I get the cross-platform point of being web-only, but it's still sad if it won't be able to run native code as well.
I'm about to rewrite my photo management software (currently written in Perl/SDL) so it can be more portable, particularly to Android tablets; and, even more importantly, future-proof. I haven't yet settled for the new language, but C (or C++, if possible) would be the preferred one. (Actually, I would prefer D, but it's not widely supported.)
More importantly, why the hell did he stopped selling the game, and started getting donations instead? It could be made GPL and still be sold.
I don't think the number of people who would copy a version someone compiled from the GPL version and published on a website without donating would be very different from the number of people who would just pirate the game if it was not GPL.
But he said "people", and I know the way I use computers is not the same as the majority of people. People don't even want to know what a file is, let alone where it is saved. It's just their stuff, and they want to access it regardeless of these complicated details. People may don't want to "move to the cloud" per se, but the cloud can be a way to archive what they want.
Umm, first, this article and thread are talking about iOS, not a desktop OS. So your points are pointless, this is not about i7s, GPUs, and Aero, compiz, etc.
This *thread* is about skeuomorphism, so his points are pointless, yes, but for another reason:
But if you had cared to be relevant you could have pointed out that a couple of leather and chrome graphics around the edges of a mobile app has almost no impact on performance. IMO, yes, they look like shit and I do hope they go away on the iPhone, but "chew up cycles", not so much.
The main point against skeuomorphic user interfaces are about the hampered functionality, not about the visuals.
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Thanks for the information.
I get the cross-platform point of being web-only, but it's still sad if it won't be able to run native code as well.
I'm about to rewrite my photo management software (currently written in Perl/SDL) so it can be more portable, particularly to Android tablets; and, even more importantly, future-proof. I haven't yet settled for the new language, but C (or C++, if possible) would be the preferred one. (Actually, I would prefer D, but it's not widely supported.)
Does all the apps need to be HTML5, or can I write apps in C/C++ too, like Android's NDK?
and a waste of atoms.
...where the narrator tries to find an old machine that he used to play.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball,_1973
Not hard to get a copy online, just google for pinball murakami pdf
^ the only informative and correct comment in this thread.
Amen
And since when this version number escalating thing is a good idea?
Uh,
No?
More importantly, why the hell did he stopped selling the game, and started getting donations instead?
It could be made GPL and still be sold.
I don't think the number of people who would copy a version someone compiled from the GPL version and published on a website without donating would be very different from the number of people who would just pirate the game if it was not GPL.
Also, Prince of Persia on Win95?!
Prince of Persia was a DOS game (originally Apple II).
It's a trap to try and make us look at TFA.
But why would they make it more difficult for people to develop software for their platform?
vids, or it didn't happen
give me 300dpi or give me death
s/they/I/, then I a agree 100% with you.
But he said "people", and I know the way I use computers is not the same as the majority of people.
People don't even want to know what a file is, let alone where it is saved. It's just their stuff, and they want to access it regardeless of these complicated details.
People may don't want to "move to the cloud" per se, but the cloud can be a way to archive what they want.
Leave Math out of this.
Math has nothing to do with reality.
because you might need them when things break.
it's windows.
also, my android phone have a file system browser, a notepad, and a command prompt, and they take waaaaay less space
What is wrong with Gnome2?
Why not just keep using it?
No, the answer is not that it's abandoned, because it is not.
It just changed the name: http://mate-desktop.org/
Aliens!
you don't know 10% of vim features.
I'm using vim *exclusively* for more than a decade, and I'm sure I don't use half of its power.
Umm, first, this article and thread are talking about iOS, not a desktop OS. So your points are pointless, this is not about i7s, GPUs, and Aero, compiz, etc.
This *thread* is about skeuomorphism, so his points are pointless, yes, but for another reason:
But if you had cared to be relevant you could have pointed out that a couple of leather and chrome graphics around the edges of a mobile app has almost no impact on performance. IMO, yes, they look like shit and I do hope they go away on the iPhone, but "chew up cycles", not so much.
The main point against skeuomorphic user interfaces are about the hampered functionality, not about the visuals.
Where is this (%i1) prompt from?
I usually factor from the *nix command line.
The iSheep is singing
apple borrowed from bsd, not linux
and we'd get Nightfall