're Google and have the luxury of a small army of linux-kernel gurus, you'd still need to pay a consultant or expert, or team of experts to modify the OS. Or a hire people full-time to do it.
You could argue that this would cost roughly the same amount as requesting a change from a closed source company selling a similar product.
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And if you live in the UK you'll no doubt be aware of our very own musically-diverse payola network, Music Radio (the parent company) : http://www.musicradio.com/map.jsp).
Fortunately we have the BBC as well, although Radio 1 tends to go the GWR route during the daytime, playing the same records every day.
Involves tugging on the heart strings, saying that we're going to be putting the average john does like the boom operator, the cameraman etc. out of work by downloading these films and not watching them at an over price cinema.
So why are actors still paid millions for their performance whilst these people are made redudent? Something that gives me little sympathy for the Film industry.
apart from a lot of websites not working with FF, the toolbar is really the only reason for using IE still, as FireFox renders so much faster. Oh, and active-x controls.
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So your argument is use XHTML because it's nice to read? My argument was that the reason the markup language exists is to help the parser. However all of the parsers (IE,FF,Opera etc.) have HTML parsers that are built for speed, not how nice the document looks. Having a pure XML document adds extra text (see the grand parent link about PCDATA) when all you're really doing is telling a browser how to display the stuff. Clean code for maintainability, sure, but having to jump through loops to facilitate older standards like CSS,Javascript just seems like a waste of time.
what baffles me about xhtml is that browser engines handle HTML in a fast and effective way, so the desire to switch to xhtml for standard's sake seems pointless - the markup language was created for the parsing engine.
The parsing engines are now all mature and so having to squeeze layout, scripting etc. into an XML format that doesn't necessarily lend itself to this makes no sense to me. Yes have well formed HTML, but making it XML compliant, why bother?
I think the redesign should feature some nice corporate stock photos, everything goes Tahoma and news for nerds replaced with "Leveraging real time news from emerging technology channels. Delivering centralised paradigm deliverables".
A nice idea would be a style sheet that you can upload to your user area, and then gets used by the system.
And I can't imagine Google will ever hand over the logs to their chums to Microsoft, given the current legal case. Unless Steve Balmer gets on his knees and prays to some google techies for 5 minutes.
Yes, I keep my hotel cards after I've checked out and destroy them in a vat of acid, burning the acid vat afterwards, then burrying the chard remains in 9 foot hole to be safe.
There's a fine line between biding your time and wasting your time
For all those Firefox open source advocates, I found this pretty interesting (2nd point):
l la/browser/Attic/README.html&rev=1.10&root=/cvsroo t) shows general attitude of some developers
Problems with Firefox
* Extreme instability code-wise (impossible to base derivates on it)
* 'We're not accepting patches' (http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozi
What is the PHP programmer's (read phpBB and other forums, this too) obsession with version numbering:
Gallery 1.5.1-RC3
Gallery 1.5-pl1
And I bet RC2 and RC1 had 2 a few tags changed and $global_title renamed to $title_global or something?! This is an app written in a scripting language not an operating system, get your head out of your asses jeez
You don't get any of the GUI controls in the standard windows controls DLLs, and end up having to buy copies of these controls from one of about 5 control makers: Infragistics, DevExpress etc.
.NET V2 having Office 2003 style main menus...
Microsoft seems to have one company that they use (or internally create) to make these controls which are are subsequently copied. They use these accross their non bundled-with-windows apps. Office, MSN messenger, Media Player, VS.net use these and Microsoft have always made a point of using these 'enhanced' menus, toolbars as a selling point for these apps.
The resource DLL that Office (and VS.NET) use for their menu and toolbar icons contains over 1000 icons, I can't imagine they'll ever start giving this out and the enhanced toolbar/menu controls for free. The closest I've seen is
Unless your name is Adobe Photoshop
The pre-posted version:
Oh, and if that interests you at all, I'd HIGHLY RECOMMEND reading some of <strike>mine</strike> Dr. Kaku.
