[The Java Posse] Another sign that Apple is going in the wrong direction

2010-02-06 Thread JavaSnake
Yet another anecdotal story about the ridiculous App Store approval process: Apple Bans the Word 'Android' From App Store - http://www.pcworld.com/article/188696/apple_bans_the_word_android_from_app_store.html/ Paul Graham wrote a long post about Apple and the App store approval process -

[The Java Posse] Re: The iPhone, Open Systems, and Leaving Sun

2010-02-06 Thread Michael Neale
You are posting to this forum. You are not in the 90% of those people. In fact, you are probably not even in the 90% of the 10% that are left over ;) We are none of us normal. I am cool with it, but an very curious as to how the ipad looks/works and how the 90% of people view it. On Feb 5,

[The Java Posse] Re: Kenai - Good News

2010-02-06 Thread Luis Miranda
Looks like there was a bit of a change of heart. Good news, in any case. On Feb 6, 12:28 am, Tor Norbye tor.nor...@gmail.com wrote: In our last newscast we reported that Kenai had been killed. Apparently this isn't the case. The following bulletin was just posted on kenai.com, on their blog

[The Java Posse] Re: Kenai - Good News

2010-02-06 Thread Michael Neale
Seems the right thing - but probably a little late as all the projects frantically found other hosting. Happily, with DVCS it is really really easy to shift all the source code and not lose a single piece of history. On Feb 6, 11:28 am, Tor Norbye tor.nor...@gmail.com wrote: In our last

[The Java Posse] Re: Kenai - Good News

2010-02-06 Thread Steven Herod
Finally, my apathy is rewarded... by failing to act, I'm saved... On Feb 6, 7:25 pm, Michael Neale michael.ne...@gmail.com wrote: Seems the right thing - but probably a little late as all the projects frantically found other hosting. Happily, with DVCS it is really really easy to shift all

re: [The Java Posse] Re: Kenai - Good News

2010-02-06 Thread fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it
- Original Message - Da : Steven Herod steven.he...@gmail.com A : The Java Posse javaposse@googlegroups.com Oggetto : [The Java Posse] Re: Kenai - Good News Data : Sat, 6 Feb 2010 03:36:15 -0800 (PST) Finally, my apathy is rewarded... by failing to act, I'm saved... It's really one

[The Java Posse] Re: The iPhone, Open Systems, and Leaving Sun

2010-02-06 Thread Karsten Silz
On Feb 6, 1:48 am, Joshua Marinacci jos...@marinacci.org wrote: The WebOS (the OS that runs on Palm's devices) uses JavaScript as it's primary development language. You can code raw javascript against the DOM in the webview, or use Palm's JavaScript library toolkit called Mojo, which

[The Java Posse] Re: The iPhone, Open Systems, and Leaving Sun

2010-02-06 Thread Karsten Silz
On Feb 5, 8:52 pm, Mike Wolfson mwolf...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps, as developers, if we start to push the boundaries of web design on mobile platforms (maybe leveraging the extended capabilities of HTML5), we can write once, run anywhere, and not have to worry about what platform we are

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Kenai - Good News

2010-02-06 Thread Josh Juneau
Unfortunately, as a co-author of the Jython book, I was one of those frantically moving code. Not only did I move the code, but we also had to change quite a few book references before print. Oh well, I think it was still a good exercise as now our book doesn't contain any hard references to

[The Java Posse] Re: The iPhone, Open Systems, and Leaving Sun

2010-02-06 Thread Casper Bang
BTW: I believe that Palm made a big mistake by immediately fragmenting their devices - the Pre (Plus) has 320x480 on an 3.1 inch screen, whereas the Pixi (Plus) has 320x400 on a 2.63 inch one. Two different screens with different resolution make production and app development more expensive.

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: The iPhone, Open Systems, and Leaving Sun

2010-02-06 Thread Joshua Marinacci
I don't really see it as a problem. This is no different than people resizing windows of desktop apps. We've known how to deal with that for 20 years. On Sat Feb 6, 2010, at 6:23 AM, Karsten Silz wrote: On Feb 6, 1:48 am, Joshua Marinacci jos...@marinacci.org wrote: The WebOS (the OS that runs

[The Java Posse] Re: The iPhone, Open Systems, and Leaving Sun

2010-02-06 Thread Karsten Silz
On Feb 6, 4:14 pm, Casper Bang casper.b...@gmail.com wrote: That's an argument used against Android, yet it's happening to the iPhone OS as well not only regarding hardware (screen) but also software (OpenGL bump maps). I am curious, how does Apple handle this in the SDK considering it's an

[The Java Posse] Re: The iPhone, Open Systems, and Leaving Sun

2010-02-06 Thread Casper Bang
I expect that the iPhone will get a higher res screen in the future, so you will then have to probably target at least two resolutions on the iPhone/iPod touches, but if I were Apple I'd delay this as long as I could. Yeah it's pretty obvious that the next iteration of iPhone, will have to

[The Java Posse] Re: Another sign that Apple is going in the wrong direction

2010-02-06 Thread CKoerner
I'm sitting here and reading/replying on my Ipod Touch. On Feb 6, 8:01 am, Casper Bang casper.b...@gmail.com wrote: You start to wonder, are people on iPhone even able to see this thread? lol At least on Mac, you are allowed to install a secondary browser to Safari. /Casper On Feb 6, 9:14 

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: The iPhone, Open Systems, and Leaving Sun

2010-02-06 Thread Joshua Marinacci
I guess I'm just saying that it's a solved problem. We already know how to make apps that resize properly. Yes it's a bit more work, but it's not very much more work. Plus, Palm's emulator makes it super easy to test multiple profiles. It's not really an issue. On Sat Feb 6, 2010, at 9:16 AM,