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An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | est: the thing is, GUI is often connected with some messaging system like D-bus or WM_XXX, and that's platform-dependent. And also API for C/C++ is so different. Some may relate to performance demanding 2D even 3D features. The expansion list goes on and on.The true thing we need is a minimal & native implementation of... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | tptacek: You forgot Swing+Java/Jython/JRuby/Groovy/Clojure. |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | termie: Please god don't make yet another GUI toolkit. Pick one and start coding. |
Average Screen Resolution? | dattaway: In a nice table through the years:http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp |
Average Screen Resolution? | dattaway: And here's the javascript trick:http://forums.devshed.com/html-programming-1/how-to-obtain-t... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | guruz: Small note about Qt being for C++: There is Qt Jambi which is Qt for Java.http://doc.trolltech.com/qtjambi-4.4/html/com/trolltech/qt/q...http://dist.trolltech.com/developer/download/webstart/ |
Getting accepted into a top level CS program. | gaius: I can get a high paying job in the finance industry maintaining a Java/C++ code base.Ho ho ho. After the ex-Bear and Lehman experienced coders find jobs, then maybe the finance industry will start hiring entry-level coders again. Maybe.Ask yourself tho' what you want from a PhD. It's not a "higher qualification"... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | akie: If coding in Java is an option, I would highly recommend SWT (http://www.eclipse.org/swt/). It's the toolkit that was used to build Eclipse, and it has a very 'native' look & feel (click the link for examples).Plus, Java itself is cross-platform. Might be just what you're looking for. |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | narag: That should be obvious: cross-platform GUI toolkits are so hard that there isn't any that you like. It takes a good design or lots of people working on it full-time. So either you pay for Qt or deal with other problems. That's one reason that web programming has become so popular.There seems to be another factor... |
Average Screen Resolution? | mooism2: Anecdotally --- a number of my non-hacker friends have bought netbooks recently, and use them for quickly checking Facebook and their e-mail without having to sit at a desktop or carry a bigger heavier laptop across the room. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if your users are disproportionately likely to hav... |
Getting accepted into a top level CS program. | foo23: When reading your app, professors are trying to tell one thing:Will this person be a good academic researcher? To figure this out, they will look at:1. Can you already do research? If you've published at academic research conferences, they'll read your paper and judge you by it. If you have good recommendations... |
Choosing a pricing model | bob_stormideas: I've just written an article on how best to price an application:http://blog.stormideas.com/archive/2009/01/07/pricing-your-w...I hope it's of use to you!Bob |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | schtog: Yeah it has always bothered me that GUIs are so annoyingly hard to make. I used to use Python a lot and Tk wasn't exactly a dream to work with even if something very basic was easy to get up and going.However now I use Swing+miglayout+CLojure and making GUIs is supereasy. |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | GiantCrayon: Within the last few years, I've inherited a number of projects written using several of the above choices. While I don't want to appear _too_ negative, IME, apps produced using cross-platform GUI kits look bad on all operating systems.I'd like to offer a "none of the above", which is to code the underlying... |
Review Gmail Hack Tracker/ Burglar Alarm | axemclion: All data is stored in your own gmail calendar, so its kinda really transparent. The code is available at http://code.google.com/p/gids/ |
Review Gmail Hack Tracker/ Burglar Alarm | fx: But if you are someone who keeps cracking into gmail account you will just workaround it (easiest way I assume will be disabling Javascript?) if you go further you can just firewall everything except gmail, or use a proxy to remove this protection on the fly.Even though this will provide some benefit against a seri... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | biohacker42: There's no shortage for GUI frameworks:http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/7184/guitool.ht... |
Review my app | koraybalci: Video in the first page is too small and don't have audio (is it me only?). So, I really could not tell what it's about. And while you're at it, you can drop quicktime control widget of video to make it look more professional.nice page design and all, but without creating a user, I don't understand a lot fr... |
Review my app | pclark: this is an awesome idea.
your issue will be exposure, I expect.I'd launch a few iPhone apps using your tech and do case studies on how your technology benefitted them.
