katamole

Alternative: http://browsershots.org/ Screenshots only though.

Use asterisks instead :)

How much will one of the apps cost in the store?

Reminds me of the trouble a large number of users had trying to install CS3 on Vista. The installer wouldn't initialise properly, and of course it didn't print any meaningful errors. Eventually I found a fix for this on someone's blog which suggested changing one of the environment variables.

After searching the Adobe forums and finding many users with the same problem, it seemed pretty obvious that Adobe just didn't know what the solution was.

Edit: found the relevant paragraph in the below mentioned Adobe blog:

"In CS3, there were some serious problems that customers faced and the time it took to resolve those issues in customer support made the initial experience with CS3 painful for some customers."

Painful? Oh yes...

But they say they take password security "extremely seriously".

What could possibly go wrong?

What was the position you applied for?

I ask because if you applied for a Sysadmin (or somesuch) position, I can see your lack of usage of Google products as fairly irrelevant. But if you were going for some sort of product development post, I can see why your interviewer might be somewhat uninterested in you.

So what if my apps live in the taskbar? Can I still only run 3 at once?

I honestly cannot see any benefit for the end user from this restriction.

"Trust is a funny thing: if your userbase is hardened hackers like the HN lot then you might end up (at least initially) with a trust issue - but the general public aren't going to care that much."

I think the opposite is true - "hardened hackers" may judge the TLD less than the general public.

Eg, I run a couple of small websites, and I know that .com is a matter of routing, and says little about the intention of my website. However, a casual user might see .com as more of a directory than a routing issue.

A few years ago I had a couple of people try and convince me that .org was reserved for non-profit organisations. While that might be the intended usage, it certainly isn't mandatory.

I think he was making the point that Nokia has dominance in Asia (as opposed the the iphone in the US).

I see. Is it not possible to submit the same URL twice? (serious question, I've never tried).

Why not link to a more useful page?

http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/

Is there are particular reason for me being downvoted?

I know you're trolling, but what do you think it actually means?

For anybody who hasn't read "The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat", I highly recommend it. Very interesting read (especially for ex-neurology students like myself).

Without knowing anything about the scope of the idea it's hard to conjecture whether it's worth pursuing on his own time.

However, the potential competition is probably a good thing.

So essentially, the members of the dev team will be competing against their old colleagues if they are searching for a new job at MS. Now that isn't a nice way to go.