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re: Speed Browser

cruizer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:05:52 GMT

the obvious reason why IE is still the browser of choice for banking transactions is because it's mostly the only supported browser :P not because of its superior function set or security. that is slowly changing, with Firefox entering the consciousness of banks and their developers, probably because of its growing marketshare. but using banking sites on Opera or Safari is still hit-and-miss, YMMV.

re: Windows Live Free 5gb Storage Space

zhongqiang — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:41:31 GMT

unfortunately at the moment, I've heard nothing about an SDK for skydrive yet. =(

hopefully they'd be able to come out something pretty soon, like omni drive, which would be really awesome! =D

re: Windows Live Free 5gb Storage Space

darenhan — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:04:32 GMT

is it possible to get hold of the skydrive website sdk instead of the windows viewer sdk? rgds, daren

re: CBS to buy CNET Networks

icelava — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:38:01 GMT

Holy Smokes! I can't wait for those to be released.

re: IT Workers Among the Top of Wages Chart in Singapore

sidyk — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:17:53 GMT

Hmm, and Information & Communications has second highest mean after Financial Services, not bad... Pity people at Hotels & Restaurants though with just $61 increase compared to 2006 and I thought Tourism industry is doing well...

re: The Divide of Platforms: Web and Desktop

zhongqiang — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:34:42 GMT

yep. you're right cruizer. However, Mozilla is not make it as big as either Google or Microsoft or Adobe. However, I'm expecting Mozilla to eventually collab with either sun and/or google though.

re: The Divide of Platforms: Web and Desktop

cruizer — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:41:37 GMT

even Mozilla's Prism is trying to get into this game. expect tight competition from all comers in this arena ;)

re: A great UX Story

zhongqiang — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:03:52 GMT

wow! Thanks Willy, Kit & Cruz for the feedback. Guess I've to rename this to "Good Presentation/Marketing"? hehe...

Coming to think of it, I think all of you do bring out a fantastic point here, that people prefers something more familiar.

re: A great UX Story

cruizer — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:23:39 GMT

hey i'd rather drink tap, it's safe here in Singapore ;) kidding aside, it's not the UI flashiness that sets an app apart. for me it's more of the UI's usability. case in point: i find many stuff in Vista that requires more clicks/more UI guessing than a similar feature in XP SP2. so to me XP SP2 is more usable than Vista, even though Vista's UI is "prettier."

re: A great UX Story

kitkai — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:21:53 GMT

I would only buy the one with good UX IF i'm in the mood to explore. Otherwise, why would I take the risk of getting some water that

1. may not suit my taste

2. may not be value for money

3. some inferior product that hides behind good marketing?

re: A great UX Story

Softwaremaker — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:06:11 GMT

Not a good analogy - imo. In the second pic, I would buy the *conventional* bottle. Why ? Because we have all been trained to recognize the *conventional* bottle as norm. In this sense, it is the familarity that is the key

re: Preview of Silverlight 1.0 RC

zhongqiang — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:51:43 GMT

Hmm... This is not a Microsoft comment, but I would speculate that the reason pushing out 1.0 first was so that Microsoft could give customers a RTM (thus support enabled version) that could be deployed?

re: Preview of Silverlight 1.0 RC

cruizer — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:49:43 GMT

hmm...that leads me to think...why do 1.0? why not jump straight to 1.1? :) i think this is one of the few instances in software wherein the next version (1.1) has already been shown and discussed even if the prior version (1.0) hasn't been released yet! :)

re: ERP Strategy and Roadmap

zhongqiang — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:14:24 GMT

Yep.. but Duet is still pretty new now (well, actually not really. its over a year old now)and there's no Duet for OWA yet.

But as an organization, SAP certainly should think about UX. Duet costs money and certainly would not appeal to Lotus users (who are also complaining big about the crap notes UI).

To encourage more people to adopt SAP, SAP should certainly look at bringing down TCO. Introducing stuff like DUET is good for the vendors, but certainly increasing the TCO per cal for SAP customers.

re: ERP Strategy and Roadmap

usoup — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:44:50 GMT

Why don't let the masters do what they are best at, rather than let them wasting time in what they don't do best? This is exactly what they need to do (and have done), Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP @ www.duet.com