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Comment · 5 years ago
It's not "fix my code" when Safari doesn't even support the feature or it's simply broken - or most annoyingly, it works one day and breaks with an update. (See: webrtc stuff) You might have known the rules, but most users don't. Plenty will come to me saying they've tried both Safari and Chrome and that it won't work in either, indicating they have no knowledge of webkit.

Android also randomly breaks things now and then, but I can at least direct users to Firefox, which never seems to have any problems.

Please understand redirecting users to another browser is only ever a last resort. If I can fix the code I will, but sometimes something just stops working and I can't even reproduce it.

...and I have a teacher who is relying on my app for their classes this week and "try firefox" could save them...

Comment · 5 years ago
You still can't use a non webkit browser though. It's Internet Explorer levels of non-competition. I would love to be able to say to my users, when they experience an issue with Safari - "you can try a different browser". But I can't because the same issue will be present in Chrome.
Comment · 5 years ago
My cats very rarely go on a counter - since they were kittens, if I ever saw them there I would clap loudly and shout, shoo them off with my hands.
Comment · 5 years ago
Fully legal and compliant GDPR cookie warnings are also awful UX and a pain in the ass. This should have been done at the browser level.
Comment · 5 years ago
I use it as my primary spending debit card. I travel a lot, use it in random ATMs and I keep it topped up just enough that I wouldn't be devastated if the account contents were stolen. Also use the money transfer side monthly to pay rent in a foreign country.
Comment · 5 years ago
Tintagel hackers represent! *tumbleweed
Comment · 5 years ago
Not true. I and others I know use a TV only as a screen for videogames and do not watch TV in any form. You explicitly do not need a license just to own a TV.
Comment · 5 years ago
For password reset?
Comment · 5 years ago
I got a few animal abuse videos in an hour or so of swiping. It shows you these random videos in case you are interested. A few of these was enough to uninstall. I tried again some months later, and after awhile the recommendations get a little better, but there is still the occasional piece of awful content that gets thrown in there. In all cases I swiped past as quickly as possible.
Comment · 5 years ago
As someone with similar project growth, I've played around with things like Adwords and generally failed or had a negative experience, wasting money with no results. Marketing seems... hard, and I don't really gave the funds to hire a professional. My main project is ad supported, rather than subscription, so that might make it harder.
Comment · 5 years ago
Well, they are very different devices. The Quest is currently a one of a kind device when it comes to ease of use and setup. (Which makes it doubly annoying to me the Facebbok tie in. I adored the Quest one but I sent it back for a refund due to Facebook's ridiculous decision not to allow multiple user accounts. A device which I'm not using 95% of my time cannot easily be shared with other family members?! Utter madness. /rant)
Comment · 6 years ago
It was July the lockdown was lifted and pubs and restaurants were reopened. I think that counts as major.
Comment · 6 years ago
If this was an open network, it would be very cool indeed. But... I'm assuming it's not.
Comment · 6 years ago
Because not everyone is scummy, and it's obvious that they would be in the wrong? I also imagine something attention grabbing like a western politician will get more care taken than some random educational company in India.
Comment · 6 years ago
You really don't think permissionless, programmable money has any utility? And while Bitcoin may have some flaws, there are subsequent coins that solve most of its issues.

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