Posts by Craigness 1498 publicly visible posts • joined 23 Mar 2010
Chrome OS is not "tied to google services only" and the Surface to which this is a blow is probably the Surface with Windows RT, which cannot run all windows apps. But Windows RT has a browser, so can do all the stuff Chrome OS does (and much more). And unlike the Pixel it costs well under £1000.
Google search would be a better product if links which required a user to be logged in could be ranked lower. As well as sites like Facebook, there are "answers" sites where on the open web you can find that other people have been asking the same question as you, but you have to log in to see the answer in a private silo. And of course, the same goes for newspaper sites where you need to register to see the full article. Hopefully this wouldn't fall foul of any regulations.
<pedantry>You may not add extra spaces between parentheses, question marks and other text but, the comma is Ok by me.</pedantry>
@cornz1
Stop paying for a BW license! If you don't watch or record live TV and use only catch-up services instead then you don't need a license. If you make a false declaration about having a BW TV then you could be in for more hassle than if you told them the truth.
I've had no TV license for more than 5 years. I have to visit their website every 2 years or so to confirm that my circumstances have not changed, and I've never had a visit. It's not worth paying £100 over 2 years to avoid 3 minutes' work.
Is Microsoft still powerful enough to hassle OEMs who want to release Linux machines? Lenovo could copy or partner with Canonical to produce a Linovo range, where they are able to sell software, media and cloud services tightly integrated into the OS. That's how you compete with Apple. They'd be set for the Ubuntu phone too (and I expect that will run on tablets, which would allow them to do a Transformer-style device).
Any "added extras" along the lines of cloud storage and media players on a Windows machine get dismissed as bloatware. If they pre-load Windows it should be vanilla, even though they miss out on any after-sale revenue.
Back in the day, when Microsoft had the clout to act like the bully, they served different html to IE and Opera browsers from their MSN site. The code served to IE worked on Opera, but what was served to Opera was a less polished interface. It made IE look "better".
And this: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/msn/
Does anyone else find that the Google search pages have a different, more functional design on the stock Android browser to what you get on Firefox for Android?
It works on android. The problem is that too many opiners use apple. It's good that they're beginning to realize Idevices are shite, but it will take a while longer for them to get over their biases and accept the competition got right many of the things they now find are wrong in the apple ghetto.
Samsung were found guilty of patent infringement by a jury which did not understand what constitutes prior art and could not understand when they were shown Samsung's multi-touch implementation that it was not as described in Apple's patent. The patent was not infringed and should not exist. Justice has certainly not been done.
It just means they couldn't be bothered to write a linux version. Even when they get round to it (it's been promised for a while) they won't support Amiga, so you can still claim it's all non-standard etc if that's how you like to get off.
Meanwhile, as some who doesn't use Dropbox and has no idea what it does, I'll join in the game with those above:
I don't like dropbox because it doesn't allow file sharing, doesn't let you email links, doesn't use tags, doesn't have a client, doesn't have a website and you have to sign up to a FedEx account to get your files distributed (they don't support DHL). Oh, and it doesn't actually download files to your computer, it just creates a note to say that a file exists somewhere else, so they can lock you in to their services. But Drive does all those things, including DHL.
If you have Surface Pro then you don't need an Ipad and a Macbook. You can consume on your couch and then carry it to your desk to do some work. Connect it to a big monitor, keyboard and mouse if you want to (and you don't need to carry those to the couch).
But, like Padphone, it might not appeal to people who are only in the market for one of the devices it can replace.
"I think that, at least for now, I managed to click the right places to keep it."
You want the button labelled "I don't want to use my full name". It appears on a large dialog which asks you (not Google) to decide if you want to be anonymous or use your real name. There are only 2 buttons to press, so they could hardly be accused of making it difficult for you.
You seem to think that only a "fandroid" would downvote a comment along the lines of "serving other systems as well as Apple's is the opposite of platform independence". Did you read the article? It might have been helpful it the Reg had shown some of the posters put up in FB HQ. Instead of a picture of a Nazi telling the serfs to throw their iphones away or be terminated, they used a picture of an Android and information on how to upgrade from an iphone to Android. It's optional.
Coward @ 14:52
The customer satisfaction reports rate the satisfaction of owners of Galaxy Ace alongside owners of Galaxy SIII and The Iphone 4S. In other words, they are useless. It doesn't say anything about Samsung or Android that Galaxy Ace is less satisfying than Galaxy SIII, and it doesn't mean anything for Ios or Apple that Android phones are "less satisfying" than An Iphone.
I'm not cost constrained and I wouldn't choose an Iphone. I don't work for facebook though.
You're probably one of those people who would benefit from not deleting everything from their hard drive once they've uploaded it to the cloud. It's not really that hard not to do it. I don't do it all the time and didn't even need a lesson in not doing it. So now I have all* my stuff available from everywhere, and also have copies on a more reliable storage at home. Simples!
* Not "ALL" all, just the stuff I don't mind the Feds rifling through.
You're allowed to keep your files on Box but use Google Music for streaming, downloading and native android apps with automatic playlist creation, syncing and all the other benefits. It's not a choice of one or the other.
VERY simple solution for you: don't delete your files after uploading them to Google Music. I've done the same.
Ben Rose,
Why not set the conversion program to store the mp3s in a separate folder and not delete the original tracks? This will keep Itunes intact and you can upload from the folder with the Music Manager program. Surely even on a Mac this can't be too hard. I doubt tagging can get very broken, and Google will add tags and artwork via music matching.
"...failed to upload as they were ripped in a codec that Google Play Music doesn't support."
Oh man, that's like totally Lame. If only there were some way to convert them to some format Google understands.
"...there have been open source ALAC decoders around for years now"
But as an alternative you could pay Spotify a monthly fee! I know Apple hardware is for people with more money that IT skills, but I didn't realise the same applied to their file formats!
Choice was mentioned a lot but the author seems not to know that you can choose which OS to run on your PC even if it comes with Windows preinstalled. You can get a refund of the cost of the windows license and install Linux or another version of Windows if you want. You can't choose OS X though.
They don't dispute that climate always changes. The problem is that one of the drivers of change is CO2 and other greenhouse gases, which we're adding to the atmosphere in sufficient quantities that it makes a difference. It's less arrogant to ask that we don't screw up this planet than to assume we can just move to a different one.
@the_regulator why don' t you get yourself an android device and see for yourself what a load of nonsense you're putting out. People sideload becuse they don't know what version of android they have? Really? If you allow an app to access your contacts, which is a perfectly valid thing to ask users to grant to an app, then the app can access your contacts. The fact that android allows users to allow apps to access their contact data is NOT an android security issue.
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