(and if you want some ideas for an iPhone app, let me know .. )Feedback:Lovely UIGreat detailed analyticsYour documentation seems decent.How do ... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | statictype: If you're really picky about the look-and-feel on each platform, just bite the bullet and write 3 front-ends.If you want something that looks reasonably good on major platforms, go with Qt or wx.There are a couple more options you have:XULRunner: I like this option because of the flexibility you get in crea... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | ynniv: Really? No one has mentioned the most popular, polished, cross platform application that's also a complete development environment: Firefox. |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | mcandre: YelloSoft http://yellosoft.us/I complain about the very same thing. There hasn't been a lot of development effort for building anything cross-platform. Out of fifty LISP implementations I looked at, only a few were cross-compatible. Hardly any computer games are multiplatform. I build my own software and relea... |
Review my app | okeumeni: Good idea, nice interface, great design. Now is the time to hit the road and build user base, later think seriously of making money; potential is there.Just one thing the Geography flash seems to be down. |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | vorador: I'm quite surprised to see that nobody has mentioned fltk (http://fltk.org). It is light, easy to use, and it uses a modified gpl license that allows linking against non-free code. And it has native look and feel too... |
eye care.. how long do you wear your contacts, etc | pstinnett: Paul - I have terrible vision, but I found that switching contact types has definitely reduced irritation. What brand are you using? I switched from standard Acuvue 2 to Acuvue Oasys. I keep my contacts in about as long as you (18 hrs) and I'm in front of a computer for most of that time during the week. Pri... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | rmk: I've worked with Qt.
It's great -- C++ and cumbersome build procedure notwithstanding.
The API is also nice.
Further, it works on embedded platforms too (think cellphones).There is a PyQt, but the last time I tried it, it wasn't as mature as I wanted it to be. Maybe you can give that a try. |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | pg: Twitter's more than a company. It's a new protocol. (That's what makes it such a big deal; new protocols are rare.) So it is no more wrong to find lots of people building things on it than it would have been, at the corresponding time, to find lots of people building things on http or email. |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | brk: Twitter kind of seems to be one of those you "get it" or you don't things right now. Some people are wild fans, other people think it's a worst-of hybrid of IRC and SMS.I've been using Twitter, and I find it mildly entertaining. The business uses somewhat elude me, as the more people you follow the harder it is ... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | chrido: use xul + xpcom(powers firefox, songbird, miro, thunderbird, activestate commodo ....) |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | clintjhill: You aren't the only one thinking it's a waste of resources. However I learned a little bit from the argument I received when I submitted about this recently.http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=417522In my post I was speaking to the "I did this in X hours" kinds of projects I was seeing. I said there ought t... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | jimrandomh: Where GUI toolkits are concerned, simplicity and C are mutually exclusive, because C just isn't a good language for them. |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | kleneway: I'm tired of them, too. However, here are a few areas where I think building a Twitter app can be useful.First, if you take advantage of the fact that a semi-interesting Twitter app can get lots of press right now, you can use it as a way to promote your real money-maker app. For hackers, it's probably way ... |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | floozyspeak: Nope. Its all just mass experimentation. 100 apps may come but 8 will stick. You can either participate in the mass testing or just kick back and watch for the sticky ones to surface in adoption. |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | okeumeni: We see a lot of garbage Twitter App these days; mostly people don’t think trough before posting some crap online. Because Twitter idea and app look and feel so simple folks think they can just bring anything up and hit the jackpot.This should apply to any App idea: Think the dam thing thru before making fun o... |
Getting accepted into a top level CS program. | fadmmatt: I got my Ph.D. in CS from Georgia Tech (I think it's #9 according to the joke that is US News), and I'm a prof at the University of Utah. Here are my three points of advice:1. PUBLISH!
