January 2010
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Flash and Apple's Touch Platform
Interesting Ars Technica forum post by eVITAERC on some of the complexities that Flash acolytes don’t get when they complain about the lack of Flash support on iPhone and now iPad.
How are the Flash advocates out there suggesting to solve the interface problems anyways? The two biggest uses for Flash right now are:
Video
Games
The first one of which is in a state of flux....
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Derek Powazek - What I Hope Apple Unleashes... →
Derek Powazek, a designer who’s had a great deal of success moving between the web and print, on what the magic tablet thing might mean for web and print industries and business models. (via Daring Fireball).
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Since when did dumb-arsed nationalism become... →
I don’t mind getting ruinously drunk. I don’t mind the odd cockroach race. And I love a barbecue, especially if there’s ruinously drunken cockroach racing involved. But one of the things I really like about Australia, or I used to anyway, was our quiet reluctance to wave the flag in everyone’s face; a reluctance which has gradually given way to an uglier, brutish readiness...
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“[A] minimalist paid bookmarking site can effectively compete against delicious,...”
– Pinboard Blog — Pinboard is great — del.icio.us as it should have been.
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“The Rumpus: So tell me about the engineers.
Facebook Employee: They’re weird,...”
– Reblogged from Lachstock: The Pool Room: They’re weird and smart as balls. When I read this interview I had to wonder if the unnamed Facebook Employee wasn’t pulling the interviewer’s leg a little. Rebuilding a major web application in a compiled language is one thing (and may even...
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Accessibility and Gaming
A couple of good posts from Ars Technica about attempts to improve accessibility in gaming, particularly for colour-blind players.
Color-blind gamers: common. Developer awareness? Minimal.
Dragon Age wins high marks from disabled gamers
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