gumbi
About
- Username
- gumbi
- Joined
- Visits
- 15
- Last Active
- Roles
- member
- Points
- 5
- Badges
- 0
- Posts
- 148
Reactions
Comments
-
Quote: You need to redo your computer history classes, Apple is around long before they created the iPhone, Objective-C originated in early 80's, more than 10 years before Java and 20 years before .NET. Tim Berners-Lee created the Web with Object…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 The important thing is not the language but the IDE and API on which the Apps is based on. Before .NET, Microsoft had no unified and modern IDE, .NET was a created in reaction of Objective-C and Xcode IDE. B…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by BigMac2 You know even Microsoft own apps haven't fully switch to .net and still stuck with old and depreciated win32 and dcom runtimes, more than 10 years after introducing .net and C#. Every major OS has many run…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by _Rick_V_ Nope, I meant the word disingenuous. Had the original poster said something like "but it's already working in IE!", I might've assumed (due to his ignorance) that something else is at play-- that he had …
-
Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I wonder how many active users that is. Netmarketshare has Windows 8.1 6.35% overall market share. So, about the same installed base of all versions of OSX combined... You figure it out.
-
Quote: Originally Posted by sflagel ah. peculiar. most if the time, the wifi connection is worse than the cellular connection. No public wifi connections, in my experience, are good enough to support VoIP. Do calls switch automatically mid-use,…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by sflagel I do not understand why carriers need to support wifi calling. they're support is not needed to support VoIP (like Skype) and why would they have to support a mac connecting with an iPhone to make a normal ca…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by patsu How efficient is it ? Silverlight was MS's product and it sucks a lot of juice for doing the same thing. From a play back perspective - it definitely feels better than the Silverlight player. Quicker to l…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal As usual, thank Apple for laying the groundwork for more compatible protocols that benefit everyone and especially for ignoring all the whiny Flash-fanboys (i.e. Phandroids) and their crying of how Apple is r…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by Slurpy Glad at least Apple (if noone else) is pushing away from plugins and advancing the web. The HTML5 player already works in IE11 on Windows... Just say'n.
-
Quote: Originally Posted by Quiet_Desperation Agreed. Anything that help release coding from the deathgrip of the graybeards (which is also a great album title) is fine by me. The reaction of the old timers to this is hilarious. "Whut? People…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX My point makes perfect sense but you've got your head so far up MS' ass that you won't even consider how disparate OSes deal with code across systems. The user, something Visual Studio developers apparen…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX I asked a fairly simple question and you've done everything but actually answer it. Let me try to make it even easier for you. Lets say you have Android running on an ARM-based tablet with a 1.8Ghz proce…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX 1) I clearly asked about usability since iOS is much more efficient of an OS as well as being deigned for the HW just as their apps are more efficient and designed for the HW, which is not the case with …
-
Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX 1) SQL Server runs on ARM? 2) What sense does it make to run a server on a confused tablet? You can make the MBA — a comparable example — a server but why would you? This is no different than people r…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by TeaEarleGreyHot I cannot even imaging being able to balance the kickstand, front edge of the SP3, and front edge of the keyboard on my lap, in an effort to replace a MBA. And there would *still* be no mouse or trac…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismX Does it really have more power? On paper, sure, it's a Core v ARM, but the OS and apps use a good deal of that before the user can do what they want. LOL... Can you run VS2012 and SQL Server 2012 on y…
-
Actually, I found out today, that after windows 8.1 update 1 - it's possible to have as many as 4 depending on your resolution...
-
Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I'd say having a fixed center split is best. Microsoft tried to have a resizable view but it's stepped. Samsung's is like this too, it doesn't redraw until you let go. It should be continuously scalable if you…
-
Quote: Originally Posted by snova there is a troubling trend in that software is continued to be devaluated. First through the Open Source movement, then through introduction of relatively low priced App store models and free Ad based models an…