The problem is that IE8 handles Javascript in much the same non-standard way als IE6 & IE7. If a library such as jQuery includes support for IE8, it's supporting IE6 & IE7 as well.
But you're right, it is good they're selling a corporate jet. It is however still a move motivated from sheer desperation. I mean, selling an airplane isn't exactly a sign of confidence in the success of their coming products.
Of course Finland is small when compared to the US. So lets compare the EU to the US. Why is the internet faster in the entire Eurozone, with all their different countries, cultures and languages, than in the US?
I don't know about your company, but over here they are handing out iPads to workers because they expect them to use less paper. They're even removing trash cans in order to motivate people to create less dead trees. All of the things you mention are expected to be used from the screen of the tablet, not from paper.
I agree printing should be easier. But seriously, is printing really that relevant on a mobile device? You can just as easily bring your device instead of a sheet of paper and read right off the screen. Especially since resolutions are on the rise, the experience comes pretty close to real paper. Printing is becoming less important in general, but especially on tablets I don't see why you would want to print something to paper at all.
The bottom line is that people who are running software that is as old as Windows XP simply aren't customers anymore, as far as Microsoft is concerned. They aren't in the business of caring for people who aren't buying their products, simple as that. Want support? Then buy something that was actually released in the last decade.
Do you really think people will fill out spreadsheets or write papers on a mobile phone?
Already phones are starting to come out which you can hook up to a bigger screen. You can do "real work" like that. And of course people are already doing the stuff you mention on tablets.
None of those things (except the smartphone) weren't available in 1995. They just weren't accessible to most consumers.
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...it is that tremendous progress has been made in the field of anonymous file sharing technology. If the folks from the music/movie industry hadn't pushed so hard to prevent piracy, we would still be on Napster. But instead we now have very advanced things like the BitTorrent protocol, equipped with encryption, magnet links, DHT and PEX. And it's not just the geeks who are using these advanced file sharing technologies either, it's ordinary people. All in all quite an achievement.
Most people working with Javascript don't really know the language that well. It's easy to get frustrated that way, because JS's C-like syntax makes you think it's a C-like language, which actually it isn't.
There is a lot wrong with JS, nobody is denying that. But it also has its nice elements. And since every device on the planet is equipped with a browser running Javascript these days, the language really is here to stay. So instead of hating it, its a lot more constructive to try and understand it, so you can avoid JS's bad parts and make JS's good qualities work for you.
I highly recommend Douglas Crockford's video lectures on Javascript if you have to work with JS and want to really get to know the language. It helps a lot to understand why JS is the way it is and how to get the most out of it without going insane.
Is that really so? Because I've been browsing through HP's offering of printers and I don't really see the overlap. Sure, a few of them are more-or-less the same, but most of what they're selling (at least by the looks) appear to be quite different.
I just don't buy that argument. Sure, HP needs to make a few different kinds of printers. 10 different models sounds reasonable. Maybe even 20. But 90? That's just insane. The same goes with televisions, computers, everything really, including phones. Offering a single model is a bit extreme, but I think offering 30+ more-or-less the same products is way more bizarre.
You're totally right about the options. I understand that a few base models with each a handful of options will result in an equally huge amount of products. But that doesn't seem to be what most companies are doing. I don't think there really is a base model HP printer, a base model Dell computer, a base model Sony television or a base model Samsung/HTC phone. To me, the entire product catalogue of these sort of companies seem to be quite random, like a shot of hail. I guess it has a lot to do with avoiding the risk of not selling anything at all, but it does seem to be horribly inefficient.
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The problem is that IE8 handles Javascript in much the same non-standard way als IE6 & IE7. If a library such as jQuery includes support for IE8, it's supporting IE6 & IE7 as well.
Apart from the 5000 minions they will lay off this year on top of the 2000 they've sent home last year.
But you're right, it is good they're selling a corporate jet. It is however still a move motivated from sheer desperation. I mean, selling an airplane isn't exactly a sign of confidence in the success of their coming products.
I just read RIM has sold one of their corporate jets in order to stay afloat. That's pretty desperate.
