Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why My Mom%u2019s Next Computer Is Going To Be An iPad

2010-01-31 Thread Calum Benson
If it's anything like an iPhone or an iPod Touch, I can guarantee it will "suddenly forget how to talk to a network", and probably more than once. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48878

Re: [IxDA Discuss] litl

2009-11-17 Thread Calum Benson
In fact, just checked their website, which tells you how to get the open source components of their software (which I'm guessing is mostly the Mozilla-based browser bits): http://litl.com/legal/#source It specifically states that "source code to our proprietary interface is not open source". .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] litl

2009-11-17 Thread Calum Benson
They're only obliged to share the code for any part of the Linux code (or any other code with a GPL or GPL-style licence) that they've modified. Which is potentially none of it all, if their code is written from scratch and runs on top of an unmodified Linux kernel. Of course, they could have cho

Re: [IxDA Discuss] A minor follow-up on identifying credit cards' types

2009-10-20 Thread Calum Benson
However, this still doesn't solve the issue of being able to tell whether your credit/debit card type is supported, before you start typing. (Unless they all are anyway, which is very rare.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://w

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Microsoft Courier ...

2009-09-29 Thread Calum Benson
Tablet devices really do nothing for me, I have to say. I just find them incredibly awkward to write or draw on. And as someone who freaks out if anyone so much as breathes over my fingerprint-free 30" cinema display, the thought of smearing my hands and digits all over such a device really isn't

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Why isn't the OS a browser?

2009-09-12 Thread Calum Benson
Perhaps the question you're really asking here is "Why isn't the *desktop* a browser?", not "Why isn't the *OS* a browser?" There certainly have been attempts to build browser-based desktops. Some of them are discussed here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=166 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Any latest Radio Button interactions with accordion combined??

2009-06-23 Thread Calum Benson
Since this appears to be a wizard, perhaps split into (potentially) two steps, with just the two radio buttons shown on the first step, and the table shown on the following page if the second radio button was selected? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted fro