Yeah. Let's put it on billboards. Don't bother, you know, actually verifying the facts of the article... or reading the article (where it's admitted it's a gake)... or reading almost any other comment in this thread.
Go ahead, shove it on billboards.
The funny thing is that whenever the government does something misleading, everyone comes out crying, "it's like '1984!' They're speaking in doublespeak!" etc. When it's CmdrTaco, where are the '1984' readers? Because this is a much more flagerant attempt at misinformation than those other threads.
Yes it did. I felt kind of foolish after I posted it... last time I looked for this extension (right after 1.0 was released) is wasn't available from the Mozilla site.
That's easy to say, but where do you get it? The only place I found the Flashblock extension was some random website (NOT run by the Mozilla foundation) and it hadn't been updated from version 0.1PR. I'm not going to 1) download an extension from some random site, or 2) run an outdated version of Firefox (especially one without the security fixes released recently) just to block a few Flash movies.
If you have a link to a current version of Flashblock that works with the current version of Firefox and can be downloaded from a reputible site, please provide it. If not, don't give us all useless advice.
I don't know if I buy stories like this. You hear it all the time. So I tried it. I wrote "SEE ID" with a Sharpie pen on the back of my VISA card. The result? EVERY RETAILER asked for my ID when accepting the card. EVERY ONE over a period of 2 years asked for it. (Note, however, that restaurants do not, which is kind of scary.) I don't know if this is because Washington is better than other states, or if I shop at different stores than these people, but 4 months without any retailer asking? I just don't buy it.
I wish someone would release an RPG with the polish of warcraft, the open-endedness of fallout, and the great voice acting/script writing from KOTOR. Now there's a game I would happily pay $80 for.
Virgin's store is about the worst one out there, seriously. You got burned by a shitty music seller, the concept is sound. Try iTunes or Napster 2.0, both of those services are quite polished.
Do you honestly think that all the production, editing, recording, rental of the equipment, etc costs less than $2 a CD? For 60 minutes of music?
I get the feeling that even IF iTunes offered CDs for $2, you'd immediately post on Slashdot saying, "now if only there were a site that offered CDs for $.50..."
How hack-y. Plus that probably wouldn't even fit in my entertainment center with the doors closed... looks like I made the right choice.
Of course, I figured any way of getting the Tivo to change the reciever's channel has got to be at least a little hack-y, since my Dish Network reciever doesn't seem to have any sort of computer input ports.
If it makes you feel better, Cartoon Network shows the very few Family Guy episodes over and over and over and over again on their Adult Swim lineup. And over and over... showing re-runs for 3 years is something, but showing re-runs for 3 years when it's just the same 13 episodes over and over again? That's a little tiresome.
Dish Network tried this, but it wasn't profitable.
The problem was that people would call up to subscribe to a channel, watch it for a few times, then call up again to unsubscribe. The result was that there was tons of administrative overhead from tons of people subscribing to single channels for a few hours once a week. I'm sure it drove their labor costs through the roof.
Now, perhaps some kind of comprimise can be made-- for instance, offer a channel for a minimum of one month, but you'd have to talk a major TV provider into it which will be hard in this day and age.
I use a Dish Network 508 PVR right now, and it works acceptably... but not as good as an actual Tivo-brand box. It's a HELL of a lot cheaper, though-- $5 a month, but I got a special deal and got it for $50 flat-rate. (They also have a 7-something PVR with dual-inputs, and a really expensive HDTV one as well.)
But here's the question... how the hell does a Tivo box that's sitting on a shelf above the satellite reciever change the channel as needed? What kind of weird wiring hack did you have to do to get that to work?
I turned that on by accident once. I had to sit through Arbiter singing kumbaya for five minutes before I figured out what happened. But at least Bungie motion-captured all the hand movements that go with the song...
Just FYI, and this is a point in favor to Word, although that is the default behavior, it's very easy to turn off auto-formatting and all the other auto-whatever options. So your problem isn't with the auto-formatting, it's with the defaults Word presents you with which are easy to change.
Yes, but Lotus is the same company that produces Notes, about the worst GUI in existence. So don't think, "hmm, Improv is good, let's see what other Lotus programs are out there to learn from..."
Insightful? What are the moderators smoking today, and where can I get some? Or maybe they've never actually tried to use VI.
