Article archive - page 11
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Is £180 good value for Wii Sports?
Buying a Wii for Wii Sports felt odd, but the shared play time quickly justified the cost. Even without many must-have games, the console proves its value through simple, social play.
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DRMed for Life
The DRM arms race punishes legitimate buyers who just want to use media across their devices. Studios should drop restrictive locks, focus on better content and policing, and stop treating customers as pirates.
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Super computer required to simulate half a mouse brain
Blue Gene L can barely simulate half a mouse brain, a reminder of how far we are from human-scale neural models. Small, specialized neural networks are likely more practical than brute-force brain simulations.
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When CSS goes bad
An IE peekaboo bug turns a simple hover effect into a disappearing page and exposes how hard CSS bugs are to search for. Better classification and shared knowledge of browser quirks could make debugging less of a guessing game.
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The things we take for granted
A simple moment watching a friend discover the mouse scroll wheel highlights how much tech literacy we take for granted. Designers must remember the shift of the average user and avoid widening the digital divide.
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Why is CSS such a painful tool?
CSS is powerful but painfully repetitive, especially when themes require the same colours and borders to be retyped everywhere. Variables and better developer-focused standards would enable styling that can be structured and maintainable.
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Fuzzy's where it's at... or will be eventually
Using fuzzy logic can create significantly better customer experiences. It hasn't caught on in web circles yet, but examples are starting.
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Please nokia slap me again - no really
Years of loyalty to Nokia is being tested by a string of buggy phones and poor support, culminating in an N73 that crashes during calls. Despite these frustrations, new hardware makes it hard to walk away.