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Re: A Random Thought

fjvwing — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:51:49 -0000

I am not sure we do as a website. We like their products -- kinda, I know plenty of people who have used them and feel let down -- but when I read their website I am still as skeptical as with any large corporation's website.

Re: Music Sales: Ur Doin It Wrong

fjvwing — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:58:06 -0000

Thank you, grooveshark is turning to be out to be so nice I keep wondering how they make any money.

Re: Steak-holding Stakeholders

fjvwing — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:56:44 -0000

I still think you should weigh at the end of shopping when using the handheld.

Actually the one's at Ralph's market in Downtown LA were fast and never gave me any problems. I think supermakrets insist on them to cut down on personnel costs. Because as annoying as they are, we still end up back behind them.

Re: Stupid Recruiter Shenanigans

fjvwing — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:35:29 -0000

I want to be in her database.

Re: Stupid Recruiter Shenanigans

fjvwing — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:30:28 -0000

Of the two external placers that impressed me, one was indeed a former
Software Engineer. He was unable to place me because, well, I am a
difficult to place guy in a world of defined job specs and pliable
personalities. But he knew what I was talking about.

Re: My Data, Your Disks, Our Problem

fjvwing — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:40:09 -0000

Delete.

Re: Watch It

fjvwing — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:05:02 -0000

Chris, that 'Is it broken?' connotation of the gesture is exactly why I think the device should not be designed such that you get to be seen holding it to your ear with strap and all. Who wants to be seen constantly checking whether their expensive tech is broken or not?

Re: Commodities Won

fjvwing — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:17:31 -0000

See how distraught I was. I couldn't even read correctly.

Fixed, and thanks!

Re: Apple: Morons?

fjvwing — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:27:08 -0000

iLounge is just not known for the crappiest reporting, you know, and the thing is, I would not be surprised if Apple did it (or perhaps I have been in mobile too long). I am still bummed by the rest of the review, though. Beeps? It's so 1993. I haven't found a person who has seen the thing and liked it.

Re: Your Texts Could Be Out There!

fjvwing — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:25:00 -0000

Skydeck scrapes your billing account on the operator's website -- you have to give them username & password for that -- and also has a sync client for installation on your BlackBerry or Android phone. I presume a Symbian sync client will follow when they leave North America, and possibly a Pre client soon.

Re: Major UI Failure At Apple

fjvwing — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:04:04 -0000

Seems like it would impede muscle-memory built up, but I have to say I have not installed the beta because f reasons above, and because beig able to test on production browsers is my current livelyhood.

Re: The Sentence No CSS-Maker Wants To Hear On Joining A Project

fjvwing — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:57:15 -0000

I don't even know where to install it. I have an OS X machine and an XP laptop. The XP Laptop cannot be downgraded, and I am not sure I can get a Win2K installation for the OS X virtual machine I am using anywhere.

Re: Missing Accessory: Screens

fjvwing — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:29:00 -0000

I have been thinking about this more. No, there are no foldable screens, you always get a bezel, no matter how thin because of the hinge. The fold-out keyboard is exactly what I had in mind for tiny handhelds, and is great to pull out during a meeting or on the road when sudden;y a lot of typing is required, but you are still saddled with a tiny screen afterwards when real work has to be done. Traveling with an extra, rigid, durably packed, pretty light screen might seem strange, but then there were all these roadwarriors lugging whole projectors not too many years ago.

Re: My Browser Is A Mess

fjvwing — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:30:46 -0000

Call me when it actually runs outside of Windows then. I really do like the process separation and am waiting for it, but I do not use my Windows machine often.

As for how to manage web applications, this is a good start, but it may not be enough. I think it may be necessary for the browser to become smart enough to notice that a page on a tab has spawned multiple windows and that thus these windows+tab are essentially an app that should be registered with the Windowing shell with its own group and icon, yes, if that is even possible, or that avenues need to be explored. What I know now is that my browser has become very hard to manage because it is being used as an application platform. Chrome was explictly created to be the best application platform for web-apps. Well, it needs a little rethinking then, to find out what works better.

Re: My Browser Is A Mess

fjvwing — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:49:58 -0000

Actually, it isn't. First of all it only rund on Windows, and second, it still is hard to manage since the window entries get grouped together on Windows, and all have the same icon. It's still hard to manage.

Re: 300 DPI

fjvwing — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:54:14 -0000

Thank you, Pete.

Re: Checking Out Android's API

fjvwing — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:03:15 -0000

I have to admit I have only written J2ME apps for prototyping. Could you tell us some more about strategies to deal with heap fragmentation, since J2ME gives no insight into the managed memory?

Re: We're Running This By Hand?

fjvwing — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:37:21 -0000

There's an advantage here somewhere.

Re: So m4m4sex.com Is Having A Survey And I Find...

fjvwing — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:34:16 -0000

It's been pretty revolutionary. You wonder how people did before this. I think it involved bars or something. :)

Re: This Technology Watcher Would Like To Make Something Clear To People Who May Be Confused

fjvwing — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:31:47 -0000

A miracle like crack.

Re: BT Headsets Stumble On

fjvwing — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:02:56 -0000

I do not think BT is specced to allow for receivers paired with multiple streams simultaneously. There are BT headsets that will switch between two devices so you can pair a phone and a music player, and when the phone rings the headset will switch the music player off. Maybe the headste for multiple concurrent streams will need multiple BT receivers, or a new standard will have to be added to the ever-evolving BT standard.

As for the usability of it, almost every phone source has a distinct ring, or the user can set one. Music and computer beeps would be an issue to be mixed in. Right now of course I have all those conurrent sources running, but since I do not use a headset for them I have the direction of the sound telling me where it is from and what it signifies. However, mail chimes, messaging and chat chimes, printer chimes, and errors are distinct so this might not be a problem. I think we just have to try.

Re: BT Headsets Stumble On

fjvwing — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:10:15 -0000

Obviously what I need are more phones to play with. I wish I could get myself to get an iPhone, but it just doesn't fit my life.

Odd of Jabra, it actually is possible to get more than just the number as long as both sides support the PBAP profile.

Re: Google Chrome: NSFW

fjvwing — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:33:30 -0000

Good design is good defaults.

And yes, while you can set a homepage, clicking new tab still opens the problematic thumbnails.

Re: Google Chrome: NSFW

fjvwing — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:27:17 -0000

You will know design by its defaults. I don't want programs that make my life more difficult to manage. This is a usability flaw.

Re: The man from Samsung says yes to Nokia’s Symbian deal

fjvwing — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:55:02 -0000

But who the hell would want that sandpit? As a (used to be) developer I'd have to think hard whether I'd want to make apps quickly for Android and Apple that have sane programming models vs the scream that is Symbian. Symbian systems lock up less and allow concurrent execution, but that doesn't matter for a developer trying to get people to buy.