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Buoysel June 8th, 2014 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Cordelia (Post 8291012)
I mean like putting it in { and } and all that mess. I'm not very good at coding.

Don't forget to close your tags! It's actually not that hard. The hardest thing is learning the syntax, and you can Google that.

I like coding HTML and CSS, but PHP, ASP, and SQL are currently beyond me :(

Cordelia June 8th, 2014 11:00 AM

The design factor of CSS sometimes baffles me, haha. I have to look at others for ideas.

Buoysel June 8th, 2014 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Cordelia (Post 8291149)
The design factor of CSS sometimes baffles me, haha. I have to look at others for ideas.

It can be hard at times, Honestly, CSS is such a pain, but it's so awesome when you get it to work the way you want. In my experience, this .gif perfectly represents what working with CSS is like.

Oryx June 8th, 2014 11:27 AM

That's basically all coding, honestly.

Hybrid Trainer June 8th, 2014 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8291169)
It can be hard at times, Honestly, CSS is such a pain, but it's so awesome when you get it to work the way you want. In my experience, this .gif perfectly represents what working with CSS is like.

The most awkward bit about CSS for me is the damn box model. All these measurements don't add up and suddenly I've got a 10px by 10px box that's 28px by 42px that's about three metres to the left of where I meant it to be.

Raine June 8th, 2014 3:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8291169)
It can be hard at times, Honestly, CSS is such a pain, but it's so awesome when you get it to work the way you want. In my experience, this .gif perfectly represents what working with CSS is like.

LOL. Perfect way of explaining CSS with a gif c: I'm guilty of constantly refreshing in order to get every. single. pixel in the right spot. And it takes forever since I have to have everything in the right place for it to look perfect.

Tsutarja June 8th, 2014 3:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Raine (Post 8291579)
LOL. Perfect way of explaining CSS with a gif c: I'm guilty of constantly refreshing in order to get every. single. pixel in the right spot. And it takes forever since I have to have everything in the right place for it to look perfect.

And in all honesty, I thought I was alone with that one. Glad to see I am not XD

Raine June 8th, 2014 4:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8291600)
And in all honesty, I thought I was alone with that one. Glad to see I am not XD

Well, shouldn't it technically be something every web designer should be doing? I feel like my OCD tendencies are finally being recognized in the art of web design XD

wakachamo June 8th, 2014 4:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Oryx (Post 8283740)
I want to learn how to code apps for iOS but I don't want to spend all the money on a mac :( I'm glad I didn't pursue this before Swift came out though.

Objective-C isn't going anywhere though, so I wouldn't be too worried about the timing. Swift's still in early development, and I'll even wager the fact that it might be at least a year or so before Apple starts pushing Swift-only frameworks in an attempt to get people to start using it as their main language. And even then, ObjC might put up a fight in terms of completely disappearing :p

Buoysel June 8th, 2014 4:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8291600)
And in all honesty, I thought I was alone with that one. Glad to see I am not XD

Nope, not the only one either. Honestly, when you add in parallax scrolling, I just give up and use Adobe Muse. I know how to manually code a website, but this is so much easier.

Hiatus June 8th, 2014 5:36 PM

CSS coding isn't that difficult; it might be a little confusing at first, but once you learn all basics, you'll get the hang of everything else pretty swiftly.

Buoysel June 8th, 2014 5:56 PM

Has anyone had experience with Parallax Scrolling?

Eample: http://sourcesanspro.businesscatalyst.com/

Tsutarja June 8th, 2014 7:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8291821)
Has anyone had experience with Parallax Scrolling?

Eample: http://sourcesanspro.businesscatalyst.com/

Okay that is like the coolest thing I have seen in such a long time.

Meganium June 8th, 2014 9:50 PM

CSS is simpler and easier than HTML, tbh. I got the hang of CSS quickly and in a matter of days when I took a class of it. To me, it's basically HTML but without the <>, and there's more colons.

It really bothers me when one simple semicolon or bracket or *think* can ruin your whole code.

& i want that because reasons. that looks sexy.

Tsutarja June 9th, 2014 4:06 AM

At least I'm in a situation where I could code in PHP and edit the files while having them up in a webpage just to see if I've made errors. One thing I wish many text editors had (I'm eye-balling you Notepad++) is the ability to check for semicolons that may be missing.

