C'mon.
I have replaced Safari with FireFox on every friend and family mac I get my hands on. Re-theme it, copy and paste the icon resource, and they don't notice the change!
Except for the missing ads - thanks to Ad Block+ A lot of Mac users would notice the change. For me, Firefox 3 doesn't even LOOK like a Mac, let alone feel like one.
The Optimus' keys are specifically designed to be easy to remove. The keyboard even comes with a key removing tool. So taking out the key caps (the display is not embedded in the key, it is below the cap) should be pretty easy. Also, try not eating Cheetos whilst typing.
In 10.4 there was a style which is almost equivalent to 10.5's look. So on 10.4 the application can use that theme ('Unified') and it won't take much adjustment for 10.5. Of course, native Cocoa applications use the OS's widgets anyway, so there's no issue.
Reality TV writers are given job titles by the networks which prevent them joining the WGA, like 'segment producer' or consultant. They are basically treated like dirt by them, despite writing being a large component of 'reality' TV, they aren't paid overtime, they don't have insurance and they have no leverage.
So if someone where to ask what Slashdot was, I shouldn't say 'it's a technology site, centred around discussion of current news', but instead, 'it's to make money for Sourceforge Inc.'. Yeah, that's a lot more clear.
The thing about Apple stores is that actually have software which you can try out on their computers. At PC World, here in the UK, you can use the PCs, but all they have on them are the programs Windows comes with. Apple install extra software, so you can really take the computer for a test drive.
Most decent web designers code pages roughly to standards, so that it works in Firefox, Opera, Web Kit etc. then use various the bugs in rendering engines to implement browser specific code, to fix the page in IE and older versions of Gecko. And so presumably, they can easily edit their CSS to give the standards compliant version to IE8.
What's really holding the web back is the quirks mode which still exists in IE7, and will exist in IE8. If Microsoft is serious about standards support, they need to stop supporting 'web designers' who right non-compliant code.
CSS is not 'less powerful than tables'. If you take the time to learn about it, you'll find out how much cleaner and more efficient using CSS can be. To address you're other point, the web is ill suited to WYSIWIG. The number of different platforms, window sizes and browsers prohibits this. Elastic layouts, elegantly resizable text, these are only possible with CSS and hand coding. Nevermind the fact that accessibility is made almost impossible without separation of content and design. Taking your own website as an example, I would estimate that the amount of code in your home page could be more than halved without the clunky table based layout and countless font tags. It would also make maintenance, and spotting the numerous empty and unclosed tags a lot easier.
Watch the video. The basic interface of the OS is demoed, and I'm more excited by it than the iPhone. The whole UI looks slick and well thought out, no wait cursors, and simple, functional icons. The best thing? This will be available for manufacturers to put on any phone, instead of just one.
You clearly have no clue what you're talking about. Saying Indie Rock is analogous to 'Emo' is like saying Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club is Death Metal.
Alpha sources are hazardous because they are highly ionizing, therefore any source which emits alpha particles is dangerous to swallow. However, I do not know weather Polonium 210 has other properties which make it poisonous.
Parent comment is at best, biased, bordering on lies. For a start, you cannot go to prison for evading the license fee, the punishment is a £1000 fine. Secondly, although growing slightly above inflation, it has only gained £11.50 since 1968, which is fair enough IMO, considering the Internet content and 4 extra TV channels added since then, as well as several Radio channels (the fee pays for radio programming on the BBC as well). Thirdly the BBC is actually the Third largest magazine publisher in the UK, and the magazines are published by BBC Magazines, a subsidary of BBC Worldwide, which is not funded by the license fee in any way shape or form.
Unfortunatly for the employees of a nameless major oil company, laptops have been standerized across the workforce. And that means Latitude Laptops on the rigs!
What I don't get is why people (Slashdot readers no less) continue to buy Sony products. They have already shown themselves to have as much repeatability as a pimp, through the rootkit scam. Why buy Sony?
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I have replaced Safari with FireFox on every friend and family mac I get my hands on. Re-theme it, copy and paste the icon resource, and they don't notice the change!
Except for the missing ads - thanks to Ad Block+ A lot of Mac users would notice the change. For me, Firefox 3 doesn't even LOOK like a Mac, let alone feel like one.
