An Unusual Paint Program • Hacker News Board

Re: An Unusual Paint Program

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 7:35 PM UTC

gruseom wrote: post #40

pg wrote: post #16

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I've noticed that too. These comments are in the same category as people complaining about being downmodded; they don't make very interesting reading. Perhaps I should put something in the site guidelines about them.

Even more concerning to me is how frequently these "not hacker news" comments are added to posts that are off the beaten track (i.e. not about code, startups, and such) but which I find genuinely interesting. The last thing I'd want for this site is diminished diversity. I don't like the spam or bait posts either, but I'm glad you haven't cracked down on them in a way that triggers this other, imho more significant r…

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Re: An Unusual Paint Program

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Post by pchristensen » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 8:26 PM UTC

ii wrote: post #39

mattmaroon wrote: post #31

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iPhone is some tiny fraction of a percent of the overall market, and I'd be surprised if it ever gets to 1%. I'd be more surprised if it does so without flash support. Flash works fine on OSX in my experience. A good portion of our startup depends on it, and my cofounders code on Macbooks.

Come on, iPhone will go fine, nothing can stop it. Only Android has some chances, but nobody knows when they will appear. It's a future, man, and it will do without Flash support.

The iPhone can be wildly successful and still be less than 1% of the browser market - a market that includes every desktop and laptop computer as well as every other smart phone.

Re: An Unusual Paint Program

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Post by misterbwong » Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 9:51 PM UTC

Just. Wow. I've never seen anything like this outside of a sandbox like Flash/Silverlight.

Re: An Unusual Paint Program

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Post by mattmaroon » Wed, Jun 25, 2008, 6:19 AM UTC

ii wrote: post #39

mattmaroon wrote: post #31

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iPhone is some tiny fraction of a percent of the overall market, and I'd be surprised if it ever gets to 1%. I'd be more surprised if it does so without flash support. Flash works fine on OSX in my experience. A good portion of our startup depends on it, and my cofounders code on Macbooks.

Come on, iPhone will go fine, nothing can stop it. Only Android has some chances, but nobody knows when they will appear. It's a future, man, and it will do without Flash support.

Well, nothing has to stop it. It has serious inherent limitations. Tiny screen, being tethered to one carrier, etc. It could become the most wildly successful phone on the market and still be only 10% of phone-based browsing, and phone-based browsing, having those limitations, could only be 10% of all browsing.