Here's a tip: If, when people accidentally enter your editor, most of them choose to force-close the terminal session because there's no apparent way to exit the program, then your UI is a piece of shit no matter how many bearded Unix geeks rave about it.
I literally avoid using crontab on the commandline on my Macintosh, because I *know* that VI will come up, and I *know* that there's no way to close it without doing a half-hour of research. My time is more valuable to me than your half-assed "cc$24c" command.
What a lot of people miss is that usability is a constant process, from the smallest thing (do I use OS or OSS in the manual?) to the most wide-ranging decisions (do I make the program document-based, or database-based?)
In any case, you probably already learned the process to create a good GUI in college and have either forgotten it, or simply don't want to do the work. It's like this:
1) Identify your users. Your program might be for CPAs, or it might be for Homer Simpson. Find a few people to represent your group of users. (This doesn't have to be formal. It could be people who work in the same office as you, for instance, or close relatives... as long as they fit in the group, they're fine.)
2) Prototype your application on paper, cardboard, or something else cheap and easy. (Overhead slides, perhaps.) Show this to the user, ask them what they think of it.
3) Prototype your application on something interactive. (Cheap GUI-builder software like RealBasic, Hypercard, Macromedia Director/Flash, maybe even Powerpoint or Access... almost anything that allows you to create a basic GUI will work.) In this prototype, include sample data with simplified rules so that the user can experiment with it for awhile. It doesn't need to be fully functioning in any way. Ask them what they think of it.
4) Begin on your final application, implementing the GUI that is the result of the studies in steps 2 and 3. If you make any major changes to the GUI in the process of coding it, run that by your users in the same ways you did before.
5) After release, have a very open feedback mechanism so that your end-users can report what they like, and what they hate, to you. This can be a bugtracker (please make it more friendly than OpenOffice or Firefox's!), a web forum, or just an email address. Put a link to it in the Help menu.
I'm missing a step zero here, *read the GUI guidelines for the platform you are targetting*. If you're making a MacOS application, read Apple's GUI guidelines (yes, even the ones that contradict the other ones;) If you're making a Windows application, read Microsoft's GUI guidelines. If you're making a Linux application-- well, Linux doesn't have any, which is why most Linux applications suck ass, but try using the ones that the Gnome of KDE window managers use.
The show where the crew and audience would boo every guest who said he was going to vote for Bush during the election while, at the same time, that show's host went on Crossfire and criticized them for being mouthpieces of their respective parties? I guess I'm the only one who sees that as a huge hypocrisy...
That said, I watch the Daily Show most nights. And I laugh at the jokes, but the politics are WAY out in left field from the rest of the nation-- these people don't represent "America," at best they represent "New York." And I hate to think of the impression of the US that forms when it's broadcast in other nations.
True about modding, there are many worse abuses. My big gripe is these posts that basically say "I don't care about this story" being modded up. If you don't care about the story, don't post. If you're moderating, and you see a post that amounts to not caring, moderate it as off-topic.
In any case, you don't want a lightweight simple GUI that hits Linux's target market because you already have exactly what you want... right? You said so.;) Or maybe we should moderate you -1 Liar.
The point is, you don't have exactly what you want, nobody does. That's why people are out there writing software right now.
Indeed. When I can copy some cells from OpenOffice.org in Linux and paste them in The GIMP, then we can work on this complex shit, huh?
I could copy from Excel into Photoshop in every version of those applications from Windows 95 (or MacOS 6) to now. How about Linux solves the BASICS first before moving on to hardware-accelerated Indiana Jones poofs?
Why do you care? Like you said, you already have what you want. So why even post in this topic? Just say, "oh, for people who want eye candy that's nice, let's see what the next story is."
You already have what you want. You don't need to upgrade, you don't need to change. You're in quite the position. On the other hand, some people think that Linux GUIs suck and maybe adding in a little eye candy couldn't possibly make things even worse. Maybe this article is for those people.
I don't know how posts like this get marked "insightful." If the man has what he wants, it's off-topic at best.
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Yeah. Let's put it on billboards. Don't bother, you know, actually verifying the facts of the article... or reading the article (where it's admitted it's a gake)... or reading almost any other comment in this thread.
Go ahead, shove it on billboards.
The funny thing is that whenever the government does something misleading, everyone comes out crying, "it's like '1984!' They're speaking in doublespeak!" etc. When it's CmdrTaco, where are the '1984' readers? Because this is a much more flagerant attempt at misinformation than those other threads.