The Optimus' keys are specifically designed to be easy to remove. The keyboard even comes with a key removing tool. So taking out the key caps (the display is not embedded in the key, it is below the cap) should be pretty easy. Also, try not eating Cheetos whilst typing.
In 10.4 there was a style which is almost equivalent to 10.5's look. So on 10.4 the application can use that theme ('Unified') and it won't take much adjustment for 10.5. Of course, native Cocoa applications use the OS's widgets anyway, so there's no issue.
Reality TV writers are given job titles by the networks which prevent them joining the WGA, like 'segment producer' or consultant. They are basically treated like dirt by them, despite writing being a large component of 'reality' TV, they aren't paid overtime, they don't have insurance and they have no leverage.
Not anymore. In Leopard all applications use the same unified theme.
So if someone where to ask what Slashdot was, I shouldn't say 'it's a technology site, centred around discussion of current news', but instead, 'it's to make money for Sourceforge Inc.'. Yeah, that's a lot more clear.
I think you can. Seeing as 'installing' on a Mac is often dragging and dropping from a disk image.
The thing about Apple stores is that actually have software which you can try out on their computers. At PC World, here in the UK, you can use the PCs, but all they have on them are the programs Windows comes with. Apple install extra software, so you can really take the computer for a test drive.
Most decent web designers code pages roughly to standards, so that it works in Firefox, Opera, Web Kit etc. then use various the bugs in rendering engines to implement browser specific code, to fix the page in IE and older versions of Gecko. And so presumably, they can easily edit their CSS to give the standards compliant version to IE8.
What's really holding the web back is the quirks mode which still exists in IE7, and will exist in IE8. If Microsoft is serious about standards support, they need to stop supporting 'web designers' who right non-compliant code.
That's the entire point of tables. To display tabular data. In that usage they are content, not design.
CSS is not 'less powerful than tables'. If you take the time to learn about it, you'll find out how much cleaner and more efficient using CSS can be. To address you're other point, the web is ill suited to WYSIWIG. The number of different platforms, window sizes and browsers prohibits this. Elastic layouts, elegantly resizable text, these are only possible with CSS and hand coding. Nevermind the fact that accessibility is made almost impossible without separation of content and design. Taking your own website as an example, I would estimate that the amount of code in your home page could be more than halved without the clunky table based layout and countless font tags. It would also make maintenance, and spotting the numerous empty and unclosed tags a lot easier.
A far more pressing concern is that data is transmitted to and from your iDisk insecurely. No one should be storing any sensitive data on their iDisk.
Watch the video. The basic interface of the OS is demoed, and I'm more excited by it than the iPhone. The whole UI looks slick and well thought out, no wait cursors, and simple, functional icons. The best thing? This will be available for manufacturers to put on any phone, instead of just one.
Using RealPlayer is totally fair. It's terrible on every platform.
You clearly have no clue what you're talking about. Saying Indie Rock is analogous to 'Emo' is like saying Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club is Death Metal.
that this was about 'An Unfortunate Truth'?
Smultron is a great free alternative to TextMate. It doesn't do all the stuff TextMate does, but it has all the basics.
Alpha sources are hazardous because they are highly ionizing, therefore any source which emits alpha particles is dangerous to swallow. However, I do not know weather Polonium 210 has other properties which make it poisonous.
Better safe than sorry. It would probably work fine, but why risk human lives when you can put off the launch for a few days.
Why do you hate freedom?
Parent comment is at best, biased, bordering on lies. For a start, you cannot go to prison for evading the license fee, the punishment is a £1000 fine. Secondly, although growing slightly above inflation, it has only gained £11.50 since 1968, which is fair enough IMO, considering the Internet content and 4 extra TV channels added since then, as well as several Radio channels (the fee pays for radio programming on the BBC as well). Thirdly the BBC is actually the Third largest magazine publisher in the UK, and the magazines are published by BBC Magazines, a subsidary of BBC Worldwide, which is not funded by the license fee in any way shape or form.
This guy seeded alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.pre-teen, and clearly did it with the intention of catching paedophiles. I'd say it's justified.
Unfortunatly for the employees of a nameless major oil company, laptops have been standerized across the workforce. And that means Latitude Laptops on the rigs!
What I don't get is why people (Slashdot readers no less) continue to buy Sony products. They have already shown themselves to have as much repeatability as a pimp, through the rootkit scam. Why buy Sony?