tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post6870335251578661450..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: 666 megabytes, the number of the beastly bloatEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-65371923038460126352011-07-26T00:06:38.858+00:002011-07-26T00:06:38.858+00:00Yeah it's just not the same...Yeah it's just not the same...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-28220255650011282492011-07-25T20:24:07.459+00:002011-07-25T20:24:07.459+00:00Hah, that's rich.
"616"... it lack...Hah, that's rich. <br /><br />"616"... it lacks a certain... je ne sais quoi.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-57444097265879107902011-07-25T18:27:58.417+00:002011-07-25T18:27:58.417+00:00Apparently 616 is the real number of the beast:
h...Apparently 616 is the real number of the beast:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast#616Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-12603786198837694962011-07-25T17:56:51.982+00:002011-07-25T17:56:51.982+00:00on the other hand bandwidth is kinda cheap these d...on the other hand bandwidth is kinda cheap these days, and by downloading the whole thing you minimize the possibility that something gets messed up in codeAntoni Mączyńskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18372724057429089922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-29233830589975432262011-07-25T12:01:14.866+00:002011-07-25T12:01:14.866+00:00Amazing it's taken so long to get delta update...<i>Amazing it's taken so long to get delta updates.</i><br /><br />We've had deltas in Unix (of which iOS is a version of) since the 1980s. It's just that Apple cares more of the UI than core functionality, which is why, I assume, it has taken so long.Timo Lehtinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08689481666881650781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-43846703323632024172011-07-25T01:55:56.359+00:002011-07-25T01:55:56.359+00:00Well, both biggies sorta did this with the last ma...Well, both biggies sorta did this with the last major upgrades. (Whether it worked or not...) <br /><br />Amazing it's taken so long to get delta updates. I never heard of them before, I just assumed that was like it was.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-35439273713380532912011-07-25T01:31:35.082+00:002011-07-25T01:31:35.082+00:00With iOS and Apple’s App Store, every time you upd...With iOS and Apple’s App Store, every time you update a software package, you’re re-downloading and <em>replacing</em> that entire package. It’s nice to know that the OS doesn’t get 666 MB bigger every time you update it — but it’s not as nice to have to re-download lots of data that you already have.<br /><br />I believe that Apple will introduce <em>delta</em> updates in iOS 5, so that you will have to download only the <em>changed</em> parts of the software. Unfortunately, as Mac users know, those delta updates, in OS X at least, can still be pretty big. It takes clever engineering to produce tiny updates like Google Chrome’s. Most companies would rather spend their engineering on flashier things like new features than try to keep software small or even test it thoroughly.<br /><br />I am grateful to companies that sometimes step off the new-feature treadmill to address embarrassing problems like massive software, slow or unreliable products or hard-to-use features. Companies that eternally deny that their products have problems are all too common!Pop!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14362454095702314564noreply@blogger.com