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The iOS app is a pleasure to use. I would love the ability to input numerical values via keyboard for things like dimensions, positions, rotations, etc. Another user mentioned the non– standard rotation widgets, however I actually enjoy the rotation tool in its current form.

I would also like to express my appreciation for the ability to save/import/export files instead of locking those functions behind in-app purchases.

Overall, great job! Thank you for creating this.

We can only hope.
Re:What.CD is shutting down on Friday November 18, 2016 @12:15AM (#12984540)
Unbelievable! I wonder which motherless record company executive is responsible for this.

This is a huge loss. WCD will be sorely missed.

Re:Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut' on Monday October 17, 2016 @01:16PM (#12727008)
The importance of the leaked Podesta emails is much greater than simply learning about a recipe.
Re:BASIC gaming-dev app for iOS on Saturday October 15, 2016 @04:34PM (#12715554)
It's deja vu of the classic TI99/4a, complete with the wonders of GOTO and GOSUB! What great times. Hunt the Wumpus, anyone?
Re:Mars Explorers Wanted Posters on Friday August 26, 2016 @09:29AM (#12366045)
It would be thrilling if the current state of our space exploration was on a level suggested by these posters. Are we sending people to farm Martian soil or explore the Martian terrain anytime soon? Obviously not. So, honest question: what is the point of these posters?
What is this 'Russian destabilization plan' you are talking about?
Re:Chrome removes Backspace to go back on Thursday May 19, 2016 @05:57PM (#11734194)
Big thanks to the Chrome devs for this, I applaud and personally appreciate the decision but wonder why a navigation shortcut like this couldn't be made into an option for others to enable or disable based on their preference?
Re:Isaac Asimov: Man of 7,560,000 Words (1969) on Thursday January 21, 2016 @02:26AM (#10943874)
Ray Bradbury comes to mind since he, like Asimov, tends to focus on the human element in his stories.
Re:Isaac Asimov: Man of 7,560,000 Words (1969) on Thursday January 21, 2016 @02:12AM (#10943830)
The Last Question is surely one of Asimov's greatest short stories. I'll never forget reading it as a young teen and being astonished by the imaginative technological evolution of Multivac.
Re:A Cautionary Tale of Learning to Code on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @02:51PM (#8632202)
Great advice, thank you for this.
Re:How many Commodore 64 computers were really sold? (2011) on Sunday September 21, 2014 @10:06PM (#8348973)
"Stay awhile...Stay FOREVER!"

Great game, good times.

Re:Is It O.K. To Kill Cyclists? on Thursday September 11, 2014 @02:38PM (#8304319)
Please explain how you think cyclists are equally entitled to use a road that was built solely for motor vehicles.
Re:Museum of Endangered Sounds on Friday August 01, 2014 @09:38PM (#8123703)
Great idea! Bookmarked and eager to hear what new sounds are added in the future. I've got a similar idea for a 'video game systems and computers of yore sound museum' which so far includes several years worth of sound rips and snippets from the TI-99 4a, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Commodore 64 and many arcade games. Not too sure about the legality regarding copyright issues or fair use, though.
Re:Creative Cloud outage leaves Adobe users unable to work on Saturday May 17, 2014 @12:38AM (#7759240)
Our shop is currently holding at CS6, and we have no desire to 'upgrade' to CC. Unfortunately, customers have been sending in artwork and source files created in CC, so we will eventually be forced into Adobe's subscription plan unless some other full-featured software suite of equal or greater capability comes along.
Re:Delphi – why won't it die? (2013) on Saturday April 19, 2014 @09:09PM (#7615377)
Microsoft bought not only Anders but also about 30 other Borland developers over the course of several years. Borland sued, but eventually reached an out of court settlement.

I sometimes wonder what Delphi would look like today, had Anders not joined the MS fold.

Re:Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue on Monday April 07, 2014 @03:57PM (#7549005)
This is precisely why I dislike Comic Sans. Case in point: our shop handles advertising and print work for a prominent local hospital, and we were asked to design a invitation for a formal, black tie dinner reception being held for a new doctor. We designed the invitation using a formal-looking font combination of Edwardian Script and Adobe Garamond Pro, however the draft was rejected and we were asked to replace all fonts with Comic Sans. The end result looked informal and amateurish, more suitable for a neighborhood barbecue flyer than a black tie dinner invitation.
Our shop is still using CS6 and we have no plans to upgrade to CC. There is no compelling reason to do so, and financially it doesn't make sense for us to join. For the rare times when a customer submits artwork created in CC, we simply ask them to re-save it in CS6 format.
Re:Find your color scheme on Friday March 07, 2014 @10:30AM (#7360745)
Load screenshot into Acrobat Pro->zoom(200%+)->Output preview rollover confirms the existence of artifacts that appear to be vertical color bands near the boundaries of light shades.
Re:Review: Dungeon Keeper (iOS) on Monday February 03, 2014 @04:39PM (#7173688)
My guess is that the baby is a background gif and the message is that you will basically be throwing your money away with this app.