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thatjoshguyon Elements of a Clean Web Design

> It's obvious how that should render <em> - with emphasis - but what does it do with "letter-spacing:110%;"?

    <span style="letter-spacing:110%;">forever</span>

is better than

    f o r e v e r

Especially taking accessibility into consideration.

Typography is relating to the design and appearance of the page. It should still go hand-in-hand with creating semantic markup of the actual page.

thatjoshguyon Apple releases Ipad 3

But that's not the actual product name, as used by Apple publicly.

thatjoshguyon Facebook is down in Northern Europe

WHALESALAD!

You had a blog post on your old old old Wordpress blog about setting up an SSH tunnel[1]. Honestly, you're the person who first introduced me to the whole concepts, and who's site I would keep referring back to! Funny to see you posting on here about it.

[1]: Looks like it has been 'mirrored' on blogspot http://myhowtosandprojects.blogspot.com.au/2007/08/tunelling...

thatjoshguyon Square Register

From what I understand In-app purchases (where Apple gets a 30% cut) are only required when the item is only for use from within the app (virtual currency, level packs, digital subscription etc). Purchasing a physical items does not require transaction to use Apple's IAP API. In fact, it is expressly forbidden.

thatjoshguyon Square Register

I've always wanted to know about the 'international version' of Eftpos. A lot of internationals get confused at our Cheque/Savings/Credit.

Also, the large majority of banks offer Mastercard/Visa debit cards where even though you press 'Credit', its your money from your Savings account. You get the benefit of more consumer protection via Mastercard/Visa, as well as contactless payment and sometimes not having to sign or enter PIN

thatjoshguyon Mercedes to introduce Siri in its vehicles

My best guess is that it is using the Siri keyboard speed-to-text feature and the app just does its own interpretation on the text?

thatjoshguyon My Addressbook? Keep it. Telephone numbers are a disgrace to our generation.

See Facetime and iMessage.

If Facetime worked for just voice calls, and over 3G, everything would be perfect.

thatjoshguyon I want to help you learn or practice iOS development

Wow, that sure is a generous offer. I've started watching the Stanford iOS class on iTunes U, however I've found that it relies on a bit of OO knowledge. I've quite a lot of experience with Python/Django and Web dev, so I'm familiar with how to 'program', but not experienced with the OO concepts that iOS dev relies on.

Does anyone know of a similar set of high quality screencasts for teaching iOS? Looked at what's on Mobiletuts plus, but they are from 2010/iOS 4 http://mobile.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/iphone/?tag=ba... . Are there any out there up to date for iOS 5?

thatjoshguyon Jazz Jackrabbit 2′s Level Editor ported to HTML5

This is the first 'x written in HTML5' project that I have been actually amazed by. I spent countless hours in JCS modifying the shipped levels to add all sorts of 'secret bases' taking advantage of bugs and glitches.

I remember the online multiplayer community was kind of fizzling out about 5 or 6 years ago... wonder how it is now.

thatjoshguyon Why I Hate Android

> But your implication that Android isn't open source is a bit silly.

I'm don't think anyone is arguing this fact. Android, generally, isn't 'open' in the sense that it is totally controlled by the carriers.

thatjoshguyon AT&T Drops T-Mobile USA Deal

> Ah, a dumb pipe carrier. Why hasn't one materialized already? I was saying that it was inevitable at least a decade ago.

Plenty have materialised. Just not in the US. The three carriers in Aus are pretty much dumb pipes.

thatjoshguyon Device Orientation in HTML5 (tilt your computer if you have a MacBook & Chrome)

See SmackBook Pro from 2006 http://blog.medallia.com/2006/05/smacbook_pro.html

thatjoshguyon Tim O'Reilly: I am really starting to hate Mac OS X.

27" iMac is pretty popular

thatjoshguyon Tim O'Reilly: I am really starting to hate Mac OS X.

> Ctrl+backspace to delete the previous word in Windows always catches me out, since it works some of the time, but other times is just inserts a control character which I then also have to delete...

This is the single thing that prevents me from using Windows.

I dual boot with Windows on my iMac and I love the general appearance of Windows 7, much more than OS X. I feel like I can just get stuff done.