I feel a bit sorry for someone who dedicates his/her spare time maintaining an anti-paypal site, and forum. Really, is there nothing else you could do? Go to a cash machine, draw out some money and buy some crack for example.
it's just history repeating itself
http://www.rarlabs.com/ - unzips a ZIP file in 2 clicks and handles about 10 other formats, and also has its own very good RAR format. Why bother paying for Winzip? I'm surprised people use it over winrar.
You think a graphics programmer gave a crap about Freudian theories of ego,super ego and the self before naming his company?!!
More likely he chose it because iD looked cool
oops no autolink for the lazy of us: http://www.sloppycode.net/reference/css
also www.sloppycode.net/reference/css has a clean css 1 and 2 guide.
plus, the only stats that
http://www.tinyvital.com/BlogArchives/000220.html
gives, is 'crime rates'. How about violent crime, or crime evening a firearm. Crime rates could be any number of small, country-specific crimes.
If it's an 'online alternate reality game' what benefit would there be to the BBC, in having a viral marketing campaign? There's no advertising revenue gained from attracted a lot of new (mostly nerds) to their website.
For google's distributed cluster setup it makes sense to choose any open source OS, however paying a 3rd party company (and having to wait), although very true, probably adds up to the same cost as doing it yourself with an open source offering.
Unless you're Google and have the luxury of a small army of linux-kernel gurus, you'd still need to pay a consultant or expert, or team of experts to modify the OS. Or a hire people full-time to do it.
You could argue that this would cost roughly the same amount as requesting a change from a closed source company selling a similar product.
omg it is teh MiCro$oft M$$$$ and theiR borgware!!!111
Meet the mouse that reinvented the wheel. The scroll wheel, that is. At $49, Mighty Mouse features the revolutionary Scroll Ball that lets you move anywhere inside a document, without lifting a finger. And with touch-sensitive technology concealed under the seamless top shell, you get the programability of a four-button mouse in a single-button design. Click, roll, squeeze and scroll. This mouse just aced the maze.
Spry and Mighty
In the beginning, there was one button. Then there were two. Then there were clickable scroll wheels and programmable toggles and solid-state slides. But nobody made a mouse as easy to use as your Mac. Until now. Mighty Mouse combines the capability of a multibutton mouse with Apple's signature top-shell design for the best of both form and function. Use it any way you work: Stick with single-button simplicity or click with multibutton efficiency.
Get Around
Time is round. Space is curved. Why should your mouse be linear? Plenty of applications require you to do more than scroll up and down. Mighty Mouse offers 360-degree scrolling capability, thanks to its Scroll Ball, perfectly positioned to roll smoothly under just one finger. Explore the farthest reaches of your files -- pan images in iPhoto, view timelines in iMovie HD and Final Cut Pro, traverse bars in GarageBand and Logic Pro -- with one hand tied behind your back (or holding a cup of coffee or typing). Mighty Mouse gives you room to roam.
You'll Really Click
Touch-sensitive technology under Mighty Mouse's seamless top shell detect where you're clicking, transforming your sleek, one-button mouse into a two-button wonder. But the innovation doesn't end there. Apple engineers added force-sensing buttons on either side of Mighty Mouse that let you squeeze the mouse between your thumb and finger, activating Mac OS X Tiger Dashboard, Exposé or a whole host of other, customizable features -- instantly.
The Mouse That Roared
Unlike any other mouse on the market, Mighty Mouse was designed specifically to work with Mac OS X Tiger. Up-to-the minute information on Dashboard is only a click away. Viewing, hiding and selecting your windows via Exposé is just as simple. And because Mac OS X Tiger makes Mighty Mouse programmable, you choose where every click takes you.
And if you live in the UK you'll no doubt be aware of our very own musically-diverse payola network, Music Radio (the parent company) : http://www.musicradio.com/map.jsp).
Fortunately we have the BBC as well, although Radio 1 tends to go the GWR route during the daytime, playing the same records every day.
Involves tugging on the heart strings, saying that we're going to be putting the average john does like the boom operator, the cameraman etc. out of work by downloading these films and not watching them at an over price cinema. So why are actors still paid millions for their performance whilst these people are made redudent? Something that gives me little sympathy for the Film industry.
apart from a lot of websites not working with FF, the toolbar is really the only reason for using IE still, as FireFox renders so much faster. Oh, and active-x controls.