I can't think of a good reason that your Reader and Email logins need to be the same though. Sure, it would be a bit more convenient, but there really isn't any missing functionality.
The function to email an item to someone provides recipient address autocompletion using your Gmail contacts. (Although if you've associated multiple email addresses with a contact it will only display one of those addresses.)
You've just moved the problem elsewhere. You're still displaying a message that is irrelevant (and potentially confusing) to users when they attempt to close a JavaScript confirm dialog that has been opened without malicious intent.
If it's a keyboard shortcut most people won't discover the functionality. Yes, it is a deliberate DOS. I fully understand the data loss potential. But it's not worth having the extra confusing button on script dialogs to solve a problem that is caused by a very, very small minority of web pages.
Using themes doesn't work that great with Swing either (Not Swing themes but Gnome, KDE, Windows global themes). Swing apps will stick out like a sore thumb.
Indeed. Swing's file open dialog is another example. Sun have attempted to make it look like the native Windows file open dialog, but it doesn't provide all the usual Explorer functionality and totally ignores my places bar customisations. It's a backwards step in usability in my eyes.
It sounds like your friend is advocating a type of security through obscurity to me. Being on dial-up won't protect you. You should be using a firewall and have up to date virus definitions regardless of your type of connection to the internet.
So, I wonder if Eclipse is more complex than I need. I have never used IDEA before. Is it more straight-forward? Has anybody here migrated from Eclipse to IDEA? How steep was the learning curve?
Activex components don't install without either, an admin running an app that does the install, or an admin accepts an ActiveX security dialog.
Wrong. It's possible to author and package an ActiveX control in an installer that pleb users can download and install. You just need to install it somewhere on the file system that the user has access to (C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data) and make sure it registers itself in the HKCU section of the registry.
Yep. If you look at the stylesheet you'll see it contains proprietary CSS that works around the fact that Internet Explorer doesn't natively support alpha transparency in PNG images like any other modern web browser. Somewhat ironic, eh?
So, I wonder where the news.com article got the scoop that Microsoft isn't going to fix it?
If you read the Overview section of the advisory you will see it says:
Advisory Status: Advisory Published, No Security Update Planned.
And the Frequently Asked Questions section says:
Will Microsoft issue a security update to address this threat?
No. This is an example of how current standard Web browser functionality could be used in phishing attempts.
There is currently a controversy as to whether Voyager 1 has already crossed the Termination Shock, the first boundary of the Heliosphere (Krimigis et al. 2003; McDonald et al. 2003, Burlaga et al. 2003). An important aspect of this controversy is our poor understanding of this region.
Give me an example. What can they possibly innovate in the engine? It renders HTML and CSS as prescribed by the W3C specifications at a more than acceptable speed. It doesn't need to do anything else.
By taking advantage of an existing rendering engine, Apple a free to spend time innovate elsewhere, like integrating RSS support directly into the browser.
And majority of computer-users are not OS X users. So what's your point?
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You could say that right now the number of potential Beagle-users is about as big as number of potential Spotlight-users is.
Wrong. The audience of potential Beagle users are Linux savvy people who can compile source code and are willing to invest time in running a Linux system. The audience of potential Spotlight users is anyone who can drop enough money to buy a Mac. Beagle is currently useless to the average computer user.
Majority of Linux-users do. As do *BSD-users. And those are the target-audiences of this tool. And I wouldn't be surprised if some distros offered binaries of it as well.
Exactly. The majority of computer users are not Linux and *BSD users. Apple however have produced useful search functionality for the masses.
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Blizzard's policy disallows charging for the program as well :(
The function to email an item to someone provides recipient address autocompletion using your Gmail contacts. (Although if you've associated multiple email addresses with a contact it will only display one of those addresses.)
This script of mine does the trick :)
If you use Greasemonkey you can install my Slashdot Idle eliminator script to prevent these stories from appearing.
Does the F-22 come with a non-widescreen monitor option?
You've just moved the problem elsewhere. You're still displaying a message that is irrelevant (and potentially confusing) to users when they attempt to close a JavaScript confirm dialog that has been opened without malicious intent.
IIRC the JavaScript confirm dialog is modal which will prevent you from closing the window.
If it's a keyboard shortcut most people won't discover the functionality. Yes, it is a deliberate DOS. I fully understand the data loss potential. But it's not worth having the extra confusing button on script dialogs to solve a problem that is caused by a very, very small minority of web pages.
Adding an extra button that most users won't understand to solve a problem that occurs in a very small minority of web pages? Ugh!
Maxpedia.org offers a very similar service.
Yep. We still use Visual J++ for JavaScript debugging with Internet Explorer at work. Works a charm.
It sounds like your friend is advocating a type of security through obscurity to me. Being on dial-up won't protect you. You should be using a firewall and have up to date virus definitions regardless of your type of connection to the internet.
Linux fracas not the main game: RMS
Yep. If you look at the stylesheet you'll see it contains proprietary CSS that works around the fact that Internet Explorer doesn't natively support alpha transparency in PNG images like any other modern web browser. Somewhat ironic, eh?
Surely it's only a matter of time before we start seeing del.icio.us tags getting link spammed :(
Why do you have to click the Start button to shut down?
The first link doesn't go anywhere useful. This link brings up the correct results for the session. You can also view the session details.
Give me an example. What can they possibly innovate in the engine? It renders HTML and CSS as prescribed by the W3C specifications at a more than acceptable speed. It doesn't need to do anything else. By taking advantage of an existing rendering engine, Apple a free to spend time innovate elsewhere, like integrating RSS support directly into the browser.