Just getting back into this game after upgrading my video card and monitor. Really looking forward to BF4, I was quite disappointed in BF3 and I still feel it lacks a lot, looks like the new one will be much more complete.
As someone who managed a software team and tried to work with Valve to have the game distributed on the platform, it in fact would help quite a bit to have community support show them actual numbers to get their attention. You don't simply call up Valve and make an agreement to sell on Steam...
If it's $50/year they might only give you _access_ to the expansion packs rather than owning it. As with COD Elite, I'm sure you lose access without continued pay.
Between Jquery and Javascript, yes its much faster, easier and more secure to do it through Jquery. However between Jquery and other frameworks such as Mootools, its only due to popularity/web trends that Jquery is recommended so much. Its also why every business is switching to HTML5/CSS3. It...
I still think they are (measured in a few years), and it doesn't mean old users will translate into a direct replacement platform. I think something like G+ only strengthens this idea, as it keeps that much more pressure in the bubble. Google should have just sit back and watch it pop.