I would do that, but it wouldn't work for my setup. I have a mouse with a toggle-able index on the scroll-wheel. The only time I have the indexer activated is for gaming (weapon switch) and using a smooth scroll for switching desktops is *painful*.
But if I had an index-only mouse, I would definitely give that a shot.
You should see them when I do a slow (with the mouse) rotate of my cube and switch to my fullscreen XP VirtualBox (for IE testing). I scared the crap out of a few people when I did that once.
Nothing looks more out of place than an classic-themed (grey and square) windows XP desktop sitting on the side of a cube!
I HATE looking for apps in a taskbar when all I can see is the first 10 letters. It is much easier to simply touch the corner (a VERY fast motion) and click on the window itself.
Usually IT guys don't need to set up software to remove browser extensions. Software apps are usually trivial to install/remove remotely, addons not so much. Especially when you never thought you would have to, so never set it up!
Not really. Think of it this way: Fingers are pretty fat, and they tend to hit an "area", not a "point". If you imagine a circle about 3/4 of the diamater as the triangles are wide, it is very easy to hit one key (slightly below center) and not hit the neighbour.
I know most touch-screens do register a "point" contact, but I'm guessing he would be using a touchscreen that actually sends out what areas are being touched (like a multi-touch does).
Don't think of it as making bigger buttons, instead think of it as shaving the bottom corners off of them. You finger still easily hits the middle or bottom of the key, but you no longer accidentally hit the one beside it at the same time!
In fact, come to think if it, it actually is a pretty ingenious design idea!
Well, if you are in Windows, just quickly hit the shift key 5 times!
Yeah, that is all fine and dandy until you are trying to shift up (no pun intended) in a racing game and *Poof* your game is minimized as the automatically-enabled shortcut is activated!
first of all "sudo password" does not exist, try "sudo passwd". Second of all, why not just use either "sudo bash" or "sudo -i"?
Slackware has some nice boot disks as well, you can even specify the desired packages on the site, then download a custom iso file! And for reference, slackware live cd's always have a root password of "toor".
Have you suggested they install firefox and use ieTab to browse their IE6 specific intranet apps?
I fixed a machine for someone who had to access their work email from home (some Microsoft webmail crap). It rendered like junk in firefox, so I just installed ieTab and set it to use it on that site. Worked flawlessly!
The easiest way is for businesses to use firefox with ieTab configured to activate on intranet domains. It's simple, easy for employees, almost flawless, more secure (for internet browsing) and once most companies are using this system, the app vendors can convert to standards.
I'm fed up with IT using intranet apps a an excuse for not upgrading! How fucking hard is it to install and configure firefox with ietab?!?
Install FireFox
Install ieTab
Configure ieTab to activate for, and only for, intranet domains
If enough companies did this, they could continue to use the enterprise apps without complications, and app vendors could convert their systems to standards because most companies would already have firefox installed and would only need to remove the domain from ieTab's list.
Oh god, why in the hell would you trust your banking to an unencrypted wireless system that can be stolen without so much as a second look???
Online banking should be done in a secure browser (not IE), with NO remembered passwords. If you can't remember your password, use an encrypted key manager not tied to your browser in any way (keepass, etc).
To make it simply, just give them firefox and put in the ieTab extension. The extension can be configured to automatically activate on certain domains (intranet) and remain dormant for the rest (internet). This solves the problem of the user opening the wrong browser and you getting 10+ generic emails a day of "the system is broken, fix it!"
Some sitting down at your desk to check email for a couple minutes won't hurt anything.
I hate it when people try to check their emails on my laptop. Not only do they have to log me out of my current email session (or what-ever other social site they are checking), but then they always forget to unclick the god-damn "remember me" box.
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Yeah, but the search function sucks.
That's what I do now. Ubuntu now has a wicked guest session that generates a vanilla guest account on the fly, then nukes it when they log out.
I would do that, but it wouldn't work for my setup. I have a mouse with a toggle-able index on the scroll-wheel. The only time I have the indexer activated is for gaming (weapon switch) and using a smooth scroll for switching desktops is *painful*.
