If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being [...]
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Why Vista isn’t coming near my computers
I’ve earlier written a norwegian piece on why Vista isn’t coming near my computer over at Nettvint.net, but since the arguments have grown during time and I felt the need for a recap, I’ll do it again. To sum it up: Vista isn’t coming near any of my computers, and I’ll tell you why right [...]
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on februar 21, 2007
http://fuzzy76.net/141/why-vista-isnt-coming-near-my-computers/
Usability in applications
My pet peeve regarding usability is the lack of (let’s face it, most) developers ability to put themselves in the situation of computer beginners (aka newbs). Eric S. Raymond describes exactly how bad this can get in The Luxury of Ignorance. And in my own opinion, this also describes why Linux is still miles away [...]
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on januar 3, 2007
http://fuzzy76.net/139/usability-in-applications/
Two more imports, the change is complete :)
Two more imports from my old homepage, and this time I’m really done. :) The first article is Snille gutter får ingenting, a small norwegien piece on good boys vs. bad boys. The second is MPAA Notice, a p2p «incident report» my old school got regarding my uhm… activities. :p
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on desember 17, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/138/two-more-imports-the-change-is-complete/
13 things that do not make sense
Over at New Scientist’s Space section you can read about 13 things that still baffles scientists. An incredibly interesting read, especially for the scientifically inclined.
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 28, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/135/13-things-that-do-not-make-sense/
Why Flash websites are a really, really bad idea
Just to state some basic facts… Flash doesn’t work _everywhere_, unlike normal HTML. My computer runs a 64-bit OS without 32bit emulation, and Adobe has yet to provide a Flash player for any 64-bit platform. Flash requires a proprietary plugin. Flash does not let users change font sizes or contrast settings using personalized stylesheets. A [...]
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 27, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/134/why-flash-websites-are-a-really-really-bad-idea/
Why tables for layout is bad
Since I’m tired of Googling it up every time I need the link, I thought I’d just post it here. Seybold tells you why tables for layout is stupid.
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 27, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/133/why-tables-for-layout-is-bad/
Google Homepage revisited
As some of my readers might know, I started using Horde webmail (and it’s addons) half a year ago. But after a while, I just had to cave in. Even when running against a local IMAP server on a computer with plenty of CPU-power and RAM left, it was very sluggish. On top of that [...]
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 20, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/132/google-homepage-revisited/
The Top 10 Arguments Against DRM
Via Learn Out Loud you can read about why DRM is a bad, bad thing… And for the less technical of my readers, DRM is the copy protection on all music bought online from MSN (for your Zune player) or iTunes (for the iPod). This is a must read, the end of the article contains [...]
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on november 20, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/131/the-top-10-arguments-against-drm/
Awesome ad for a job agency
Found via Smileycat. Click «read more» to view.
Posted by Håvard Pedersen on oktober 31, 2006
http://fuzzy76.net/130/awesome-ad-for-a-job-agency/