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How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
Legion: Keep in mind that it's not just iPhone. It's also that brand new iPad thingamabober we're talking about.This doesn't just affect existing iPhone developers. It affects people that may have been interested in jumping over to this new, very compelling platform.
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
chriseidhof: I think this is great news for "real" iPhone developers.The good thing about being an ObjC iPhone-developer is that there aren't that many iPhone developers. So if you're producing decent stuff (or better, of course), you'll be in high demand. I'm not sure for how long you'll be in high demand, but I thi...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
benologist: I'm a Flash developer and I've produced multiple games I would have looked at pushing to iPhone, not to mention future games I develop.I can also tell you the Flash game development community is not happy. We were all looking forward to this.On top of that I work a lot with .NET and have been looking at M...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
davidw: I'm not really upset about their rules, because I'm not, nor ever will be, an iPhone developer. Apple has always been about control, and that's just not a world that interests me. I'm much more in favor of the web, Linux and that sort of thing, just as I was when Microsoft ruled the roost. Luckily, the world...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
abstractbill: I'm currently developing iPhone app code, at justin.tv.I wouldn't say I'm upset exactly, I just think Apple is being needlessly controlling right now (by which I mean they're being controlling just because they can, not because they need to be) and that turns me away from wanting to develop code for their...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
khelloworld: I speak objective-c. I like it's verbosity. I couldn't care less about the recent changes in the toc partly because I knew this was coming.
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
bmalicoat: I've had one app in the App Store since its launch and admittedly only do hobbyist work now and it doesn't bother me at all. I bought a Mac and learned Objective-C just to make stuff for my iPhone and I learned to really like Xcode and Obj-C.I can understand why developers want their work on as many platform...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
richcollins: Definition of an object to hold some state in Objective-C vs Io: http://gist.github.com/361355Think of how many more apps would be created if we could use a less verbose language to create them.
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
DenisM: I'm an iPhone developer and I like the new rules.The privacy thing was getting out of hands - according to survey of 600 people I ran on mturk about 1/3 of the users are concerned about privacy ("what do you mean my data is collected!?"), 1/3 are willing to give developers benefit of the doubt and 1/3 don't car...
What are the best free and pay web charting libraries?
dmpayton: I've had good experience with ChartDirector. It can create many different kinds of charts and graphs, is very customizable, and comes with support for several languages.Their website isn't much to look at, but the software is solid.http://www.advsofteng.com/
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
credo: Good question. It is unlikely that many real iPhone devs are upset with the rules regarding 3rd party frameworks.Here is a portion of my comments on mobileorchardOn the question of cross-platform tools, I think the old dev agreement did have some language against using 3rd party frameworks. The new dev agreement...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
elai: Many top charting 3D & 2D games by indie developers (like top ten world wide, and staying there) use the the Unity3D framework to develop their games. It saves a ton of time, and the engine is very efficient and well developed and probably would do a better job than you whipping something yourself with just Open...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
JamieEi: Why are you interested? Are you suggesting that I don't have the right to be outraged if it doesn't directly affect me?
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
jsz0: Not a developer and don't object to it. When I bought my first iPhone 3 years ago I did so because all these other SmartPhone platforms were so unpleasant to use. I don't mind letting Apple do their thing and protect the sanctity of the platform. If it upset me I'd just use something else instead.
Who's hiring?
ccheever: Quora is hiring programmers and designers. Located in Palo Alto. http://www.quora.com/jobsWe're building a really high quality question and answer site designed to be continually improving.The team is 4 people right now but are growing to 7 by the end of April. We recently raised a Series A from Benchmark.On...
What would life be like as an Android Developer?
gcb: One word: Virtualization.
Who's hiring?
c00p3r: Any remote jobs for an immigrant from the collapsed and decaying empire of evil? =) (a wandering around person - today I'm in Kathmandu, Nepal)
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
stevenwei: As a software developer I am annoyed that Apple is exerting so much control over their platform instead of being more open with it.But as an iPhone developer I don't really care that much. It doesn't really affect me since I'm already doing my work in Objective-C.I'm not exactly surprised by the recent chang...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
necrecious: I blogged about this here: http://www.alwaysontechnologies.com/blog/2010/04/09/section-...I think Apple did native iphone developers a favor. Just think about the army of Flash developers jumping into the app store.
Who's hiring?
jeffbarr: Amazon's AWS team is hiring for development positions in Seattle, Japan, and Northern Virginia. See http://aws.amazon.com/jobs and http://d2wtekeazriu0r.cloudfront.net/index.html for more info.
