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  • Rumor: Apple developing 'iPhone SE 2' variant with Face ID, 5.4-inch screen

    If they're going to do Face ID on a smaller display then they'll need to use reduced components to keep the notch width down, keep a forehead, or they data on the sides of the notch may have to reduced or become more cramped. I hope they're able to reduce the Face ID components for the notch all around in the coming years.
    netmage
  • Ricky Gervais roasts Apple as Golden Globes snub 'The Morning Show'

    Only in Hollywood would "Apple, Amazon, Disney" be used as code for "reprehensible organizations, akin to a terrorist group."  In "middle America" that's shorthand for "companies that deliver products and services we love."
    He didn't say they didn't offer products we love. He very clearly referenced unethical tactics for achieving those heights… and he's not wrong. Comparing to a terroristic organization is hyperbole, which is comedic device.
    StrangeDayscat52razorpitdocno42
  • Internet Explorer 5 developer describes frustrations of working with Steve Jobs

    I believe that IE for Mac was actually the Windows code running under some slow Microsoft emulation libraries for the Mac.  It was horrible.
    The Safari derived Chrome browser runs better on Windows than IE today.  IE Javascript performance is the worst.
    1) Your comment lost me. I don't recall IE for Mac being emulated. It didn't even use the same layout engine as IE for Windows. It is, however, MS code running on the Mac, as noted by the article that it was created in secret by MS in San Jose for the Mac.

    2) I don't recall Chrome ever being derived from Safari. They certainly used the WebKit engine in Safari to create their own browser, which they eventually forked.

    PS: Remember when Apple obtained WebKit and the iPhone launched without websites being idealize for either the engine or the device? How things changed in quickly.
    watto_cobraJWSCcornchip
  • Apple Maps improvements conclude with push into Alaska, Central & Southeast US

    macgui said:
    I want Apple to eventually give us offline capability, but I don't think that will ever happen.
    No, I don't think they'll offer a completely offline option, but you can set a trip and it will grab map data for that route that can still be applied if you're in an area that doesn't have service. I think they all offer that, and it has saved my arse a few times.
    watto_cobracornchip
  • Apple Maps improvements conclude with push into Alaska, Central & Southeast US

    Been using AM every since it was out, never had a problem. Major metro city. 
    I recently had issues with Apple Maps in Kauai. Everything was close but off. Sometimes in was a block or two off. I then tried Google Maps and it was off. With my limited use in the browser it may have been a little better, but it was still off a lot more than I've experienced in the contiguous US since before Apple Maps launched.
    lostkiwiwatto_cobra