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Comment · 13 years ago
Have to agree - despite the good reviews, the keypress on the 4000 feels wrong.

I was on the Microsoft Natural Elite for a long time. Unfortunately it's been discontinued so I need to find a replacement.

Comment · 13 years ago
> if it turns out to be negligence on Apple's part, I'll be very angry

I doubt you'll need to get angry - because if it's negligence, you/we won't be told.

Comment · 13 years ago
I just polled some friends on chat:

- iPhone + Vodafone Bangalore - SMS notifications - inconsistent frequency

- Galaxy Y + Airtel Bangalore - SMS alert only

so it seems carrier/plan dependent to me!

> it sends whenever there's 3G transaction and the usage period ends

Sure - what I was guessing is that sometimes the phone is on a "single" 3G connection all day & there's no alert, and some days the phone makes "many" 3G connections & there are lots of alerts. (or perhaps it does not work this way & there's some other cause - not a telecom expert!)

[EDIT: oops both friends say they get SMS not USSD alerts]

Comment · 13 years ago
I have to say that it's (mostly) the carrier's fault.

I have the same issue sometimes with Airtel India, and I'm pretty sure this notification was turned off 2 years. [edit or maybe i just had a good data connection then]

Also, this issue is not consistent. I'm guessing what happens is: carrier sends usage alert when you "turn off" data + bad connection that keeps dropping => many notifications even though you never turned off data.

There are a few apps that convert USSD alerts to notifications - try these - but it would be nice if this was a built-in feature.

Comment · 14 years ago
I & millions of others will be proving you wrong this winter.

Though I can afford a $500-700 device, but I can't justify it. Meanwhile, one of the big battery life tips for smartphone owners is to disable 4G. So, no Google has not screwed up.

Comment · 14 years ago
And callback "events" have been renamed to... "events".

I'm going to have to agree with the parent here. Without example code to compare, how is this different than MVC? (or "MVCE")

Comment · 14 years ago
"Tech press ignores expected next phase of ICANN's gTLD sales."

would be a more accurate title.

Like a public good, the dilution costs of issuing gTLDs is externalized and paid by everyone (other than ICANN).

ICANN has an exclusive license on this valuable virtual real estate, little accountability and a well demonstrated intention of making all the money they can.

Don't blame smart buyers who get in early - they're not the ones who created the situation.

Comment · 14 years ago
Also, take my money, Showtime!
Comment · 14 years ago
Texts - a Markdown editor for Mac & Windows - http://www.textseditor.com/

I like that it's a true wysiwyg editor in that you actually edit rich text instead of typing the markdown syntax.

Comment · 14 years ago
Better to ignore revenue and be thought worthless, than to attempt to make money and remove all doubt.

(paraphrasing)

Comment · 14 years ago
Possibly similar: I accidentally had flashblock disabled, and a malicious flash ad on wired.com performed many MB of requests and then redirected me to another site after 5-10 seconds.
Comment · 14 years ago
Cmd-` only switches windows of the current app. So, even if you see your window, you can't switch to it with Cmd-`.
Comment · 14 years ago
The window is the unit of focus (not apps), so I can rightly argue that switching focus should work on the unit of focus i.e. windows.

Note that I'm not arguing against having an app concept or a "switch app" action. The problem is killing the "switch window" action.

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