What are the best free and pay web charting libraries?
revorad: Hi matthodan, I'm building Pretty Graph (http://prettygraph.com), which is more of a complete web-based data visualisation app, not just a charting library. But we are also building an API, which might be of use to you. We also offer PDF downloads of graphs. Drop me an email (see profile) if you're interested.
What's the best way to setup an always on video conference?
dotBen: Skype is probably your best bet here.Install skype on a computer in the play room, create a new account, and add your parent's skype account as the only contact on this fresh account.Set skype to auto-login, auto-answer but reject calls from non-contacts - thus only your parents can call but when you they do th...
Who's hiring?
stuhood: Rackspace is hiring distributed systems devs in Austin: https://rackspace.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/js_job_details.php?req...
What's the best way to setup an always on video conference?
ews: I am in your exact same situations (me living in the US, parents in Europe). I wanted to create a window to each other living rooms when I noticed one of the things I missed most is was seeing them on their daily routine.I have got my best results on vlc both sides (stream from one machine to the other), videoconf...
Any idea's on how to implement this?
aitoehigie: I would still like to have some tips on how I can embed the text ads on 3rd party sites when I do not access to the code of the 3rd party site. Thanks guys
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
CamperBob: As a prospective (licensed but unreleased) developer, I don't care about this particular rule, because I'll be working directly in XCode. I do care about how Apple sprung it on their developer community out of a clear blue sky, trashing a lot of peoples' hard work in their quest to hose Adobe.If Apple doesn...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
pz: i left the iphone game middle of last year. i had some fun but it wasn't the business i wanted to be in. anyways, these new rules are in keeping with apple's general disregard for developers. i don't think this particular rule would have affected me so much because i had already resigned myself to writing obj-C ...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
jaxn: I have been in the process of porting an existing iPhone app over to Titanium as well as doing some contract iPhone development.I am frustrated by Apple's decision, but I understand it. I don't enjoy ObjC, but I can handle it.
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
jrockway: 78.
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
abecedarius: After the iPad announcement in January I bought three books on iPhone and Cocoa development and spent a few weeks learning it before deciding in the end that I just couldn't live in Soviet Apple-land. The technology, sure, no problem -- but the contract terms, well, I thought at first I was going to choke ...
What would life be like as an Android Developer?
veemjeem: Sounds like someone is speaking without experience here. I signed up as an app developer for the iPhone, got approved in 3 days. I wrote a new app in 4 days (a decent rss reader that pulls feeds from facebook) and the app was accepted in less than 2 days. Figuring out the certificate stuff was not hard as ...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
c1sc0: I'm an iPhone developer and this doesn't change a thing for me. I'm doing it for fun & seeing my apps in the hands of ordinary people far outweighs all of Apple's nonsense. I have a deep hatred for everything Flash & Flex. Insofar as Flash is concerned I'm actually happy about Apple's decision, not so much for t...
What tools do you use?
pascalchristian: nobody mentions Netbeans yet? it's an amazing IDE with support for html/css, javascript, php, java, phyton, etc and its totally free (GPL license I believe) and cross platform
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
lyime: I am a developer, just not developing apps on iPhone/mac. I am concerned but not angry at the new policies.
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
heimidal: If the new rules affect the number of quality apps, consumers will vote with their wallets. I have no problem with developers leaving a platform based on the new language, but Apple (and the developers) work for the consumer and should be doing what is in their best interests. Apple believes intermediary comp...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
axod: People love being outraged by things. Gives them something to talk about I guess. That's why people buy The Daily Mail.Personally I think it's a good move by Apple. Good for their business, good for iPhone users.
From what countries do people use HN beside USA?
pascalchristian: Indonesia
Revocable File Sharing?
pascalchristian: the file does not need to be erased, the file can be encrypted with a key which is hosted on a secure server. after a user uses a key for sometime, it would expire and they would need to request a new key from the server. however you can set the server to stop issuing keys, and hence the file would nev...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
hga: I gather that the Gambit-C Scheme community is not happy; they've shipped multiple games and at least one for the iPhone, see "Scheme is also dead on the iPhone" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1253420.Outlawing modern programming language technology (C/C++/Objective C are all old, at base they are '60s to ear...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
jaustin: I'm not an iPhone developer, but I am surprised how many of them here think they're being helped out by this.I see it as a step to hinder them (this is modified from another comment I wrote a couple of days ago...):1. Apple are increasing the barrier of entry for iPhone devs in to OTHER mobile development worl...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
schemas: I'm a C# developer who learnt objective-C and started down that path, went to Monotouch when it came out as it made sense. I trust people who specialise in memory-management to do a better job at object allocation and deferencing than I can do manually.I'm annoyed that Monotouch and a few others are essentiall...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
Tichy: Why is it interesting? You can be affected by the rules even if you are not yet an iPhone dev. Since many companies copy Apple's approach, you can be affected even if you never intended to dev for iPhone.What if you would like to develop for iPhone, but don't like C? Not entitled to an opinion?
