You clearly don't spend much time in the UK... The country where bettering oneself is a negative, and sitting around on your arse all day while racking up benefit credits is the life goal of a large portion of the population.
(btw, I'm British, and live in the UK next to the fruits of this mentality)
Too bad this information doesn't show up when you read full item page, or when you browse the RSS. I rarely use the front page these days - most of the time I spot articles either in Vienna or Firefox's live bookmarks.
Perhaps you should take a look at some of the recent hacks? Despite having a legit XP Pro licence for my Macbook, I've used one of these recently to save on the activation and WGA hassles I've had using Bootcamp and Parallels with the same install...
The widget size is balanced with the text size on the classic theme, yet with the I'm 28 and don't have a problem with the default DPI settings, using a 18" 1280x1024 panel primarily until the new machines arrive. I also use a 1920x1200 15" laptop and have no problems with that either (admittedly it is easier on my own 1920x1200 17" laptop).
The cleartype thing is fair enough - Cleartype assumes a certain pixel colour order and exploits it to provide hints, but unfortunately Microsoft do not provide (by default) a tool to tune this. On some monitors Cleartype makes text, especially at smaller sizes, almost illegible. You need to install the powertoy or visit http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/Step1.aspx in order to set it up properly.
On my 13" Macbook (Black 2.16GHz, not pro) the defaults were unusable, but they are fine on my Dell Inspiron 9300 17".
That said, I don't know WHY you'd want to - I've never really understood the appeal of atavistic GUI except for those with really old GPUs. But it's in there.
Hmmm... I've not played with Vista that much, other than to repair trojan infested machines for friends, but with XP I use the classic theme because it uses far less screen real estate. The widgets are smaller and more balanced with the text sizes etc, for my taste at least and on smaller monitors (1280x800 and 1280x1024 for example, although I still value the extra space at 1920x1200).
On the XP machines at work, which are crippled by 256MB RAM and alsorts of background crap, I use it primarily because the machines are more responsive. I suspect this is true for a lot of people with low end machines or those with little or no hardware acceleration.
You forget the Nokia 7110, which was massively popular in the UK after "The Matrix" (because everyone thought it was 'that phone' when it wasn't).
Based on my own ownership, I think this was the most popular phone ever (I had 6 of them in a year!). Either that or thin sliding covers with sprung trigger actions really aren't the best idea in the world;-)
http://www.eclipse.org/projects/callisto.php - Visual Editor was part of the Callisto release, but didn't ship "out of the box", but then every IDE has useful features that have to be added.
I wasn't aware that Netbeans was capable of handling Ruby etc properly so I'll have to check it out again - thanks for the pointer!
Yes, unfortunately. I will never get those weeks of my life back either.
Eclipse is done after everyone switches to Netbeans. I can't believe this made it through the moderator. Hold on, don't I have some moderator points?
Umm, most Java developers I know are switching away from Netbeans and other IDEs into either Eclipse or IntelliJ. Eclipse seems to be winning on bang for buck and the huge community and available tools at the moment, and the fact that anyone can get started with it immediately (though I am aware that IntelliJ is free for OpenSource development efforts).
Another major plus for Eclipse is its support of other programming languages. I can now work with Java, C, C+++, SQL, PHP, Ruby, Perl and various other languages all in one tool (and at the same time if I need to, which in many cases is necessary), and with the same key bindings and core functionality. Pretty neat IMO.
if Java 6 ships Leopard only, don't go mad to Apple.
From the Apple Developer Connection website:
"Java SE 6 Release 1 is based on JDK 1.6.0_b88 and brings enhanced functionality to the Java SE platform on Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. The preview supports both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macintosh computers and is not removable. Please see the release notes for more information. This is Developer Preview 6 of Java SE 6 Release 1 for Mac OS X Tiger."
Guess that means no Mustang for Tiger then?
Anyway, so what if Apple spends a large number of resources on supporting Java? Lots of Java developers buy Apple products...
Because let's face it, Windows 2000/XP pretty well stinks. It's hard as hell to get a lot of programs running under a non-privileged account.
I'm not trolling, but what software is this? Pretty much everything I can think of I would want to use in my day job as a developer / researcher will work fine as a non-privileged user - albeit on a system with a comprehensive security policy applied.
We regularly do this - there are various solutions, but it is quite easy to remotely reboot a Windows machine and add its MAC address to the PXE boot server. With the correct BIOS options this causes the machine to boot the network image instead of the local hard drive and reinstall the machine (using your favourite solution - eg the Windows RIS tools, Altiris (http://www.altiris.com/Products/DeploymentSolution.aspx etc), Linux with dd or whatever)
How is that considered insightful? You ever try running free software on a mac? e.g. try something GNOME related, and look at the unscalable raster fonts which are uglier than a 30-year-old Xwindow terminal. or the lack of any integration with the system.
