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Re: Windows XP Twice as Fast as Vista?

Roland Hesz — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:10:33 -0000

I would really like to agree with you on the "applications in the cloud" part, however.
I met a few, and I am involved in the development of one at the moment, and I do maintain my position that it would be better as a desktop application.

Let's forget the performance problems, I just concentrate on one thing: User interface.

Spending 8 hours with an application that's sole purpose is to search quickly, enter data quickly, navigate between screens quickly is not something that belong in a browser.

I know it is "modern" and "all the rage", but the GUI we built in Delphi was 400% percent more usable, more user friendly and quicker.

I have not seen one web based application the can use all the GUI features a desktop application can offer.

Plus, we have been on the cloud once before. Just think about the early work terminals. Maybe there was a reason we moved away.

So, first I would like to see at least one application that is so comfortable and usable that I won't scream after using it 3 hours, let alon 8 hours for 5 days.

Especially with browsers that themselves eat up half of your remaining resources.

Re: Windows XP Twice as Fast as Vista?

Roland Hesz — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:10:33 -0000

Let's forget the performance problems, I just concentrate on one thing: User interface.

Spending 8 hours with an application that's sole purpose is to search quickly, enter data quickly, navigate between screens quickly is not something that belong in a browser.

I know it is "modern" and "all the rage", but the GUI we built in Delphi was 400% percent more usable, more user friendly and quicker.

I have not seen one web based application the can use all the GUI features a desktop application can offer.

Plus, we have been on the cloud once before. Just think about the early work terminals. Maybe there was a reason we moved away.

So, first I would like to see at least one application that is so comfortable and usable that I won't scream after using it 3 hours, let alon 8 hours for 5 days.

Especially with browsers that themselves eat up half of your remaining resources.

Re: My sole problem with Amazon’s Kindle

Roland Hesz — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:27:03 -0000

Oh, I know it, but knowing the reason does not really help me, does it?

As someone who wants to buy it, I don't care if they don't want to or can't sell it here. It won't ruin my life, just a fact noted

It's one of those things. I wait patiently, either they will introduce whispernet here - I doubt it - or there will be another e-book device which will work with either wifi or gprs, or 'futurenet'.

Re: My sole problem with Amazon’s Kindle

Roland Hesz — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:28:18 -0000

And almost forget it, welcome to this place.

Re: The Hollywood writer's strike (Scripting News)

Roland Hesz — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:40:06 -0000

I am not totally familiar with the situation. I can't even see how I could - or the majority of the people could - make money if not from their day jobs.

Can you tell how someone can make money if not from his day job? If I design, code and all for 10 hours a day, but I won't get paid for it, how will I pay my bills? I will just tell the shopkeeper - look, I won't pay you for what you give to me, find your money somewhere else, now pass the bread, the butter and the meat?

I am open for the suggestions.

And as far as I know, it is all about "we give you N percent of the stuff we sell on TV and DVD, but none for what we sell online"

Doing the same thing they are crying about when someone does it to them 'Piracy! Piracy!'

But the main thing what I want to know: how can I get money so I don't starve to death under a bridge, if not from my day job? :)

Re: Odd fact (Scripting News)

Roland Hesz — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:17:06 -0000

Problem is, that in Europe, you won't get a Mac Mini for the price of a hotel night.
A MacMini costs about 1.5 times as much as in the US.
Plus, a relatively nice hotel in Madrid or Paris costs 100-150 EUR a night, not 380 EUR ( ~599USD).

So, you either went to a rather expensive hotel, or a really, really nice one :)

Re: Why I don’t want a Kindle

Roland Hesz — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:56:23 -0000

I would like it.
I got a lot of books, and I will not give up paperbooks, but kindle - or something like that, not necessarily kindle - gives me one thing I like:
When I travel somewhere for a shorter or longer period I don't have to choose in advance what book I would like to read.

For me, that's the reason to get an e-book reader, to be able to carry around a selection of different books easily.

Re: Death to Attachments

Roland Hesz — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:46:56 -0000

Attachments are sent even in house here. You know, not put in some public folder, but sent in an email to 10 people at once. Like meeting memos, spreadsheets, etc.

Suggesting that it be put on some unsafe and dangerous outside website - like Zoho, Google Docs, etc. - would get you a long, cold stare and a long speech about security of business secrets and so on.

I think that outside of the Silicon Valley and such "high-tech" places most of the companies are working like this.

Even the reading of emails on the phone did not catch on at a lot of places yet.

Re: Death to Attachments

Roland Hesz — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:46:56 -0000

Attachments are sent even in house here. You know, not put in some public folder, but sent in an email to 10 people at once. Like meeting memos, spreadsheets, etc.

I think that outside of the Silicon Valley and such "high-tech" places most of the companies are working like this.

Even the reading of emails on the phone did not catch on at a lot of places yet.

Re: Intuit’s Update Fiasco: There is a Better Way

Roland Hesz — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:19:04 -0000

"there is a better, safer, easier way."
I wonder about the easier part - dang, Zoho hang up and crap, it messed up 3 hours work, doh and I don't have a local copy, jeez what shoud I do now? (solution, I copy it to my harddisk every 5 minutes since then. )

And better - why, why, why do they have to cut internet right now??? I got only 30 minutes to finish this!! damn.....

Some old problems solved - upgrade problems - some new problems created.

Re: Intuit’s Update Fiasco: There is a Better Way

Roland Hesz — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:19:04 -0000

And better - why, why, why do they have to cut internet right now??? I got only 30 minutes to finish this!! damn.....

