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What I don't get is why Microsoft gets hit with antitrust when they pull the same sort of ****.
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If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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It has to do with market position."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Third party apps don't get to change system settings (like screen brightness). That is pretty basic to the sandbox model.
However, when Apple is sure that the user is the one changing the settings (ie when they have programmed the app) they can allow it. Which is all they have done here.
It really is not that big a deal.VANGUARDComment
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Are you ****ting me?Originally posted by Vanguard View Post
Apple has an app review process. There's no ****ing reasonable reason not to let third parties alter things like that if they vet every app before approval anyway.
It's entirely reasonable for an app to have app-specific screen brightness configuration, among many other things. In fact, there's precedents for this kind of behaviour -- apps can change timeout behaviour of the system, for instance (this is how alarm clock apps work on the iPhone, they prevent the phone from locking).
It is a big deal. There's court precedents that OS makers must not use private APIs to their advantage over the competition. It's anticompetitive. MS was found guilty of using some rather inconsequential private Windows APIs in MS Office.It really is not that big a deal.
This is also just one example (the screen brightness). Apple is using a ton of APIs in iBooks that are private to do everything from special effects (the page turning animation) to image rendering. There's no reason at all for these not to be public. None."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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FWIW, **** like this (screen brightness) is possible in Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Android, and possibly webOS (need to verify, but I think I recall seeing it)."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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You can change brightness for apps like Kindle, just do it before you open the reader. Not a big deal. And no other iPad app uses private APIs, including Pages/Keynote, save for iPodComment
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If it's not a big deal, Apple can open it up and make it a public API. No reason why it's private.Originally posted by Wiglaf View Post
The "big deal" is the subtle conveniences is all it can take to prefer one app over another. If I'm moving from a well lit area to a not-so-well-lit area, I need to currently EXIT the entire reading app, find my way to the settings menu, go through several levels there and adjust the brightness, then go back and launch the reading app and find my place again. That's absurd for a fairly common usecase.
The Pages/Keynote/Numbers team intentionally stayed away from the private APIs, but that's not the same thing as saying "no other iPad app uses private APIs". I'm certain the iPod functionality does, for instance, as it runs in the background while other apps can't.And no other iPad app uses private APIs, including Pages/Keynote."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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You don't need to "find your place again." Kindle app remembers where you were when you exited to go change the brightness. Anyway, I'm sure this will be fixed in a week. I would actually bet money on it. The thing's only been out 3 days. My guess is they wanted to prevent flashlight apps from screwing around in the ****
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Do you service Steve Jobs, or does Steve Jobs service you?"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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How about that NET NEUTRALITY RULING TODAY, am I right? Now Comcast will be able to throttle online content from networks it doesn't like. How is this ruling good for the internet? I cried when I heard about it.
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Better than the federal government making some hamfisted attempt to curtail it.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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That should put an end to Asher's whining.
Apple this week told the media that they will be holding a press event this Thursday, April 8th at 10AM PDT, to offer a "sneak peek of the next generation iPhone OS software." Is there reason to be excited?
Perhaps. AppleInsider has been claiming for some time now that they have it on good authority iPhone OS 4 will feature widespread multitasking support, including for third party apps. This is something that's sorely lacking on the current iPhone OS, giving Android a major leg up in the mobile world. Lack of true multitasking support could also end up haunting Apple in the tablet space as HP, Asus, Lenovo, and everyone else preps handheld pads of their own.Comment
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I can tell you right now it's not going to be true multitasking support -- at least not for the iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS. Best case is they'll open up an API that gives you a scant amount of resources to do something in the background and better natively support app persistence."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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How can you tell me that right now?
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