* Posts by DoorHandle

7 publicly visible posts • joined 28 Jan 2010

Microsoft to embrace and extend HTML 5?

DoorHandle
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Well said AC

AC above has hit it right on the nail.

Once you learn the basics of one GUI toolkit it is fairly easy to learn others. If you're just starting I'd suggest Qt will give you a pretty good background as well as being pretty platform agnostic.

Make sure you have a good grip of the way a nice, well thought out API works before you dive into that WPF hell hole.

Why doesn't Nokia buy Palm?

DoorHandle
Linux

Meego > WebOS

Smartphones are almost at the stage of being mini computers so it would make sense that they run a proper OS. Android, Symbian and WebOS are all designed purely for restricted mobile devices. Meego is essentially a full desktop OS with all the features you would expect from that. As far a geekery goes, having a mobile full Linux system (not one which is crippled like Android) is basically heaven.

If you want to run regular desktop apps you should be able to on your own device then you should be able to. If you want to be able to run a database and server on your phone then you should be able to (not that many would want to but the principle stands).

The cross platform Qt framework is also much better for software dev in general because it is cross platform. Also compiled which means you can do lots of fancy FAST stuff you can't do in Dalvik or Javascript.

I can't wait for some decent Meego devices to come out. Mobile, compact, low power, open source hacking platforms I say! I am an Android developer and a year ago I said the same thing about Android. Problem is that HTC are locking down production devices hard now so the scope for hacking about is now tiny :( That shouldn't happen with Nokia though since they are leading the OS and making the hardware and pledging to keep them both hackable.

BBC iPlayer rejects open source plugins, takes Flash-only path

DoorHandle
Go

Tell them where to put it

Heres a link to their consultation

https://consultations.external.bbc.co.uk/departments/bbc/bbc-on-demand-offerings/consultation/consult_view

I've already expressed my love* for all things Flash and proprietry.

* Love may not be used in the conventional sense.

DoorHandle

Do something about it

https://consultations.external.bbc.co.uk/departments/bbc/bbc-on-demand-offerings/consultation/consult_view

Retailers fooled by fake and borrowed IDs

DoorHandle
Stop

Not theft.

It's a doorman's legal duty to confiscate it. I'm an ex-doorman and that is exactly what we were told to do. Your supposed to tell her that she can collect it from the police station in the morning if it really is hers. Not confiscating it can mean you lose your SIA badge, which means no more work and a hefty fine for you.

Woman sues rail line for 'exploding' toilet

DoorHandle
Joke

Crap day

She must have been having a crap day.

Tesco store bans shopping in pyjamas

DoorHandle
Stop

Same word different meanings

Actually it doesn't have to mean disabled. In the army, and by extension people who regularly hang out with soldiers, it means lazy. (At least in the regiments I have been to.) Words and phrases can have different meanings y'know. I had a gay time reading the article.