HRDL 1.08 – OTE strikes again!
Άλλη μια έκδοση του HRDL ώστε να λειτουργει με τις σημερινές σελίδες του ΟΤΕ, και συγκεκριμένα τις αλλαγές που έγιναν πρόσφατα και απέτρεπαν το widget από το να δείχνει σωστά διευθύνσεις.
Περισσότερα στο ChangeLog.
Category Software
Άλλη μια έκδοση του HRDL ώστε να λειτουργει με τις σημερινές σελίδες του ΟΤΕ, και συγκεκριμένα τις αλλαγές που έγιναν πρόσφατα και απέτρεπαν το widget από το να δείχνει σωστά διευθύνσεις.
Περισσότερα στο ChangeLog.
Heavy-handed tactics and Misdeeds
It seems that OOXML, the Microsoft patent-riddled trojan horse and miserable excuse of a standard (let alone an open one) has been approved by ISO, following Norway's and Britain's mysterious (and very suspicious) change of heart. At the same time, 'a number of delegates from the 87 national standards groups have been loudly complaining about alleged heavy-handed tactics and misdeeds in the voting process'. Even if Microsoft products didn't suck, that would be reason enough to actively embargo them.
C4[1] Videos
C4[1] Videos, have been available on Viddler for about a month. For Mac Developers this is probably of some interest. [via daringfireball.net]
Today Webkit is on ACID!
The following image says it all really:
These past few days there's been a flurry of WebKit posts over at Surfin' Safari about its ACID3 performance. I guess when dealing with bugs, and given the fact that Microsoft typically needs around 5 years before simple CSS1 bugs are fixed (as an aside the first and only version of Internet Explorer to date that passes ACID2 is 8 Beta 1, released a couple of weeks ago), I was surprised to see how fast the WebKit developers worked towards passing the ACID3 test. Between 20:22 and 03:51 another three ACID3 bugs were fixed, taking the score to 99/100. I guess by tomorrow WebKit will officially be ACID3 compliant. Woohoo!
By comparison, Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 that I'm using to write this post in Ubuntu Hardy Heron Beta1 scores a somewhat respectable 68/100, although I don't think they'll pass ACID3 before the final version is out.
These past few days there's been a flurry of WebKit posts over at Surfin' Safari about its ACID3 performance. I guess when dealing with bugs, and given the fact that Microsoft typically needs around 5 years before simple CSS1 bugs are fixed (as an aside the first and only version of Internet Explorer to date that passes ACID2 is 8 Beta 1, released a couple of weeks ago), I was surprised to see how fast the WebKit developers worked towards passing the ACID3 test. Between 20:22 and 03:51 another three ACID3 bugs were fixed, taking the score to 99/100. I guess by tomorrow WebKit will officially be ACID3 compliant. Woohoo!
By comparison, Firefox 3.0 Beta 4 that I'm using to write this post in Ubuntu Hardy Heron Beta1 scores a somewhat respectable 68/100, although I don't think they'll pass ACID3 before the final version is out. How Hard could fixing 'Hardy' be?
Ubuntu 8.04 is coming on the 24th of April 2008. As is typically the case in the past few years, many millions of Ubuntu users across the globe are either waiting or, in some cases, trying out the pre-release software, reporting and fixing bugs.
Beta 1 of the upcoming version of this popular linux distribution came out a few days ago and, sadly, despite the fact that 8.04 is an LTS (Long Term Support) release, it seems that it's going to be --- by far --- one of the buggiest releases ever to come out bearing the name 'Ubuntu'. In my tests with 'Beta 1', there are hundreds of major bugs involving the brand new (and largely unstable) gvfs subsystem for GNOME, application compatibility with PulseAudio and general system behaviour, responsiveness and stability. Having said all that, Ubuntu 8.04, at least in its first Beta is significantly faster than its predecessor.
Having less than a month before the 'final' comes out begs the question: is Ubuntu 8.04 going to be delayed so that it matches 7.10 in terms of stability (remember this is supposed to be a Long Term Support release), or is it going to be released on time with a x.xx.1 version coming later in the year? Why has Canonical abandoned the 'few things at a time, done properly' approach that it long had with Ubuntu since the beginning? While desktop linux is still sorely lacking the usability foundations that would enable it to compete with OS X, stability was never one of its problems; unless 'Beta 1' represented a codebase quite far from what Canonical is working on for release --- sadly this is not the case --- Ubuntu 8.04 is probably going to be a feature-rich update, but a huge disappointment in the areas where linux traditionally shines.
