Comments for Technovangelism http://technovangelism.com/blog Technova for short Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on jQuery Weighs Less by erik http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/10/14/jquery-weighs-less/comment-page-1/#comment-73 erik Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:05:09 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=270#comment-73 <p>My first real experience with javascript was through Dojo and I didn't understand enough to know if I really liked it or not. Now that I know something about selectors, I might look at Dojo again.</p> My first real experience with javascript was through Dojo and I didn’t understand enough to know if I really liked it or not. Now that I know something about selectors, I might look at Dojo again.

]]> Comment on jQuery Weighs Less by Mahmoud http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/10/14/jquery-weighs-less/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Mahmoud Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:27:43 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=270#comment-72 <p>Oh my goodness, yes. Prototype is bloated, slow, and kind of just sad. It's like the CGI of javascript frameworks in my book. jQuery and Dojo are where it's at, especially for performance:</p> <p>http://blog.creonfx.com/javascript/dojo-vs-jquery-vs-mootools-vs-prototype-performance-comparison</p> <p>I prefer jQuery for its syntax, documentation, and plethora of community code. I've used Dojo and the comfort of using jQuery outweighs the performance difference for my cases. I toyed with mootools which is marginally faster than jQuery at times, but did not like the syntax one bit.</p> Oh my goodness, yes. Prototype is bloated, slow, and kind of just sad. It’s like the CGI of javascript frameworks in my book. jQuery and Dojo are where it’s at, especially for performance:

http://blog.creonfx.com/javascript/dojo-vs-jquery-vs-mootools-vs-prototype-performance-comparison

I prefer jQuery for its syntax, documentation, and plethora of community code. I’ve used Dojo and the comfort of using jQuery outweighs the performance difference for my cases. I toyed with mootools which is marginally faster than jQuery at times, but did not like the syntax one bit.

]]> Comment on An Apple Tablet Won't Happen by Mahmoud http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/08/23/an-apple-tablet-wont-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Mahmoud Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:13:10 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=265#comment-71 <p>A very interesting conjecture. I'm relatively disinterested in the hype, but I'll be watching for this particular detail come release time. ;)</p> A very interesting conjecture. I’m relatively disinterested in the hype, but I’ll be watching for this particular detail come release time. ;)

]]> Comment on An Apple Tablet Won't Happen by erik http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/08/23/an-apple-tablet-wont-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-70 erik Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:07:42 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=265#comment-70 <p>The title is a little misleading, but "An Apple Tablet Like An Over-sized iPod Touch Won't Happen" doesn't fit on one line ;).</p> <p>I expect something to come out quite soon. A (very drunk) Apple Support employee told me he is getting trained on a new product to be released in a couple months, and anyone who really like the iPod/iPhone will really like this.</p> <p>As far as the gaming experience goes, Apple has never really been in to gaming, so I wouldn't buy that as a reason for them to make the tablet.</p> The title is a little misleading, but “An Apple Tablet Like An Over-sized iPod Touch Won’t Happen” doesn’t fit on one line ;) .

I expect something to come out quite soon. A (very drunk) Apple Support employee told me he is getting trained on a new product to be released in a couple months, and anyone who really like the iPod/iPhone will really like this.

As far as the gaming experience goes, Apple has never really been in to gaming, so I wouldn’t buy that as a reason for them to make the tablet.

]]> Comment on An Apple Tablet Won't Happen by Jason Wagner http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/08/23/an-apple-tablet-wont-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Jason Wagner Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:53:11 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=265#comment-69 <p>The apple tablet is definitely going to happen. I think you can be pretty sure about that. However, the OS is still very up in the air. I agree with you that there is a big hurdle to clear with regards to screen size. It's definitely one of the bigger roadblocks that would hinder the iPhone OS running on a larger 10" tablet. I'm not sure this would necessarily be a dealbreaker though...</p> <p>There are also <em>a lot</em> of pros to running iPhone OS on a 10" tablet device. Think of the gaming experience...</p> <p>I guess we'll find out in a a few months? Next month? Who knows!</p> The apple tablet is definitely going to happen. I think you can be pretty sure about that. However, the OS is still very up in the air. I agree with you that there is a big hurdle to clear with regards to screen size. It’s definitely one of the bigger roadblocks that would hinder the iPhone OS running on a larger 10″ tablet. I’m not sure this would necessarily be a dealbreaker though…

There are also a lot of pros to running iPhone OS on a 10″ tablet device. Think of the gaming experience…

I guess we’ll find out in a a few months? Next month? Who knows!

