I agree. Mail.app works perfectly for me. It does what it stated it was going to do, provide a simple interface on top of 'pine' like functionality/usability. I have multiple email accounts and have a solid preference for POP3 over IMAP. I've been using email since the early 1980's and operate on multiple machines (Laptop, Workstation, iPhone, etc.) without issue.
You're correct, a non-touch id iOS device won't be affected. This is specific to the security involving the match cabling and sensor used in touch id iOS devices only. Everything else can still be replaced third party as this actually IS a security issue. This also shouldn't be news as Apple pointed this out when touch id first came out in that the buttons would not be replaceable except via apple (which if I'm correct, at the time they didn't discus replicability being viable at all).
For a personal website, primarily with static content with maybe the exception of a blog, you could use something like Jekyll or Hyde (Ruby & Python respectively) along with bootstrap assuming you wanted to have granular control and not have to learn an (or be limited by) a given CMS or platform. Just a thought.
Primarily (i believe) because those of us perusing hacker news care about the content with as little fluff or ui distractions. Many of us (grey-beards particularly) are still preferential to old style ansi colour typesets on a plain (non pure-white/non pure-black) background.
The layout makes quick work of scanning for interesting articles, seeing which have a slew of comments and what not. It is and always has been about the content and never about the flashy appearance (lack thereof). It is functional in its simplicity. This is why I still end up using freshnews.org (and have for over 12 years) as a news aggregator site. Simple, Clean, very muted use of colours and shapes. I find what I want quickly because I value my time, even when slacking.
I have to ask.. Is someone's ego so badly hurt and/or their job threatened that every mention related to the push for standards towards HTML5 they somehow feel that their beloved Adobe Flash skills are threatened?
This is sad. If HN had a down vote option, it would most definitely be in use for those article.
I agree with you as well. Zone time is usually a 3-4 hour a day deal. Some people are honest about it, others aren't. There are short periods of time in which one can code at their top level for a long period of time but these are infrequent. In general I'd say that one can get a good 4 hours of solid work in on a given day. Once going beyond that time frame, especially on a regular basis just increases the chance of introducing errors into a system. The other time would be better spent thinking about the problems faced by the design and or relaxing to allow for ideas to form and work themselves to clarity.
When I used to work outside of my home this meant playing table tennis or fußball as a clearing ones mind method. Or going for a walk outside of the workplace.
The gung-ho brute forcing of a coding method is a dangerous path to traverse. I'm more for the cyclical clear ones mind, allow the design/ideas/concepts to brew. Commit to code the portion at hand then cool down and repeat the cycle.
Honestly, my best clarity comes at 2am, the shower and/or commutes >20 minutes.
I interviewed with these guys back in September of 07 and before they could get back to me, I got an offer I couldn't turn down. These guys were 'operating in stealth mode' back then, but they really had a solid focus and vision.
It is amusing though because over the following two years, whenever a Software Engineering position was available for them, I would get inundated with calls from half a dozen or so headhunters. It got to the point that when the phone rang after the first 'position available' call, i was able to tell the hunter that they were trying to fill a spot for "invite media" and it became a bit of an entertaining sport for me catching them off guard.
Just upgraded and almost immediately had to file a bug report. Flash video will not play in anything but full screen, and getting to said fullscreen requires about mouse clicks in quick succession.
I'm running OS X 10.6.3 on dual quad-core xeon (Nehalem 8 Core) Mac Pro with 6gb ram. Chrome is my default browser, and while I am part of the Youtube Html5 Beta, the inconvenience is rather large. Flash apps are a no-go entirely as they will not render.
I update it when I feel there is something to say, not out of a need to keep it current for activity's sake.
I write for two reasons:
Firstly, to get my ideas from my head into written form for personal reflection upon either a concept, experience or reaction to piece of relevant content. Secondly as a means of sharing my own experience(s) with others who might be looking for a different perspective based on someone else's background.
I have also found that my technical blog has gained me several acquaintances, a few good friends, and considerable work. While my CV is rather lengthy due to my fifteen years in the industry, I have found that my blog posts offer far better insight into my thinking processes. As such, my best and brightest works situations transpired from those companies which found me via my writings.
and soon to be working on a brand new Version 2.x of http://www.tokion.com (currently a simple set of splash pages)
All for publishers in NYC. I do so wish they would acquire a technical journal, or some form of academics research journal(s). Fashion & Sub Cultures are interesting for those in said cultures but it doesn't mean that I wouldn't find more scholarly/research minded content/environments more interesting.
MacBook Pro running OS X 10.5.2, Emacs, Python primarily, with occasional outbursts of TextMate, Lisp, Perl, Ruby and Logo (for teaching mathematical concepts to my son.)
I've been coding since the age of 8, never got a degree as I found university moved too slowly. I knew from childhood that all I wanted to do was code. Now I've been coding professionally for 13 years, and overall for 27 years. I'd thought about going back for formal education but the reality of it is that I still learn at a faster rate on my own and do take the time and effort to learn even those things that I don't think I'll need or particularly care to learn. I do feel that I missed out on some camaraderie with peers, though I have since gained that via professional and non-professional venues.
34, soon to be 35. I've been a Software Engineer for over 13 years and have to say that while it has always been very enjoyable, it was only over the past 4 or so years when I went independent, and focused on startups and what not, that I really found my true happiness. I work from home now and have found that not only am I producing my best work, faster than ever, but I'm happier than ever. This is work? ;)