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  1. Re:*sigh* ... still no outline mode in OOo Writer. by xeno · · Score: 1 · on OpenOffice.org 2.3 Review

    Yes, it's been requested of the OOo team quite a few times over the past 4-5 years. ODF intuitively matches this concept, but implementing it apparently requires some nontrivial change to the Writer codebase. And a little more enthusiasm by those who could code it (wish I could). If I could direct my OOo donation to this one feature, I'd give $XXX instead of my paltry $XX donation. There's some background available here: http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/category/writing

    J

  2. Re:*sigh* ... still no outline mode in OOo Writer. by BigJim.fr · · Score: 1 · on OpenOffice.org 2.3 Review

    > Every release -- even a small point release like this one -- I hope that the
    > OOo developers will add an outline mode to Writer. And every release I'm
    > disappointed. I really like OOo, but this one missing feature keeps me from
    > using it for serious work becuase it makes large document planning and writing
    > production in Writer sloooooow.

    I ranted about a year ago and found that I was not the only one. In spite of a five year old wishlist bug, the recriminations have not fallen on deaf ears, and last February I heard some encouraging noises from the dev team. Outline mode is not coming soon, but some day maybe... I'm keeping the faith but meanwhile I hate to say that for now Ms Word is my outliner of choice.

    If you don't think you need outline mode, then it is just that you have no idea what efficiently working with big documents is like.

  3. Re:*sigh* ... still no outline mode in OOo Writer. by BigJim.fr · · Score: 1 · on OpenOffice.org 2.3 Review

    > Every release -- even a small point release like this one -- I hope that the
    > OOo developers will add an outline mode to Writer. And every release I'm
    > disappointed. I really like OOo, but this one missing feature keeps me from
    > using it for serious work becuase it makes large document planning and writing
    > production in Writer sloooooow.

    I ranted about a year ago and found that I was not the only one. In spite of a five year old wishlist bug, the recriminations have not fallen on deaf ears, and last February I heard some encouraging noises from the dev team. Outline mode is not coming soon, but some day maybe... I'm keeping the faith but meanwhile I hate to say that for now Ms Word is my outliner of choice.

    If you don't think you need outline mode, then it is just that you have no idea what efficiently working with big documents is like.

  4. Users haven't learnt and history repeats itself by BigJim.fr · · Score: 1 · on It's Time for Social Networks to Open Up

    Quite a few people have been writing about how Facebook is a walled garden the likes of which the Internet has not seen since AOL. I wrote a summary piece with excerpts from notable articles on that subject : "Facebook users haven't learnt and history repeats itself". I wrote is four days ago so it is quite timely !

  5. Use FuzzyOCR and be mostly done with image spam by BigJim.fr · · Score: 4, Informative · on Spam is Back With A Vengence

    Last month I installed the FuzzyOCR on my Spamassassin setup it and I can now testify that rare is the image spam that gets through. I wrote a article about it if you want more detail : http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/2006/12 /19/fuzzyocr-hits-debian-unstable-and-eradicates-i mage-spam

  6. Spam ? What spam ? Easy free tools eat spam ! by BigJim.fr · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Spam Volume Jumps 35% In November

    I now scrub mail for friends and familly through my Postfix mail server using Fetchmail, Fetchyahoo and Gotmail. Amavisd-new, Clamav, Spamassassin, various DNS blacklists includung URIDNSBL and a sprinkle of bayesian filtering have pretty much solved the problem as far as I'm concerned. The only remaining annoyance was image spam, but that has even been solved thanks to FuzzyOCR that is now in Debian !

    I you still have spam, it just means that you are not using the freely available tools to eradicate it. Just do it ! I found it is suprisingly easy and we have to thank Debian for that !

  7. Blue Marble images with real-time clouds by BigJim.fr · · Score: 1 · on NASA BlueMarble: Next Generation

    Calculated every handful of minutes with cloud cover updated eight times a day, all thanks to the power of Xplanet. The daylight background map is now the Blue Marble monthly map. The current one is automatically rotated in place the first day of each month... Enjoy the realistic seasonal snow cover and the changing vegetation !

    Two resolutions are available :

    800x600 - http://www.ruwenzori.net/earth/earth800.html

    1280x1024 - http://www.ruwenzori.net/earth/earth1280.html

  8. Blue Marble images with real-time clouds by BigJim.fr · · Score: 1 · on NASA BlueMarble: Next Generation

    Calculated every handful of minutes with cloud cover updated eight times a day, all thanks to the power of Xplanet. The daylight background map is now the Blue Marble monthly map. The current one is automatically rotated in place the first day of each month... Enjoy the realistic seasonal snow cover and the changing vegetation !

    Two resolutions are available :

    800x600 - http://www.ruwenzori.net/earth/earth800.html

    1280x1024 - http://www.ruwenzori.net/earth/earth1280.html