Cordelia June 9th, 2014 6:21 AM

I really like Notepad++, but yeah, missing semi-colons can hurt. Thankfully, I'm pretty good at remembering those. XD My problem is I don't know all the tags so I have to look it up. I'm also annoyed that I can't use transform in my usertitle's css.

UPSIDE DOWN


[cd=transform: rotate(-180deg); moz-transform: rotate(-180deg); webkit-transform: rotate(-180deg);]UPSIDE DOWN[/cd]

No idea why this doesn't work on PC. :c

Oryx June 9th, 2014 6:25 AM

I had a whole error in my program that crashed my entire app. I spent hours investigating.

Result? Add one word and a comma.

Raine June 9th, 2014 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Oryx (Post 8292442)
I had a whole error in my program that crashed my entire app. I spent hours investigating.

Result? Add one word and a comma.

And that's when I started appreciating the whole debugging process in NetBeans for Java. At first, I was apprehensive about using a new Java IDE because we used DrJava in first term, but I can see why we're using NetBeans this term. Makes everything easier, and the application itself looks a lot better.

Tsutarja June 9th, 2014 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8292821)
In other news, I got a laptop from a friend for $40. It's a Lenovo X61, and it has a cool stylus. I basically wrote this post by hand! Unfortunately, it runs Windows Vista, but I've gone and debloated it. It runs fairly decent now.

Personally, I'd upgrade it to Windows 7 or 8 if I had keys for said operating systems :P

But at least for now, Vista is still receiving updates from Microsoft.

Raine June 9th, 2014 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8292820)
I never made much use of my debugging tools in Visual Studio, but once I did, it made writing applications much easier as , could pinpoint problems.

My professor emphasizes, every single lecture, the importance of debugging our projects from now on. Too bad he won't be around the second half of the term \: I almost feel like skipping the entire second half because it'll be a female teacher, and according to RateMyProfessors, she's a good programmer, but not necessarily the best teacher ;;

Tsutarja June 9th, 2014 5:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8292872)
I don't have a key for either, unfortunately. I may try Ubuntu though. Apparently, it'll work with the stylus properly so yay.

Yeah, Ubuntu seems better since it's free and more up-to-date on software and security of it's platform :p

What are the specs of the laptop?

Buoysel June 10th, 2014 4:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8293413)
It has 1 GB of RAM and it has a dual-core intel centrino vPro processor. It also has 200 GB of hard drive space as well.

Rather ironically, this little laptop has about 50 MB more graphics RAM than my newer Acer Aspire v5 has. lmao

Edit: Did some research on this laptop and discovered the following:
1. It unofficially can run with up to 8GB of RAM.
2. There's drivers for Windows XP for this laptop.
3. There's drivers for Windows 2000 for this laptop.

This laptop is all kinds of weird not gonna lie.

The amount of memory isn't as big of a deal as it used to be on new computers, because new computers, like your Acer has much faster memory.

I would agree with others about sticking a linux distribution on it. It should run Ubuntu or Mint just fine.

Tsutarja June 10th, 2014 4:50 AM

Sometimes I wish my desktop could go higher than 4 GB of RAM, but that's as high as it can go, and it was stock with 4 GB of RAM as well.

Cordelia June 10th, 2014 4:56 AM

My desktop has 2 GB of RAM that's over seven years old. It's DDR2 memory, since DDR3 wasn't even out yet. :3 It runs Linux Mint <3 I love it so much.

Tsutarja June 10th, 2014 4:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Cordelia (Post 8293963)
My desktop has 2 GB of RAM that's over seven years old. It's DDR2 memory, since DDR3 wasn't even out yet. :3 It runs Linux Mint <3 I love it so much.

Did you name your desktop C2D2 as well? :p

Cordelia June 10th, 2014 5:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8293965)
Did you name your desktop C2D2 as well? :p

No, my desktop/media server's name is ODIN and will always be ODIN. It is the King.

Oryx June 10th, 2014 6:26 AM

You could always just download more ram.

http://www.downloadmoreram.com/

Tsutarja June 10th, 2014 7:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Oryx (Post 8294048)
You could always just download more ram.

http://www.downloadmoreram.com/

That's one of the most genius websites I've ever seen.

