Things that sucked in 2010

2010 is almost over and everybody is recapping the year. Beeing a pessimist is sort of a hobby of mine, so here’s a list of what sucked in 2010:

• IE9 for Windows Vista & 7 only. This will happily ensure that it’ll take many years before we can forget to build our pages to gracefully degrade to HTML4. Forget about using Canvas, client-side form validation, the video- and audio-tags for a while…
• Flash on Mac. Well it’s not only 2010 that Flash on Mac has sucked, but it’s on the list as it still is sucking big time. Your average Windows Net-book is running Flash faster than your 10 times more expensive MacBook Pro.
• Nokia. Yup, they’re still sucking as much as in 2009. They’re only notable new release – the N8 – is crap because of it’s miserable OS. Maybe that Canadian fellow will be able to shuffle things around for 2011.
• The whole Flash vs. HTML5 discussion. Dudes, get over it. Flash co-exists with HTML5. If you think otherwise, just stick with one tech and shut up.
• Sarah Palin. I’m totally baffled that someone actually thinks (and wants) that she has some chance in the next presidential elections. Voting for her is like eating dog-shit while shooting yourself in the head.
• Greece. You’re government has overspent and now you’re asking us to bail you out. If you’re not paying back, we’ll annex a few of your islands.
• iTunes. Here on the list due to Spotify. If you’re living in one of the countries where you have access to Spotify you’re bound to have the same feelings towards iTunes: It’s a massive, slow-moving, monolithic dinosaur and I hate that I have to use it to activate and sync my iOS devices through it. Uh, and Ping didn’t help either.

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iOS 4.2 and Safari with accelerometer support

iOS 4.2′s Safari includes a JavaScript API to access accelerometer data, which is cool. We wanted to quickly use this functionality and put out a version of Sofanatics.com that utilizes this new API in a fun, intuitive way:

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