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Engadget Podcast 171 - 11.13.2009 {Engadget}
Nov 13th 2009 7:41PM Chris's comments can't be edited either. Might be an opt-in thing but regardless, I think it's a crappy thing to do. Some writers here weren't too pleased with their comments being down-ranked and have now made themselves immune to that. How about accepting if your comments are down-ranked to oblivion there might be something to it? The ratings so far generally seem to make sense. :-/
Microsoft group manager: Windows 7 borrowing 'Mac look and feel' (updated: Microsoft responds) {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 4:35PM Windows 7's taskbar seems closer to Mac OS X's dock than to the taskbar in Vista and other previous versions of Windows though. So what that group manager is probably saying, and what I'm saying, is that Windows seems to be trending in OS X's direction at least in terms of the UI.
Hey, Google: failing to spellcheck Android 2.0 can have 'undesireable consequences' {Engadget}
Nov 11th 2009 4:28PM Personally, I like the general 'colorful' Engadget style whether it be anecdotal posts or news so I'd disagree with your first point.
As for your second point, by all means make known a company's mistake especially in this case, showcasing that even the multinational, multibillion dollar internet/advertising/technology company Google can't avoid spelling mistakes.
However, we do kinda expect you guys to accept similar criticism as well. Especially in this age where spelling mistakes really shouldn't exist on the internet anymore with browsers providing spell-check features and the availability of free word processors. Mistakes like "sight" in place of "site" can easily be missed but mistakes like "undesireable" and "undesirable" shouldn't.
But do disregard one commenter's post on this "useless" news. I enjoy this fun post as much as the "heavier" ones. In fact, this post is more useful to me than a post about the large hadron collider as I'm more likely to own an Android phone than have anything to do with the LHC. Besides, I just glance over news I'm not interested in all the time so I don't get why people have to complain about some news items.
Latest Mac OS X 10.6.2 beta build brings back Atom support {Engadget}
Nov 5th 2009 7:53AM @b3tan
Perhaps what Soulsaber is actually trying to say is "Why can't OS X just support everything like windows/linux etc DO." That is, Why can't OS X support everything like how Windows attempts to support everything. Or why can't OS X run on any computer like how Linux runs on nearly everything.
As opposed to "Why can't OS X support everything, for example things like Windows."
Lenovo IdeaPad U150 gets unboxed and critiqued (video) {Engadget}
Nov 4th 2009 9:40PM Wean dose!
MSI's 14-inch X-Slim X400 now shipping in the US of A {Engadget}
Oct 14th 2009 4:00AM Yeaaaah, Engagdet wants to purposely sabotage your "first-ing". Look, how about if you just don't do it? It's really not an accomplishment at all.
MSI's 14-inch X-Slim X400 now shipping in the US of A {Engadget}
Oct 14th 2009 3:48AM Ha ha, epic fail!
Kohjinsha dual-screen swivel netbook prototype hands-on (video) {Engadget}
Oct 6th 2009 2:11PM Sigh... I don't think people who make mistakes in their posts on engadget should then lament the lack of an edit function. Here's two reasons why:
1) You can use a browser and/or OS that has a built-in spell checker! For e.g. "speeling" has an obvious red underline in Google Chrome for me, and Chrome would definitely alert you of your "protable."
2) You're just typing a short post not an essay. Would it be too hard to read it at least once over BEFORE posting rather than read it AFTER and go "shucks, why isn't there an edit function?"
One could also argue that there shouldn't be an edit button because if someone were to delete or worse edit his/her post that several people subsequently reply to, well, it then makes the repliers kinda look dumb.
Ask Engadget: What's the best business phone out there? {Engadget}
Sep 25th 2009 12:14AM That eliminates Palm as well. (Google "palm fruit" if you must :-P).
Dell teases new ultrathin Adamo XPS {Engadget}
Sep 9th 2009 4:55PM Fit in a manila envelope!? It'll cut through one!