Then again, saving 100 ms for opening 20 pages a day for a million users means you save whole man-month each year!
The blink tag never left, just like the marquee tag. Seriously, try them out. They work in almost all browsers.
40% of Americans is hardly a subset or tiny sect.
It's not over 2% of the world's population either.
The US is not the world. In large parts of our planet, people are having absolutely no problems whatsoever with accepting the theory of evolution.
That problem will solve itself in time.
You mean like Russia has a lower population density, but still faster average internet speeds than the US?
Of course Finland is small when compared to the US. So lets compare the EU to the US. Why is the internet faster in the entire Eurozone, with all their different countries, cultures and languages, than in the US?
Finland is huge and has mountains. Super fast internet for everyone over there.
Chrome supports hardware accelerated canvas elements now, which means your GPU is actually relevant.
I don't know about your company, but over here they are handing out iPads to workers because they expect them to use less paper. They're even removing trash cans in order to motivate people to create less dead trees. All of the things you mention are expected to be used from the screen of the tablet, not from paper.
I agree printing should be easier. But seriously, is printing really that relevant on a mobile device? You can just as easily bring your device instead of a sheet of paper and read right off the screen. Especially since resolutions are on the rise, the experience comes pretty close to real paper. Printing is becoming less important in general, but especially on tablets I don't see why you would want to print something to paper at all.
The bottom line is that people who are running software that is as old as Windows XP simply aren't customers anymore, as far as Microsoft is concerned. They aren't in the business of caring for people who aren't buying their products, simple as that. Want support? Then buy something that was actually released in the last decade.
Being able to play the game you've invested in.
Which distro comes with an enabled root user these days?
Do you really think people will fill out spreadsheets or write papers on a mobile phone?
Already phones are starting to come out which you can hook up to a bigger screen. You can do "real work" like that. And of course people are already doing the stuff you mention on tablets.
None of those things (except the smartphone) weren't available in 1995. They just weren't accessible to most consumers.
...it is that tremendous progress has been made in the field of anonymous file sharing technology. If the folks from the music/movie industry hadn't pushed so hard to prevent piracy, we would still be on Napster. But instead we now have very advanced things like the BitTorrent protocol, equipped with encryption, magnet links, DHT and PEX. And it's not just the geeks who are using these advanced file sharing technologies either, it's ordinary people. All in all quite an achievement.
It certainly adds to the confusion, that's for sure.
Most people working with Javascript don't really know the language that well. It's easy to get frustrated that way, because JS's C-like syntax makes you think it's a C-like language, which actually it isn't.
There is a lot wrong with JS, nobody is denying that. But it also has its nice elements. And since every device on the planet is equipped with a browser running Javascript these days, the language really is here to stay. So instead of hating it, its a lot more constructive to try and understand it, so you can avoid JS's bad parts and make JS's good qualities work for you.
I highly recommend Douglas Crockford's video lectures on Javascript if you have to work with JS and want to really get to know the language. It helps a lot to understand why JS is the way it is and how to get the most out of it without going insane.
Is that really so? Because I've been browsing through HP's offering of printers and I don't really see the overlap. Sure, a few of them are more-or-less the same, but most of what they're selling (at least by the looks) appear to be quite different.
I just don't buy that argument. Sure, HP needs to make a few different kinds of printers. 10 different models sounds reasonable. Maybe even 20. But 90? That's just insane. The same goes with televisions, computers, everything really, including phones. Offering a single model is a bit extreme, but I think offering 30+ more-or-less the same products is way more bizarre.
You're totally right about the options. I understand that a few base models with each a handful of options will result in an equally huge amount of products. But that doesn't seem to be what most companies are doing. I don't think there really is a base model HP printer, a base model Dell computer, a base model Sony television or a base model Samsung/HTC phone. To me, the entire product catalogue of these sort of companies seem to be quite random, like a shot of hail. I guess it has a lot to do with avoiding the risk of not selling anything at all, but it does seem to be horribly inefficient.
What makes you think a phone with the occasional software update isn't reliable?