That is a nice game sir. Just saved the link to it to, err, analyze it better over the weekend.
Seriously, I once created a simple logic puzzle in Java and seeing what you did makes me want to port it to HTML5 to make it easier to be shared. And performance is not really an issue in that kind of game.
Kudos!
People keep comparing this with the iPad and the article does mention iPad rating but it mention those of the previous Kindle too.
From Amazon:
Kindle Keyboard (formerly 3rd gen): 34,590 reviews: 72% - 5 stars, 17% - 4 stars, 4.6% - 3 stars, 2.5% - 2 stars, 4% - 1 star
So, 89% give the all Kindle 4+ stars and by that measure the new Kindle Fire has not been that well recieved.
Numbers are not everything, also. If you read the old 1-star reviews you'll find mostly people with hardware problems but most people were saying the equivalent of "If you get a good one you'll be happy with it" (And a 6.5% failure might be acceptable to Amazon, who knows?). This time, 1-star reviews are really grinding Amazon.
I guess it depends on how you read the article. I saw it as saying the Kindle Fire is a blazing success and comparing it with the e-ink Kindle I think the article is correct. Last year I browsed the Kindle reviews (in the Amazon page and other sites) for two months before purchasing mine (which I'm really happy about, BTW).
Last year some people reported problems with the hardware, lockups and things like that but there were much more people happy with it. This year I've checked the reviews too (thinking of giving a Fire as a gift) and decided to skip this device for the time being because I found many well-written negative reviews and positive reviews that acknowledged the same problems but said that there minor for them. So, I had the same impression this NYT article gets.
It's selling well? Sure.
It's as loved as the previous Kindle? Don't think so.
From the page you linked:
"The advanced extension compatibility fixing has been removed starting with Nightly Tester Tools 2.5, instead there is a checkbox to disable extension compatibility checking for all addons. Users are encouraged to install the Addon Compatibility Reporter which does the same thing but lets you also report feedback on compatibility to extension authors."
So, if I understand correctly, from now on the Compatibility Reporter is what non-beta-testers could use for dealing with broken extensions.
Exactly!
I know major number upgrades affect addons, so follow minor upgrades but I don't apply major version upgrades (I waited at least a month before upgrading to Firefox 4).
This rapid releases will make me less prone to update, not the other way around. Firefox developers are forgetting that addons are a main feature of the browser for many of us.
After a year developing a web application meant to work in IE7 but where FF was everyones favorite browser, I should know.
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