But then I try to work, and things just fail... A lack of common UI controls (Cocoa, OS X's killer feature) drives me insane when ctrl+a won't work, or a text field won't spell check for me, or I can't right click a word and get the definition of the word.

I find this is my problem with the iPhone as well. I got the iPhone 4 and 4S when they first came out as they are my best option out there, but I hate them so much. Other platforms are doing much more interesting things, such as Windows Phone 7's fresh interface, or the power of Android. However, all of these platforms lack the high level of polish and vibrant ecosystems the iPhone has.

thatjoshguyon Redesigning the country selector

In this instance it wouldn't look ugly as they are just three different results that could show up in the search.

thatjoshguyon iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours

In my experience, yes. I a lot of people I work with (shifty at KFC) and live in my dorm get more excited about the Galaxy as apposed to the iPhone. Those who have the GS2 love and live by it.

thatjoshguyon iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours

My guess is a 'new device'. If the only difference between that and the iPhone 4S is a larger screen and designed exterior, then so be it.

thatjoshguyon iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours

Just playing devils advocate here... how complex is the home button? Clicking it does one thing: takes you to the first page of the home screen. If you're already there, it takes you to Spotlight.

Double clicking it pops up the multitasker.

thatjoshguyon iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours

I think it comes down to the fact that although Android has more features, it arguable lacks the level of polish that iOS has.

Windows Phone 7 has less features than Android (and iOS?), but is way more polished and 'pretty'

thatjoshguyon iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours

> I didn't buy what I needed, I bought what I want.

The funny thing is that's the complete opposite to what Apple retail employees are taught. Sell what the customer needs; nothing more, nothing less

thatjoshguyon iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours

But 'regular' people are loving the Galaxy S 2, I guess because of it's large and vibrant screen, and it's thinner (to hold) compared to the iPhone 4[1].

I really like the Galaxy S 2 and I wish so hard that Android was actually polished to the degree that iOS is. My iPhone bores and I love the screen on the Galaxy S, yet I know I will miss out on OS updates and being able to smoothly rotate the screen. The day android is as polished as iOS is is the day I switch.

[1] I'm not sure if it is actually thinner than the iPhone 4, but it feels thinner, much in the same way the 2nd gen iPod touch was thinner than the previous gen)

thatjoshguyon iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours

I think we are arguing the same point: the iPhone 4S is a great product and does have solid improvements.

I am not disappointed with the 4S, but it is apparently clear that a few vocal people are. Why are they disappointed? I can only guess that it would be because it doesn't have a 'next generation' design.

At first I was disappointed because I was after a larger screen (or just more of an 'edge-to-edge' display) for my iPhone and I would happily upgrade to that, but that is the extend to my disappointment. It is evident that the 4S an improvement upon the second generation and will be welcomed by people coming off their 3GS contracts

thatjoshguyon Being #2 on the Hacker News front page - HackerThings Launch Week

Have you looked at Disqus? Provides the same pre-built commenting system, and you can log in with whatever service you want. http://disqus.com

thatjoshguyon iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Top One Million in First 24 Hours

It's 'disappointing' in the sense that, although it is more powerful and arguably better than the previous generation, people were wanting more substantial improvements.

thatjoshguyon Android and the false promises of openness

And then there are hybrids, like paying the phone off over the life of the contract as an additional cost.

Sometimes telcos (such as Telstra) will 'pitch in' and pay some of your repayments for you.

thatjoshguyon Show HN: KernType, a typography game made with Raphaël

http://www.google.com/recaptcha

thatjoshguyon Facebook gets redesigned

http://cl.ly/AJp0

Having a 27" screen, I don't mind it. The only things that bug me is the triangle at the top of each post, and your profile pic up in the header (which now floats)

thatjoshguyon Apple Event for iPhone 5 announcement on October 4th

I have dropped my iPhone on tiles at work without scratching the screen. But in saying that, i've seen others at work crack their screen the same way. Just luck I guess

thatjoshguyon Rround

I'm in the same situation, but I guess being at a university would give better geo ip location data...