Are you trying to be poignant or something? How is it ironic at all? Hell, Microsoft Paint in Windows XP saves in PNG format.
That's because changing a Lotus Notes password is like a 10-step process and, under some circumstances, will make your stored ID files useless.
Lotus Notes is a crappy piece of software. That's all there is to it.
Yes it did. I felt kind of foolish after I posted it... last time I looked for this extension (right after 1.0 was released) is wasn't available from the Mozilla site.
That's easy to say, but where do you get it? The only place I found the Flashblock extension was some random website (NOT run by the Mozilla foundation) and it hadn't been updated from version 0.1PR. I'm not going to 1) download an extension from some random site, or 2) run an outdated version of Firefox (especially one without the security fixes released recently) just to block a few Flash movies.
If you have a link to a current version of Flashblock that works with the current version of Firefox and can be downloaded from a reputible site, please provide it. If not, don't give us all useless advice.
Good quote, but why the hell did you add "RFID" to it? That fucks up the timing of the humor.
I don't know if I buy stories like this. You hear it all the time. So I tried it. I wrote "SEE ID" with a Sharpie pen on the back of my VISA card. The result? EVERY RETAILER asked for my ID when accepting the card. EVERY ONE over a period of 2 years asked for it. (Note, however, that restaurants do not, which is kind of scary.) I don't know if this is because Washington is better than other states, or if I shop at different stores than these people, but 4 months without any retailer asking? I just don't buy it.
I wish someone would release an RPG with the polish of warcraft, the open-endedness of fallout, and the great voice acting/script writing from KOTOR. Now there's a game I would happily pay $80 for.
So... Morrowind?
Virgin's store is about the worst one out there, seriously. You got burned by a shitty music seller, the concept is sound. Try iTunes or Napster 2.0, both of those services are quite polished.
Do you honestly think that all the production, editing, recording, rental of the equipment, etc costs less than $2 a CD? For 60 minutes of music?
I get the feeling that even IF iTunes offered CDs for $2, you'd immediately post on Slashdot saying, "now if only there were a site that offered CDs for $.50..."
Christ, man, get a grip.
How hack-y. Plus that probably wouldn't even fit in my entertainment center with the doors closed... looks like I made the right choice.
Of course, I figured any way of getting the Tivo to change the reciever's channel has got to be at least a little hack-y, since my Dish Network reciever doesn't seem to have any sort of computer input ports.
I thought both those shows kind of sucked.
If it makes you feel better, Cartoon Network shows the very few Family Guy episodes over and over and over and over again on their Adult Swim lineup. And over and over... showing re-runs for 3 years is something, but showing re-runs for 3 years when it's just the same 13 episodes over and over again? That's a little tiresome.
Dish Network tried this, but it wasn't profitable.
The problem was that people would call up to subscribe to a channel, watch it for a few times, then call up again to unsubscribe. The result was that there was tons of administrative overhead from tons of people subscribing to single channels for a few hours once a week. I'm sure it drove their labor costs through the roof.
Now, perhaps some kind of comprimise can be made-- for instance, offer a channel for a minimum of one month, but you'd have to talk a major TV provider into it which will be hard in this day and age.
I use a Dish Network 508 PVR right now, and it works acceptably... but not as good as an actual Tivo-brand box. It's a HELL of a lot cheaper, though-- $5 a month, but I got a special deal and got it for $50 flat-rate. (They also have a 7-something PVR with dual-inputs, and a really expensive HDTV one as well.)
But here's the question... how the hell does a Tivo box that's sitting on a shelf above the satellite reciever change the channel as needed? What kind of weird wiring hack did you have to do to get that to work?
I turned that on by accident once. I had to sit through Arbiter singing kumbaya for five minutes before I figured out what happened. But at least Bungie motion-captured all the hand movements that go with the song...
He has buddies. That's about what I can answer without giving away any plot.
Just FYI, and this is a point in favor to Word, although that is the default behavior, it's very easy to turn off auto-formatting and all the other auto-whatever options. So your problem isn't with the auto-formatting, it's with the defaults Word presents you with which are easy to change.
Yes, but Lotus is the same company that produces Notes, about the worst GUI in existence. So don't think, "hmm, Improv is good, let's see what other Lotus programs are out there to learn from..."