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
PanMan: I am. I'm an iPhone developer, and I do a lot of stuff in Phonegap. While Phonegap seems to be safe, for now (they explicitly allow Javascript in their Webkit in 3.3.1), that might change, which is scary. Also I have just discovered Titanium, and played with it. It's impressive: it's easier to make nice looking...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
chmike: I'm currently not an iPhone/iXX developer and this Apple move is a strong incentive to stay away from it. The risk on the investment into it is too high for me now. By risk I mean being suddenly locked out for arbitrary and unpredictable reasons, or access fee raised, etc.
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
messel: If you can do all the business planning, hiring, technical work, and fund raising you don't need a partner. Sometimes follow on successful founders pull this off. I suggest a partner for a first go of it, and the only way you'll find that person is if you keep sharing your idea (risky yes, necessary I think so)...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
corruption: Well given I already wrote a layer on top of titanium, I'm spewing!
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
iisbum: Been in the same situation as yourself before ... If you have the necessary skills, depending on the idea, it could just as long to define exactly what you want to build to someone else than actually doing it yourself.I think its definitely better to get something you can show people, makes its a lot easier to ...
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
petervandijck: "Tonight's conversation with my girlfriend". Yes, well, you know what they say about ideas. Most likely, it's ok-ish at best :) Why don't you share the idea here, or better yet, execute a minimal version and then share?
What was the chances the poland president die in a plane crash ?
hga: Reasonably low ... but I can't see appointing Putin to head the investigation as anything other than a slap in the face.
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
zokier: Maybe people who are upset about the new rules are not iPhone developers because the iron grip Apple has on that platform? If the rules were more lax those people could become iPhone devs.
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
snitko: Dude, you got a girlfriend, she likes your ideas and supports you. I wish I had that, because it would be how I coped with all the difficulties. Seriously, it seems to me now, that a girlfriend is more important than a co-founder (pg should include this in the questionnaire).
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
coryl: Do you really need to hire people just to get it started? Hiring the right people isn't easy, and is time consuming itself.
Do YC-funded users participate less/more on Hacker News?
jacquesm: Hopefully less, after all, once you are working on a funded startup your time left over to idle away in online forums is substantially less than for other, less fortunate people!If it directly relates to your startup that's a different thing of course, but for the most part 'participating in online forums' sh...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
jcnnghm: I'm a developer. I have a simple app in the app store, and I spent time porting it to Titanium so that I could add features faster by using Javascript.I also have two simple internal apps that my sales people use that I was going to port to JS, then to the iPad, so I could more easily make modifications since...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
tbone28: I am an iPhone developer and have no problem with this rule. It makes sense and is in line with Apple's policies before. I think most people won't be upset if they realize that Apple is not a business model, they are just a channel. You can't build a business on Apple because they can shut you down when ever t...
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
Mz: Maybe you could 'free up' some time in your schedule by working on it with your girlfriend? Then it could be part and parcel of building the relationship instead of just another time-burden interfering with your relationship.Also, I have found that sometimes not having adequate time to "work" on something means th...
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
mkeblx: First: what's the idea? It's kind of important to know in terms of giving feedback on how to proceed. Being terrified that someone will steal your idea is common but counter productive and most likely misinformed. Sharing your idea here might get you a partner or at some good specific feedback. Most people here...
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
iAinsley: 1) Yes, someone has already thought of your idea. It doesn't mean they plan on executing on the idea. It's the execution, not the idea that matters. It's execution that defines success.2) Having a partner/co-founder or someone you can bounce ideas off of (besides your bias girlfriend) provides impetus and mot...
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
F_J_H: Get some partners – you will need them.One thing I learned with our startup is that so little of it is about the technology (i.e. “the app”) and the idea, but instead it is all about getting your idea to market. To do that, you need people with good business heads, proven experience, relationships and yes, mone...
