On Sat, 8 Jan 2011 10:53:37 +0000 ALAN BROOKER <[email protected]> wrote:
> Regarding ugly plan: Is app store 'lock-in' any different from apple's usual > hardware' lock in' for laptops/desktops? Pd still runs on those platforms so > why not port ipad, ipod, iphone upud, ipid etc? > > In any case isnt RJDJ the port for Pd to this platform anyway ? I could be > wrong- not 100% I wouldn't say it's a port of of Pd, not as an application. It's a port of Pd to support a specific application class with its own interfaces. The GUI for Pd on a tablet would be quite different anyway, to take advantage of that device's touch gestures, a direct port of the keyboard oriented interface would miss an opportunity. Regarding Apple, who are only one manufacturer of mobile and tablet devices; I think this is a moral issue that can be easily settled by watching this famous advertisement, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8 and comparing the stance implied there with their position 25 years later. > > > > On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Derek Holzer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > But kids have such a shorter attention span these days.... > > > > D. > > > > > > On 1/8/11 4:29 AM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: > > > > BTW, the nineties had another site for that, which had a lot more text, > >> from which you could actually learn, instead of OMG FAIL. > >> > > > > > > -- > > ::: derek holzer ::: http://macumbista.net ::: > > ---Oblique Strategy # 46: > > "Disconnect from desire" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > -- Andy Farnell <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
