Yes that's around 17mbps
I am one of those people who would love to use ubuntu as my primary operating system but due to software support and driver issues I am stuck with using windows vista.
The most interesting thing when it comes to using ubuntu is that quite honestly without internet connectivity it is almost useless. From a usability perspective a major setback like that is enough to turn most users away.
I'm almost certain that soon the browser will basically be the operating system and that everything will be done within the browser. This would mean that more emphasis would be on usability within a browser context only. It would be lovely to turn on a pc and immediately have the option of browsing.
This model suites ubuntu well. The biggest problem with Linux in general is the lack of actual user support and the incomplete package that comes when you install it, plugins are needed to watch movies or listen to audio and drivers continue to be difficult to find.
Installing files is not user orientated and often requires using the terminal or extracting packages.
If ubuntu creates a new version that is solely based on usability and transparency many more casual users would use it and now is the time to start it.
Ok, so i recently stumbled upon this highly interactive website thanks to the extraordinary video I found on ted.com here Jonathan Harris explains the idea of an interactive and alive internet.
This is particularly relevant to me in studying a field called HCI and usability computing. We know that the internet is a vast store of information and data but it is definitely shifting into a platform for interactivity and story telling based on objects that we communicate socially around, this website dalily life is a good example on how aggregation is made on a very popular news channel aljazeera.
finally if you watch the post on ted you will notice how the concept around this highly addictive universe website is made
It all starts with the phrase "I feel..."
oh by the way firefox 3 rocks and the universe app takes a long time to load :-)
http://www.youtube.com/user/RealHustleTV QUITE AN INTERESTING SERIES, already seen about 15 episodes
With lots of emphasis these days on good, aesthetically pleasing design, that is usable I thought I'd take this chance to share some of the different perceptions people have of interactive products. Here is a really funny one (albeit perhaps true in some ways)
Ok so just to set the setting here, I have a fairly old ATI 9600pro and wanted to try out the newest and resource hungry FPS from CRYTEK ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis )
The game's minimum requirements are
- Windows XP/Vista
- 2.8 GHz or faster (XP) or 3.2 GHz or faster (Vista) Processor
- 1.0 GB RAM (XP) or 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
- 256MB Video Card Video: NVIDIA 6800 GT 256 MB / ATI 9800 Pro or better
- Fool the game into thinking you have a better graphics card than you actually do
- It should auto detect the graphics as maximum (ie 8800ultra)
- Run the game and check for yourself. The blanked out values are now available.
- Run the game on whatever graphics you want
HERE are some screenshots taken from a 9600pro
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