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Sorry, gotta vent about Touch Screens and Software Devs
12 years ago
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I have resisted getting a touch screen cell phone for as long as possible. I have calluses on my fingers and poor blood flow to my hands so many touch screens just thought I was not a living thing or object suitable for using the rest of the device. I was happy with buttons, but my old 2006-2007ish phone had become a complete pile of shit (never was as good as my prior flip phone, but it was free) and my plan had it to where I could upgrade to an iPhone 4s for $1.
I said fuck it. I've had better luck with their screens than any others and I've playing with the idea of making iOS games anyway. So I get it today and it's pretty cool. The screen has great resolution, the build quality seems decent, and the screen was even reacting to my cold dead hands.
One problem, it's pretty much refusing to be the Phone part. Every time I'd try to make a call a message from my provider... let's call them FuckMerizon. So I figure, okay, it doesn't like my WiFi for configuring or whatever, I forget, anyway, I plug it in to my computer and it tells me my iTunes (version 10) is too old. Fuck me.
"Why are you so hesitant to get the new version of iTunes?" one might ask. iTunes was once a great piece of software that was simple, easy to use, and generally great for archiving your digital media collection. Then they updated it. Again. And Again. And Again.
It has become a fat slug of its former self. All the features are their still, it's just bogged down by a bunch of useless shit that I never wanted. It used to hover around 100MB, which is still pretty hefty but I'm willing to put up with it. Now it's 229.6MB of the same thing now with hidden buttons and features of old and new "Let me choose your music for you" features that I try to hide away as soon as I see them.
Yes that looks like a small amount on a 500GB-2TB hard drive, but it adds up quick, especially if you're making/editing videos and other visual media. God damn it Software Developers, stop hiding the fucking buttons and making your applications fucking huge! Photoshop need not be 400+ MB! Flash hasn't had any actual updates in years and yet it managed to beef up past 250MB! And just flat out fuck After Effects for 635MB gone for a render time that makes Maya's mentalray look good! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol...
The iPhone's pretty cool, though.
I said fuck it. I've had better luck with their screens than any others and I've playing with the idea of making iOS games anyway. So I get it today and it's pretty cool. The screen has great resolution, the build quality seems decent, and the screen was even reacting to my cold dead hands.
One problem, it's pretty much refusing to be the Phone part. Every time I'd try to make a call a message from my provider... let's call them FuckMerizon. So I figure, okay, it doesn't like my WiFi for configuring or whatever, I forget, anyway, I plug it in to my computer and it tells me my iTunes (version 10) is too old. Fuck me.
"Why are you so hesitant to get the new version of iTunes?" one might ask. iTunes was once a great piece of software that was simple, easy to use, and generally great for archiving your digital media collection. Then they updated it. Again. And Again. And Again.
It has become a fat slug of its former self. All the features are their still, it's just bogged down by a bunch of useless shit that I never wanted. It used to hover around 100MB, which is still pretty hefty but I'm willing to put up with it. Now it's 229.6MB of the same thing now with hidden buttons and features of old and new "Let me choose your music for you" features that I try to hide away as soon as I see them.
Yes that looks like a small amount on a 500GB-2TB hard drive, but it adds up quick, especially if you're making/editing videos and other visual media. God damn it Software Developers, stop hiding the fucking buttons and making your applications fucking huge! Photoshop need not be 400+ MB! Flash hasn't had any actual updates in years and yet it managed to beef up past 250MB! And just flat out fuck After Effects for 635MB gone for a render time that makes Maya's mentalray look good! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol...
The iPhone's pretty cool, though.
