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Nokia is losing market share fast, which is being discussed in many places. Nokia’s CEO Anssi Vanjoki also expressed his view on this topic. The number of mistakes, that Nokia currently does, is huge, let’s… … Read more
14 years ago in nokia0
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It is old knowledge that if progress bars go faster at the end, the user is happy. In other words, if the progress bar is modified so that it doesn’t show the perfect progress percentage,… … Read more
14 years ago in apple0
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“Think you’ve mastered the art of server performance? Think again.” Poul-Henning Kamp recently published this article with the quote, which basically says that a binary-heap tree structure is inefficient and should not be used. Poul-Henning… … Read more
14 years ago in algorithms, Delphi0
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One of the most basic principles on Windows, in order to prevent malware, is that you trust your software provider. There are many trust mechanisms, including driver signing, website signing, remembering whether a file was… … Read more
15 years ago in android, iphone, javascript, native code, sandbox, web, windows0
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Lately, many have started to use their phone for tasks, for which they previously used a PC – including updating online spreadsheets etc. The PC features much better input and output devices (keyboard, mouse, screen),… … Read more
15 years ago in android, microsoft0
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There have been many blog posts about the new iPhone 4.0 SDK which do not like section 3.3.1 of the developer license agreement, which says: 3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the… … Read more
15 years ago in android, apple, iphone0
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With the major part of my background in Delphi, but also some in C, C++, Assembler, Java, C# and others, I threw myself at the Android platform in order to figure out how it works…. … Read more
15 years ago in android, Delphi, google, java0
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I’m almost wetting myself with excitement to hear that Delphi 2010 is returning to the old component palette:http://blogs.embarcadero.com/nickhodges/2009/08/06/39274http://wings-of-wind.com/2009/08/05/rad-studio-2010-review-2-the-new-old-component-tool… … Read more
15 years ago 0
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Serge discussed on his blog about the implementation and interface declarations:http://blog.dragonsoft.us/2008/08/28/delphi-methods-and-default-values-convenience-or-contract-enforcement/I couldn’t help venting about one of my pet peeves, QV:”This woul… … Read more
16 years ago in Delphi0
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WTF! Here we are in 2007 and in a major way, I’m still writing code in the same manner as I did with the Basic apps I hacked for a ZX Spectrum (aka Timex 2000)… … Read more
18 years ago 0
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I’ve already waxed lyrical about Nick Hodges and how much things have improved at CodeGear since he came on the scene. I was going to lay off for a while before I became a full… … Read more
18 years ago 0
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Is it just me, or is everyone (in the Delphi fold) really excited about CodeGear right now? I never held any emotion about Borland, even less so about Inprise, but CodeGear; they are really pushing… … Read more
18 years ago 0