Have you run free software on a Mac (recently)? GIMP and other GTK apps on X11 (ie I'm not looking at native ports) have great scalable fonts for their GUIs and available within the software. I run a variety of opensource software through Apple's X11 server, either through MacPorts or Fink, or from Linux/HPUX/Solaris servers and don't see the issues you describe.
Anyway... You call KDE user-friendly and polished? It is inconsistent and ugly - widget spacing seems completely wacky to me, and the overall feel is somewhat amateurish and cheap. That's not to say the alternatives are much better. I spent years using GNOME until I got fed up with it's lack of flexibility and switched to KDE, and then finally onto OSX which, once you get over the "Oh my this didn't come from Redmond" effect (both GNOME and KDE feel like they could have done) actually works with you rather than against you. Apart from "Finder", which is second in usefulness to Microsoft Bob.
This works flawlessly in Windows XP on my Dell Inspiron 9300 Pentium-m 1.83Ghz (both sleep and hibernate, but I usually just bypass sleep, have it turn the screen off after 1 min, and have the thing hibernate after 10 mins).
I have the same issue as you with my latest gen Macbook (2.16ghz black) though, with OS X at least. Haven't tried with XP in bootcamp yet. I have better luck with OSX hibernating than sleeping generally though, even though it is unsupported.
re: the USB stick pulling - that's the main reason I try and hibernate or shutdown - who knows what could happen in transit to make the machine wake up.
PCWorld sell (or at least sold in the past) Linux distributions/books too and, when asked if one can install Linux with no problems on any of their new PCs, one is told "Yes, it will work fine sir, although you won't be able to run games or Microsoft Office etc....".
Shame he was foolish enough to install Gentoo rather than SuSe (not that I mandate it, but that was the distribution they sold last time I looked);-)
Europe really isn't all that different you know... We generally have lengthy contracts (though O2 in the UK recently offered a 1month notice contract, but you BringYourOwnPhone and it is an exception to the norm) - many are 18 or 24 months now, and the phones are offered free or at a big discount if you take these contracts. Termination fees apply if you are within the contract period just the same as in the US.
In corporate land maybe (I work at a large British organisation and we are still on 2K). It is getting nearly impossible for Joe Public to walk into a high street PC retailer and NOT get Vista bundled with their machine - and Joe Public will tend to buy from the big chains like PCWorld/Currys etc rather than Dell (at least in the UK).
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You clearly don't spend much time in the UK... The country where bettering oneself is a negative, and sitting around on your arse all day while racking up benefit credits is the life goal of a large portion of the population.
(btw, I'm British, and live in the UK next to the fruits of this mentality)I'm quite surprised this is considered news - this work was published months ago, and has been on http://visualcomplexity.com/ for months aswell.
Too bad this information doesn't show up when you read full item page, or when you browse the RSS. I rarely use the front page these days - most of the time I spot articles either in Vienna or Firefox's live bookmarks.
Perhaps you should take a look at some of the recent hacks? Despite having a legit XP Pro licence for my Macbook, I've used one of these recently to save on the activation and WGA hassles I've had using Bootcamp and Parallels with the same install...
So... webmail?
It's 2-3 years old now - a Dell D800, with the top screen. Think its a 2.0GHz Pentium-M, 1GB RAM etc
The widget size is balanced with the text size on the classic theme, yet with the
I'm 28 and don't have a problem with the default DPI settings, using a 18" 1280x1024 panel primarily until the new machines arrive. I also use a 1920x1200 15" laptop and have no problems with that either (admittedly it is easier on my own 1920x1200 17" laptop).
The cleartype thing is fair enough - Cleartype assumes a certain pixel colour order and exploits it to provide hints, but unfortunately Microsoft do not provide (by default) a tool to tune this. On some monitors Cleartype makes text, especially at smaller sizes, almost illegible. You need to install the powertoy or visit http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/tuner/Step1.aspx in order to set it up properly.
On my 13" Macbook (Black 2.16GHz, not pro) the defaults were unusable, but they are fine on my Dell Inspiron 9300 17".
Hmmm... I've not played with Vista that much, other than to repair trojan infested machines for friends, but with XP I use the classic theme because it uses far less screen real estate. The widgets are smaller and more balanced with the text sizes etc, for my taste at least and on smaller monitors (1280x800 and 1280x1024 for example, although I still value the extra space at 1920x1200).
On the XP machines at work, which are crippled by 256MB RAM and alsorts of background crap, I use it primarily because the machines are more responsive. I suspect this is true for a lot of people with low end machines or those with little or no hardware acceleration.
It's a great toolkit - I think a new version is due sometime in October from what I've read on the forums.
You forget the Nokia 7110, which was massively popular in the UK after "The Matrix" (because everyone thought it was 'that phone' when it wasn't).
