What year is this? Apparently the dark ages just called on the land-line and wants us to download a stand-alone PDF reader. LOLwut? We ain't got time fo' dat. Just click on the link in your browser. Chrome and Firefox both support PDF (R.I.P. Adobe).
Or just do it the right way, an build native PDF read/write support directly into the OS, like OS X/macOS has since day one. And yes, I realize they inherited that from NeXTStep; but that was SIXTEEN years ago, and STILL nobody else does it.
I'll mention that Chrome I think was the first of the browsers to start the native PDF rendering without a plugin. In this case Microsoft is following Google's lead.
No. That would likely be OS X/macOS Safari.
But that isn't surprising, since the OS has had system-wide native PDF read/write support since day one.
No, which one are you referring to? The Clamshell iBooks (that I think you were referencing) may have LOOKED childish; but they were actually QUITE well-designed for their purpose: Being hauled around by young schoolkids.
They were the first laptop with reasonable WiFi, pretty-good Trackpad (MUCH better than any Windows laptop), EXCELLENT battery-life (when Windows laptops were getting around 2.5 - 3.5 hours TOPS on a battery charge, the clamshell iBooks typically lasted about 6 hours (long enough for an entire school day)), plus their silicone-rubber coating made them VERY resistant to getting beat-around by kids, had an AC Adapter that had a built-in cord-winder, and the iBook even sported a built-in, hideaway carrying handle (again, a wonderful feature for kids).
Not everything has to be a black-plastic-rectangle to be "serious", and not everything has to be designed for an adult. The clamshell iBook was clearly a laptop designed for schoolkids, and, IMHO, it hit its marks QUITE well.
It might be water-resistant at a greater depth, but if you're claiming water-resistance, it should at least be resistant to any reasonable depth the average (non-diver) might use to in anyway.
I don't get it myself, email is faster/easier and uses less data.
But it is also much lower-bandwidth as far as actual information communicated goes.
60% of all communication in a face-to-face conversation is non-verbal. This is why online forum conversations often become so heated; partly because all the non-verbal communication-cues are completely lost. Video chats bring that very important aspect back.
Non verbal communication doesn't make sense. In fact, I rarely look at people when I talk to them. They need to say what they mean and be more direct. I do hate forums, but only because a mail list is much better and doesn't require yet another website sign up and password.
I'm truly very sorry about your Asperger's; however, for the vast majority of humans, non-verbal communication forms an important part of a meaningful dialog with another human, and even with some other species.
I don't get it myself, email is faster/easier and uses less data.
But it is also much lower-bandwidth as far as actual information communicated goes.
60% of all communication in a face-to-face conversation is non-verbal. This is why online forum conversations often become so heated; partly because all the non-verbal communication-cues are completely lost. Video chats bring that very important aspect back.
But the iPod and iPad weren't just lightning striking someplace randomly. Apple completely changed the way consumers bought PCs in the 2000s, changed the music industry, and many other areas of the marketplace.
You're right. Perhaps I used the Lightning-Striking analogy a little incorrectly.
And it was actually THREE times (iPod, iPhone, iPad) pretty much in a row, which is even more remarkable.
However, I disagree that Apple is "lost" without Jobs. He just happened to exit this plane of existence pretty much at the same time as the technological low-hanging-fruit was becoming hard to find.
Personal Music Players were already quite popular when the iPod debuted. Same thing with cellphones: A company who had already invented the Personal Digital Assistant (sans Jobs, BTW) could more easily marry that concept with a cellphone; and as far as the iPad goes, well that was actually on the drawing-board BEFORE the iPhone; so in a sense, the iPhone was suggested out of that research in a more evolutionary way. It's just that everyone else was MUCH more stupid than Apple, and didn't get the connection until the iPhone slapped everyone around a bit.
So, that's three killer product-lines out of re-thinking existing product classes. It is FAR more challenging to create a NEW Product-Class; which is now what people are expecting of Apple (and others).
IMHO, the next killer product would be a more integrated and networkable Home Entertainment appliance; one that would take all the "techy stuff" out of the Set-Top-Box/HTPC world. Unfortunately, Apple is so-far thinking too small with the AppleTV, trying to just inch a bit above the Roku-world, instead of showing the world what an integrated, "smart" home entertainment system really looks like.
But the problem is, that market is already AT the "race to the bottom" world, and Apple would have a hard row to hoe trying to get enough people convinced to buy-into that concept.
But for now the functionality is so low as to put them in the category of "ornament".
