Okay, huge disclaimers here. I used to work at TiVo, and specifically worked on several parts of the user interface framework, and I now work at Google, and have worked on the YouTube backend infrastructure. One big struggle at TiVo was always what the “next generation” UI framework should be. Straight C++? Java? Networked remote [...]
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I was having horrible crashing issues with the 32-bit version of Firefox 3.5.1 on my Fedora Core x86_64 system, especially while using Flash, but also while doing simple tasks like printing. Fedora Core (unlike Ubuntu) can run both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries on the same setup, due to /lib being 32-bit, and /lib64 being 64-bit. [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve been curiously watching the developments (or lack thereof) surrounding Adobe and the use of Flash on mobile platforms like the iPhone and Android handsets. Here’s my summarization of the situation as it stands today: No browser (mobile or otherwise) has Flash built in. All browsers require a “plugin” provided by Adobe to play back [...]
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