Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 22nd Oct 2011 22:24 UTC
Remember back when Nokia jumped to Windows Phone 7, abandoning all other platforms and future directions? Remember Elop's infamous 'burning platform' memo was coveniently 'leaked' to the web? Remember how Elop claimed Windows Phone 7 was the only way forward, since nothing else inside the company would be ready for prime time soon enough? Remember how I thought this was a very good and sane decision? Well, the first reviews of what will be the only MeeGo handset from Nokia (the N9) are in, and well... To whoever decided to go WP7 and ditch MeeGo: I don't like you. To myself: I'm an idiot for arguing this was a good idea.
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RE[7]: I'm probably going to be ignored
by sorpigal on Mon 24th Oct 2011 18:03
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I'm not talking about a collection of command line tools that you can hobble together to resemble something easy to use.
A collection of command line tools that I combine together is easy to use, as opposed to the integrated candy land that is visual studio. VS is a good editor and a decent debugger, but everything else is crap (and did I mention it's SLOW?)
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/20/13 6:17 UTC, submitted by MOS6510
"In the first episode of Microsoft's new film series 'On the Whiteboard', Editor Pamela Woon chats with two-time Oscar winner Randy Thom about the (often underestimated) importance of sound in human-technology interactions. Thom, the lead sound designer at Skywalker Ranch who worked on films such as The Incredibles, Castaway and Forrest Gump, says that people rarely consider the significance of those signature sounds that come from their trusty devices, whether it be a cell phone, a computer or a tablet."
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/19/13 23:02 UTC, submitted by M.Onty
"Microsoft has sensationally abandoned its controversial plans to restrict the sharing of XBox One games, and has also removed daily online authentication requirements for its forthcoming console", reports The Guardian. They had no choice. Still a good move.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/19/13 22:28 UTC
"A snippet of code in the Steam digital distribution platform has revealed that Valve may be planning to let users easily share their games with friends in the future. The Verge has verified the code's authenticity, which was originally spotted by a member of the NeoGAF gaming forum; the code references a 'shared game library' and a notification that would alert a user when their games are currently in use by a borrower." This would change the, uh, game.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:33 UTC
Official Apple statement on PRISM and privacy: "Regardless of the circumstances, our Legal team conducts an evaluation of each request and, only if appropriate, we retrieve and deliver the narrowest possible set of information to the authorities. In fact, from time to time when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we will refuse to fulfill it." This is basically Apple re-publishing their earlier statement in a more official manner. You either believe it, or you don't.
Linked by Anonymous on 06/18/13 22:26 UTC
The open source Contiki operating system and its commercial Thingsquare distribution are making strides towards the connected home. According to a Computerworld article, a new LED light bulb manufacturer is putting small computers into their light bulbs. Each computer runs the Contiki OS, which gives each bulb an IP address and allows them to be controlled with a smartphone application. To connect the bulbs to the application, the bulbs use both Wi-Fi and the much lower power IEEE 802.15.4 mesh technology.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 22:25 UTC
"Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government. The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, is the latest move by the California-based tech giant to protect its reputation in the aftermath of news reports about sweeping National Security Agency surveillance of Internet traffic." Draining the ditch after the cow has drowned in it.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:45 UTC
"I can't find one person who has been using the Nexus 7 for an extended period of time, and hasn't seen a massive downgrade in performance. Just what kind of downgrade are we talking here? I cannot pick up my Nexus 7 without experiencing problems like a lag of ten seconds, or more, just to rotate the display; touches refusing to acknowledged; stuttering notification panel actions; and unresponsive apps." Fully and utterly agreed. My Nexus 7 was blazing-fast and awesome for a few months, and at some point, it just started sucking. Just like that. I've tried loads of ROMs, and nothing helps.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/18/13 17:32 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
A new release of the hobby operating system MenuetOS! The release notes are a bit non-descript, but you'll have to take what you can get: "updates and improvements (picview, httpc, ehci, ...)".
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:58 UTC
"The Internet is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. And this is far from being a solved problem. There are many terrestrial challenges to Internet connectivity - jungles, archipelagos, mountains. There are also major cost challenges. Right now, for example, in most of the countries in the southern hemisphere, the cost of an Internet connection is more than a month's income. Solving these problems isn't simply a question of time: it requires looking at the problem of access from new angles. So today we're unveiling our latest moonshot from Google[x]: balloon-powered Internet access." Insane.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/17/13 17:52 UTC
"MineAssemble is a tiny bootable Minecraft clone written partly in x86 assembly. I made it first and foremost because a university assignment required me to implement a game in assembly for a computer systems course. Because I had never implemented anything more complex than a 'Hello World' bootloader before, I decided I wanted to learn about writing my own kernel code at the same time. Note that the goal of this project was not to write highly efficient hand-optimized assembly code, but rather to have fun and write code that balances readability and speed. This is primarily accomplished by proper commenting and consistent code structuring." Just cool.More News »
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What planet do you live on?
The one where it is acknowledged that it is a sad state of affairs over there in penguin world.
They mananage to get shit done using inferior tooling, and that's great. It shouldn't have to be that way.
Developers shouldn't have to put up with the absolutely spartan tooling, I mean, seriously, this is an ongoing trend. Its always somebody elses fault, or you all always try to deflect away from the issues at hand by pointing to something, anything, to make it sound better.
Same thing happened with OpenOffice, erm sorry, LibreOffice. Same thing with GIMP. No, it can't possibly be our own inability to deliver quality products, its most definitely everyone else.
Come on, the lack of pragmatism on the Linux scene has hindered its success. Sure, maybe some huge enterprises are stupid enough to hire a shitload of C++ programmers to ducttape together a soluton for them. Great.
The fact still remains, you've lost, big, huge potential developers by not having a coherent development platform. I'm not talking about a collection of command line tools that you can hobble together to resemble something easy to use. Or mazes of buildscripts and black magic debuggers.
I'm talking about how easy it is for a small business or startup to get a solution done using the Linux Stack? Not very.
The first step to solving a problem is acknowledging you have one. Believe me, you have a big problem.
Qt and Qt Creator is a step in the right direction. Mono and MonoDevelop is a step in the right direction.
They're great starting points but need work. Hell, Qt tries so very hard to hide C++'s fail with the moc, and Mono does a great job at giving you all a good framework despite the flames, but more is needed.
People want ease of use, and I think this arrogance is symptomatic of the problem you all have. Quit thinking about yourselves, your own needs, start catering to developers. It'll help.
From a user's point of view if the N9 could run both Meego/Qt apps (such as Calligra Active) all Android apps, then the platform beats all comers.
App numbers are just a tick in a box. Momentum is key. The Windows Phone marketplace is outpacing Android, and going on-par and sometimes faster than iPhone. Also developers enjoy more paying customers on the WP7 marketplace vs Android, and generate more ad impressions (which are growing at an astonishing rate M/M).
Yet Elop dropped it, and its own Symbia OS, in favour of WP7 which has less than 1% market share.
He made a long term decision based on long term projections. Its illogical to look at how things are today and use it to make a decision for something with a multiyear span. Think.
MeeGo was going nowhere, very slowly. Microsoft needs Nokia, Nokia needs Microsoft. Its mutual, and I believe that by this time next year, they will have made significant inroads into the market.
Remember, Android had a slow start as well. The G1 was absolute shit.
In any sane assessment, this amounts to Elop deliberately sabotaging Nokia. It is just a shame that Microsoft probably won't go down with them.
Heh, I'm going to be amused when this is regarded by history as a monumental comeback.