Your list has the items at the top that are already available as buttons. When the user clicks the drop down list she probably wants to select one of the top levels that are invisible. So it makes sense to put those at the top instead.
I'm pretty sure that what's going on here is that Microsoft found a freelance writer to write glowingly about XP [..] 10 bucks says she's on the MS payroll.
A bit off topic, but last weekend I hired Swordfish. I was quite intrigued by the picture on front of the video box. OK, a hot shot hacker probably needs a cable to connect his computer to the Internet, but why does he need dozens?
Obviously Microsoft is not gonna win the argument with this congressman. He's just making too much sense.
However, Microsoft isn't stupid either and I bet they will ignore him (or call him a liar) and aim all their FUD on the 51% of the congress they need to block this bill. Chances are they will succeed.
Good idea to prevent leaking codes. But a very bad idea to get people to register at all.
Do you really think anyone will register knowing that the shareware author is playing games with their CC details?
I won't even register if the shareware author handles my CC data himself, instead of using a thrusted 3rd party like KAGI, Regsoft, Paypal or any big name bank.
There seem to be a lot of anti-aliasing rules/s*cks opinions. Anti-aliasing comes in many different qualities. The very article that started this thread proves that.
I actually prefer not using antialiasing below 10pt anyway, the fonts quickly become unreadable.
Which is exactly what Microsoft does.
To test it, in Windows create a few similar lines in for example Word and use different font sizes (e.g. 12, 10, 8, 6) for each line. Make a screenshot and zoom in using any image editor.
err... the latest nightly builds of mozilla now have the option to not open pages in new windows.
And Mozilla has the "Open in New Tab" option for months now. Clicking my mouse wheel opens links in a new tab instead of a new page. You have to try it to love it.
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That's a very good idea as it gets rid of those awkward tiny scroll arrows. One small remark: I would reverse the drop down list order to:Your list has the items at the top that are already available as buttons. When the user clicks the drop down list she probably wants to select one of the top levels that are invisible. So it makes sense to put those at the top instead.
I'm pretty sure that what's going on here is that Microsoft found a freelance writer to write glowingly about XP [..] 10 bucks says she's on the MS payroll.
10 more bucks says she wrote it on her Mac.
My vote goes to superconductivity, bringing the CPU clock speed to infinite.
A bit off topic, but last weekend I hired Swordfish. I was quite intrigued by the picture on front of the video box. OK, a hot shot hacker probably needs a cable to connect his computer to the Internet, but why does he need dozens?
And if you want to know what slashdot does to a streaming video server in Amsterdam:
http://redbus.trueserver.nl/
The first bump is probably the ZDNet effect.
Obviously Microsoft is not gonna win the argument with this congressman. He's just making too much sense.
However, Microsoft isn't stupid either and I bet they will ignore him (or call him a liar) and aim all their FUD on the 51% of the congress they need to block this bill. Chances are they will succeed.
I hope I'm so wrong.
Good idea to prevent leaking codes. But a very bad idea to get people to register at all.
Do you really think anyone will register knowing that the shareware author is playing games with their CC details?
I won't even register if the shareware author handles my CC data himself, instead of using a thrusted 3rd party like KAGI, Regsoft, Paypal or any big name bank.
There's much more to protecting your apps than just a high tech registration code generator:
http://www.inner-smile.com/nocrack.phtml
http://www.senseofsecurity.com/sharenc.asp
Have fun. Just remember that if you application is worth it, it will be cracked despite any efforts you make. Take it as a compliment.
Cracking complex protection schemes is to hackers what a game of Doom is to others.
Jan Derk
There seem to be a lot of anti-aliasing rules/s*cks opinions. Anti-aliasing comes in many different qualities. The very article that started this thread proves that.
There's bad anti-aliasing which looks crap and there's the really good stuff which is generally based on sub pixel rendering.
I actually prefer not using antialiasing below 10pt anyway, the fonts quickly become unreadable.
Which is exactly what Microsoft does.
To test it, in Windows create a few similar lines in for example Word and use different font sizes (e.g. 12, 10, 8, 6) for each line. Make a screenshot and zoom in using any image editor.
err... the latest nightly builds of mozilla now have the option to not open pages in new windows.
And Mozilla has the "Open in New Tab" option for months now. Clicking my mouse wheel opens links in a new tab instead of a new page. You have to try it to love it.
Native complex number, vector and matrix support would be even better for a couple a reasons:
No need to create/support/messing up your own math libs.
All mathematical code would be compatible.
Native types are faster than overloaded self defined types.