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highwind81 · on April 27, 2012

They added a setting to change the icons to text: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/03/customize-gmails-bu...

highwind81 · on April 6, 2012

I agree. This game is not that good. Its failure might have something to do with Google Play store users being stingy but I think mostly it's because the game is not that good.

highwind81 · on March 7, 2012

It's a "transformational device" in the sense that it allows people who didn't need/want to learn how to use a computer to use a computer.

I believe iPad didn't turn a computer user into an iPad user but it turned every non-computer person into an computer person.

It enabled none-tech oriented people to actually enjoy using a computer. I think this is the true revolution of an iPad.

acqq · on March 7, 2012

People in my family who never wanted to try a real PC or a notebook now send messages, read e-mails and do video talks on the iPad, iPad is a first device with a microprocessor since microprocessors exist that got them do this.

highwind81 · on Feb 2, 2012

This list is more about default library a language should come with rather than language design.

highwind81 · on Dec 14, 2011

I think the about page is the homepage. Not that that's a good design.

highwind81 · on Dec 14, 2011

I think that's not the point of the article. I think he was trying say that if you run into criminals it'll be more cost effective to deal with them locally than overseas.

Frauds and scams exists everywhere, but I guess it's easier to fend them off locally than overseas. So there seems to be bit of a merit to the article's stance.

highwind81 · on Nov 13, 2011

> All operating systems manufacturers need to understand that the vast majority of users have used Windows and are used to Windows' UI conventions.

That sounds like the worst way to innovate. I'm not saying that Apple's way is innovative but I say we are all better off if OS manufacturers try difference things to come up with better way of presenting UI.

For example, if apple followed the Window's way of displaying every single window in its Dock, then application based taskbar in Windows 7 would have never come about.

Trying different things should never be criticized for just being different. If that different way of doing things is bad, criticize it but don't point finger just because it's different.

highwind81 · on Nov 2, 2011

Here's the link to the app in the appstore: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gmail/id422689480?mt=8

highwind81 · on Nov 1, 2011

The documentary site: http://koreanhighschool.com/

highwind81 · on Oct 10, 2011

    Circle my_circle = new Circle();

I have to type the word circle 3 times to define a circle. It gets boring. This gets worse if you are trying to do any kind of user input.

    BufferedReader my_reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

Had to type reader 4 times. :(

seasoup · on Oct 10, 2011

People can argue with "boring", call it redundant instead and you'll get less harsh feedback.

cromwellian · on Oct 10, 2011

Dart doesn't require the type.

var c = new Circle();

chc · on Oct 11, 2011

But then it appears to just turn off type checking. This would be the cakiest cake ever for even a shoddy type inference engine.

iaskwhy · on Oct 10, 2011

But is it something people actually type? I haven't played with Java for almost ten years now but I do C# for a living which is pretty similar and I can't remember the last time I had to type something that long, Visual Studio does it for me. I can see the point if you say it's longer to read but it's also much clearer, isn't it?

Peaker · on Oct 10, 2011

Redundancy is noise.. How is it any clearer to read?

iaskwhy · on Oct 11, 2011

How's that redundant? In C# you would just "var something = new object()", so there wouldn't be any redundancy at all.

Peaker · on Oct 11, 2011

I was replying to:

"Visual Studio does it for me. I can see the point if you say it's longer to read but it's also much clearer,"

So he's saying that: Circle circle = new Circle() is typed by Visual Studio for you, and clearer to read. I don't think it's clearer to read.

justncase80 · on Oct 13, 2011

It's kind of a misnomer too, because only the second circle is typed for you so you had to type Circle at least once... which is the same as if you were typing var. So it's not only not saving you much effort it's uglier. And with more complex types it's downright evil (to not use var).