Fitocracy V1.0, the fitness social network, launches for iPhone and iPod Touch. Free.
We know that reaching your fitness goals takes knowledge, effort, tracking and motivation. Fitocracy puts the combined knowledge and motivation of over quarter of a million people, including some of the world’s most well known trainers, in your pocket.
Embark for the iPhone.
Via Volger.
The Reason Android is Laggy
An excellent read.
Andrew Munn, an engineering intern at Google, responding to this post by Dianne Hackborn, an Android Framework Engineer:
It’s not GC pauses. It’s not because Android runs bytecode and iOS runs native code. It’s because on iOS all UI rendering occurs in a dedicated UI thread with real-time priority. On the other hand, Android follows the traditional PC model of rendering occurring on the main thread with normal priority.
This is a not an abstract or academic difference. You can see it for yourself. Grab your closest iPad or iPhone and open Safari. Start loading a complex web page like Facebook. Half way through loading, put your finger on the screen and move it around. All rendering instantly stops. The website will literally never load until you remove your finger. This is because the UI thread is intercepting all events and rendering the UI at real-time priority.
Via chartier, Gina Trapani
The Problem With Switches
By Mr. Matt Gemmell.
YouTube is testing a new design.
Gmail redux.
Facebook Updates the Newsfeed, a set on Flickr.
Facebook mades some changes to the Newsfeed.Some of you don’t seem to like them.
Take a gander at this walkthrough. It’s better for your blood pressure than shaking your fists at the screen, and joining a Facebook Group called “We Prefer the Old Newsfeed!”
Facebook made some changes. You don’t seem to like them.
