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All I wrote was that I didn't read anything in your description that made this particular app stand out much from many others. And to be fair, that's probably the problem with my response. I have, in fact, seen media playback apps that will let you jump back and forth X number of seconds, remember a playlist, and a playback count. I was just saying I didn't find any of this to be particularly groundbreaking, so you shouldn't pin your retirement hopes on these features making or breaking the app.
But hey, as a specialized language-learning app (and that's the key), maybe those features are exactly what makes it work exceptionally well, and it's not intended as a general-purpose media player, so that completely invalidates my argument. It'd be sweet if you found a niche for it. Lord knows it's hard enough to come up with something unique. So in hindsight, I'm rooting for you. I truly am.
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For a general purpose application I could not hope to match VLC. Yes there are details that I wish were different, but at least it has the ability to include many features that WMP do not have, and it will play DVD's. I actually started with the idea of having a small app with single keyboard key control for play pause, and skipping forward. Doing this on a laptop means that I do not have the special keys without keyboard combinations to do these functions. When you are asked to translate some phrase and you want a little time to do it you do not want to fumble with keys to pause the player. and jumping a little back and forth is not a common feature (VLC has it), WMP will stop and start with a space key if that button has the focus, but as soon as you do something, you loose it. Anyway, I kept thinking of things that would be nice, and have actually spent quite a bit of extra time on it. Another thing is as you repeat lessons, after a while you can do it with just part of your brain, and so sometimes nice to do something while practicing, so having it topmost and small has a real advantage. I know getting people to pay for this would be difficult, so was willing to share my work hoping others may benefit, and possibly provide feedback.
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Now I'm genuinely curious.
One obvious question though - where would one typically find the sort of language learning files that users would be expected to use with your app? That would be a big part of its potential success. If you know of a repository for such files, that would undoubtedly be very useful.
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You can buy the CD and rip it, you can also go to many libraries and they are available online, one of the services that libraries often provide access to is Overdrive.
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I am not the idiot that you apparently I think I am. I did not say I wanted to sell it. I just thought somebody else might find it useful. And It is hard to make money on something like this anyway with all the free stuff around. Unfortunately it will not translate well into a mobile app and the features would not be that useful in a phone. It is in WPF so that sort of kills its mobile app capability anyway. What is nice is that you can sort of work on you language in the background while also having quick access to the app. I realize that you can get some features with VLC, but I use VLC strictly for video, and a lot of media players are designed to support video, which means that they are not optimized for audio. And being rather specialized, not something most people would be interested in anyway. And try to use the space bar for WMP. It is not consistent. You have not seen the app, so you are making a lot of assumptions. Are you always like this...so negative.
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recently cheated on, mad and scorned who is willing to sell her husbands tools for cheap!
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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Just make sure that she knows that tools is plural.
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Real men create their own opportunities. Just go cheating, make sure your wife hears of it and then have a friend buy everything that she wants to sell. As a bonus, it will all be stuff you like.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Be my luck my friend would be doing my wife.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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So...your friend will buy your stuff, and then you can get it all back from him for whatever price he paid for?
What have I missed? This is all your stuff you've already paid for.
(clearly, you can tell I'm not married and have not gone through those proceedings...)
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dandy72 wrote: (clearly, you can tell I'm not married and have not gone through those proceedings...)
Nor am I. I value my mental health.
Quote: What have I missed? This is all your stuff you've already paid for. Of course that's a ridiculous plan, but when you are married you have to live with such drama anyway, even if you are a saint and did not do anything at all. So why not have a little fun and actually be guilty?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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If you're ever in Stamford, Connecticut then you can hang outside of the Jerry Springer show. It would be like Black Friday.
Jeremy Falcon
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my money is on the battery...
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Yep, just what I was going to post.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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This is why you need the extended battery
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Still not enough battery.
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So, I'm about to release a new website. Over the past few years I've gotten used to using polyfills to handle older browsers like IE11 for public sites, but the more and more polyfills I tack on to a site for compatiablity the slower IE11 is running. Yes, it supports flexbox and also a basic CSS grid, so I can get IE11 to work-ish if I need to. My question is though, how many of y'all are still targeting IE11 for publicly accessible sites? I've made this site work in IE11, but still...
The latest stats I've seen suggest IE is still used for approximately 6% of desktop traffic and about 3% of all web traffic (if you combine desktop and mobile). But is making your site bloated for 3% of people really worth it... I used to think so, but with WASM down the road, etc. I mean for real... it's time IE died.
What do y'all think?
Jeremy Falcon
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Do not support IE - if you will all problems will land on your desk, as MS does not support it anymore...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Starting to believe it. I'd love to know more about that 6% demographic. I'm using netmarketshare.com for the info, but it only tells you so much.
Jeremy Falcon
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Microsoft outright said IE was a compatibility solution and is legacy code.
We no longer support IE. If it works, great! If it doesn't work, we'll take a peek and see if there's an easy fix, and if so, great! But otherwise: move on.
Enabling users to continue using software that holds back the industry is bad for everyone.
(and great to hear from you again, Jeremy!)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Agreed on all points 100% man. If this site wasn't a pay, for-profit site... I'd dump it like right now. There's that crazy part of me I can't let go of that says... what about that 3%. lol This will be the last site I make that supports it though... ever. Even Bootstrap 5 is dropping in-built support for it, it needs to die. Not sure if I should say this publicly, but I just did a contract for Amex and they still wanted a in-house product to support IE11... like internal here... not public.
What's the stats like for CP? I'd reckon most of us devs have dumped it along time ago, so like 0.000001% I'd bet.
Chris Maunder wrote: and great to hear from you again, Jeremy!
Likewise. How's the kids? Still on a Mac running Windows?
Jeremy Falcon
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I actually switched to a Dell! For about 3 months. And hated it with a dark, fierce, unhealthy passion.
I'm back on a Mac.
My biggest issue (and to ensure this thread is now fully off topic) is we're still on WebForms, which .NET Core doesn't support, so I can't easily just switch to VS for Mac or VS Code.
Know anyone who would love nothing better than to convert a WebForms site with roughly 300 web controls over to something better? Blazor and .NET 5? I mean: how hard could it be, really?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I'm back on a Mac.
The irony here is... I'm the Mac fanboy but yet I'm on a PC. What is this world coming to? You hear about Apple Silicon? They're switching back to RISC (via ARM this time) processors like in the olden days. Except now Windows will still run on ARM so we're still good on the dual boot front. Never thought we'd see the day.
Chris Maunder wrote: Know anyone who would love nothing better than to convert a WebForms site with roughly 300 web controls over to something better? Blazor and .NET 5? I mean: how hard could it be, really?
Hah... sure man. Just ask any rookie PM... all you need to do is press that shiny magic button to fix everything. That's what the sales pitch said.
Jeremy Falcon
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