2. PUBLISH!!
3. PUBLISH!!!When I'm reviewing applicants for admission, I look at three things: (1) prior research, (2) lette... |
How to make something awesome out of Motion Detection | noonespecial: Please make an app that will aim and fire my usb missile launcher at my cat when it jumps up on my desk to have a nice stomp across my keyboard in my absence.I'm tired of retuning to find a wtf message from a random contact because I apparently IM'ed "zdever yr tn mnyuk,lo" while I was in the shower.Oh.. ... |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | sidsavara: Note, I may be biased as I just started (literally 12 hours ago) building my own twitter app last nightIt doesn't bother me that there is innovation, but I do get tired of seeing them on Hacker News unless it is something that has been created by someone/group I consider part of the hacker news communityBut ... |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | rokhayakebe: You are not tired of Twitter apps. You are tired of someone slapping something together without much due diligence, calling it a startup, and hopping they will get techcrunched, raise venture capital and finally get acquired early on for the low 7 figures. That's what you are tired of.But you cannot blame ... |
What bookmarklets do you use? | prakash: Hacker News & New Mogul. |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | AndrewWarner: I'm tired of all these apps asking for my password. |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | sjs382: I'm not /tired/ of them, but I'm not interested in most of the apps that relate with how people use twitter: twitter clients, twitter recommendations, etc.What I am EXTREMELY interested in is two things:1. Data-mining twitter
2. Twitter as an interface for other (standalone) applications such as rememberthemilk... |
Where to find a partner/developer for a micro project | tocomment: Maybe tell us more? |
Review my app | mmcelhinney: I really like this idea. I am about to release a couple apps on the app store, and would be interested in using reviewrobot.I am interested in how and when you will be reporting the data back to your servers. Do you send this info every time the app starts and stops, or collect the data locally and then pe... |
Where to find a partner/developer for a micro project | wesley: You made it, this is it. This is the place. |
Where to find a partner/developer for a micro project | Dilpil: www.rentacoder.com, whatever you do though, do NOT go with the lowest bidder. |
AWS or dedicated server? | taw: I'd say Amazon is a lot easier to configure than real hardware, even if you've never used it before. Just use some web admin front-end like Rightscale, and premade images with Ubuntu, Centos, or whatever you like. |
How to make something awesome out of Motion Detection | noodle: cheaper and more effective security systems. something that the average homeowner can install and integrate to their home network, without having the need for calling in a pro.detect motion, follow it, or zoom in on it, or whatever. |
What bookmarklets do you use? | trickjarrett: 1. I use one for shortening: Bit.ly
2. I have HN for submitting
3. I have a tumblr I use as a personal bookmark repo for coding related finds
4. Send to ReadBag
5. And one for subscribing on Individurls.com (though that one gets very little use) |
What bookmarklets do you use? | nirmal: WAG : http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/WAG_faq.php#1GmailThis : http://contrapants.org/blog/2005/07/gmailthis.htmlTweetpage : http://www.nirmalpatel.com/web.html#tweetpage (shameless plug)Awesome Highlighter : http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/user/welcome/FindInPage : http://www.lifeclever.com/17-powerful-... |
Where to find a partner/developer for a micro project | andrewljohnson: You should just do it yourself. This doesn't sound like a "micro-project," and you aren't going to be able to find a programmer who wants to do this for a "micro-payment." If it is a "micro-project" for a programmer, then that programmer is elite, and you can expect him to have a macro-hourly wage requi... |
Average Screen Resolution? | HNbansScience: Screen Resolution market share:
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=17 Resolution Total Market Share
1024 x 768 36.66%
1280 x 800 19.62%
1280 x 1024 12.68%
1440 x 900 8.30%
1680 x 1050 5.48%
800 x 600 4.49%
1152 x 864... |
Ask HN:How to get an internship with a VC Backed Startup | brk: Throw your credentials together and hit up some companies that you admire.VC backed companies are almost always fond of free labor, provided that it is good labor.At a past company, I had some guy come to our office looking for an intern position. He was just going to various companies in the office complex where... |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | trapper: I am sick of the recency bias. It turns smart programmers into blackbirds with the "oooh shiny" phenomenon. People are spending more time keeping up with things that just don't matter. I know I certainly spend much less time scouring research sites (pubmed/citeseer et al) than before. |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | lpgauth: I wonder why twitter doesn't build a application platform like facebook? |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | blableblable: I have also run into this problem. I have tried at different moments in time Gtk, it's C++ bindings, wxWidgets, Java+AWT/Swing, Qt.I couldn't agree more that all of them have major drawbacks. We need a good, simple to use, well-designed, fast cross-platform C library.Do you care to start doing it? Other t... |
Where to find a partner/developer for a micro project | epi0Bauqu: Paid app? Splitting the revenue? |
Ask HN:How to get an internship with a VC Backed Startup | shafqat: Shoot me an e-mail (shafqat at newscred dot com)... We might have an open position, but can also point you to some others. |
Where to find a partner/developer for a micro project | jbrun: To be very precise, the following is what I want to do. Please don't steal my idea. I am not a programmer, but I do run the site www.nimonik.ca and can do the design/marketing/admin.1. Automate a scraper to pull data from the PDF files found here: http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=65,2151455&#...2.... |