What would life be like as an Android Developer?
tocomment: Any advice on the best phone to get? Droid or nexus maybe? Does it matter for development?Do i need a developer phone?
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
watty: Not an iPhone developer and I disagree with it. It seems ObjC iPhone devs will be happy since it means less competition for them. As a user, you should be pissed though since you WILL miss out on quality Unity3d, Appcelerator, and Flash apps/games. When I say "quality" I mean that Apple did it's job with the ...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
wallflower: I have a Java/Flex background, and I have spent the last four months (approximately 300hrs) fully invested in learning Cocoa/Objective-C. I love Categories and Protocols. NsNotificationCenter is beautiful. Cocoa is design patterns in real-life. Instruments is amazing. IB doesn't suck as much - it's good for...
What was the chances the poland president die in a plane crash ?
regularfry: Apparently it should be taken as significantly higher for Polish politicians, given the safety record of their air fleet. They had a previous prime minister survive a helicopter crash in 2003.
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
clammer: I'm pissed. Not sure if I'm and iPhone developer now that Steve says PhoneGap is out. Oh, well...I guess I won't be able to make 99 cents 10 times a day through iTunes sales.On the plus side, using PhoneGap I can still develop for Android and Blackberry...and if Steve changes his mind I'll definitely take th...
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
larsberg: I am a developer for the platform and am a bit pissed. I have done a bit over a hundred grand in sales and another bit in AdMob revenue from free apps.I'm pissed less from a pragmatic perspective and more on principles. I'm working on my Ph.D. in CS, working on programming languages. How hypocritical is it fo...
Who's hiring?
jessepickard: DreamIt startup MindSnacks is hiring iPhone developers http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1253481
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
dca: Apple's terms were never agreeable to me, so I never started developing for it in the first place. I figured something like this was inevitable, so it changes nothing for me.
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
fjabre: So if there's a hardware component you're going to need capital which means at least that you'll need to talk to a few angel investors..The fact that someone's done your idea is a good thing. You want to make sure you have product/market fit. You should obviously put your own spin on the idea.BTW, there's a way...
Moving balls to the wall on a fantastic idea?
wallflower: No idea give-away. Let's start guessing.Custom hardware, value of app is in service, Adobe AIRIf the value of the app is in the service, then that almost certainly means a crowd-sourced and/or community-driven service.The custom hardware makes me immediately think remote IR blaster (e.g. iPad app with TV li...
What are the best free and pay web charting libraries?
atlantic: I had some good experiences with DotNetCharting - for the .net framework, obviously. Easy to set up, charts are very classy, but a bit expensive.http://www.dotnetcharting.com/
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
andywood: I'm an iPhone developer. While I'm not generally a fan of restrictions, I also don't quite get where the outrage is coming from. My reaction was "So? I never planned to write in anything other than Objective C anyway!"I have observed that for every low-level platform (in this case, iPhone OS) there tends to b...
What would life be like as an Android Developer?
hyung: Be careful with the type of app you want to make. For example, we're trying to port our iPhone dual-thumb shooter and we've run into touch-recognition problems on the Nexus One and Droid.Nexus One doesn't handle multitouch correctly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsSUqkh8pcIDroid doesn't register a tap if one ...
Who's hiring?
kamme: Emakina in Brussels, Belgium is also having various jobopenings: http://emakina.com/company/career.cfmThey include flash, php, designers, PM's, ... You can mention them k ausloos send you.
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
tptacek: Instiki had all those attributes; it's certainly easier to set up than Mediawiki, but there has to be a more recent answer to this problem.
What was the chances the poland president die in a plane crash ?
rdl: Tupolevs aren't exactly the safest of planes, and I think the President flew a lot more hours than most people.Also, I wouldn't be surprised if there was pressure put on the aircrew to not divert from their schedule/destination, due to VIPs.I wouldn't rule out conspiracy theories, but I would definitely say there ...
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
jackowayed: On this topic, is there a good place to ask "does this exist?" where you'll get good answers. Like, when I'm about to start hacking on something, I'll Google around a little, but sometimes I find out after I start/finish that it already exists in a reasonably-good form. An Ask HN thread every once in awhile...
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
karanbhangui: http://jottit.com does all this and more. It's a hosted solution, not sure if you're looking for something to install.