Meganium June 11th, 2014 1:15 AM

I think I'm okay with my 6 GB of RAM tbh. xD I mean, I can play good games with it and multitask well, but I do like more because I'm a nerd like that. ;D

If I still had my HP laptop I would have done that in a heartbeat. It had 1 GB RAM.

Legendary Silke June 11th, 2014 4:26 AM

I dread the day where 8 GB isn't enough for everyday multimedia computing.

Tsutarja June 11th, 2014 5:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8295695)
I dread the day where 8 GB isn't enough for everyday multimedia computing.

I'm glad that day hasn't hit us yet, or else my laptop would be nothing now :P

Cordelia June 11th, 2014 5:09 AM

Guys I downloaded more RAM and now I have 16gb instead of 8!!!

Tsutarja June 11th, 2014 6:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Cordelia (Post 8295731)
Guys I downloaded more RAM and now I have 16gb instead of 8!!!

So did I. I downloaded more RAM and now I have 69GB instead of 4. ;)

Meganium June 11th, 2014 2:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8295695)
I dread the day where 8 GB isn't enough for everyday multimedia computing.

LMAO. I have that same exact thought in the back of my head the other day. Back then, 512 MB of ram was more than enough, but now we can't do most programs or games with 1 or 2 GB RAM. In the near future, we'll be suffering with just 8 GB of ram. xD

Buoysel June 11th, 2014 3:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8295781)
So did I. I downloaded more RAM and now I have 69GB instead of 4. ;)

I wish I was at work. I would post a screen shot of one of our Hyper-V hosts, it has 72 GB of RAM.

Tsutarja June 11th, 2014 6:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8296548)
I wish I was at work. I would post a screen shot of one of our Hyper-V hosts, it has 72 GB of RAM.

Wow, what kind of work on a computer would require that much RAM?! O_o

Cordelia June 11th, 2014 6:20 PM

I am pretty sure it's a type of server. :D

Legendary Silke June 12th, 2014 12:24 AM

Some kind of heavy-duty server.

Or servers.

Tsutarja June 12th, 2014 4:23 AM

I totally forgot to factor in servers lmao

-hides in corner with server that only has 2 GB RAM-

Buoysel June 12th, 2014 4:36 AM

It is a Virtual Machine Host, we have three of them. As you can see, the bottleneck is storage.
http://i.imgur.com/QlvG813.png

Is anybody else here work in the I.T. field?

Blu·Ray June 12th, 2014 4:41 AM

640K ought to be enough for anybody

Legendary Silke June 12th, 2014 7:27 AM

Now we have absurd amounts of video RAM in our GPUs.

Seriously, they're practically their own little computers - and a lot of that part is actually true these days.

Buoysel June 12th, 2014 8:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8297454)
Now we have absurd amounts of video RAM in our GPUs.

Seriously, they're practically their own little computers - and a lot of that part is actually true these days.

OMG I know right. Have you seen the specs on the Nvida Telsa K40?

12GB of GDDR5 at 384-bit bus width with a clock cycle of 3.0GHz. And that is just the RAM. That beast has 2880 CUDA cores with a peak throughput of 4.29 Tflops!

Granted it costs 1/4 of my car, but d***!!

Cordelia June 12th, 2014 8:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8297502)
OMG I know right. Have you seen the specs on the Nvida Telsa K40?

12GB of GDDR5 at 384-bit bus width with a clock cycle of 3.0GHz. And that is just the RAM. That beast has 2880 CUDA cores with a peak throughput of 4.29 Tflops!

Granted it costs 1/4 of my car, but d***!!

Hold me, I think I'm in love with that server. ♥ I'd love to work in the IT field but getting certifications is proving difficult for me. :(

Legendary Silke June 12th, 2014 8:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8297502)
OMG I know right. Have you seen the specs on the Nvida Telsa K40?

12GB of GDDR5 at 384-bit bus width with a clock cycle of 3.0GHz. And that is just the RAM. That beast has 2880 CUDA cores with a peak throughput of 4.29 Tflops!

Granted it costs 1/4 of my car, but d***!!

Heh? Well, at least you could practically throw everything at it.

On another topic, I hope the Nokia Lumia 930 is out by my next birthday, because that's what I'm getting. If not, well... gotta think about what would be the closest phone to that.

