On Friday, 3 November 2017 at 19:23:51 UTC, Craig Dillabaugh
wrote:
On Friday, 3 November 2017 at 18:26:54 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Friday, 3 November 2017 at 18:08:54 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
On Friday, 3 November 2017 at 17:25:26 UTC, Joakim wrote:
Most programmers will one day be coding on mobile devices,
though I admit I'm in a small, early-adopting minority now:
http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/six-weeks-working-android/
A blog post is not evidence that the majority of programmers
will be coding on mobile devices.
Yes, but it is evidence of what I said, that "I'm in a small,
early-adopting minority now." I don't know how you expect
evidence for something that _will_ happen, it's a prediction
I'm making, though based on current, rising trends like all
those in this feed:
https://mobile.twitter.com/termux
I don't really care if the device crunching the numbers is a
smartphone or a mainframe as long as it is fast enough and:
1) I can do my work with a regular size keyboard and large
monitor.
Check, most mobile devices these days support some form of
interfacing with monitors and keyboards.
2) I can use whatever applications I want be it a CLI or some
GUI app.
Depends on precisely what those apps are, ie Office Mobile and
Photoshop Express are available on Android, but I'm sure some
obscure Win32 CAD app isn't.
3) I can install/execute VMs on my device of choice without
running
out of memory.
No, only early Qemu support for now, VMs have not really come to
mobile yet.
4) My data isn't monitored, controlled, owned, or data-mined by
some large corporation.
Check, especially if you know what you're doing.
5) I can easily move my data, etc. to another device if I
decide to.
Check, mobile devices usually support such transfer better than
PCs.
6) I can use it to play any DVD's that I own (don't have a TV).
Hmm, that is a niche use case these days, guessing no. I don't
think I've handled a DVD in more than a decade, like most people,
so I'm not sure this matters. However, I just watched a HD movie
on my tablet last night, and I find it to be a more engaging
experience than any TV. Something about having the screen right
in front of you, it's more immersive, particularly if your tablet
has decent speakers (though I always care about video more than
audio, so don't need the big sound system that people usually
hook up to their TVs). I haven't owned a TV for more than a
decade, though people I've lived with have usually had one, that
I almost never watched.
7) I can't easily lose my computing device :o)
Obviously any "mobile" device, whether a smartphone or laptop is
more easily lost than a desktop you keep at home. I've never lost
one, but I don't move around that much. I'll say Check, since
you can enable device trackers and proximity warnings to help you
with this.
How far off do you think mobile devices are off providing this
type of experience, or are they already there in your mind?
What about #7.
They're getting there, but not as general-purpose as a PC yet.
