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Comment on App Update Review: Hanging With Friends by Cricket

Cricket — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:46:59 +0000

Anyone else know the criteria for getting those pixel balloons? They also just appeared for me and I don’t know why. I have completed all thirty levels.

Comment on App Update Review: Hanging With Friends by Josie

Josie — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:35:57 +0000

Hi steph I got those balloons that you are speaking of but I have no idea how I did. They just appeared in the store for free. ???

Comment on App Update Review: Hanging With Friends by Dude

Dude — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:18:08 +0000

All finish the game missions are actually WIN the game mission as you do not get credit for losses

Comment on Podcast #26: New iPad Followup, App Store Upgrade Models by daviesgeek

daviesgeek — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:08:31 +0000

Good episode. Thanks guys!

Comment on App Update Review: Hanging With Friends by Steph

Steph — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:49:48 +0000

There’s no way of deleting these games unfortunately. I’ve had the same problem. The only way those games will go away is after 7 days… I believe it’s about a week and a half or so before the game will automatically resign them.

Comment on App Update Review: Hanging With Friends by Steph

Steph — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:48:27 +0000

There’s a new balloon set out with the theme ‘Pacman’ or some sort. It has a pixel-heart as the first balloon and behind it are what looks like Pacman characters. There’s no way of getting this in the shop, and it isn’t a prize when you complete all the missions. A secret prize? I wanna get these balloons but how.

Comment on App Update Review: Hanging With Friends by Munchie

Munchie — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:55:54 +0000

Just start a new game and choose the ‘random’ button. It worked for me.

Comment on App Update Review: Hanging With Friends by Munchie

Munchie — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:52:52 +0000

I have had some random opponents who will not send me a word. Is there some way I can delete them and play against someone else ? I tried prompting them through chat mode but have not received any response.

Many thanks

Comment on The New iPad Review / Part 3: Real World Use by Roland Migchielsen

Roland Migchielsen — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:16:20 +0000

It is so personal. I’m using my Ipad now 95% of the time. For the average user you can do most things very well on the Ipad. And most ises now have great apps available. I don’t need Photoshop, not even for my Flickr account and I have published pictures. My pictures go directly to my Ipad with the new EyeFi card. Typing is ok, and I have one keyboard occasionally for work only. But indeed for short trips the Iphone is ok, but it is still easy to carry the Ipad. I just love it almost the whole day.

Comment on GIMP vs Photoshop vs Pixelmator – Graphics Editor Shootout by Nathan Greenstein

Nathan Greenstein — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:27:55 +0000

Really, GIMP isn’t the best choice for anyone. Its feature set is acceptable, but its interface and sometimes-lackluster results mean that it’s slow and frequently painful to use. Even if you’re on a tight budget, Pixelmator is well worth the money.

I never called GIMP anything like a piece of garbage. It's a powerful piece of software, but I believe that Pixelmator is a better choice for just about anyone.

This is a fair comparison; all apps were given equal tests and scored on the same metrics. I have plenty of experience with each app (I was a GIMP user for years). Any points that GIMP lost are due to interface or feature set limitations.

GIMP 2.6 is not at all defunct; it was the current version distributed from the GIMP website at the time of this writing (as it is now, months later). All apps were tested using the current stable, distributed version.