Tsutarja June 13th, 2014 3:48 AM

I've had my phone for under a year and I already want an iPhone... or at least a new iDevice. :p

Cordelia June 13th, 2014 5:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8298820)
I've had my phone for under a year and I already want an iPhone... or at least a new iDevice. :p

If you get an iPhone get a data plan :P You won't regret it XD

Legendary Silke June 13th, 2014 5:09 AM

The phone upgrade bug strikes people again.

I'm not renewing my contract, so I won't be getting 4G data speeds in any form, but not that it matters. HSPA+ is plenty fast.

Tsutarja June 13th, 2014 5:19 AM

My parents are considering getting new iPhones sometime this year. However, what worries them is that they'll lose their unlimited data with Verizon (it was only 3G anyways).

Buoysel June 13th, 2014 7:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8298906)
My parents are considering getting new iPhones sometime this year. However, what worries them is that they'll lose their unlimited data with Verizon (it was only 3G anyways).

I ditched Verizon for T-Mobile. VZW is good, but way too expensive. :(

Raine June 13th, 2014 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Cordelia (Post 8298886)
If you get an iPhone get a data plan :P You won't regret it XD

After years of using iPhones, I've started to regret it D: I'm actively looking for ways to get the OnePlus One at this point.

acatfrommars June 13th, 2014 12:35 PM

I love Iphone but iOS 7 drains my battery. Guys I need help! I want to keep my Avast but this popup gets annoying, is there anywa to get rid of it:



? D:

Cordelia June 13th, 2014 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Raine (Post 8299270)
After years of using iPhones, I've started to regret it D: I'm actively looking for ways to get the OnePlus One at this point.

I meant regret the data plan :P The iPhone is not one of my favorites but if he likes it good for him lol

@acatfrommars no idea D:

Hiatus June 13th, 2014 5:41 PM

My iPhone is extremely old, haha. I bought it about six years ago. Might buy a new one, but my current is still working without any trouble at all. Well, it does make it tough sometimes to hear what people are saying over speaker, but that personally doesn't bother me too much. Plus, I also have Android; one more reason as to why I shouldn't get another iPhone. They're pretty expensive, too, so there's that.

Alexander Nicholi June 13th, 2014 8:02 PM

In the near future our family will all be getting Samsung Android phones with 4G and 802.11ac capabilities. I myself am saving for a Galaxy S4, since Windows phones are too different for me and their app store lacks quite a bit (from what I hear), and don't even get me started on Apple and their iPhones. Ew.

Along with picking our phones' service providers, I'm going to be deciding our ISP when we move… I'm looking hard at you, Comcast.

Meganium June 13th, 2014 8:08 PM

Any iPhone users got the new skype update? It's an exact replica of the windows app.



What iPhone do you have right now, Ashley?

Well if you get an iPhone, you are forced to get a data plan. No exceptions. xD At&T is okay, but when you live in an area like...where I'm at right now, the signal is just spotty. We have 4G (and LTE), but it's extreeeeeeeemely spotty. I really like T-Mobile and I'm totally switching once I decide to upgrade to an iPhone 5S.

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Originally Posted by acatfrommars (Post 8299408)
I love Iphone but iOS 7 drains my battery. Guys I need help! I want to keep my Avast but this popup gets annoying, is there anywa to get rid of it:



? D:

It depends on the iPhone you have. I have a 4S right now and the battery life is great. I hardly ever charge it overnight because it drains only 5-10% of its battery power while I sleep (because I don't have any apps running other than skype mobile).

Also, do you have adblock enabled? Avast usually alerts you when a certain ad on a certain webpage has some sort of malware. It's there to keep you on the safe side.

Alexander Nicholi June 13th, 2014 8:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadance (Post 8300003)
Well if you get an iPhone, you are forced to get a data plan. No exceptions. xD

Those are the kind of things that make me stay away from iOS.

Tsutarja June 14th, 2014 5:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadance (Post 8300003)
Any iPhone users got the new skype update? It's an exact replica of the windows app.


Also an exact replica of the Android app as well. The Android app has looked like that for quite some time as well. Do the smileys still animate in the iOS version though?

