On 11/27/2013 12:53 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "bhairitu" wrote: > > Here you go. Remember most people will be reading on a smartphone a few > inches from their face. As you see the message history is an option > which can be selected. The first image was the start screen which has > the banner. You can scroll down the messages as far as you want. Also > the phone can be turned sideways for a wider display though shorter > display (handy for ready Turqs hard return messages). You'll possibly have noticed that I have abandoned the hard returns as the Old Geezers Of Internet Tech They Are. :-) You got me looking at FFL on different formats, and so I noticed that the old style didn't work as well on most screens these days. So I changed. As opposed, one might say, to someone who doesn't like a new variety of tech because it doesn't allow her to keep arguing the same way she's been arguing for almost twenty years now. Just sayin'. :-) :-) :-)
Problem I have is the new kids worshiping companies as gods like whatever they do is "right." I had a long argument with Android developers that it might WELL be appropriate to put an "exit" in the menu if your app goes several layers (or "Intents") deep. Each "Intent" is really like a little app in itself. To have to press the back key several times to exit is a bit rude. Most of the Google tech writing engineers seem to have limited experience in real world software development.
Similarly developers raved over the new release of the game development platform Unity3D. The company felt compelled to make one extravagant demo of their new 2D library. Problem is there are really just a few things experienced developers needed to know to get up and running using it but wading through that extravagant demo to find those points was a bit overkill. But sure as hell don't criticize Unity3D over it as the cranky dweeb fans will get all over you. I suspect they will role out a very simple example eventually as had to do that with their 3D engine.
