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Comment: Re:I just want a sensible UI (Score 1) 185

by J. T. MacLeod (#38833113) Attached to: Chromium-Based Spinoffs Worth Trying

If you're talking about the narrow case of wanting to see just what's in those last few pixels on a page that extends past the viewable window, sure. I'm talking about the far more common case of a page that justifies information at the bottom of the window or when it is justified at the bottom of a page which is scrolled all the way to the bottom.

Comment: I just want a sensible UI (Score 2) 185

by J. T. MacLeod (#38825361) Attached to: Chromium-Based Spinoffs Worth Trying

I would love Chrome if it had a status bar instead of a status popup that covers page elements and a URL bar that either shows the http or doesn't include it when you copy and paste the URL (what kind of moronic...).

So, basically a browser that doesn't go out of its way to annoy me. Is there a version of Chrome like THAT?

Comment: Re:Is it too much to ask... (Score 3, Insightful) 208

by J. T. MacLeod (#38036454) Attached to: Motorola Reinvents the RAZR

Today's giant scree designs make clamshell a bit difficult. You could have the hinge on the other side, but that makes vertical operation awkward. You could keep the traditional clamshell orientation, but then it becomes a very long, weird device... unless you make the screen smaller, which just isn't what makes a desirable smartphone for the vast majority of people.

They do make cases for people such as yourself, though: http://www.oriongadgets.com/Apple-iPhone-3GS-Leather-Flip-Type-Case-Crocodile-Pattern-Red-pid-5305.html

Comment: Re:HDMI? (Score 1) 208

by J. T. MacLeod (#38036410) Attached to: Motorola Reinvents the RAZR

Not only are they powerful enough, they're getting even more powerful (well, as I'm sure you guessed...).

The iPhone 4 and higher end Android phones are capable of 3D graphics performance that can look like a current-generation console (concessions are made, but clever design can make that non-obvious), and they do it at nigh-HD resolutions. In just a short couple of years, we're going to have phones that meet or beat the consoles currently attached to TVs. Certainly, more powerful consoles will be out by that time, but we're getting to the point where not as important--and it'll probably be even less important when a person can have a game on their phone and TV. There are a lot of other issues there (controls, conveniently attaching a phone to a TV, what to do with calls), but there are the beginnings for answers to those right now, and it'll be answered fairly well when it becomes a more practical possibility.

Comment: Re:Nice if you can do it (Score 2) 424

by J. T. MacLeod (#37839842) Attached to: How Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma

We can argue about how much Apple needed saving from Jobs, but pushing to replace the crap OS was just the kind of thing that got Steve Jobs ousted from Apple.

Of course, it was the same OS he'd been pushing for that they eventually bought back along with Jobs himself when they acquired NeXT.

Better late than never. -- Titus Livius (Livy)

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