Buoysel June 14th, 2014 9:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex (Post 8300031)
Those are the kind of things that make me stay away from iOS.

That's not apple specific. That's any smart phone.

Legendary Silke June 14th, 2014 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8300693)
That's not apple specific. That's any smart phone.

Country-dependent :)

(You're very lucky when you live in somewhere where all phones are sold unlocked and can be paired with any carrier, no matter what, and how you got the phone.)

Alexander Nicholi June 14th, 2014 10:38 AM

Still, I wouldn't want to get a phone that you're forced to buy data for, as that's just some stupid capitalistic BS. My Samsung Galaxy Reverb (SPH-M950) was locked for Virgin Mobile IIRC, but I ran a Wi-Fi signal through it without any service at all. And I had options to get plans without data. The phone was only designed for VM, so that may be why it only took it.

Morkula June 14th, 2014 2:36 PM

"Stupid capitalistic BS" - you mean the fee that you pay to maintain the service and whatnot? You realize you're not paying for wifi, you're paying for the 3G/4G service, which the carrier operates and maintains. :|

That said, data plans are ridiculously expensive and mobile carriers are all terrible corporations, but to say that charging for data is "stupid capitalistic BS" is just ignoring the facts.

Alexander Nicholi June 14th, 2014 4:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Morkula (Post 8301031)
"Stupid capitalistic BS" - you mean the fee that you pay to maintain the service and whatnot? You realize you're not paying for wifi, you're paying for the 3G/4G service, which the carrier operates and maintains. :|

It's not that itself, lmao. It's the aforementioned removal of the option not to. Forcing you to take certain things with your plans or forcing you to have a plan is just plain stupid, and it's a sales gimmick to con you into paying for more than what you'd use (if you're someone who doesn't use the web, ergo a lot of older people), and that's what bothers me.

Tsutarja June 14th, 2014 5:32 PM

So in other news, my grandmother wanted me to salvage parts from her old XP computer, and I decided to put the hard drive to use, and install Linux on it. Zorin OS to be specific.

Alexander Nicholi June 14th, 2014 5:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8301195)
So in other news, my grandmother wanted me to salvage parts from her old XP computer, and I decided to put the hard drive to use, and install Linux on it. Zorin OS to be specific.

Do you know what model and size/RPM? I was wanting to salvage my old desktops so badly but I think my mother chucked my old ATX setups and our eMachine is akin to a laptop in terms of malleability. By the way, did you catch the CPU model?

Tsutarja June 14th, 2014 5:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex (Post 8301214)
Do you know what model and size/RPM? I was wanting to salvage my old desktops so badly but I think my mother chucked my old ATX setups and our eMachine is akin to a laptop in terms of malleability. By the way, did you catch the CPU model?

I didn't, but it was some Dell tower. As for the specs, here's what I could find:

http://i.imgur.com/k9fSLj3.png

Alexander Nicholi June 14th, 2014 6:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8301227)
I didn't, but it was some Dell tower. As for the specs, here's what I could find:

http://i.imgur.com/k9fSLj3.png

That doesn't look too old considering it's 7200RPM, but I'm not sure if its SATA I or if its version is ambiguous. Considering that the OS matched to it makes sense. Still, 7200RPM matters like the SATA interface, so… :>

Speaking of hard drives, I just got a 3TB Seagate HDD in the mail today. I played with the partitions and set AutoRun icons for all three partitions along with my two internal partitions (classic XP icon ftw), also cleaning up all the spare partitions here and there. At one point, after creating the partitions on the external and before internal reconciliation, all my partitions filled the window! :P

Tsutarja June 14th, 2014 6:22 PM

One thing I would at least hope for is that my desktop's time doesn't get messed up when I switch back to Windows. :P I think I got the settings correct, I guess I'll find out when I switch back.

Also, I've never really dual-booted between two hard drives before. The last time I dual-booted, I just shared partitions on the same HDD.

Legendary Silke June 14th, 2014 9:43 PM

Just enable Internet time synchronization. Then you can stop worrying about time going bonkers.

Tsutarja June 14th, 2014 9:50 PM

Turns out my time settings went untouched, which has been a first for me with dual-booting between Linux and Windows.

Legendary Silke June 15th, 2014 4:50 AM

I guess I really like having all the things right there as I installed a lot of previously-not-installed apps now.

