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Re: Is WebKit slowly turning into IE6?

DigitizedSociety — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:02:19 -0000

Choice is in the hands of the user who would choose their browser on "usability and functionality" as they do anyway.

I have never heard from a non-dev say, "I use firefox because of the Gecko layout engine" or "I use firefox because i think it renders web pages better/faster". Instead users say, "i like the add-ons" or "i like the way this browser sync's bookmarks".

The less time developers spend recreating the wheel for the more time they can spend innovating.

Re: Belkin announces Thunderbolt hub

Brad — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:03:17 -0000

Yip!!! $300 bucks for a hub? Even the old HP docking stations was half that. For 250 it included a hard drive in the docking station. and it was also a stand for your notebook.

Re: Apple’s iPad kicking enterprise printer companies square in the nuts

Mrinal Guharoy — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:13:14 -0000

Josh, check out StoryDesk.

NY Based, we are changing the way presentations take place on the iPad.

www.storydesk.com.

Would love to chat, share our story with you.

mrinal.guharoy@storydesk.com

Re: Is WebKit slowly turning into IE6?

M W — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:53:16 -0000

IE6 was an awesome and innovative browser when it came out. The problem was not IE6's features, a lot of which were copied, but rather that it was left to rot for years and years

Re: Apple is still having a hard time with iAds, lowers buy-in price again

paul andrew skidmore — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:04:38 -0000

a quote from the SplatF article you link to at the end probably spells it out, the part about not being able to add "third party measurement systems". that says to me that companies are saying, "the money we pay out does not give us enough information about those being advertised to as compared to other places." advertising agencies are used to other prominent venues (Google, Facebook) selling out their users, which adds tremendous value beyond impressions and clicks. imagine how much personal information an advertiser acquires from Google for Facebook for $100k, much less $1m. i suspect little to none of this information is gathered by iAd, and that's probably more what it's really about.

sad, because in the end, it only hurts developers who are trying to do the best thing for their customers by providing cheap or free apps and services without selling out their users souls (or their contacts data) in the process.

i don't really know a lot about the advertising game, so I'd appreciate any rebuttals or further education on the subject.

Re: HP continues to roll out webOS features, including the new Isis browser

JimD — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:03:49 -0000

I've been wondering the same thing.

Re: Getting down and dirty with Ravenous Games on League of Evil 2

Greg — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:29:58 -0000

Cut the Rope of course. ;-) Teetering on an Anomaly purchase as well; just haven't 'needed' a new game (free or otherwise) yet.

Re: HP continues to roll out webOS features, including the new Isis browser

RaphaelNinjaTurtle — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:49:29 -0000

Is there some sort of Horse joke im missing

Re: Spotify for iOS takes audio quality to the EXTREME

Dufusdeldia — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:42:53 -0000

Sorry, Corey, but that's incorrect. Spotify has NEVER had the Beatles or Led Zep. At least, not yet. My guess is they won't, ever, as those two sell quite nicely, even still, without Spotify. That's OK for me, as I own every track by both of those bands, and Spotify plays MY music just fine.
http://www.spotify.com/us/h...
Bottom line (for me) is... If these few hold-outs are your total musical universe, then Spotify is not for you. However, if your taste in music takes you beyond a couple of Rock Bands from 50 years ago, their 13 million songs DO have something to offer.

Re: Is WebKit slowly turning into IE6?

Xname — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:36:08 -0000

Why not only develop one browser to rule them all then? Choice? Who needs choice? You're exactly the kind of coder/designer web development needs to be rid of.

Re: HP continues to roll out webOS features, including the new Isis browser

Joshua Schnell — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:28:31 -0000

He told me to tell you... "neigh."

Re: HP continues to roll out webOS features, including the new Isis browser

Nick Mediati — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:07:00 -0000

MOAR iPAD 3 HORSE!! MOAR!

Re: Getting down and dirty with Ravenous Games on League of Evil 2

Nick — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:35:04 -0000

cant wait for the game! i loved LOE1, i am a big fan of 8-bit era aswell and LOE1 is an awesome 8-bit game.But now with retina graphics LOE2 is gonna be a blast!