A week with the OLPC XO-1
I’ve been interested in the OLPC project ever since it started in early 2005. For one it represents a great humanitarian effort that — in theory — promises to bridge the gap between the technologically advanced US and Europe and the under-developed or developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In late 2006 I […]
DroidDraw
A first attempt at creating a visual UI designer for Android. While not exactly sophisticated compared to more mature visual UI design tools, it greatly simplifies the task for designers (cf. programmers). Worth a look for anyone interested in developing for Android. HRDL 1.07
Ύστερα από σχετική ειδοποίηση (ευχαριστώ!), ανανεώθηκε το widget ώστε να λειτουργεί με τις τελευταίες αλλαγές στη δομή της σελίδας του ΟΤΕ. Απλά αντικαταστήστε τη προηγούμενη έκδοση όταν σας γίνει η σχετική ερώτηση από το σύστημα. MacWorld '08. Απολογισμός.
Πάσα στα παιδιά του RT και κυρίως στον Γιώργο που γράφει σχετικά και με βρίσκει σύμφωνο.
Μερικές (αναδιατυπωμένες κυρίως) σκέψεις --- με την απαράιτητη δόση γκρίνιας για να ικανοποιήσω τους 'φίλους': Το MacBook Air, είναι ίσως το πιο εντυπωσιακό μηχάνημα που έχει παρουσιάσει η Apple εδώ και πολλά χρόνια (βλ. Titanium Powerbook το 2001) από πλευράς σχεδίασης, αρκετά μελετημένη ως πρόταση με συγκεκριμένο κοινό που γεμίζει ένα μεγάλο κενό στην εμπορική πρόταση της Apple. Αρκετά ενοχλήτική η ακρίβεια της SSD έκδοσης (όμως συνηθισμένη) και λιγότερο το γεγονός πως το wired Ethernet και Superdrive κοστίζουν επιπλέον (και δη $99 για το δεύτερο).
Τουλάχιστον αστεία --- και αρκετά κακόγουστη --- η χρέωση των κατόχων iPod Touch για την αναβάθμιση του λογισμικού. Αναμενόμενη, σημαντική, πλην όμως δίχως ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον για τους μη-κατοίκους ΗΠΑ η ανακοίνωση ενοικίασης ταινιών και του νεου AppleTV. Τίποτα για το Mac Mini, κάτι λογικό αν θα ήθελα τουλάχιστον να δω νεώτερους επεξεργαστές να κατοικήσουν στο γερασμένο --- πλέον --- κουτί του.
Κλασσικό Apple lock-in και τρομερά άστοχη --- κατα την άποψή μου --- η κυκλοφορία του TimeCapsule· μια χαρά θα τα είχαν καταφέρει με τη χρήση [βάλε το δικτυακό πρωτόκολλο μεταφοράς αρχείων που θες εδώ] και ο καθένας θα μπορούσε να επιλέξει το NAS της προτίμησής του. Προφανώς θα τους αποφέρει κέρδη αλλά νομίζω περιθωριακά, ιδιαίτερα δεδομένης της τιμής του.
Αυτά τα ολίγα.
Δείτε επίσης και το σχετικό άρθρο του John Gruber. Αξιοσημείωτο το ότι είναι αρκετά αντικειμενικός αυτή τη φορά, ιδιαίτερα στον τρόπο που σχολιάζει τα χαρακτηριστικά του νεου φορητού. :)
MacHeist ][
For the Macheads among us, MacHeist ][ is here with some pretty impressive applications on offer. For $49, you get apps such as iStopMotion, Awaken, TaskPaper, Cha-ching, 1Password, CoverSutra and AppZapper --- with CSSEdit, Snapz Pro X and Pixelmator becoming unlocked after a certain number of bundles are sold. I have been very critical of the previous MacHeist --- and I still don't think it was worth it --- but this time the addition of Snapz Pro X and Pixelmator (assuming they are unlocked) make it worthwhile. Given the retail prices and utility of some of these applications, even if you have one or two of the smaller ones, it's probably worth it.