Ya know, when compared with the functionality of a mainframe computer, a VT-100 Terminal is pretty damned "low", too; but I sure wouldn't want to have to wait in line at the datacenter to use the System Console.
Think of SmartWatches primarily as a "Terminal" for your "mainframe-in-your-pocket" Smartphone.
Linux Fandroids are always saying their Smartphones are just little computers (which is sorta, kinda, maybe a little true); so, doesn't it make sense that it would have a separate "Remote Access Terminal"?
1) GPS. So you can' leave your phone to home and still go running, swimming, driving what ever, without worrying that you have your phone with you. And so that you can get your coordinates in case of emergency or point of interest (press button to store location).
3) Increased battery lifetime 2-3 times.
So, let's get this straight: You want GPS, which is a notorious battery-hog, and a 200-300% battery life (I assume you mean "Run-time") increase, right?
No problem; just as soon as you discover that alternative set of laws of physics, perhaps in that alternate universe you are apparently living in...
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If you open a Macbook Air, the entire thing is filled with tamper-proof epoxy and glue and any type of serviceability is practically impossible.
Bullshit.
Apple leaked the private key for their firmware updates
Citation, please?
I think if you beat a dead horse for several years straight it becomes funny in an ironic way.
As A. Whitney Brown said on SNL: "There's no reason to beat a dead horse... except for the pure joy of it..."
What year is this? Apparently the dark ages just called on the land-line and wants us to download a stand-alone PDF reader. LOLwut? We ain't got time fo' dat. Just click on the link in your browser. Chrome and Firefox both support PDF (R.I.P. Adobe).
Or just do it the right way, an build native PDF read/write support directly into the OS, like OS X/macOS has since day one. And yes, I realize they inherited that from NeXTStep; but that was SIXTEEN years ago, and STILL nobody else does it.
I'll mention that Chrome I think was the first of the browsers to start the native PDF rendering without a plugin. In this case Microsoft is following Google's lead.
No. That would likely be OS X/macOS Safari.
But that isn't surprising, since the OS has had system-wide native PDF read/write support since day one.
sorry, can't check out the quote - the site is down.
Must be hosted on someone's home PC. It's back up now...
But the page was just a list of the command-line "verbs" available in OS X/macOS.
The quote was:
"“Mac OS X is a rock-solid system that's beautifully designed. I much prefer it to Linux” - Bill Joy"
Look guys, macs4all can't even quote properly. How cute!
I knew as soon as I posted that some "perfect" Slashtard Pinhead would catch my HTML faux-pas TYPO.
I'm glad to see that I can depend on the idiot fuckers on here to instantly point out everyone's mistakes but their own...
Now kindly do the entire internet a favor and immediately and vigorously spontaneously combust, will you?
Macs require going into "System Preferences" and pairing your device beforehand.
At least SOMEBODY understands Security...
Yippee, porns ads blasting out of your sound bar
At least Safari has a "Silence This Tab" feature.
If it's on OSX and only OSX it's likely not worth using.
You're a retard. And a hater.
This is dangerous business. Google needs to get this JUST right, or it will be a ridiculously easy-to-exploit attack vector.
Well that's what the Geiger counter is for: knowing when the nuclear battery is running out!
Nicely played, sir!
Remember the god awful iBook anyone?
No, which one are you referring to? The Clamshell iBooks (that I think you were referencing) may have LOOKED childish; but they were actually QUITE well-designed for their purpose: Being hauled around by young schoolkids.
They were the first laptop with reasonable WiFi, pretty-good Trackpad (MUCH better than any Windows laptop), EXCELLENT battery-life (when Windows laptops were getting around 2.5 - 3.5 hours TOPS on a battery charge, the clamshell iBooks typically lasted about 6 hours (long enough for an entire school day)), plus their silicone-rubber coating made them VERY resistant to getting beat-around by kids, had an AC Adapter that had a built-in cord-winder, and the iBook even sported a built-in, hideaway carrying handle (again, a wonderful feature for kids).
Not everything has to be a black-plastic-rectangle to be "serious", and not everything has to be designed for an adult. The clamshell iBook was clearly a laptop designed for schoolkids, and, IMHO, it hit its marks QUITE well.
or have been eaten by a bear
Not if the bear has to drag you back to its den first...
It might be water-resistant at a greater depth, but if you're claiming water-resistance, it should at least be resistant to any reasonable depth the average (non-diver) might use to in anyway.
Oh, you mean unlike all those not-so-water-resistant Samsung phones, right?
I don't get it myself, email is faster/easier and uses less data.
But it is also much lower-bandwidth as far as actual information communicated goes.