Some old problems solved - upgrade problems - some new problems created.

Re: Intuit’s Update Fiasco: There is a Better Way

Roland Hesz — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:55:08 -0000

No, it crashed and when it came back my document was corrupted and Zoho could not restore it.
Had to start from scratch again.

The losing internet is a different problem, when you have to finish something and you loose net connection.

So yes, storing your documents in the cloud, but it can have the same problems like an offline document writer, plus internet connection is not a sure thing.

Re: Intuit’s Update Fiasco: There is a Better Way

Roland Hesz — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:55:08 -0000

No, it crashed and when it came back my document was corrupted and Zoho could not restore it.
Had to start from scratch again.

The losing internet is a different problem, when you have to finish something and you loose net connection.

So yes, storing your documents in the cloud, but it can have the same problems like an offline document writer, plus internet connection is not a sure thing.

Re: Intuit’s Update Fiasco: There is a Better Way

Roland Hesz — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:56:24 -0000

So - dumb enter -, the cloud is not a 100% solution. It is a tool, sometimes more fitting, sometimes not, depending on your needs.

Re: Intuit’s Update Fiasco: There is a Better Way

Roland Hesz — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:56:24 -0000

So - dumb enter -, the cloud is not a 100% solution. It is a tool, sometimes more fitting, sometimes not, depending on your needs.

Re: Intuit’s Update Fiasco: There is a Better Way

Roland Hesz — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:14:00 -0000

Zoho writer, Flock 1.0.3, it happened on the 9th of december in the afternoon.

I happens, I just wanted to point out that software is software, no matter where it is installed :)

If you need some other information I will try to dig it up :)

Re: Intuit’s Update Fiasco: There is a Better Way

Roland Hesz — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:14:00 -0000

Zoho writer, Flock 1.0.3, it happened on the 9th of december in the afternoon.

I happens, I just wanted to point out that software is software, no matter where it is installed :)

If you need some other information I will try to dig it up :)

Re: I Need Your Blogs!

Roland Hesz — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:10:10 -0000

Here is it http://heszroland.hu and the feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com...

I am a deplhi developer turned software designer, gone manager for a brief time, and the blog is about whatever strikes my fancy, currently so called "social media" thingies, plus software development, photos, but really anything.

Despi's last blog post..How many social media thingies do you USE?

Re: What My RSS Reader Looks Like…So Far

Roland Hesz — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:05:13 -0000

HI Teeg, can you just make a small correction on the Fractured Bloughts part and put the 'l' on the end of Despil? I know, it was my typo in the first place :)

Despil's last blog post..Who are the ‘bloggers’, and what do they eat?

Re: Getting mixed signals about my Twitter Usage: Tell me what you think

Roland Hesz — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:04:26 -0000

Well, you are far from being the "noisiest" tweeter in my line.
Actually I like your tweets and the frequency.

Re: The Cell-Phone Aware PC May Be a PC-less PC

Roland Hesz — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:15:58 -0000

Well, if it happens - sooner or later will -, then we can lean back and say "great! back to where we started!"
Only this time it probably will work better than with the old days terminals.

I think for this to work really well we will need a better internet structure, with better internet providers.

At the moment I would be glad if I could just carry around my "PC" in a pocket sized box, and then plug it on a display and a keyboard when I need.

Re: The Cell-Phone Aware PC May Be a PC-less PC

Roland Hesz — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:15:58 -0000

Well, if it happens - sooner or later will -, then we can lean back and say "great! back to where we started!"
Only this time it probably will work better than with the old days terminals.

I think for this to work really well we will need a better internet structure, with better internet providers.

At the moment I would be glad if I could just carry around my "PC" in a pocket sized box, and then plug it on a display and a keyboard when I need.

Re: Oops, They Fired All Their Workaholics

Roland Hesz — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:46:09 -0000

Everyone who knows me can attest that I positively hate pointless overtime.
But come on, it is a start up. A heavy, immobile thing you want to set into motion.
If you ever tried to push a heavy truck when it got stuck in the mud then you know it is possible only if everyone got dirty head to toe, and strains himself to the limits.

I totally agree with him, if you want to have a peaceful, 9-6 job, then go and work at an established, working company.
A new company needs people who can lift it, run with it, and at the and make it fly.

Just my 2 cents.

Re: Oops, They Fired All Their Workaholics

Roland Hesz — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:46:09 -0000

Just my 2 cents.

Re: On work and family and having a “real life”

Roland Hesz — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:42:07 -0000

"Leaving at 7:00 classifies as working arder than anyone on his team? Hope he doesn’t have a heart attack from the stress.
Comment by Steve — March 8,"

You know, funny as it may sound, not everything is done by writing code.
Have you seen when he got back to the office at 11PM for example?

If you measure "work" by hours spent at the office, then you misunderstand a few things.

Most of the complainers associates the demand for hard work with "staying until 5AM in the morning".
I associate it with less frequent coffee and smoke breaks - you don't need a cigarette every 25 minutes, and the occasional longer hours.

I really, really wonder why do the concentrate on hours spent at the office.
For the record - my boss works pretty hard. And leaves the office at 6PM. And then he is still sending mails at 1AM.
He puts in way over 12 hours a day, AND he spends enough time with his kids.
Getting home between 18:00 - 18:30, he spends his time with his kids till they go to bed, then he resumes work.

I really don't know why people INTENTIONALLY misunderstand what Calacanis wrote.