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Comment Fonts have NOT already solved that problem! (Score 2) 391

Fonts have not solved this problem, and the problem has actually gotten worse now that one-space-at-the-end-of-sentences has become the status quo.

We were told twenty (thirty?) years ago that computer typography would solve this problem, but that has not happened, even though the teaching and convention has changed. Fonts just add extra space after all periods, including inline abbreviations like Mr. Sure, higher-end desktop publishing knows the difference in-line periods and end-of-sentence-periods, but that has become less of what we read, and word processing and web browsers never did pick up on the difference. So it was up to us grognards to manual add the extra space.

Shame on this study for using a fixed width font for testing. The improved readability of large blocks of text with a little bit of extra spacing between sentences is quite obvious. You fools advocating for single-space-after-end-of-sentence-periods should experiment for yourselves (with a print page using proportionally spaced text). We have been sold a bill of goods.

Comment We have seen this before! (Score 1) 194

Apple is about to do for living room game consoles what they did for MP3 players, smart phones, and tablet computers. I cannot wait!

Apple is not a gamer company... Gamers want to be able to tweak their hardware and Apple is not likely to allow this... [Apple] won't be willing or able to provide high end gaming gear to the hardcore gaming crowd.

Agreed, but your are talking about a tiny slice of the potential market.

Apple hardware scores badly in the cost vs performance tradeoff.

Not for the bulk of consumers, not when usability is a factor in measuring performance (and value).

Apple won't be able to compete with the Wii on the low end.

Not at all! the AppleTV retails for less than the Wii!

Comment We have seen this before (Score 0) 194

Sony and MS's current offerings are actually unbelievably similar
Nintendo looks increasingly like a successful toy manufacturer

Excellent observations! MS and Sony do not grok family entertainment, they only seem to care about teenage males. The Wii is cute, but I am too much of snob to buy new tech that only supports 480p. Apple is about to do for living room game consoles what they did for MP3 players, smart phones, and tablet computers. I cannot wait!

Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Backtracks on Accessibility in WP7 (afb.org)

beetle496 writes: One of the things Microsoft has done well for many years now (since they got called on the carpet about Windows 95) is providing compatibility with assistive technology used by the blind. Their current push is for a set of APIs called User Automation. Many of us in the field have remained skeptical of the early promises, especially those related to cross-platform compatibility. The news that Microsoft is now backtracking is disappointing, but hardly surprising. It looks like IAccessible2 is the way to go.

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