Tsutarja June 15th, 2014 6:08 AM

I need to get another external hard drive sooner or later. I need to make backups of my laptop and my desktop, and I wish I had the space on my current external HDD to do that. :/

Cordelia June 15th, 2014 11:23 AM

I tried to do an apt upgrade of my Linux Mint installation that didn't do everything that I wanted it to, so it looks like I'll be installing it manually now. Hnnggg, that'll be annoying reinstalling programs but at least I'll keep my home directory so it won't be all lost.

Tsutarja June 15th, 2014 5:59 PM

Hmm, I haven't been so impressed with using a Linux distro like this ever. I've been using my Zorin OS install all day today. :p

Cordelia June 16th, 2014 11:48 AM

I really enjoy Mint, it has a nice amount of polish. <3

Legendary Silke June 16th, 2014 9:16 PM

Hmm, one of the best smartphones that you can get, or a 1 TB SSD... Kind of hard to decide. For some reason. Probably because I would appreciate having accelerated everything, but I also kind of need to move on from "budget" smartphones and their limitations.

Tsutarja June 16th, 2014 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8304476)
Hmm, one of the best smartphones that you can get, or a 1 TB SSD... Kind of hard to decide. For some reason. Probably because I would appreciate having accelerated everything, but I also kind of need to move on from "budget" smartphones and their limitations.

I'd say it depends on what you really need. If you need a new phone (because of hardware limitations), then go for that. However, if you just want to upgrade for the sake of an upgrade, then go for the SSD instead of the phone.

Legendary Silke June 17th, 2014 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Team Fail (Post 8304513)
I'm looking at one of the Alcatel phones, the Alcatel OneTouch Idol X. It has similar specs to that of an S4, but at 1/3 the cost (It's only $250!).

You might want to also consider after-sales support for your device. Also, specs aren't exactly everything. Best to demo the phone for yourself for any gotchas.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8304625)
I'd say it depends on what you really need. If you need a new phone (because of hardware limitations), then go for that. However, if you just want to upgrade for the sake of an upgrade, then go for the SSD instead of the phone.

I think I'm leaning towards the Lumia 930 seeing as the hybrid drive is plenty fast already under most circumstances - way faster than a normal HDD will ever be.

I have a feeling that I wont regret going upscale on my phone big-time. A phone that's close to no-compromise... Man.

Tsutarja June 17th, 2014 4:17 PM

If anything, I really wish more people developed for Windows Phone. It has just as much potential as iOS and Android if you ask me.

Buoysel June 17th, 2014 6:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8305713)
If anything, I really wish more people developed for Windows Phone. It has just as much potential as iOS and Android if you ask me.

I agree, and I miss my Windows Phone. However I blame Microsoft for the lack of support. I bough a new Kia recently, the entertainment system is called UVO, it was designed by Microsoft, even has the Microsoft logo on the dash in the car. The system uses an app on your phone to basically give the car an internet connection. There are only apps for iOS and Android.

Legendary Silke June 17th, 2014 9:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8305899)
I agree, and I miss my Windows Phone. However I blame Microsoft for the lack of support. I bough a new Kia recently, the entertainment system is called UVO, it was designed by Microsoft, even has the Microsoft logo on the dash in the car. The system uses an app on your phone to basically give the car an internet connection. There are only apps for iOS and Android.

Give them time. I'd suspect everybody's working overtime at this point - it'd probably be better if they implemented support for things that everyone uses first or the entertainment system would be essentially useless.

Feels funny bringing a portable battery every single day, but at least I'll never run out of charge for the day.

Tsutarja June 18th, 2014 3:48 AM

I think it's bad enough that the "YouTube" app from Microsoft for Windows Phone is just a link to YouTube's mobile site, or at least that's what many of the reviewers are saying.

Legendary Silke June 18th, 2014 3:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8306350)
I think it's bad enough that the "YouTube" app from Microsoft for Windows Phone is just a link to YouTube's mobile site, or at least that's what many of the reviewers are saying.

And the reason why it's not an actual app?

Google won't develop one, nor provide the required APIs - even when the YouTube team themselves are pretty fly with the idea.

Buoysel June 18th, 2014 4:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8306356)
And the reason why it's not an actual app?

