Re:Light Table (Kodowa) is hiring
by Tuna-Fish on Monday August 27, 2012 @07:59AM
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>> Not using a god awful Lisp dialect (Emacs Lisp) at it's base?
> snip
You answered to this one as if it was based on the previous line. I don't think it was. As a language, Emacs lisp is crappy and arcane, even compared to lisps that were there before it.
> Touchpads? Do you mean tablets or laptop touchpads? That's a HID device and works the same as a mouse does...
No, it really doesn't. And if you try to treat it like a mouse, you get crappy UX. I don't really like Apple, but that is one of the things they got right much earlier than other people.
Re:Light Table (Kodowa) is hiring
by mickeyp on Monday August 27, 2012 @09:55AM
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It's different from a mouse, but the basics should work reasonably well; at least, they did when I used to own a laptop which was admittedly a while ago.
> snip
You answered to this one as if it was based on the previous line. I don't think it was. As a language, Emacs lisp is crappy and arcane, even compared to lisps that were there before it.
> Touchpads? Do you mean tablets or laptop touchpads? That's a HID device and works the same as a mouse does...
No, it really doesn't. And if you try to treat it like a mouse, you get crappy UX. I don't really like Apple, but that is one of the things they got right much earlier than other people.