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From: Wes Groleau on 5 Apr 2010 03:25 On 04-04-2010 11:52, Michelle Steiner wrote: > BTW, the number of trolls in the iPad group is much smaller than the number > that is here. Patience, Michelle. You built it, and they will come. -- Wes Groleau Thinking it Through, Two http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=506
From: Warren Oates on 5 Apr 2010 07:53 In article <sehix-033B3D.21360004042010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote: > I don't recall doing anything at all, and Youtube serves up h.264 rather > than Flash in Safari for me. Flash will "serve up" h264 quite happily, too. Just saying is all. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Warren Oates on 5 Apr 2010 07:55 In article <slrnhrj8gg.2mep.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>, Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: > People hacking the iPhone are trying to *improve* it, not put some > crapware on it. You remind me of Bible John. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Ian Gregory on 5 Apr 2010 08:53 On 2010-04-05, Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote: > In article <slrnhrhml2.2tjv.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk>, > Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> Not only that, but if you go to the following URL and click on "Join the >> HTML5 beta" then YouTube gives you a cookie which results in it serving >> stuff to you as HTML5/H.264 in Safari on a Mac: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/html5 > > I don't recall doing anything at all, and Youtube serves up h.264 rather > than Flash in Safari for me. Are you using ClickToFlash? Without ClickToFlash YouTube will generally give you Flash. With ClickToFlash enabled you can use a menu to load either Flash or H.264 (or Download H.264 or play fullscreen in QuickTime). You can also go into ClickToFlash settings and enable "Load H.264 videos from YouTube" which will give you H.264 by default instead of Flash. If you join the YouTube HTML5 beta then all of that is bypassed. ClickToFlash doesn't kick in at all because YouTube never even offers Flash - it gives you a different page which embeds video using HTML5. The problem with that is that there is then (currently) no option to switch to fullscreen (but then it is still in beta). Ian -- Ian Gregory http://www.zenatode.org.uk/
From: sbt on 5 Apr 2010 10:05
In article <hpc32u$ssu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > On 04-04-2010 15:50, Barry Margolin wrote: > > My favorite example is Bridge Base Online (www.bridgebase.com). The > > programmers have not expressed any intent to rewrite the Flash app for > > the iPad. It's a small operation, they don't have the resources to > > Would Bridge Baron satisfy you? It is in the app store. > > Free version has 24 canned deals. > Pay version is fully random shuffling. Apples and Oranges :) Bridge Baron is "play against the computer" and, while a decent to good example of its genre, it isn't that good a player and there's no convenient way to refine partnership (bidding system, defense). BridgeBase Online, on the other hand, is a site where players from around the world compete against each other in realtime over an Internet connection. The level of play can be anywhere from execrable to world-class, depending (as in real tournaments) who you have as opponents at any given time. This gives me, for example, the ability to play a team match with a partner who lives in Las Vegas (I'm in Spokane) against folks from Los Angeles, Turkey, Britain, Australia, etc. without the inconveniences and expenses of travelling. Oh, and if you want the Bridge Baron type experience, you can get that on BBO as well by playing against "robot" opponents. -- Spenser |