Yes, but here's the difference: most US mags aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Edge has actually good and insightful articles, not just "HEY OMG LOOK AT THESE SCREENSHOTS OMG BOOBIES AHH OMG WTF WE PUT A SUBSCRIPTION CARD EVERY !0 PAGES SO YOU CANT READ THIS PROPERLY UNTIL YOU TAKE THEM OUT OMGWTFBBQ ADS MORE ADS AHH!"
While I think its a good idea, I hope it ends up being more advanced. From what I can tell it seems like Opera's treating bit-torrent downloads as regular downloads: they just go into the regular transfer window. It only shows you speed, not any seeder/peer information and no upload rates. And I don't see any sort of advanced settings like limiting upload/download rates, setting seed times after completion or any sort of queuing system. Its a start, but not what Opera's all about. I'd like to at least see a more advanced area that people can chose to use, and a run of the mill setting for regular folk.
With that said, Opera needs to add two features: download queuing (regular http/ftp downloads), and HTML support in Mail.
The statement implied that there is one design that rules all, and everything else is wrong.
You clearly understood what I meant that different viewers, different demographics and different people would be more comfortable in different designs. So stop nitpicking and being a jackass.
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Meh. Frankly I think the reason we have such a gender gap in gaming is because when games started out, they were seen as the domain of guys and geeks only. Most of the girls I know that don't play games don't not for the content in the games (after all, they watch the same action movies as the rest of us), but the mere concept of grabbing a conroller and playing a game is beyond them. It's not the content, it's society.
That is like saying Apple is not a small company, but a giant against another bigger giant. But lets face it: Microsoft dwarfs Apple, and Intel dwarfs AMD.
Wow. Way to assume things right out of your ass. For your info I started out with the C64, and later DOS, so no pointing and clicking and moving the mouse around for me. And no, I've never had to reformat because my "MS product broke", but I reformat every year to get a fresh start (i install random programs to test em out and never bother uninstalling. and formating gives you that "new computer" feel.) And yes, I reformat my OS X machine too.
And I've heard about Linux for ages before installing it, and I knew it was complex. And I'm not a computer moron like you make me out to be, but I'm usually the goto guy to fix problems with other peoples computers (drivers/hardware/viruses, etc). I never assumed I could double click everything just like in Windows. Im saying Linux should take hints from Windows ease of use in getting things done. I've tried many distros (Red Hat, Mandrake, Fedora, others and by far my fave is Ubuntu) and none of them are that user friendly. And I did some reading, and even if its free, most of it is aimed at people who are familiar with Linux/UNIX.
And yes. Running "apt-get install blah/blah-randomversion.0.3.3.4" is something everyone's gonna know.
Also, virtually every Windows program I can think of notifies you when its upgraded. And guess what I do? Disable those notifications. I don't care that Winamp has updated to another point release, if it works fine, why the feck should I bother upgrading? And how is running apt-get update any better? You still have to do the physical act of typing that command when you know there's an update, not that it updates itself like you seem to indicate it should (or that Windows doesn't).
And elitist users like you don't help either. Firstly, apt-get works in Debian, and RPMs in Redhat mostly. There needs to be a universal method of installing programs, and not having a different way for different distributions. Besides, presumably you'd like to see Linux become more popular, no? It'd need to be easy. Regular folk aren't gonna go to the terminal. They're not gonna remember commands like apt-get.
Oh. And you know, using apt-get, you have to *know* what this "something" is. And not just that, but what version it is you're installing. And that its available in the repository. So no. Its far from ideal, no matter what you think.
I actually like Ubuntu. By far the best Linux distro there is (for linux newbs anyway). Its userfriendly and nice. And while the Synaptic app manager is pretty damn nifty and a step in the right direction, its still not as easy as going online, finding a program and installing it. You sort of have to know what you're looking for in Synaptic. And I'm actually looking for a decent PC laptop that I can install Ubuntu on a partition; I can't part with my main PC (i'd never boot out of Windows to run Linux for fun), but a secondary laptop would be fun.
Unfortunately there is no way to find out but by being the first to try it.
Point. And the problem is, people end up waiting to hear other people's opinions, decreasing initial sales and making the publisher believe its a failure. Which is why Katamari was so popular: at $20, people were more willing to "risk it" per se and grab the game even if they haven't experienced anything similar to it before.
If people at least try it, they might see that it's a pretty decent OS.
Linux has one major hurdle to overcome. It's not the interface, as Gnome/KDE are pretty user friendly, but this: installing programs. I'm a pretty savvy computer user (for windows/ os x), but I've never had any luck running Linux. Using the default set of programs that come with your distribution is fine, but when trying to get anything else installed is a nightmare. Most programs require using the terminal, apt-get or, dare I say it, compile from sources. Until Linux has the ability to just download a file, double click it and install (for all distros, not just one), it'll still be out of reach for regular users. Just my 2 cents.
What are you talking about? I'm in Canada. I used to pay $44.95 for 3mbs connection just over a year ago. Now with a purchase of a $99 modem, I'm gettimg a 5mbs connection for $46.95. That's an increase of $2 a month for a 2mbs increase.
