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Re:Brendan Eich: The infernal semicolon
on Sunday April 15, 2012 @04:27PM (#3844628)
Let's not forget... Twitter may have made the hashbang infamous, but it was originally championed by Google [1].
[1]: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/10/proposal-...
Re:Kottke.org redesigns using private beta of Hoefler & Frere-Jones we...
on Monday March 05, 2012 @01:37PM (#3667678)
Good to see Kottke still churning out top posts after so many years.
But... a little disappointed that an announced redesign like this does not include support for responsive/liquid/mobile-first viewport width.
>> I made the reading column wider (640px) ...
Hard-coded pixel widths are not friendly to the proliferation of mobile devices and screen sizes these days.
Re:Why do self-respecting hackers use Gmail & Co?
on Saturday February 04, 2012 @04:52PM (#3552291)
Surprised no one has mentioned FastMail [1] already. Excellent service, reasonable price.
It's good to be a paying customer, so if something goes wrong there is a sense of accountability for the service provider to remedy the situation.
With Gmail and other free service providers, remember that you are not the customer, you are the product -- for advertisers.
Re:Yammer moving away from Scala
on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @03:09PM (#3291933)
Also available here: https://gist.github.com/1406238
Re:Google says Nexus One too old for Android 4.0
on Wednesday October 26, 2011 @02:20PM (#3159774)
Yes, there's a good chance of such a release considering the history of CyanogenMod [1].
Too bad the update won't be straight from Google this time. One of the key benefits of the Nexus One for nearly 2 years comes to an end.
Amazon to Relaunch California Associate Accounts
Re:Company employs mildly autistic to test software
on Sunday September 25, 2011 @11:07AM (#3035900)
Discussed previously [1].
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3026591 (yahoo.com)
Re:Ask HN: Launch iOS/Android/Both?
on Sunday September 25, 2011 @10:38AM (#3035853)
There is offline local storage in HTML5 [1]. It is supported by recent versions of iOS and Android. A local HTTP server should not be necessary.
Re:Ask HN: Launch iOS/Android/Both?
on Sunday September 25, 2011 @09:21AM (#3035756)
What functionality do you require that only a native mobile application can provide?
One option is a mobile-optimized web application, with simple native apps wrapping your URL, one for each supported mobile platform.
Re:Michael Hart (obituary)
on Saturday September 24, 2011 @09:34AM (#3033178)
Discussed previously [1,2].
[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971971 (gutenberg.org)
[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974212 (oreilly.com)
Re:The quick website launch checklist
on Sunday August 14, 2011 @05:20PM (#2884476)
Piwik [1] is a great alternative to Google Analytics. It is free, open source software, and it is typically self-hosted.
While I do not think it supports Do-Not-Track at this time, Piwik does have configuration options to respect emerging laws on data protection and user privacy.
[1] http://piwik.org/blog/2011/03/piwik-can-be-used-in-complianc...
Re:The nytimes they are a-changin'
on Monday July 25, 2011 @01:57AM (#2801523)
This is based on an incorrect assumption: ... no one is storing their frontpage layout data.
The Newseum has this covered for over 800 newspapers. A recent front page of the New York Times, for example:
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=NY_NY...
Re:H5ai - a beautiful Apache index
on Thursday July 21, 2011 @03:41PM (#2790959)
Re:Google+ is Growing Like Crazy
on Sunday July 10, 2011 @12:59PM (#2748059)
BBM-type android service
You've described Huddle[1], part of the Google+ app for Android.
"Huddle lets you send super-fast messages to the people you care about most."
Presumably, Huddle will be part of the Google+ app on other platforms, too.
[1] https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.app...
H5ai - Apache index with HTML5, CSS3, jQuery
Re:Ask HN: Abandoning smartphones?
on Saturday November 27, 2010 @07:43PM (#1946291)
> The only problem I can't solve is maps...
Recent versions of Ovi Maps by Nokia work offline very well. I used v3.0x when I would have otherwise been roaming without incurring any data charges.