But if I had an index-only mouse, I would definitely give that a shot.
You should see them when I do a slow (with the mouse) rotate of my cube and switch to my fullscreen XP VirtualBox (for IE testing). I scared the crap out of a few people when I did that once.
Nothing looks more out of place than an classic-themed (grey and square) windows XP desktop sitting on the side of a cube!
No problem. Took me over a year and a half of tweaking to get that list just right. Glad somebody could save themselves the time.
I HATE looking for apps in a taskbar when all I can see is the first 10 letters. It is much easier to simply touch the corner (a VERY fast motion) and click on the window itself.
Usually IT guys don't need to set up software to remove browser extensions. Software apps are usually trivial to install/remove remotely, addons not so much. Especially when you never thought you would have to, so never set it up!
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
~Robert J. Hanlon
I'm surprised that they haven't made this work in chrome yet...
dude, someone ABOVE your post already mentioned youtube.com/html5
So much for your theory of it not happening.
Now if only I can figure out how to install firefox 3.5 in ubuntu...
Holy hell google is fast to update!
I remember when I was still using hotmail and it took them nearly 5 years to get firefox support working properly.
Not really. Think of it this way: Fingers are pretty fat, and they tend to hit an "area", not a "point". If you imagine a circle about 3/4 of the diamater as the triangles are wide, it is very easy to hit one key (slightly below center) and not hit the neighbour.
I know most touch-screens do register a "point" contact, but I'm guessing he would be using a touchscreen that actually sends out what areas are being touched (like a multi-touch does).
Don't think of it as making bigger buttons, instead think of it as shaving the bottom corners off of them. You finger still easily hits the middle or bottom of the key, but you no longer accidentally hit the one beside it at the same time!
In fact, come to think if it, it actually is a pretty ingenious design idea!
I agree. Besides, how else are you supposed to honk at people in San Andreas?
Well, if you are in Windows, just quickly hit the shift key 5 times!
Yeah, that is all fine and dandy until you are trying to shift up (no pun intended) in a racing game and *Poof* your game is minimized as the automatically-enabled shortcut is activated!
first of all "sudo password" does not exist, try "sudo passwd". Second of all, why not just use either "sudo bash" or "sudo -i"?
Slackware has some nice boot disks as well, you can even specify the desired packages on the site, then download a custom iso file! And for reference, slackware live cd's always have a root password of "toor".
Or is working around the admins' policies part of the fun?
What did you think lunch breaks were FOR??
Have you suggested they install firefox and use ieTab to browse their IE6 specific intranet apps?
I fixed a machine for someone who had to access their work email from home (some Microsoft webmail crap). It rendered like junk in firefox, so I just installed ieTab and set it to use it on that site. Worked flawlessly!
The easiest way is for businesses to use firefox with ieTab configured to activate on intranet domains. It's simple, easy for employees, almost flawless, more secure (for internet browsing) and once most companies are using this system, the app vendors can convert to standards.
If enough companies did this, they could continue to use the enterprise apps without complications, and app vendors could convert their systems to standards because most companies would already have firefox installed and would only need to remove the domain from ieTab's list.
For god's sake, it not fucking rocket science!!!
Oh god, why in the hell would you trust your banking to an unencrypted wireless system that can be stolen without so much as a second look???
Online banking should be done in a secure browser (not IE), with NO remembered passwords. If you can't remember your password, use an encrypted key manager not tied to your browser in any way (keepass, etc).
To make it simply, just give them firefox and put in the ieTab extension. The extension can be configured to automatically activate on certain domains (intranet) and remain dormant for the rest (internet). This solves the problem of the user opening the wrong browser and you getting 10+ generic emails a day of "the system is broken, fix it!"
Some sitting down at your desk to check email for a couple minutes won't hurt anything.
I hate it when people try to check their emails on my laptop. Not only do they have to log me out of my current email session (or what-ever other social site they are checking), but then they always forget to unclick the god-damn "remember me" box.
Might I remind you where you are...
Sounds more like he's just fed up with the simple annoyance other people continuously asking to use his laptop.