sendmail vs mailto: links for viral content sharing? | qhoxie: Having each user do their own sending seems like a more scalable and robust solution to me. But it doesn't seem to be standard practice with similar apps. Any thoughts on why? Are there a significant percentage of folks who don't have an email client set up correctly for mailto: to work?It might be more scalabl... |
UNIX / Command Line tutorial for non-dummies | motoko: Please set up automatic system imaging for your server (e.g. Slicehost backups). The biggest barrier to learning is fear, so it helps him to know that he can press the "undo button" for the entire system at any time.Other than that, I recommend letting him watch you use the terminal for 20 minutes to show him w... |
UNIX / Command Line tutorial for non-dummies | Kaizyn: Can anyone without shell/cli knowledge really be called an experienced user? |
UNIX / Command Line tutorial for non-dummies | nailer: Make your own. Most Unix tutorials are particularly poor: as Unix attracts people who like technology (good thing), documentation is technology focused rather than task focused (bad thing).* Logging in* Making a test file. Making folders, copying, moving, removing files and folders.* Show how the filesystem sta... |
What bookmarklets do you use? | adityakothadiya: Delicious - Just can't live without this. This is the only Yahoo property I love and use heavily. |
UNIX / Command Line tutorial for non-dummies | parenthesis: The first few chapters of The Unix Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike give an excellent introduction to basic Unix concepts and usage. |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | ltbarcly: 4% of 0 is 0, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. If you don't have a no-compete, which it sounds like you don't since there isn't any company to have an agreement with at this point, I would offer him a full 40% and walk away.There is no such thing as 'very knowledgeable in technology and the web'. Eith... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | andrewljohnson: Any start-up with 2 business guys and change, and one hacker, isn't starting out very well.Why don't you start a company and take 100% of the equity? |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | tjic: > This is an anonymous account.> the first two founders, Austin and Michael...It may be an anonymous account, but I hope you realize that you've just made an un-anonymous post...>I originally was to receive 20%...Lesson learned the hard way: at your next startup, don't do any work until this stuff is nailed down.... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | brk: I don't have time to type out a long answer, so forgive me if this brief version comes off too harsh.It seems like you haven't had a success yet with another startup, and a solid track record will, over time, be far more valuable than the 4% you're squabbling over.Concentrate on making the company work (but also m... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | otoburb: At some point, you need to be able to stick up for yourself and rationally discuss tough issues amongst yourselves.If you can't stand up for yourself here, you should understand that this may lead to the future concessions based on a past history of being "easily swayed".Discuss this with your co-founders and ... |
UNIX / Command Line tutorial for non-dummies | brianm: Get a copy of http://www.amazon.com/Power-Tools-Third-Shelley-Powers/dp/05... and experiment with interesting topics in it. |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | vaksel: are you getting a salary on top of equity? |
sendmail vs mailto: links for viral content sharing? | mooism2: Most people who use webmail won't be able to use mailto: links. (Yes, I have set up my Firefox install to use Gmail for mailto: urls, but I'd been using Firefox a while before I discovered this was possible.)Also, people using it from work might not want it using their work e-mail address and going through th... |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | tocomment: I agree, it's another form of throwing sheep. |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | lbrandy: I'm pretty amazed that after an apparent agreement someone would decide that you and him both getting 20% wasn't enough and he needed 24% at your expense.That's a pretty ridiculous move for someone to make, in my view. It goes well beyond dollars and cents, I'd think. It's obviously not about the percentage po... |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | nickb: Some people never learn what the true meaning of a sharecropper is. If you're developing an app for Twitter, make it a part of your marketing budget and don't build your whole business around it. |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | utsmokingaces: Ask for 20% or even more. Ownership is not everything it is the ONLY thing! If you are the sole developer, a indispensable part of the startup, you should be able to get you fair share. Stop all work until you do.Starting work before the official incorporation can be a good thing if you can show that you... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | tptacek: If you're not getting paid, and the business is pre-revenue, you're a founder. You can build a track record with people who aren't going to dick you over. They're reneging now; they'll renege later. |
UNIX / Command Line tutorial for non-dummies | silentbicycle: Note: This is more of a long-term-understanding answer than a quick-tutorial answer.If he wants to understand Unix, The Unix Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike is good (as parenthesis also noted). Also, say what you will about ESR, his The Art of Unix Programming (http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | siong1987: The best option for me is that both you and michael give up 1.5% to Austin(total 3%). And, tell him that both of you already lose 1.5% and he only losts 1% since he initially demands 4%(4-3=1). I think he will be satisfied with this option.Anyway, I am more interested in knowing how this startup goes on with... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | jodrellblank: One designer/developer, 20% equity down to 16%, doesn't want to make a fuss and still likes and is impressed with them and believes they are all for what makes everyone more motivated.they're very knowledgeable in business/entrepreneurship.They sure are.However, I think that I'm entitled to a bit more tha... |