Google won't develop one, nor provide the required APIs - even when the YouTube team themselves are pretty fly with the idea.

The was an app. Microsoft built it and it was awesome. Google did not provide the APIs to support ads, so Google demanded Microsoft take it down since the app basically came with adblock installed. Now it's just a link to the mobile website.

Battery life is one of the reasons I won't go back to Android. My iPhone's battery life is good, but still not nearly as good as my old 925.

Legendary Silke June 18th, 2014 4:29 AM

There's something about runaway apps and Android...

Tsutarja June 18th, 2014 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8306385)
The was an app. Microsoft built it and it was awesome. Google did not provide the APIs to support ads, so Google demanded Microsoft take it down since the app basically came with adblock installed. Now it's just a link to the mobile website.

That makes no sense at all, really. Does WP just not have the capability to display video ads at all or what?

Buoysel June 18th, 2014 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8306903)
That makes no sense at all, really. Does WP just not have the capability to display video ads at all or what?

It's a strange case, and it makes me hate Google. http://www.geek.com/mobile/google-wants-youtube-app-pulled-from-windows-phone-marketplace-and-handsets-1555407/

Tsutarja June 18th, 2014 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8306915)

Okay wow, that just gave me another reason to dislike Google. I mean, if they aren't going to give Microsoft full API access, they may as well revoke it from Apple as well.

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“mobile devices with limited feature sets.”
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Dter ic June 18th, 2014 11:38 AM

A quick search finds alternative apps like this one. Seems like Windows phone devices have to rely on 3rd party apps just to receive the same functionality other platforms get without all the hassle.

Buoysel June 18th, 2014 1:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dter ic (Post 8306933)
A quick search finds alternative apps like this one. Seems like Windows phone devices have to rely on 3rd party apps just to receive the same functionality other platforms get without all the hassle.

I used Metro Tube, it's avalible for Windows RT / x86 as well. Provides a nice touch UI for Youtube.

destinedjagold June 19th, 2014 12:49 AM

I've been having a weird problem with my Skype lately...
I can't see the group chats where my friends add me. This was also troubling when my team leader made a new chat group, and I wasn't even aware that he made one. So of course, I wasn't aware of the work we had. >.>
But if I'm the one who'll make a new chat group, there's no problem. =/

So yeah, I just wanna know why my Skype is acting up like this.
My OS is Windows 7 and I also tried reinstalling Skype a couple of times, and even tried installing a lower version of it, but still nothing.
...I'm not gonna try and reformat my PC. :P

So yeah...
Anyone has any idea why this is happening to me?

Legendary Silke June 19th, 2014 1:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by destinedjagold (Post 8307746)
I've been having a weird problem with my Skype lately...
I can't see the group chats where my friends add me. This was also troubling when my team leader made a new chat group, and I wasn't even aware that he made one. So of course, I wasn't aware of the work we had. >.>
But if I'm the one who'll make a new chat group, there's no problem. =/

So yeah, I just wanna know why my Skype is acting up like this.
My OS is Windows 7 and I also tried reinstalling Skype a couple of times, and even tried installing a lower version of it, but still nothing.
...I'm not gonna try and reformat my PC. :P

So yeah...
Anyone has any idea why this is happening to me?

I guess it's the Skype problem again. Have you tried installing the latest version off the Skype web site, and then leave the entire thing running on your PC for a while?

For some reason, I've never encountered a problem with Skype.

Oryx June 19th, 2014 1:41 AM

On the topic of Windows phones: as a mobile developer, working on it just makes no sense. Sure, it has potential, but when your options are to develop for a ton of people or develop for a tiny sliver of people, I don't see how anyone would pick the sliver. Then when you want to work more, it would make more sense to work on a new app for the ton of people instead of expanding your old app to the sliver.

Legendary Silke June 19th, 2014 1:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Oryx (Post 8307795)
On the topic of Windows phones: as a mobile developer, working on it just makes no sense. Sure, it has potential, but when your options are to develop for a ton of people or develop for a tiny sliver of people, I don't see how anyone would pick the sliver. Then when you want to work more, it would make more sense to work on a new app for the ton of people instead of expanding your old app to the sliver.

You should develop apps with regard to what should your audience be using; nothing else should really influence your decision.