60% of all communication in a face-to-face conversation is non-verbal. This is why online forum conversations often become so heated; partly because all the non-verbal communication-cues are completely lost. Video chats bring that very important aspect back.
Non verbal communication doesn't make sense. In fact, I rarely look at people when I talk to them. They need to say what they mean and be more direct. I do hate forums, but only because a mail list is much better and doesn't require yet another website sign up and password.
I'm truly very sorry about your Asperger's; however, for the vast majority of humans, non-verbal communication forms an important part of a meaningful dialog with another human, and even with some other species.
A GPS/GALILEO/GLONASS sensor that draws 16 mA tracking.
Wow, that really IS stellar (pun intended)!
Too bad it's still vaporware...
Let me know when I can call Dick Tracey on one without an iPhone in my pocket.
You can (sorta) do that now, if you want battery life measured in single-digit hours along with a nearly quarter-pound, 1/2-inch-thick watch.
Only cultists, refer to their opponents as "haters". Go consult your e-meter, dude.
Only Anonymous Cowards post worthless, untruthful hatred on Slashdot.
So STFU and FOAD, COWARD.
I don't get it myself, email is faster/easier and uses less data.
But it is also much lower-bandwidth as far as actual information communicated goes.
60% of all communication in a face-to-face conversation is non-verbal. This is why online forum conversations often become so heated; partly because all the non-verbal communication-cues are completely lost. Video chats bring that very important aspect back.
But the iPod and iPad weren't just lightning striking someplace randomly. Apple completely changed the way consumers bought PCs in the 2000s, changed the music industry, and many other areas of the marketplace.
You're right. Perhaps I used the Lightning-Striking analogy a little incorrectly.
And it was actually THREE times (iPod, iPhone, iPad) pretty much in a row, which is even more remarkable.
However, I disagree that Apple is "lost" without Jobs. He just happened to exit this plane of existence pretty much at the same time as the technological low-hanging-fruit was becoming hard to find.
Personal Music Players were already quite popular when the iPod debuted. Same thing with cellphones: A company who had already invented the Personal Digital Assistant (sans Jobs, BTW) could more easily marry that concept with a cellphone; and as far as the iPad goes, well that was actually on the drawing-board BEFORE the iPhone; so in a sense, the iPhone was suggested out of that research in a more evolutionary way. It's just that everyone else was MUCH more stupid than Apple, and didn't get the connection until the iPhone slapped everyone around a bit.
So, that's three killer product-lines out of re-thinking existing product classes. It is FAR more challenging to create a NEW Product-Class; which is now what people are expecting of Apple (and others).
IMHO, the next killer product would be a more integrated and networkable Home Entertainment appliance; one that would take all the "techy stuff" out of the Set-Top-Box/HTPC world. Unfortunately, Apple is so-far thinking too small with the AppleTV, trying to just inch a bit above the Roku-world, instead of showing the world what an integrated, "smart" home entertainment system really looks like.
But the problem is, that market is already AT the "race to the bottom" world, and Apple would have a hard row to hoe trying to get enough people convinced to buy-into that concept.
Smartwatches are a way of saying 'look how tech I am'
No, THIS watch (or perhaps THIS one) is a way of saying "Look how tech I am".
BTW, Woz has worn a Nixie-Tube watch for years
But for now the functionality is so low as to put them in the category of "ornament".
Ya know, when compared with the functionality of a mainframe computer, a VT-100 Terminal is pretty damned "low", too; but I sure wouldn't want to have to wait in line at the datacenter to use the System Console.
Think of SmartWatches primarily as a "Terminal" for your "mainframe-in-your-pocket" Smartphone.
Linux Fandroids are always saying their Smartphones are just little computers (which is sorta, kinda, maybe a little true); so, doesn't it make sense that it would have a separate "Remote Access Terminal"?
I bet their existing Apple watch was getting lonely in the drawer all by itself. Now they can buy something to keep it company.
With its 97% Satisfaction rating, I don't think there are actually too many languishing in drawers.
Check your facts before you post, Hater.
1) GPS. So you can' leave your phone to home and still go running, swimming, driving what ever, without worrying that you have your phone with you. And so that you can get your coordinates in case of emergency or point of interest (press button to store location).
3) Increased battery lifetime 2-3 times.
So, let's get this straight: You want GPS, which is a notorious battery-hog, and a 200-300% battery life (I assume you mean "Run-time") increase, right?
No problem; just as soon as you discover that alternative set of laws of physics, perhaps in that alternate universe you are apparently living in...