;-)
Based on my own ownership, I think this was the most popular phone ever (I had 6 of them in a year!). Either that or thin sliding covers with sprung trigger actions really aren't the best idea in the world
One of the most usable phones I've owned though.
http://www.eclipse.org/projects/callisto.php - Visual Editor was part of the Callisto release, but didn't ship "out of the box", but then every IDE has useful features that have to be added.
I wasn't aware that Netbeans was capable of handling Ruby etc properly so I'll have to check it out again - thanks for the pointer!
Yes, unfortunately. I will never get those weeks of my life back either.
Umm, most Java developers I know are switching away from Netbeans and other IDEs into either Eclipse or IntelliJ. Eclipse seems to be winning on bang for buck and the huge community and available tools at the moment, and the fact that anyone can get started with it immediately (though I am aware that IntelliJ is free for OpenSource development efforts).
Another major plus for Eclipse is its support of other programming languages. I can now work with Java, C, C+++, SQL, PHP, Ruby, Perl and various other languages all in one tool (and at the same time if I need to, which in many cases is necessary), and with the same key bindings and core functionality. Pretty neat IMO.
From the Apple Developer Connection website:
"Java SE 6 Release 1 is based on JDK 1.6.0_b88 and brings enhanced functionality to the Java SE platform on Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. The preview supports both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macintosh computers and is not removable. Please see the release notes for more information. This is Developer Preview 6 of Java SE 6 Release 1 for Mac OS X Tiger."
Guess that means no Mustang for Tiger then?
Anyway, so what if Apple spends a large number of resources on supporting Java? Lots of Java developers buy Apple products...
I'm not trolling, but what software is this? Pretty much everything I can think of I would want to use in my day job as a developer / researcher will work fine as a non-privileged user - albeit on a system with a comprehensive security policy applied.
We regularly do this - there are various solutions, but it is quite easy to remotely reboot a Windows machine and add its MAC address to the PXE boot server. With the correct BIOS options this causes the machine to boot the network image instead of the local hard drive and reinstall the machine (using your favourite solution - eg the Windows RIS tools, Altiris (http://www.altiris.com/Products/DeploymentSolution.aspx etc), Linux with dd or whatever)
Have you run free software on a Mac (recently)? GIMP and other GTK apps on X11 (ie I'm not looking at native ports) have great scalable fonts for their GUIs and available within the software. I run a variety of opensource software through Apple's X11 server, either through MacPorts or Fink, or from Linux/HPUX/Solaris servers and don't see the issues you describe.
Anyway... You call KDE user-friendly and polished? It is inconsistent and ugly - widget spacing seems completely wacky to me, and the overall feel is somewhat amateurish and cheap. That's not to say the alternatives are much better. I spent years using GNOME until I got fed up with it's lack of flexibility and switched to KDE, and then finally onto OSX which, once you get over the "Oh my this didn't come from Redmond" effect (both GNOME and KDE feel like they could have done) actually works with you rather than against you. Apart from "Finder", which is second in usefulness to Microsoft Bob.
So you think that "There are too many eggs in that basket" is wrong because you cannot write it "There are also many eggs in that basket."
There are cases when you can use too in the way you describe, but many others where you cannot.
But what about choice?! This is about open source - we've got to have choice otherwise what do we have? ;-)
This works flawlessly in Windows XP on my Dell Inspiron 9300 Pentium-m 1.83Ghz (both sleep and hibernate, but I usually just bypass sleep, have it turn the screen off after 1 min, and have the thing hibernate after 10 mins).
I have the same issue as you with my latest gen Macbook (2.16ghz black) though, with OS X at least. Haven't tried with XP in bootcamp yet. I have better luck with OSX hibernating than sleeping generally though, even though it is unsupported.
re: the USB stick pulling - that's the main reason I try and hibernate or shutdown - who knows what could happen in transit to make the machine wake up.
PCWorld sell (or at least sold in the past) Linux distributions/books too and, when asked if one can install Linux with no problems on any of their new PCs, one is told "Yes, it will work fine sir, although you won't be able to run games or Microsoft Office etc....".
;-)
Shame he was foolish enough to install Gentoo rather than SuSe (not that I mandate it, but that was the distribution they sold last time I looked)
Europe really isn't all that different you know... We generally have lengthy contracts (though O2 in the UK recently offered a 1month notice contract, but you BringYourOwnPhone and it is an exception to the norm) - many are 18 or 24 months now, and the phones are offered free or at a big discount if you take these contracts. Termination fees apply if you are within the contract period just the same as in the US.
Can't comment on iPlayer or WMP unfortunately as I can't use either of them, but I'll take your word for it )
In corporate land maybe (I work at a large British organisation and we are still on 2K). It is getting nearly impossible for Joe Public to walk into a high street PC retailer and NOT get Vista bundled with their machine - and Joe Public will tend to buy from the big chains like PCWorld/Currys etc rather than Dell (at least in the UK).
It might make it harder, as most open codecs aren't installed on Windows by default, whereas all of the Microsoft ones are.