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Re: 10 Things I Learned About UX By Being Drunk — Web Design and Development Blog | Web Design Trends, Tips, and More by Shopify Partners.

Al Nemec — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:31:34 -0000

I love the article and agree with most of it. But don't #7 and #10 contradict each other?

I agree with point 10 about standing out and don't really think making your site devoid of all CSS to be a good thing. In other words, I don't think craig's list success as a site has anything to do with its complete lack of styling.

Re: Lawmakers seem prepared to tackle gun control: 'This one feels different'

Al Nemec — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:23:55 -0000

The shooter in Newton wasn't concerned for what areas were "gun free zones". He was ready to die anyway. So why would adding more guns to schools deter someone like this.

If the teachers had fire arms that were already loaded and ready to fire and quickly available, (as would have been needed possibly stop someone like this) then that would have been a massive safety issue for the kids all the time and could easily result in the kids getting their hands on the gun accidentally. And on the other hand, If the teacher had the ammo and gun stored separately and locked up so it was safer for the kids, then how would she have gotten to it in time to stop what happened?

The problem is not responsible gun owners, it is mentally ill people having access to the fire arms of a gun owner. And in my opinion, a mental background check and psych test should be apart of the purchasing process for buying a gun.

Re: Palm Pre: Two Months In

Al Nemec — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:26:50 -0000

I'm sorry to say that for the most part you are going to receive the same sort of draconian policies from Palm. Their is the homebrew section for those people who will do a rather trivial hack to get the apps on their pre but its no where near the convenience and simplicity their real app store will have when its ready.

I am willing to grant that at this point since Palm doesn't have to deal with the same app volume as Apple that the feedback from the Palm reviewers is more detailed but their demands on your app are very similar.

Lets just step back for a second and take something in. Apple has a rejection rate of less than .03% So while they are getting some rightly deserved heat over a few of the rejections, I think the process will improve as Apple finally gets more reviewers hired so each reviewer is given more than 10 seconds per app.

I love the Pre. I love its notifications method, its face book integration. And while I prefer to have better battery life than running a game at the same time I compose an email (my silly example is to point out that most of the time we don't need to multitask), I can still appreciate the usefulness of it. By apple allowing their first party apps to run in the background of the iPhone and allowing third party apps to revive previous states, the lines between running an app on the background on the iPhone have blurred. Many of the videos that Palm showcases about the webos and what it lets you do (write and email and half way through then jump to sms to grab part of the text and copy and paste it into the email in progress) I can do on the iPhone due to what I mentioned above.

What I ulitmately appreciate is people like Lin who take the time to write their reviews of these various platforms. It lets all of us get some perspective on phones that maybe some of us don't interact with very often.

Re: Palm Pre: Two Months In

Al Nemec — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:08:12 -0000

I always enjoy hearing about more experiences with other mobile platforms since I only own an iPhone. I am actually developing apps for the palm pre with a friend of mine and I can appreciate some aspects of the device. However, overall I agree with your assessment. The device is a good alternative but doesn't stand up to the iPhone. Although I really wish the iPhone would do notifications the way the Pre does, so much less intrusive.

I always feel like the odd one out when it comes to AT&T, I get excellent service and coverage. Granted I live in the midwest, which is apparently the area of the country AT&T spent all of its money on.

Re: Palm Pre: Two Months In

Al Nemec — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:07:55 -0000

I have been working with palm pretty closely to try and get an app I have been working on, onto its app store. Keep in mind that their app store is in beta but from my experience its been just like working with the iPhone app store. Very scrutinizing process to the point where Palm is making us make very subjective design tweaks before the app is admitted into the store. And as a designer for the app many of the suggestions I don't agree with but its make them or don't get admitted.

It may change but from my experience Palm will be just as picky as Apple is on approving apps to be on the official store.

Re: Hog Bay Software - WriteRoom.iPhone $4.99 sales compared to giving...

Al Nemec — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:26:57 -0000

This may not apply to your app (its hard to say for sure). But I think their tends to be a group of iPhone users in the general populace that will avoid any app unless its free, regardless of how useful it is.

I can't speak for those users personally (as I tend to buy apps all the time). But I have witnessed many friends and colleagues with this sort of behavoir.