larrydavid

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by larrydavid 13y ago
Apple doesn't have a 7" tablet...the iPad Mini is a 7.9" tablet. Quite a difference screen area-wise.
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by larrydavid 13y ago
It's a shame you're being downvoted, hopefully constructive feed back will eventually bubble to the top. There was a similar submission yesterday where this occurred. Clearly there are a group of elite web designers, UI and UX specialists t
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by larrydavid 13y ago
It's no surprise, it's classic middlebrow dismissal that plagues most submissions these days, particularly design based ones. Thankfully 'flat' or 'skeuomorphic' aren't mentioned in the submission to make the comments a real warzone. I'm no
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by larrydavid 13y ago
It's a responsive issue, not sure if it's intentional or not. At browser widths of about 1400px and above, a buffer appears on the right hand side of the page. If your cursor is in that area the main content div won't scroll. I'm thinking i
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Take a look LowEndBox, and the related forums LowEndTalk. The first site collates prices/deals, where you can filter by location. They also carry out a quarterly survey as an attempt to gauge customer satisfaction for each provider ( http:/
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Old: http://i.imgur.com/ge0P400.jpg New: https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/72919/381606/fffdd290-a5e2... https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/72919/381609/0cf7be70-a5e3...
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Old logo: http://i.imgur.com/ge0P400.jpg
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Pinterest does scroll downwards (infinite scroll as well). And he's right, it prompts the user to scroll down out of curiosity. IIRC Apple have employed this technique in the most recent update to the App Store, except you scroll horizontal
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by larrydavid 13y ago
For 512MB/1GB Droplets in their EU location (Amsterdam) they have run out of IPs. I was planning on switching to DigitalOcean but that is holding me back at the moment. And since you mentioned it, I have been following their Twitter replies
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Ugh, the word 'hipster' should be banished, along with the word 'fanboy'.
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Websites built entirely in Flash are horrible in most cases. You also cut out a massive section of mobile users that can't use your site when on the go. Check here for some tips specific to a restaurant site: http://www.better-restaurant-w
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Because on the whole they publish some very good games, even the most staunch EA detractor can admit that. The vocal minority isn't an accurate representation of the millions that buy EA games (and they publish some of the most popular game
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by larrydavid 13y ago
For anyone wondering how the 'Worst Company in America' is decided upon, check here http://consumerist.com/2013/03/18/here-are-your-contestants-... . So it's basically a bracket. Not the most well-thought-out approach. Who picks the compan
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Here is the article on a single page rather than split across 6 pages. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/189899/why_are_we_stil...
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by larrydavid 13y ago
I agree, those dotted grid books can be quite costly, especially if you tend to burn through a lot of paper fast. I recently came across this site that let you print your own dotted paper which is a nice compromise. http://dottedpaper.com/
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by larrydavid 13y ago
It's not pedantic at all, I thought the same. I have no idea why it's necessary at all. In fact why not get rid of the blog spam altogether and link straight to the code. Yes, I realise RPS isn't exactly a small site and has quite the follo
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by larrydavid 13y ago
This might be of interest: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4761102
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Apparently WebKit for iOS according to this tweet that was retweeted by Paul Irish https://twitter.com/firt/status/319568764003819520
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Yes this was really well executed. Kind of a shame to see a lot of the top comments dominated by the picking at any inaccuracy they can find (not surprising, it seems a trademark of HN these days). Ok it isn't a perfect scientific simulatio
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by larrydavid 13y ago
Nice work, the timelapse video is great as well.
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by larrydavid 13y ago
I don't understand all the negativity and dismissal in these comments. The only thing I am not a big fan of is the transition when you hover over an example. Apart from that, I think that for the most part the designs showcased are quite be
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by larrydavid 14y ago
The relevant paragraph from the original WSJ article: "Some suggested that in Apple’s next mobile operating system, Ive is pushing a more “flat design” that is starker and simpler, according to developers who have spoken to Apple employees
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by larrydavid 14y ago
As usual with 'anonymous sources/insiders' it's all complete conjecture. The only people that truly know are EA/Maxis. EDIT: Seems people disagree that this isn't complete guesswork. Yes the game runs for a while without a connection, but t
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by larrydavid 14y ago
I think you need to relax. If the design is so poor then customize it. Or even better, submit a pull request that includes your own brilliant design skills.
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by larrydavid 14y ago
I don't think even the most pretentious of designers would ever scoff at the use of Comic Sans where it was appropriate and fitting, such as on the invitation to a 6 year old's birthday party. That's where is fits, it exudes 'fun'. Where 'p
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by larrydavid 14y ago
Well, the online multiplayer element anyway. I am not a PC gamer as such and so I have never played the games you mention, but even I know that there are no games in the list that are even moderately comparable to Diablo II and Starcraft in
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by larrydavid 14y ago
Note that most (if not all, as I only scanned the list) of these games do not depend on an online connection to play the game like Sim City V. They have an offline single-player component and it is the multiplayer functionality that has bee
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by larrydavid 14y ago
There was a similarly outrageous listing on Elance a few months back: 'A website like Amazon but better' for $750-1000 https://www.elance.com/j/website-like-amazon/37294947/
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by larrydavid 14y ago
You must not have been listening hard enough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com_controversies All major companies have their fair share of controversy. That being said, I've had nothing but good service with Amazon. And Apple/Googl
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by larrydavid 14y ago
I would argue that just because those fixed-width sites you mention aren't currently responsive doesn't mean that they never will be, or aren't currently in the process or being developed. It is certainly no trivial task to develop a respon

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