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Re:_why's site is updated
on Friday April 12, 2013 @06:12PM (#5541395)
A CAPRICE PCL that was just added: http://cl.ly/OF2O
CVs and File Extensions
Re:Bring Back the 40-hour work week (March 2012)
on Tuesday November 13, 2012 @05:22PM (#4780977)
Talk to folks that work there currently (LinkedIn helps with this) and ask questions when you interview about work/life and whether or not overtime is compensated. As a developer, you have the luxury (that most workers don't these days) of being highly in demand so you can afford to be particular about this if it's a concern.
Startups and the game dev industry are probably a bad choice if you're looking to avoid 40hr+ weeks. Boring SMB software product companies have been bad on this for me (anecdotal, I know) due to misaligned incentives (mainly sales selling product that didn't exist yet.) Consulting has been great on this for me, assuming the folks running the place care about lasting client relationships & quality more than maximizing billable hours.
Re:Apple's iOS is "deceptively fast"
on Thursday May 31, 2012 @05:16PM (#4050418)
You can specify apple-touch-startup-images that load on web app startup. These ideally consist of your app's chrome with any dynamic or textual elements removed.
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/userex...
Re:Google is close to releasing Siri rival called Majel
on Thursday December 15, 2011 @09:28AM (#3356225)
The way Siri converses & jokes with the user is the interface. Not all interfaces are graphical.
Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity (2...
on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @10:47AM (#3243512)
As far as usability is concerned, basic predictable interfaces are what you should be building unless the data & interaction you're modeling is unique enough to require non-standard UI.
Re:16 pixels For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake
on Friday October 07, 2011 @09:03AM (#3083753)
Yes, unless (if I'm not mistaken) the user has changed their default font size.
Re:Seven Minutes in Ubuntu: A Mac user's first impressions
on Sunday October 02, 2011 @06:58PM (#3064314)
The image is correct, while only small space around the Apple logo highlights upon clicking, the clickable area for the Apple menu runs completely to the left edge of the screen. The Spotlight icon behaves similarly.
Re:Programming for Mere Mortals
on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @07:11PM (#2870624)
The title & subtitle of this is rather condescending to non-programmers. "Mere mortals"? "How to count"?
Re:Muting annoying users on Twitter without unfollowing them
on Saturday May 14, 2011 @02:21PM (#2548212)
Hibari (http://hibariapp.com/) is another native OS X client with muting (and, in my opinion, a nicer interface than YoruFukurou.)
Re:Rails 3.1 has jQuery by default
on Thursday April 21, 2011 @01:34PM (#2471501)
CoffeeScript doesn't generate JavaScript in the same way GWT does, it's more a thin layer of syntax for Javascript that compiles one-to-one to Javascript. It's an abstraction layer, rather than a library that provides functionality like jQuery.
For reference: http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/
Re:New "Google Chrome Logo" leaked?
on Thursday March 10, 2011 @09:56AM (#2309281)
Why would they be when they're turning Chrome into an OS?