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
avinashv: tptacek mentioned http://instiki.org which has all your features. It's a good wiki if you're happy with a Ruby solution, and Markdown/Textile formatting is native.A PHP-solution is PmWiki, and getting Markdown support via plugin is outlined here: http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/MarkdownMarkupExtension
Could you help me improve my site?
giantfuzzypanda: Quick question: should I remove the small Google ad so early-adopters aren't scared off, and then place it back in later?
Could you help me improve my site?
mike-cardwell: You can create anchor tags like this:[debatezone](http://debate-zone.com) debatezoneYou should make it add rel="nofollow" to the generated links otherwise spammers will post items in order to gain "link juice"
Could you help me improve my site?
mike-cardwell: "The easiest way to debate online – argue with people and get points."I would change that to just "The easiest way to debate online" The rest seems superfluous and poorly worded.
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
zacharyvoase: I’m the creator of Markdoc (http://markdoc.org/), which is pretty simple (bias bias bias bias) but it's just plain-text files in a directory, which means you’ll need to be comfortable with a text editor and a version control system.
Could you help me improve my site?
mike-cardwell: Where are the "Forgotten your username/password?" options?
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
sqrt17: IMO, dokuwiki works fine. Reasonably easy to install as a Ubuntu package, has several authentication plugins. And it doesn't look ugly.
How many people upset over Apple's rules are actually iPhone developers?
cjlesh: I'm not professional developer, but I'm a passionate computer hobbyist. I make a good income with my day job - I'm a medical doctor - so I have no financial motivations when it comes to programming, it's just something I like to do.When I became interested in web development I spent some time learning Django. A...
Any idea's on how to implement this?
adamtmca: I think there are lots of cool things that can be done with SMS but I don't think I get this. Why would an advertiser want to text in their ads instead of just typing them up in adwords or another advertising platform?
Could you help me improve my site?
mike-cardwell: Wont let me create a debate. It claims every debate title I try to use is already taken.
Could you help me improve my site?
adamtmca: Isn't this how intense debate started?
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
bradgessler: Does anybody know of a markdown git-backed wiki?
A simple CMS for non-tech users?
rokhayakebe: I have not seen anything as simple as Wordpress. I am currently using it to create a website builder. It works pretty well.
Could you help me improve my site?
mike-cardwell: XSS Proof of concept. I've injected javascript into this page:http://debate-zone.com/zones/15Escape your inputs properly or suffer cookie stealing and session hijacking XSS attacks.
Could you help me improve my site?
josefresco: This is purely design, but the site is lacking any sort of logo. In fact your page headline (and combining color scheme) almost makes the site look like one of those domain place-holder pages. I'd do up a quick logo, and then maybe hire someone to design you something better.
Could you help me improve my site?
josefresco: On your FAQ page you should include a link to your preferred method of contact where you ask people to hire you.
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
applicative: Gitit rules; I don't know if it counts as simple, and it certainly doesn't count as "written in PHP/Python/Ruby/Java" -- are you sure you need that?:"Gitit (http://gitit.net) is a wiki backed by a git or darcs filestore. Pages and uploaded files can be modified either directly via the VCS’s command-line to...
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
cmelbye: Dokuwiki and pmwiki are both very nice, hackable, lean wikis.I have a question on this subject, though. For a wiki (not a blog post, etc), do you guys prefer WYSIWYG, markdown, textile, creole (http://wikicreole.org/), or something else?
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
nailer: Are you users computer programmers? If not, I'd suggest avoiding the need to learn markup languages. There are WYSIWYG plugins for most wikis.
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
davidw: http://dedawiki.dedasys.com does: Markdown, is written in Rails and is pretty simple to hack. It's available under the Apache license (BSD style, basically). It could use some work, but it does do what you asked, and is fairly simple to hack on if you need something more.
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
synack: I wrote this one a while ago and still use it for my own projects. Written in Python, uses Markdown syntax, and is fairly easy to hack on and add features. Still haven't gotten around to adding decent version control though.http://github.com/synack/nikiwiki
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
joeyh: Ikiwiki uses markdown in plain text files, and can be configured to lock all pages and only allow specific users to edit specific pages (configuration for that would look like locked_pages => "* and !user(foo) and !user(bar) and !admin()"). It's written, unapologetically, in Perl.It is used as the wiki for proje...
A simple wiki which supports Markdown syntax?
wbond: A colleague and I are currently working on Noted (http://notedwiki.com), which matches what you are looking for, except that we are planning on charging when it launches. It is currently in development, but we are going to be looking for beta testers soon, which may provide an opportunity for a free or discount ...