Re: Spotify for iOS takes audio quality to the EXTREME

Corey Woodcox — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:33:25 -0000

"... when their catalog grows a bit more."

I have a feeling that's not gonna happen. They HAD Led Zeppelin and The Beatles a few months back, the labels have been pulling music right and left for the last little while; they don't feel they're being compensated fairly.

Re: Getting down and dirty with Ravenous Games on League of Evil 2

Joshua Schnell — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:21:05 -0000

Good point. Out of curiosity, what are you playing these days on your Android phone?

Re: Getting down and dirty with Ravenous Games on League of Evil 2

Joshua Schnell — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:20:16 -0000

Sorry, no dice. Was not I.

Re: Getting down and dirty with Ravenous Games on League of Evil 2

Greg — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:11 -0000

Great interview. Luckily I have (read as: my son has) an iOS device! I do think Android users are paying for "premium" games these days (I certainly do), but I don't know if it's at the scale that justifies the development costs.

Re: Getting down and dirty with Ravenous Games on League of Evil 2

Justin Van Leeuwen — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:05:05 -0000

I'd like to get down and dirty with the author of this article.

It was Josh right?

Re: Is WebKit slowly turning into IE6?

DigitizedSociety — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:17:22 -0000

IE, Opera, and Mozilla need to just adopt Web-Kit as their layout engine. The whole issue with HTML vs Flash is the fact that there still is not a single layout/rendering engine in the world of HTML.

Instead of urging Developers to work harder, how about we urge Browser Makers to simply compete on features and usability of the browser and not on who's layout-engine is better. Then we can rid the web of "boilerplates" and "resets".

Re: WSJ: iPad 3 to be 4G, on Verizon and AT&T

Macfoxpro — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:58:55 -0000

Uhhh what about a smaller iPad? Don't ya want to talk about the possible 7-8" iPad? Oh wait, this is the site that jumped on the no way, not going to happen bandwagon after a couple others said the same.

Re: WSJ: iPad 3 to be 4G, on Verizon and AT&T

JT_CHITOWN — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:49:46 -0000

I rarely use 3G on my first gen iPad but must admit it has come in handy on a few occasions (exs. makeshift GPS navigation, Web access while at extended-stay hotel with no WiFi, and secure last minute bill payments). Still, while I know a 4G iPad is necessary to stay competitive with other tablets and to lure enterprise, I see low bandwidth caps and the load limitations of the wireless networks as taking most of the shine off any upside it might provide. At least customers will be able to drop down to 3G when not needing 4G speeds and extend battery life.

The only compelling rumor, for me, concerning the iPad 3 is the combination of high res screen and faster processor. Those two advancements open new ground for developers to create even richer applications and, thus, continue the march toward putting to bed any notion that iPad is not a PC.

Re: Ladies and gentlemen, we present a macgasmic Mac SuperBundle

mangochutney — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:31:49 -0000

They do, don't they ;)

Re: Andrea Jung’s board position at Apple may be in trouble

Bad — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:29:53 -0000

Male or Female...it shouldn't matter. Evil's evil.

Re: Is WebKit slowly turning into IE6?

mangochutney — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:22:37 -0000

No fair!

Re: Is WebKit slowly turning into IE6?

JT_CHITOWN — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:08:12 -0000

Apple, which was at the forefront of WebKit development and in light go the Mac's growing popularity, now seems more focused on adding extra layers of security so as to avoid Safari morphing into an entrance for hackers like Internet Explorer had become for Windows. As a Mac user, I'm grateful and consider increased security measures as necessary. However, I'm not grateful for seeing Safari Web Content taking up GBs of RAM at times or at the top of Activity Monitor's list of CPU hogs when experiencing frequent beach balls.

Since upgrading to Safari 5, I also more frequently run into websites that have video that doesn't behave well with Safari and has jerky playback or doesn't play. In those instances, I fall back on the latest stable Firefox build; in fairness to Apple, this may be due to web developers testing their site against the more popular browser. Also, because I'm no stranger to safe computing and even though work on it has stopped, I still fire up Camino (a Gecko-based browser like Firefox) from time-to-time when I want a slimmed down browser experience that is fast and stable in part thanks to it being written in Cocoa.