What period? They don't specify a period, merely state that "by the end of March", which one can only assume is from the systems launch (and the numbers seem just about right for that period). And considering that the PSP was only launched for a week during that period in the US, I'd say the numbers are a little bit skewed there.
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Wait...did you just say the PSP went through a great deal of quality control?
Or maybe they've decided to redirect the resources they spent on maintaining the cult TV website into these projects?
Yes, but here's the difference: most US mags aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Edge has actually good and insightful articles, not just "HEY OMG LOOK AT THESE SCREENSHOTS OMG BOOBIES AHH OMG WTF WE PUT A SUBSCRIPTION CARD EVERY !0 PAGES SO YOU CANT READ THIS PROPERLY UNTIL YOU TAKE THEM OUT OMGWTFBBQ ADS MORE ADS AHH!"
It always fails to amaze me why these online stores dont disable customer reviews until the product is actually released.
Why on earth does that website claim Aero bars are "unique to Canada"?
That article doesn't even mention Opera, which has the fewest security flaws.
With that said, Opera needs to add two features: download queuing (regular http/ftp downloads), and HTML support in Mail.
We're nerds! We don't go out into the sun! Its hard to see our laptop screens from the damned glare!
You clearly understood what I meant that different viewers, different demographics and different people would be more comfortable in different designs. So stop nitpicking and being a jackass.
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And just easily I can show that other viewers have an easier time extracting information in those other designs.
Meh. Frankly I think the reason we have such a gender gap in gaming is because when games started out, they were seen as the domain of guys and geeks only. Most of the girls I know that don't play games don't not for the content in the games (after all, they watch the same action movies as the rest of us), but the mere concept of grabbing a conroller and playing a game is beyond them. It's not the content, it's society.
That is like saying Apple is not a small company, but a giant against another bigger giant. But lets face it: Microsoft dwarfs Apple, and Intel dwarfs AMD.
Just a point: look out for auto assault. that one looks fun.
the sony ericsson p910 has a scroll wheel. pretty darn nifty.
Does no one at Motorola have spell check turned on?
And I've heard about Linux for ages before installing it, and I knew it was complex. And I'm not a computer moron like you make me out to be, but I'm usually the goto guy to fix problems with other peoples computers (drivers/hardware/viruses, etc). I never assumed I could double click everything just like in Windows. Im saying Linux should take hints from Windows ease of use in getting things done. I've tried many distros (Red Hat, Mandrake, Fedora, others and by far my fave is Ubuntu) and none of them are that user friendly. And I did some reading, and even if its free, most of it is aimed at people who are familiar with Linux/UNIX.
And yes. Running "apt-get install blah/blah-randomversion.0.3.3.4" is something everyone's gonna know.
Also, virtually every Windows program I can think of notifies you when its upgraded. And guess what I do? Disable those notifications. I don't care that Winamp has updated to another point release, if it works fine, why the feck should I bother upgrading? And how is running apt-get update any better? You still have to do the physical act of typing that command when you know there's an update, not that it updates itself like you seem to indicate it should (or that Windows doesn't).
Oh. And you know, using apt-get, you have to *know* what this "something" is. And not just that, but what version it is you're installing. And that its available in the repository. So no. Its far from ideal, no matter what you think.
I actually like Ubuntu. By far the best Linux distro there is (for linux newbs anyway). Its userfriendly and nice. And while the Synaptic app manager is pretty damn nifty and a step in the right direction, its still not as easy as going online, finding a program and installing it. You sort of have to know what you're looking for in Synaptic. And I'm actually looking for a decent PC laptop that I can install Ubuntu on a partition; I can't part with my main PC (i'd never boot out of Windows to run Linux for fun), but a secondary laptop would be fun.
Point. And the problem is, people end up waiting to hear other people's opinions, decreasing initial sales and making the publisher believe its a failure. Which is why Katamari was so popular: at $20, people were more willing to "risk it" per se and grab the game even if they haven't experienced anything similar to it before.
Linux has one major hurdle to overcome. It's not the interface, as Gnome/KDE are pretty user friendly, but this: installing programs. I'm a pretty savvy computer user (for windows/ os x), but I've never had any luck running Linux. Using the default set of programs that come with your distribution is fine, but when trying to get anything else installed is a nightmare. Most programs require using the terminal, apt-get or, dare I say it, compile from sources. Until Linux has the ability to just download a file, double click it and install (for all distros, not just one), it'll still be out of reach for regular users. Just my 2 cents.
What are you talking about? I'm in Canada. I used to pay $44.95 for 3mbs connection just over a year ago. Now with a purchase of a $99 modem, I'm gettimg a 5mbs connection for $46.95. That's an increase of $2 a month for a 2mbs increase.
Its posts like these that make me wish I have mod points.
ever heard of WMV streaming?
What period? They don't specify a period, merely state that "by the end of March", which one can only assume is from the systems launch (and the numbers seem just about right for that period). And considering that the PSP was only launched for a week during that period in the US, I'd say the numbers are a little bit skewed there.