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« Last post by superboyac on September 06, 2010, 11:18 PM »Anyone with At&T's U-verse? Thoughts?
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(see attachment in previous post)Oh Shnikey! OK, Shades wins...I won't complain anymore. That's a raw deal, man.
This is the connection you get here in Paraguay for about 100 USD/month.-Shades (September 06, 2010, 10:49 PM)
Just to clarify -- from my reading you don't need to renew the license to use the program.. it's just a question of whether you get free UPGRADES after a year. Regardless, you can always keep using your last version. That's pretty standard and seems not a big deal to me. That's how i read it.I think developers don't need to actually mention or brag that you can use the version you bought for life. I've seen companies do this many times and the end result is that the consumer is always confused and there's a lot of miscommunications and back-and-forths because of the whole thing. First of all, there is no program that I know of where you CAN'T use the version you originally bought forever. So it's nothing to emphasize or brag about because all programs work that way. So just the fact that it is mentioned is confusing. Why is it being mentioned? What's the point? So what? That's why people get confused. It sounds like a great thing is being offered, but it's really the standard practice for just about all software. When people say the word "lifetime" in any software licensing situation, the user will assume they mean lifetime upgrades/updates/everything. That's why we get excited when we hear that. So the fact that the word "lifetime" is used when it's describing the standard situation is misleading. I have to think it's done intentionally. Now, I like Crystal Rich so I won't criticize them too much for this. The bottom line is that they have decided to use a different licensing for Zentimo than they were doing for USB SR. And as a developer, you have to mention this, but you have to do it in a nice way. Maybe that's why they say "You can still use the program for lifetime and on each of your computers", even though that was never in question. What software do you know of where you can't do this? That would be the equivalent of software rental, which just doesn't happen (maybe in some big corporate software it does).
(i agree with you about avoiding programs where you actually need to renew your license every year in order to keep using it)-mouser (September 06, 2010, 11:10 AM)
I think with a true tablet pc, some of the software that you mentioned becomes obsolete. That's the reason that I'm trying to develop something that will let me launch items in a pen environment. There are some, but they go further, using gestures and such. I want to be able to navigate and click with a pen, visually, rather than mnemonically. FARR, LBC, and DOpus just don't really work for me in a pen environment- they're built around a different paradigm IME. I've also tried circle dock, radius, object dock... the closest I've come so far is Beryoko and/or Fences.Yes, yes. You have a very good point. I imagine it comes down to the question: "what do we do with what we normally accomplish with keyboards"? The mouse/stylus switch is very logical. But how do we replace our keyboard functionality with a stylus? The simple answer is the onscreen virtual keyboard. But there must be something more elegant. Like you say, gestures is one thing, but not exactly perfect. I think handwriting recognition, if done smoothly, can be the way. Like using the Ritepen program.-wraith808 (September 03, 2010, 07:29 PM)
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That sounds like SparkleShare's goal, but it's still in its early stages.That looks like an amazing thing and I'm really itching to try it. Thanks!-jaden (September 03, 2010, 03:16 PM)
Don't get me wrong: Microsoft needs a tablet. Apple sold 3 million iPads in two months, and that was amid howls that it was overpriced and underfunctioning. The market for a thin but large, touch-screened thing-that-isn't-a-phone is clear, as an e-book reader, as a movie player, as a game pad, as a casual e-mail-and-Web device. Why rest a hot PC on your lap when you can balance a slender slab on your thigh? So what if that slab only does 85 percent of what the PC can do?It's from here:
^ That one is a bit on the large side to me. That let's them stuff a *lot* into it in addition to the ruggedness, but it seems like it would quickly become annoying.Yeah, but sometimes I don't mind the extra size if it means i get more flexibility. For example, I LOVE how you can easily slide in an extra battery to get 8-hours on it.-wraith808 (September 03, 2010, 12:28 PM)
Okay, well, fingers crossed then. i'll let everyone know what it's like when it arrives. it could be the device i'd always dreamed of (i've wanted a tablet for years).I'm very interested to hear your thoughts! The motion tablets look pretty awesome to me. Another one I like is the Panasonic toughbook C1, which is a rugged tablet. It's built very well.-nudone (September 03, 2010, 07:34 AM)
i've seen lots of good info on about.com pages; in fact i'd go so far as to say it's one of the rare cases where i get the feeling that the people maintaining the pages actually care about providing good and useful information.Ok, yes, mouser is right. I have come across some good info there. I guess my complaint is more with the presentation...it's borderline annoying to me. Ok ok...I think i was a little hard on about.com. My main complaint is that, yes, there's pretty decent information there, but not the definitive kind of information that a real expert would give. It's more like an overview. Also, another thing that bothers me is that their links are always very prominent in google searches, and other more helpful articles will not be so easy to find. It's not about's fault, so I shouldn't say they are shitty. I'll revise that. My bad. Overreaction.-mouser (September 02, 2010, 11:45 AM)
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I had one of the first generation tablet PC. In fact, it was a convertible. Compaq Concerto back in 1990, running Win3.1 and a pen. Beautiful machine:That's fascinating. How cool that you had one way back then. You've been on the notetaking frontier for a long time, Pierre!
http://mvardon.com/2...apples-tablet-specs/
At the time, I was working for a large engineering company. The best thing (at the time anyway) of having a tablet PC was not to be able to enter stuff on the go (while standing up, chatting with co-workers), but accessing your information.
n.b. If (one day) voice recognition (multi-lingual, in my case) gets to be good enough, perhaps, one could consider entering significant info on a tablet
n.b. #2: Of course, now, you can achieve the access part, really easily and cheaply, using DropBox and an Ipod Touch-PPLandry (September 02, 2010, 12:39 AM)
Finally, if you don't truly need a tablet (I have no professional or even hobby need, just kind of "fell in love" with the tablet/touch/pen format and its benefits when I first took the plunge in long-bagged TM2-land. Unless you already know you must have a tablet, ask yourself: how much am I using the tablet functions/how important are they to me? The reason: there are now more than half a dozen truly superb ultraportables available with the 2740 features and more, for everywhere from much less $ to similar money but far more features and performance - except tablet - eg, Toshiba Portege M700 (various configs and features), HP 2540 (as good or better than 2740 in all respects, hundreds cheaper, more options), Lenovo X201 non-tablet (same comments as HP 2540, with usual Lenovo pros/cons) - just to name a few. The Sony Z series is, for many, the "gold standard" in ultraportables, and it doesn't cost any more than a well equipped 2740p.
Thanks superboyac,I see, that's really great. It's a nice program, really. I'm a fan. Thanks for participating here!
Just an additional note. RecentX does 2 things. It tracks the files & folders that you access so that you can find and search your favorite items quicker then digging in to the whole list of 'never accessed' files. Plus it also allows you to search in 'All files', 'All Folders' with a single key so that you will always find a file where you accessed that file/folder or not.
So basically, irrespective of which programs you are using to access files or folders, you will always find your file/folder in RecentX.
Of course, I do see a point that you are already using many other tools for same purpose.
Regards,
Gautam Jain-conceptworld (September 01, 2010, 07:29 PM)