it's starting to feel like Duke Nukem Forefer neverending saga.
really don't like it, every week ther's some delay for things that obviously could have been correctly addressed way long before even starting the production, but noone took care of,
speechless
give rfid enabled cards to all invitees, and then put some arduino based stuff in every table so that when they approach a voice welcomes them "welcome $name, please take a seat, the 16-dishes meal is about to be served in minutes"....
would'n it be awesome?
quoting TFA:
In contrast, online retailer Amazon.com offers 2.9 million DRM-free tracks in MP3 format from the catalogs of EMI Group, Warner Music Group, Universal Music and a host of independent record labels. Apple's iTunes Store has around 2 million DRM-free tracks in the AAC format supported by its iPod and many mobile phones. No store visit is necessary to download those tracks, and an album typically sells for $9.99 or less.
i don't think it's a smart move from sony.. but hey....at least there's not spyware in it...
Well.. your questions gives itself a good half of the answer:)
beside that, I find that usability is, usually, just a matter of common sense. The problem with Nielsen's books [and maybe others that I haven't read] is that makes you think that "your opinion"==="common sense" so that you start making things in your own way, thus messing out UI elements in your interfaces.
Maybe I'm wrong, but when it comes to User interfaces, and, to be onest in so many other aspects og software engineering, anyone should stick to his own job: a programmer should program, a designer design and so on. Mixing things isn't a wise move [I know...this would open a million post worthy thread...]
If you need cook a pie, buy a book of recipes not a book which just describes the ingredients
I would suggest you two books:
1] GUI Bloopers 2.0: Common User Interface Design Dont's and Dos [Morgan Kaufmann Publishers]
2] Designing Interfaces [O'Reilly]
the first to understand what not to do and the other one to get some good ideas to start from.
I really think any book will do, except any Jacob Nielsen's books about usability... I've read them at the very beginning of my career...
I think it was jus a loss of time
well.. i really meant Google's API. I've read enough 'bout that, but it doesn't seem to be widespread as it should in their creator's mind.
There has been lot of talk, but so few apps built on top of those APIs make me think about the need we have for it.
No, really, what we need is not just another aggregator, maybe the opposite
really.. i'm not so sure that 'aggregating' social networking can become a killer app in 2008.
Any player just want a bigger slice of market's pie so, they'll just try to get more subscribers from the other networks, thus nullifying any attempt to aggregate...
I don't even know if common API beetween different network could be usefull, there are too many privacy issues and economical interests to let someone use private data soo hardly gotten from a subscriber
...preferring instead to highlight the successes of the Windows Mobile platform which he said is on 150 different handsets and is available from over 100 different mobile operators... and it doesn't work in anyone of them....
seriously: the big difference between Google and microsoft is that when google announce a new product to be out on a certain date, you can be sure you'll find that product out on THAT date,
With microsoft you usually get to wait one year or more.
Let's see what's gonna happen next week
Or Microsoft start releasing IE exploits and paid-for patches? Microsoft is smarter than this; with Vista you actually pay directly for getting exploits.....
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we should build an OS above this concept
either you innovate or you are out of business really soon
it's starting to feel like Duke Nukem Forefer neverending saga. really don't like it, every week ther's some delay for things that obviously could have been correctly addressed way long before even starting the production, but noone took care of, speechless
why don't they find a way to turn thrown chair into energy?
give rfid enabled cards to all invitees, and then put some arduino based stuff in every table so that when they approach a voice welcomes them "welcome $name, please take a seat, the 16-dishes meal is about to be served in minutes".... would'n it be awesome?
...how many pastafarians are there
A useful service! And only $1170 a month? What a steal! Everyone knows how hard it is to find malware on the internet.
you're right, just spend some $$$ for a licensed M$ OS and get ALL of them for free!
well.. as long as she doesn't urge on having all the community partecipating it should be fine
...but I need a faster PC to read TFA
.....??? wasn't the long time available format C: enough???!
If it's being really developed by M$ employees I wonder if it will ever run at all....
In contrast, online retailer Amazon.com offers 2.9 million DRM-free tracks in MP3 format from the catalogs of EMI Group, Warner Music Group, Universal Music and a host of independent record labels. Apple's iTunes Store has around 2 million DRM-free tracks in the AAC format supported by its iPod and many mobile phones. No store visit is necessary to download those tracks, and an album typically sells for $9.99 or less.
i don't think it's a smart move from sony.. but hey....at least there's not spyware in it...
Well.. your questions gives itself a good half of the answer :)
beside that, I find that usability is, usually, just a matter of common sense. The problem with Nielsen's books [and maybe others that I haven't read] is that makes you think that "your opinion"==="common sense" so that you start making things in your own way, thus messing out UI elements in your interfaces.
Maybe I'm wrong, but when it comes to User interfaces, and, to be onest in so many other aspects og software engineering, anyone should stick to his own job: a programmer should program, a designer design and so on. Mixing things isn't a wise move [I know...this would open a million post worthy thread...]
If you need cook a pie, buy a book of recipes not a book which just describes the ingredients
I would suggest you two books:
1] GUI Bloopers 2.0: Common User Interface Design Dont's and Dos [Morgan Kaufmann Publishers]
2] Designing Interfaces [O'Reilly]
the first to understand what not to do and the other one to get some good ideas to start from.
I really think any book will do, except any Jacob Nielsen's books about usability... I've read them at the very beginning of my career... I think it was jus a loss of time
well.. i really meant Google's API. I've read enough 'bout that, but it doesn't seem to be widespread as it should in their creator's mind. There has been lot of talk, but so few apps built on top of those APIs make me think about the need we have for it.
No, really, what we need is not just another aggregator, maybe the opposite
really.. i'm not so sure that 'aggregating' social networking can become a killer app in 2008. Any player just want a bigger slice of market's pie so, they'll just try to get more subscribers from the other networks, thus nullifying any attempt to aggregate... I don't even know if common API beetween different network could be usefull, there are too many privacy issues and economical interests to let someone use private data soo hardly gotten from a subscriber
just start a multithread process: 1 core for the program itself, the remaining 7 for the bugs...
...preferring instead to highlight the successes of the Windows Mobile platform which he said is on 150 different handsets and is available from over 100 different mobile operators... and it doesn't work in anyone of them.... seriously: the big difference between Google and microsoft is that when google announce a new product to be out on a certain date, you can be sure you'll find that product out on THAT date, With microsoft you usually get to wait one year or more. Let's see what's gonna happen next weeka sample from OEPC (One Elicopter Per Child) project?? I heard somewere they'll be sold for as little as 100$....
Duke Nukem forever
nope, for that purpose GoogleMap should be enough