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9 months ago
in Ok, Apple Not Stupid - The Have Just Turned Into “The Man” on britg
Hi again :)
Assuming that without internet explorer that there would be no mass exposure to the internet is wrong on many levels. Without IE being built into the os, it may have taken a year or two more at worst, but the momentum was definitely there already.
I have a feeling you'll like android. My personal opinion is that in 10 years, it'll be the windows of the mobile space, full of virus / trojans and whatnot. I've looked (briefly) at how they are doing security, but honestly, not stopping / testing apps before they go out will really make this a playground for a lot of nasty people. But we'll get the apps ;)
Assuming that without internet explorer that there would be no mass exposure to the internet is wrong on many levels. Without IE being built into the os, it may have taken a year or two more at worst, but the momentum was definitely there already.
I have a feeling you'll like android. My personal opinion is that in 10 years, it'll be the windows of the mobile space, full of virus / trojans and whatnot. I've looked (briefly) at how they are doing security, but honestly, not stopping / testing apps before they go out will really make this a playground for a lot of nasty people. But we'll get the apps ;)
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10 months ago
in Apple Too Stupid to Understand Utility of Outside-The-Box Apps on britg
I'm sure they would prefer all web browsing to go through their implementation of webkit for consistency while trying to build this platform, whether they relax this in the future is anyone's guess.
Also, I just looked through the Big5 site, and while it is a great idea, the implementation is very messy. Go into safari, type in big5's address, put in your new url, [done], save as bookmark on desktop. Then open bookmark (back to safari again) which then pass's off the url to the big5 app.
Honestly, it's a mess. Not sure if the one they submitted to the app store was a cleaner version, but if it was like this preview, it's not hard to see why it was rejected.
And calling an entire company stupid for rejecting something that really has a very bad user interface, is well, kinda over the top.
Also, I just looked through the Big5 site, and while it is a great idea, the implementation is very messy. Go into safari, type in big5's address, put in your new url, [done], save as bookmark on desktop. Then open bookmark (back to safari again) which then pass's off the url to the big5 app.
Honestly, it's a mess. Not sure if the one they submitted to the app store was a cleaner version, but if it was like this preview, it's not hard to see why it was rejected.
And calling an entire company stupid for rejecting something that really has a very bad user interface, is well, kinda over the top.
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britg
Haha, ok I agree the headline was a bit over the top, but it just reads better than 'Some Team In Apple's Iphone App Review Department Is Too Stupid To Understand Utility of Outside-The-Box Apps".
Regarding your points - the first few steps of that messy process is meant to be alleviated by getting approved for the app store. If Big5 were a downloadable app, all a user would have to do is 1) open the app, 2) type in the web address just like in Safari.
You are probably right about apple censoring apps that act as another web browser for whatever reason. But, just compare that what Microsoft got in a lot of trouble for doing with Internet explorer in windows. Same exact situation.
Regarding your points - the first few steps of that messy process is meant to be alleviated by getting approved for the app store. If Big5 were a downloadable app, all a user would have to do is 1) open the app, 2) type in the web address just like in Safari.
You are probably right about apple censoring apps that act as another web browser for whatever reason. But, just compare that what Microsoft got in a lot of trouble for doing with Internet explorer in windows. Same exact situation.
I agree that IE itself wasn't that important - but the concept behind it was - release an application that spawns innovation and fix the security holes when they arise. Windows is a nest for malicious software because they chose innovation over caution. But without that, the computer industry wouldn't be where it's at today, and Apple would have never been able to establish itself as the 'safe alternative' and the 'cool kid on the block.'
The funny thing is, I'm writing this from a macbook pro :)