BIGtrouble77 wrote on Sep 22, 2019, 09:10:

Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 21, 2019, 20:39:
I've never had TiVo, I was a ReplayTV guy. Another example of superior technology losing. It really is too bad (the Betamax of DVRs). Currently I am using DishTV and their Hopper3 DVR is well done.

ReplayTV might have been better back then, but Tivo got really good. I had it for several years (2010-20015) and that generation was better than anything I've seen since. The newer stuff looks good too, but I cut the cable cord years ago.

jdreyer wrote on Sep 21, 2019, 17:34:
Rewatching the video today, it looked like a good catch.

Then again, I was a Stillers fan as a little kid back in the 70s, so take my opinion with a grain of alcohol. I even got Mean Joe Greene's autograph.

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Sep 21, 2019, 17:13:

Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 21, 2019, 16:15:
Wait, isn't TiVO a subscription service? So, they expect you to pay AND have to watch commercials? I guess they are skip-able, but still what a bunch of money grabing dicks...

"Advertising is an important part of every media business and TiVo is investing in new advertising experiences."
The absurdity of this statement when they charge $20/month for channel indexing on top of the cost of the hardware is just mind blowing. Tivo already makes a mountain of money on their patents. The product is really good if you insist on cable TV, but this would be a deal breaker for me.

Darks wrote on Sep 21, 2019, 16:32:
the way Francos catch went off by bouncing off a defender into Francos hands was something to behold.

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 20, 2019, 12:34:
The transition from Claire Foy to Olivia Colman is brilliant.

jdreyer wrote on Sep 20, 2019, 18:41:
Yeah, I have a HOTAS. That's a good idea.

Bard wrote on Sep 19, 2019, 15:05:

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 19, 2019, 11:45:
Greed brought down the 737, nothing but unbridled greed.

Yep. A conscious decision to sacrifice safety in chase of profits.

jdreyer wrote on Sep 19, 2019, 22:11:
Okay. I bought an explorer and want to go on a nice long trip, but wanted to figure out how to use the scanner first. I'll give it a shot the weekend if there's time (trying to get DreyerDaughter into college)

jacobvandy wrote on Sep 18, 2019, 17:20:
That has more to do with the fact that this is a persistent online game service. Your account is your save file, so you could probably just create another one of those if you like.

Creston wrote on Sep 17, 2019, 23:03:

PhysicalEd wrote on Sep 17, 2019, 22:24:
I've said before you should have a subscriber/supporter setup where we can view ad-free (and guilt free) and support your site. Of course handling subscribers may be more trouble than it's worth. Maybe a Patreon? Then we can support you and block ads without feeling bad

I think people have been urging Blue to get a Patreon account for as long as Patreon has existed.

jacobvandy wrote on Sep 18, 2019, 17:20:

Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 18, 2019, 17:08:
You know I might be willing to give them some credit for a product update which focuses on improving the start up experience if I could experience myself without deleting all my progress or buying a second copy of the game. Perhaps some day in the future developers will come up with a way to have multiple saves in a game... maybe by the 22nd century...

That has more to do with the fact that this is a persistent online game service. Your account is your save file, so you could probably just create another one of those if you like.

Nullity wrote on Sep 18, 2019, 14:28:

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 17, 2019, 23:57:
Scrollbar Luddite here also, hella more efficient than the wheel.

Whaa? Are you sure "efficient" was the term you were looking for?

You may personally prefer the scrollbar, and that's perfectly fine, but using a scrollbar rather than the mouse wheel is objectively less efficient.

You have move the mouse and target the bar (which as already pointed out, isn't always quick and easy with how small they often are these days), then click and drag. Whereas you simply spin the scroll wheel - you don't even need to move the pointer most of the time, as long as it's within the scrollable element.

Usually, the only time I use the scroll bar is on rare occasions when I need fine control to scroll in smaller increments than what the mouse wheel is configured for.

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Sep 17, 2019, 23:32:

SirKnight wrote on Sep 17, 2019, 21:23:
One thing I can't stand, which I also see on some webpages, modern OSes and GOG Galaxy 2, is the scroll bars are extremely skinny. Those are so hard to grab. This trend shows that a lot of people these days that are doing UI must have never read a book or taken a class on UI design, an area that's been studied for decades.

Design has almost entirely moved away from scrollbars. The idea is that your content should not be so long that you have to do more scrolling than your scroll wheel should reasonably accommodate- pagination should be used for large datasets. On the Mac, scrollbars are hidden by default. The only benefit you get with "classic" style scrollbars is that the height of the drag-able area size indicates how much content you have to scroll through. You should rarely, if ever, be trying to drag through content via a scrollbar.

I think that's why scrollbars are so skinny these days. It's a less obtrusive design for something that has limited value.