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Page, testr.js, screenfull.js

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:17:23 +0000

Page

If I had to place a bet on the most activity by one person on GitHub, I’d bet on TJ Holowaychuk. His latest project is Page.js (GitHub: visionmedia / page.js, npm: page), which is a client-side router. The routing syntax works like Express, so variables are denoted by :name, and the * route can be used to catch 404s. In this case, 404 is open to interpretation.

page('/', index)
page('/user/:user', show)
page('/user/:user/edit', edit)
page('/user/:user/album', album)
page('/user/:user/album/sort', sort)
page('\*', notfound)
page()

It’s actually a very lightweight project, based around pushState, but it includes detailed comments and Mocha tests.

testr.js

testr.js (License: MIT) by Matt Fysh is for unit testing RequireJS modules. Use it with your favourite test framework to test both stubbed and script-loaded dependencies:

testr('path/to/module', stubs);
testr('path/to/module', useExternal);
testr('path/to/module', stubs, useExternal);

The author has written some projects that use testr.js – asq and after both use it with Jasmine.

screenfull.js

screenfull.js (GitHub: sindresorhus / screenfull.js, License: MIT) by Sindre Sorhus is another wrapper around the Fullscreen API. The semantics are similar to the specification, but a lot simpler – the README has a comparison with “vanilla” JavaScript which is several lines of code. Using screenfull.js, only screenfull.request() is required to trigger fullscreen mode.

The library can do other things as well: a single element can be fullscreened, or events can be used to detect a change to fullscreen mode.

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Apple Patent Looks to Improve Performance of Speakerphones For iPhone And iPad

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:17:19 +0000

According to a patent published yesterday by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Apple is looking to improve the performance of the speakerphones for iOS devices.
The patent reveals that Apple may change the position of the speakerphones (which are currently at the bottom, next to the dock connector) to improve its performance, even when the iPhone or iPad is docked.
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pod2g: iOS 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak Will Also Work on iPhone 3GS And iPod Touch 3G

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:17:17 +0000

Some good news for iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 3G users. Few days back, pod2g had said that his untethered jailbreak did not work with iPod touch 3G on iOS 5.1.1 and hence also may not work with iPhone 3GS.
But he has just tweeted that they’ve figured out a way to jailbreak iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 3G as well.
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Here’s How Some Popular Apps Will Look Like on iPhone With Taller 4-Inch Display

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:17:13 +0000

It is widely speculated that Apple’s next generation iPhone will come with a larger 4-inch screen.
However, it is not clear if the 4-inch screen will be bigger in both height and width or it will come with a taller screen, to reduce the effort required by developers to update their apps for the new screen resolution.
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Battle of the Betas: Windows 8 vs. OS X Mountain Lion

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:17:10 +0000

By Paul Thurrott
Both Microsoft and Apple are racing to infuse their desktop operating systems with technologies and usage patterns from their respective mobile platforms. And while each is taking a different approach from a high level, the similarities are also somewhat surprising.
Via Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows

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WinInfo Short Takes, May 18, 2012

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:17:09 +0000

By Paul Thurrott
An often irreverent look at this week’s other news, including Windows Phone market share surges thanks to Lumia 900, AT&T has big expectations for Windows Phone thanks to Windows 8, fears that Nokia is burning through cash too quickly, buy a new PC and get a free Xbox 360, Windows 8 won’t stop PC makers from bundling crapware, Twitter joins Do Not Track, HP reportedly cutting 30,000 jobs next week, and Verizon Wireless effectively kills grandfathered unlimited data.
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What The Tech117: Nazi Alien TV Shows

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:17:06 +0000

By Paul Thurrott
This week on What The Tech: It seems a refresh is on it’s way for the Macbook Pro. Andrew Zarian and Paul Thurrott discuss the rumored models. Andrew and Paul also talk about ultrabooks. Microsoft will reportedly offer new computer buyers the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 8 when it’s released for $15. Also our Audible picks of the week, and we play the 10 year game with the desktop computer, and digital camera.
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How to hide all .plist.lockfile files

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:17:02 +0000

Apple has introduced an additional type of preference file in Lion, those whose names end in “.plist.lockfile”. Here is a good explanation of the function of those files:
Lockfiles and other plist file subtypes in OS X Lion

Since plist.lockfiles do not contain any useful information for the user and almost double the content of and clutter the Preferences folders in /Library and ~/Library, I’ve been looking for a way to hide those files. With help from Yvan Koenig of MacScripter
in this topic (I’m flex20 in that forum), I wrote an AppleScript “Hide Unhide plist.lockfile.scpt,” which provides a quick and easy way of hiding or unhiding all those pesky files.

You will need an admin password to run the script because some of the “.plist.lockfile” files can only be changed by admi …

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Steve Jobs Worked Closely On Redesigned Next Generation iPhone With Larger Screen

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:17:07 +0000

It looks like the embargo has been lifted. Bloomberg is the third publication after Wall Street Journal and Reuters to confirm that Apple’s next generation iPhone will feature a larger screen.
Bloomberg also reports that according to their source, Steve Jobs had worked closely on the redesigned next generation iPhone with a larger screen.
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Verizon Clarifies Stance on Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans

Deadlock.it — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:17:04 +0000

Yesterday, we reported that Verizon is planning to end grandfathered unlimited data plans when customers switch to 4G LTE smartphones.
Verizon issued a clarification to the New York Times today regarding the changes noting that the loss of the grandfathered unlimited data plans will be limited to customers upgrading to subsidized handsets.

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