November 2008
3 posts
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Dripping Clock widget released
Last week I got the idea for a cool clock widget based on the pie-chat–style
loading graphics that are sometimes used for various Flash sites.
SVG seemed like
a good way to write it. I quickly realized that this was impractical, because I
haven’t figured how the math works for showing nine o’clock.
So instead I decided to do something simpler, like representing time with
vertical bars. It was...
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Window resize bookmarklet
The code
s=self;
h=screen.availHeight;
w=screen.availWidth;
if (window.innerWidth==800) {
s.resizeTo (w-80, h-50);
s.moveTo (40, 20)
} else {
s.resizeTo (800, h);
s.moveTo ((w-800)/2, 0)
}
What it does
There are two modes: fat and skinny. Skinny mode is 800 pixels wide and fills the display vertically. Fat mode fills the screen, but with a slight amount of ‘breathing space’ on all...
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G1 for users, not developers →
The question here is: why use open source firmware, and then prevent customers from taking advantage? At some level, the answer likely involves ‘it isn’t Windows Mobile’ and (more generally) ‘it’s cheaper’.
A restricted approach would be possible, at least to some extent, if all other carriers agreed to have the same limitations. Doing so would effectively leave Android as a less attractive...