UNIX / Command Line tutorial for non-dummies | bprater: Does he actually want to know more about the command line? If he's not, I wouldn't waste your effort. Some people aren't learners, they just want to accomplish a task.If he is, definitely hook him up with a tutorial. I like the idea of letting him peek over your shoulder as you work.Ultimately, there are very ... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | webwright: I'd say that you haven't provided enough info.Important data points include:- How long did they do the startup before you? Did they take more risk? Is anyone getting paid now? If they got it to the point of being angel funded, they've hit a milestone and might deserve a bit extra. I dunno why Austin woul... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | motoko: Simply say that your 20% was already agreed to and that it's not negotiable. It seems to me (and of course, I can't know from short post) that Austin is negotiating for the sake of negotiating... maybe because he was taught to be a "hard charger" in business school? Regardless, you have already framed the situa... |
Ask HN:How to get an internship with a VC Backed Startup | yeti: We have had a couple of CS interns work with us (1 on remote basis), and it's been great for both sides.. send me an email if you're interested simon a/t frenzoo d/o/t com. |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | trevelyan: You clearly don't have a written agreement about equity stakes. Otherwise you would be getting screwed in much more interesting ways. So it sounds like you don't have 20% equity you have 0% equity. |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | pg: If they offered you 20% initially, they're obliged to give it to you. Once someone names a number, they have to stick to it. |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | officiallyrad: Haha, I had the same thought today : http://twitter.com/officiallyrad/status/1102966972(I know, kind of ironic I posted it on twitter...) |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | gojomo: With whom was the arrangement that you get 20%? Austin, Michael, and the Angel? Some subset?If Austin agreed you would have 20%, but now wants some of that back, some options other than shifting the full 4% from you to him include:- be firm: tell Austin to stick to his agreement; dare him to leave. (If he quit ... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | dkokelley: Don't look at it as losing 4%. Look at it as you are losing 20% of your stake (4/20). Are you willing to leave 20% of what you were originally supposed to receive to Austin?Another point to consider: In the end, 4% worth of equity won't make or break anyone (unless it tips the balance of power), seeing as if... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | skmurphy: I am trying to reconcile "angel funded" with "we're incorporating soon."Was Austin not happy with 20% or was he not happy with you and he each getting 20%? The difference between 20 and 24 (or 16 and 20 for that matter) is going to be hard to detect for the likely range of exits.Also "not happy" before you've... |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | sam_in_nyc: I've noticed this trend as well.I think the lesson here is that the simpler the idea, the better. Let communities of people who care do the work for you. If you can provide some sort of platform, even if it is something as simple as: "140 chars or less text comments, sent to people who choose to see them,... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | cmos: If there is a vesting period, perhaps negotiate that to be shorter. Often times a founders shares will vest over time, so that if you quit in a month you don't retain an inappropriate amount of the company compared to the effort put in. Since you are taking a 'hit', that could be a beneficial negotiation. Read... |
A Riddle for an emacs User | sharkbrainguy: Yes.To do number 2, you'll need mozrepl.http://hyperstruct.net/projects/mozreplWhy are you doing 1 & 3? |
A Riddle for an emacs User | olefoo: browse-url-of-buffer (C-c C-v) followed by Alt-tab to get back to emacs.You could look into scripting your window manager. |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | sam_in_nyc: I was involved in a much similar situation... a start-up with 2 business guys and 3 tech guys. The tech team was 3 not-yet-graduated students, and we were always suspicious of the business guys.However things turn out, just be sure that your "%" is the same kind of "%" as theirs is -- if your shares get di... |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | malkia: How about JUCE - http://rawmaterialsoftware.com/juce/It's for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.Nice C++ source base. |
An acceptable cross-platform GUI toolkit? | malkia: Also LispWorks has nice cross-platform GUI called CAPI - http://www.lispworks.com/products/capi.html |
Am I the only one tired of Twitter apps? | puzzle-out: Having recently moved back to London, and experienced the world of the corporate commuter, I firmly take the line that any entrepreneurial activity that is not illegal or immoral should be celebrated. The real waste in places like the UK remains the lack of preparedness to create something and try to make s... |
What to do in an equity disagreement in a startup | puzzle-out: This could be pure speculation, as I don't know the details, but it seems Michael messed up the negotiations with the angel, and is trying to rectify it by negotiating you down. I'm not a hacker, more the business person, and when negotiating with hackers I offer a relatively low equity stake, fully expecti... |
Do you criticize? | satyajit: First thing in your NY resolution would be then not to have a loginid 'critic' :-) |
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