Though, it does pain me to see that people not even bothering to create a gussied-up web wrapper for Windows Phone. (When it comes to actual mobile code, it's best to try to make code with as few assumptions about the target platform as possible.)

(Also, speaking of mobile market share, things aren't as clear-cut as PCs on a per-country basis. Remember that the second and third place can be any combination of iOS, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry.)

Oryx June 19th, 2014 3:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiggy (Post 8307800)
You should develop apps with regard to what should your audience be using; nothing else should really influence your decision.

Though, it does pain me to see that people not even bothering to create a gussied-up web wrapper for Windows Phone. (When it comes to actual mobile code, it's best to try to make code with as few assumptions about the target platform as possible.)

(Also, speaking of mobile market share, things aren't as clear-cut as PCs on a per-country basis. Remember that the second and third place can be any combination of iOS, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry.)

You forgot about Kindle, which for many applications is not the same as just porting an Android app. Actually, it's pretty funny that you did, because it's representative of the flaw in your thinking - you only think from the developer's perspective, not from the consumer's or the marketer's. It doesn't matter what users should use - your responsibility is not to guide users into using what you deem right for them, but to catering to them where they are.

The difference between developing apps freelance whenever you want and developing as a long term career. :)

Tsutarja June 19th, 2014 4:08 AM

One thing I like about Android is the ability to sideload apps while on a stock ROM. I'm not sure if it's possible on Windows Phone or not, and I know for a fact that sideloading apps from iOS requires root, or at least I think it does.

Legendary Silke June 19th, 2014 4:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oryx (Post 8307852)
You forgot about Kindle, which for many applications is not the same as just porting an Android app. Actually, it's pretty funny that you did, because it's representative of the flaw in your thinking - you only think from the developer's perspective, not from the consumer's or the marketer's. It doesn't matter what users should use - your responsibility is not to guide users into using what you deem right for them, but to catering to them where they are.

The difference between developing apps freelance whenever you want and developing as a long term career. :)

Did I?

I guess I didn't make my point clear enough - I think I meant "are" where it was a "should" in the last post. And, yes, not all Android devices are the same - I am fully aware of the differences between devices that are "with Google's blessing", so to speak, and other devices that roll their own services (Kindle being one of them, but also to note is Nokia X)

Consumers, marketers - that's one way to put things that way. But what if nobody uses a given platform because nobody bothered to develop apps for it? Sometimes, I think all it takes is an incentive. I can dream, right?

At least nobody can dock points for trying.

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 8307893)
One thing I like about Android is the ability to sideload apps while on a stock ROM. I'm not sure if it's possible on Windows Phone or not, and I know for a fact that sideloading apps from iOS requires root, or at least I think it does.

On Windows Phone, the only apps you can sideload without a developer licence are the things that you'd be able to get off the Windows Store anyway. (It's more useful for people with no Wi-Fi networks to connect to - download packages on a PC, copy packages to phone, install.)

Buoysel June 19th, 2014 6:47 AM

Have you guys heard about what T-Mobile is doing with Uncarrier 5.0?

I found this video that has all of the funny bits sliced together. It's rather humorous. Check it out (Warning link contains cursing) http://www.tmonews.com/2014/06/see-last-nights-uncarrier-announcement-cut-down-to-just-the-fun-parts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Tsutarja June 19th, 2014 5:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Shining Armour (Post 8308046)
Have you guys heard about what T-Mobile is doing with Uncarrier 5.0?

I found this video that has all of the funny bits sliced together. It's rather humorous. Check it out (Warning link contains cursing) http://www.tmonews.com/2014/06/see-last-nights-uncarrier-announcement-cut-down-to-just-the-fun-parts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Not sure what's worse. John Legere swearing or Steve Ballmer just going crazy before a keynote presentation.

donavannj June 19th, 2014 7:32 PM

It's nice to see T-Mobile trying things. We need them to be viable to keep Verizon and AT&T from raising their prices even further.

What's wonderful about being with T-Mobile is that my unlimited data plan was grandfathered into their "Un-Carrier" service rather than being forced into line with their other services. Even though I barely pass 500 MB in usage in a typical month because I'm constantly near a WiFi network, it's nice to know that my data is not limited.


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