Insightful? What are the moderators smoking today, and where can I get some? Or maybe they've never actually tried to use VI.
Here's a tip: If, when people accidentally enter your editor, most of them choose to force-close the terminal session because there's no apparent way to exit the program, then your UI is a piece of shit no matter how many bearded Unix geeks rave about it.
I literally avoid using crontab on the commandline on my Macintosh, because I *know* that VI will come up, and I *know* that there's no way to close it without doing a half-hour of research. My time is more valuable to me than your half-assed "cc$24c" command.
Great example about the OS thing. Seriously!
;) If you're making a Windows application, read Microsoft's GUI guidelines. If you're making a Linux application-- well, Linux doesn't have any, which is why most Linux applications suck ass, but try using the ones that the Gnome of KDE window managers use.
What a lot of people miss is that usability is a constant process, from the smallest thing (do I use OS or OSS in the manual?) to the most wide-ranging decisions (do I make the program document-based, or database-based?)
In any case, you probably already learned the process to create a good GUI in college and have either forgotten it, or simply don't want to do the work. It's like this:
1) Identify your users. Your program might be for CPAs, or it might be for Homer Simpson. Find a few people to represent your group of users. (This doesn't have to be formal. It could be people who work in the same office as you, for instance, or close relatives... as long as they fit in the group, they're fine.)
2) Prototype your application on paper, cardboard, or something else cheap and easy. (Overhead slides, perhaps.) Show this to the user, ask them what they think of it.
3) Prototype your application on something interactive. (Cheap GUI-builder software like RealBasic, Hypercard, Macromedia Director/Flash, maybe even Powerpoint or Access... almost anything that allows you to create a basic GUI will work.) In this prototype, include sample data with simplified rules so that the user can experiment with it for awhile. It doesn't need to be fully functioning in any way. Ask them what they think of it.
4) Begin on your final application, implementing the GUI that is the result of the studies in steps 2 and 3. If you make any major changes to the GUI in the process of coding it, run that by your users in the same ways you did before.
5) After release, have a very open feedback mechanism so that your end-users can report what they like, and what they hate, to you. This can be a bugtracker (please make it more friendly than OpenOffice or Firefox's!), a web forum, or just an email address. Put a link to it in the Help menu.
I'm missing a step zero here, *read the GUI guidelines for the platform you are targetting*. If you're making a MacOS application, read Apple's GUI guidelines (yes, even the ones that contradict the other ones
Good luck.
The show where the crew and audience would boo every guest who said he was going to vote for Bush during the election while, at the same time, that show's host went on Crossfire and criticized them for being mouthpieces of their respective parties? I guess I'm the only one who sees that as a huge hypocrisy...
That said, I watch the Daily Show most nights. And I laugh at the jokes, but the politics are WAY out in left field from the rest of the nation-- these people don't represent "America," at best they represent "New York." And I hate to think of the impression of the US that forms when it's broadcast in other nations.
Step 1: Fix your open source software so that the user interface doesn't suck ass.
That's the reason Firefox is successful. The faster projects like, say, GIMP figure that one out, the better for all of us.
True about modding, there are many worse abuses. My big gripe is these posts that basically say "I don't care about this story" being modded up. If you don't care about the story, don't post. If you're moderating, and you see a post that amounts to not caring, moderate it as off-topic.
;) Or maybe we should moderate you -1 Liar.
In any case, you don't want a lightweight simple GUI that hits Linux's target market because you already have exactly what you want... right? You said so.
The point is, you don't have exactly what you want, nobody does. That's why people are out there writing software right now.
Indeed. When I can copy some cells from OpenOffice.org in Linux and paste them in The GIMP, then we can work on this complex shit, huh?
I could copy from Excel into Photoshop in every version of those applications from Windows 95 (or MacOS 6) to now. How about Linux solves the BASICS first before moving on to hardware-accelerated Indiana Jones poofs?
Why do you care? Like you said, you already have what you want. So why even post in this topic? Just say, "oh, for people who want eye candy that's nice, let's see what the next story is."
You already have what you want. You don't need to upgrade, you don't need to change. You're in quite the position. On the other hand, some people think that Linux GUIs suck and maybe adding in a little eye candy couldn't possibly make things even worse. Maybe this article is for those people.
I don't know how posts like this get marked "insightful." If the man has what he wants, it's off-topic at best.