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Marc Clifton wrote: Why are websites still so klunky Same reasons desktop apps fail and are still clunky.
How many UI's are tested in both the Aero and non-earo surrounding? With 125% font size and a high-contrast scheme? The desktop supports that for a few years now, but it is cheaper to ignore all that funky sh*t.
Part of it is budget, part is education, and for a part we simply cannot be bothered.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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All of this new HTML 5 goodness has only been out for a couple years. It just takes time to propagate the entire planet. I was lucky in that I was starting a brand new project to get to play with it, but some people still have to maintain apps developed years ago. Just life man. Hell, some people still use VB6.
On a side note, I haven't used Knockout JS that much yet, but it's on my to-do list. After a couple years of Silverlight it appeals to me. Just brushing up my skill on current JavaScript and a UI lib I'm using currently. So one thing at at time.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: but some people still have to maintain apps developed years ago. Just life man. Hell, some people still use VB6.
That makes sense, but when I look at a site like LinkedIn, which really hasn't changed much over the years, and I look at how freaking klunky the Group message stuff is, geez, makes you wonder why some really sexy competitor hasn't shown up. I guess part of that is building the customer base, but then it still makes me wonder why LinkedIn hasn't done something to make its site more user friendly.
Marc
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Necessity is the mother of all invention. People tend to get a bit lazy when they're on the top of the mountain. Why change if we don't need to ya know? I'm sure they'd innovate after a competitor showed up with something new and fancy.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Necessity is the mother of all invention. Cliched adages are the father of all reductio ad absurdum.
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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BillWoodruff wrote: Cliched adages are the father of all reductio ad absurdum. Having no point to a post but to pretend you're on an intellectual high horse is even worse. And to anyone with any life experience, most typical sayings as such have an element of truth. Just like humor. Otherwise they wouldn't be sayings. Now go forth and educate yourself young man and try again.
Jeremy Falcon
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Marc Clifton wrote: With capabilities like Ajax and WebSockets, I would expect really rich, dynamic, realtime, fluid websites. Why are websites still so klunky, so "here's some static content to render"?
Just a guess...because technologies do not solve problems, people do.
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jschell wrote: Just a guess...because technologies do not solve problems, people do.
That is often the case, but sometimes technologies must be created (yes, by people) so that other people can use those technologies to solve other problems, which were not solvable without the technology. I'm sure you can think of some examples.
Marc
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Content, maybe?
That's what web-sites are for, after all.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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This version includes all dev tools and is free. What is the good reason that we still have to buy other versions?
TOMZ_KV
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Because of this[^]
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Wow, what complicated chart to read.
But is VS2013 the same as VS2013 Community?
I'm soooo confuuuuused.
Marc
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Just whip out your credit card and pay. It'll all go sooo much easier that way
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Marc Clifton wrote: But is VS2013 the same as VS2013 Community? I was told it was basically VS Pro, but with a different license.
Jeremy Falcon
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I think you meant to link to here[^] and scroll down to the Q & A section.
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Wow! Whoever came up with that chart should be hit in the face with a shovel.
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Looks like standard Microsoft UI design to me
How do you know so much about swallows? Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Because companies with at least 5 developers (Or something like that) aren't allowed to use the community edition.
It's for hobbyists and indies/startups.
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As was already said, it's for indys / start ups, and it's a smart move by MS if you ask me... considering most people will develop apps for Windows with it.
Jeremy Falcon
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Now that I've seen most of it, twice (eyelid difficulty first time, DVR/Satellite deficiency the second) I am now willing to go out on a limb and declare what movie...er film is the best...well, at least of those I've seen.
Metropolis!
I'll compare it with any other movie, film, piece of video tape ya got.
BTW, TCM's discussion of it exposed that Hollywood types are absolute morons. Making a link between the industrialist-in-charge and Adolf Hitler was all they could do. No understanding of the social upheaval, the conflict between industry and labor, the number of anti-capitalists (starting with Germany's chief negotiator, moving onto socialists and communists, and including the Dadaists) running around Germany seemed to be beyond their ability to understand.
cat fud heer
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They also fail to understand that reality isn't quite so black-and-white.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: reality isn't quite so black-and-white.
It was in 1927!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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"It was in 1927!"
(Note: 'Quote Selected Text' returns 'Bad command or filename. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...')
No doubt you had to watch that black and white reality TV by candle light, too.
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AFAIK there's also a coloured version of Metropolis...
2b || !2b
W. Shakespeare
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Like "Carmen Jones"?
cat fud heer
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