]]> Comment on No Updates, Thank You by erik http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/07/27/no-updates-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-68 erik Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:56:04 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=242#comment-68 <p>@jason, that really shows how Ubuntu has failed in its release. Producing an operating system is no doubt one of the most difficult software projects, but releasing an update that people don't want to use makes all of their work pointless.</p> <p>@kevin, it doesn't make a difference if users get an upgrade notice or not. The upgrade still went through and now they are going to live with it. If the Facebook changes tell us anything, it's that people hate change for the first week, then after that, they will forget there was ever an old interface.</p> @jason, that really shows how Ubuntu has failed in its release. Producing an operating system is no doubt one of the most difficult software projects, but releasing an update that people don’t want to use makes all of their work pointless.

@kevin, it doesn’t make a difference if users get an upgrade notice or not. The upgrade still went through and now they are going to live with it. If the Facebook changes tell us anything, it’s that people hate change for the first week, then after that, they will forget there was ever an old interface.

]]> Comment on No Updates, Thank You by Kevin http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/07/27/no-updates-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Kevin Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:31:50 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=242#comment-67 <p>I agree with most of your points, but I think a decent number of users <em>do</em> want to know if they are being upgraded. They'd rather see an upgrade notice than wake up the next morning to a different layout or new/obsolete feature. Also back in the day a lot of people still used and swore by Winamp 2.x even though versions 3 and 4 had come out.</p> <p>Seamless upgrading is awesome, but you shouldn't take away the ability of the users to deny it and/or roll back to a different version (in a desktop environment at least). Wordpress, actually, does a decent job of handling both concerns I think.</p> <p>Your contrast/compare of the web vs desktop is interesting though. Remember when people were "allowed" for a while to use the old Facebook layout after they rolled out the new one? A rare occurrence of upgrade choice being allowed on the web.</p> I agree with most of your points, but I think a decent number of users do want to know if they are being upgraded. They’d rather see an upgrade notice than wake up the next morning to a different layout or new/obsolete feature. Also back in the day a lot of people still used and swore by Winamp 2.x even though versions 3 and 4 had come out.

Seamless upgrading is awesome, but you shouldn’t take away the ability of the users to deny it and/or roll back to a different version (in a desktop environment at least). Wordpress, actually, does a decent job of handling both concerns I think.

Your contrast/compare of the web vs desktop is interesting though. Remember when people were “allowed” for a while to use the old Facebook layout after they rolled out the new one? A rare occurrence of upgrade choice being allowed on the web.

]]> Comment on No Updates, Thank You by Jason Wagner http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/07/27/no-updates-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Jason Wagner Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:01:33 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=242#comment-66 <p>Interesting topic! I would typically describe myself as somebody who is ready and willing to accept all updates as soon as they are available. However, there is definitely a big crowd of people who follow the "if it's not broken, don't fix it" mentality. They have some very valid points, too. In fact, I'm currently using this mentality with my Ubuntu 8.10 install. I was so excited to get 9.04 installed but then I heard about the problems with the ATI drivers. I freaked out and decided that I couldn't afford to have any more problems with my environment. For me, the benefits of 9.04 have yet to outweigh the possibility of big upgrade problems. I can't afford to spend hours trying to fix issues. So, I think people definitely have their reasons... and some of them (probably a lot of them) stem from bad experiences in the past.</p> Interesting topic! I would typically describe myself as somebody who is ready and willing to accept all updates as soon as they are available. However, there is definitely a big crowd of people who follow the “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it” mentality. They have some very valid points, too. In fact, I’m currently using this mentality with my Ubuntu 8.10 install. I was so excited to get 9.04 installed but then I heard about the problems with the ATI drivers. I freaked out and decided that I couldn’t afford to have any more problems with my environment. For me, the benefits of 9.04 have yet to outweigh the possibility of big upgrade problems. I can’t afford to spend hours trying to fix issues. So, I think people definitely have their reasons… and some of them (probably a lot of them) stem from bad experiences in the past.

]]> Comment on Press F5 to Refresh by JonD http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/07/15/press-f5-to-refresh/comment-page-1/#comment-65 JonD Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:39:27 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=229#comment-65 <p>Like the new look</p> Like the new look

]]> Comment on Press F5 to Refresh by Rosno http://technovangelism.com/blog/2009/07/15/press-f5-to-refresh/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Rosno Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:19:37 +0000 http://technovangelism.com/blog/?p=229#comment-64 <p>Wow, crazy spacing.</p> Wow, crazy spacing.

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