If you want to filter incoming e-mail, add options like "AND has:attachment" to the end of fields your already using. Such as From: "bill AND (has:attachment OR subject:more pr0n)"
By the way, I meant filtering search results. Your suggestions work beautifully but the question is...they work for who? For the "power user", yes but for the Joe Six Pack, or my mother, I doubt this approach is more efficient than Yahoo's.
Who is going to go back and add strings like has:attachment when for YahooMail, these search criteria are already implemented, are available and usable by a click and provide results on the fly? Even better, the has:attachment is further organized by attachment type. Who can say this is a wrong idea?
Come-on...this is why I "reminded" Google that it's 2010.
I would delay the move for aesthetic and functional issues like:
1: Why can't I simply move from composing an email to the many labels without being warned about losing my work? Yahoo figured this out and so should Gmail.
2: The interface is still wanting big time. Heck this is 2010!
3: Though Gmail's search is fast, filtering is still so basic. YahooMail's filter is good. Google can surely do better. When I search for an email from someone, I would like the opportunity to filter further "on the fly"...in real time...say by attachment type if any, subject and so on. Currently the filter functionality does not cut it!
4: Sorting by sender, subject, time of arrival etc is non existent! This is on a service that prides itself on users never having to delete email! For those with tens of thousands of email, Gmail is mediocre!
For me, I find its interface still wanting and wish they (Google folks) adopted the "search within a page" functionality found in Firefox where I can simply start typing my search term or start the search process with a "/" - configurable by the way!
Since I am the only resemblance we have to an IT department at my division, I have been commissioned with evaluating the available technology to manage and authenticate all correspondence, although it is not my area of expertise (I have a CompSci degree, but for many years have specialized in transportation modeling software).
From what you say, I can conclude that your company's staffing is anaemic in the IT department. Because of this, I suggest that you abandon this project for the time being as you build up man power and expertise in IT. Hire more folks so that they can get to know the business logic and flow of information at your company then kick start this project.
Take a clue from Munich with its Linux migration efforts.
Bottom line: A drastic change in the way you work will create lots of headache for you given that as you say, "...Since I am the only resemblance we have to an IT department at my division...".
I worried for you, but wish you the best at the same time.
What the drug companies should do is to add a disclaimer such as: -
"Though these drugs may work as advertised, their use is not intended for use by residents of the USA. Such residents who wish to employ these drugs should ensure that their employment does not go against laws in their jurisdictions."
Well, my advice to you would be to set-up your company in Canada.
If you did that, you will enjoy preferential trade access to the US market, standards of living comparable if not better than those in the US, and a healthcare system you do not have to worry about.
Best of all, your life expectancy will be nudged up a notch.
My only problem with Canada is the fact that its market is secondary to US companies more often than not. This means that the Droid, Nexus and other phones will always be late in the Canadian market.
The latest incarnation of KDE looks great. You must be warned though that the system your folks must be using has to be "powerful" enough. Here "powerful" is subjective.
I am no kernel hacker but I can almost guarantee that some kernel hacker will provide a solution to this "short coming" fairly soon.
That's the beauty of Open Source.
I am aware though that "fairly soon" means many things to many people; which means that there could be a substantial delay before we get a working solution to this issue.
I am optimistic nevertheless.
Request to Western Digital: Provide all the information needed to develop a solution.
In my opinion, the result of democracy should be that everyone can do as they please as long as their actions do not hurt "little ones".
That's why the west's implementation of democracy leaves a lot to be desired. Why? Because governments only practice "democracy" when the practice suits their [selfish] ends.
I know there is a way round all this nonsense so let's inform our colleagues down there about ways of circumventing this rubbish.
In my adult life, I have learnt never to use the word never otherwise our president would never be, and Microsoft's had in software technology would never get challenged.
Just deciding to end support for a product in a month's time after a major hack is being reactionary. This move will definitely wreck havoc in [large] organizations that typically take more than a month to implement change. Google should know this because they are seeking to support these same organizations with their various products.
I am a little disappointed that Google would do this. If I were Google, my alternative would be to offer "a final" one year of support so that companies which rely on IE6 can plot strategies.
Google dropped the ball here. I expected better from them.
Indeed, even distributing H.264 content over the internet or broadcasting it over the airwaves requires the consent of the MPEG-LA, and the current fee exemption for free-to-the-viewer internet delivery is only in effect until the end of 2010. These license fees affect not only browser developers and distributors, but also represent a toll booth on anyone who wishes to produce video content."
So Google, Apple and all the rest who are implementing the video tag are just dumb? Someone enlighten me please.
Sounds really nerdy but I have a friend who works for a bank and he also has a droid, before he got it if he was in his server room on the phone I could hear the noise from all the servers and other equipment...Not with his droid, it sounded DEAD quiet.
May be it has this this chip which is doing wonders on Google's Nexus One.
Banks are "guilty" of under staffing too. You call a bank for help or a query on something very dear to you and here's what you are likely to face:
1: A long wait for service after being informed that they've been "receiving higher than normal call volumes..."
2: You then face a menu system that tries to keep you away from speaking to any human being...
3: When you finally get to speak to a one, this human being knows nothing about what you need...or cannot help you!
4: Or if he/she can be of any help, their accent makes you take "too long" to actually get service...
5: When you decide to 'attack' your branch office to "actually get service", you realize that you are dealing with a fella who is paid small amount of cash...almost minimum wage...that they are actually inefficient...
These financial institutions are guilty guilty guilty too.
Without Firefox folks doing something about these leaks, I will continue to bash their otherwise good product.
Heck, leaving Firefox running overnight on Windows XP means a reboot for the computer since it becomes unusable after Firefox has consumed megabytes of memory! This is insane.
May be the upcoming 4.x release series will have all the goodies one can be proud of. Time will tell.
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If you want to filter incoming e-mail, add options like "AND has:attachment" to the end of fields your already using. Such as From: "bill AND (has:attachment OR subject:more pr0n)"
By the way, I meant filtering search results. Your suggestions work beautifully but the question is...they work for who? For the "power user", yes but for the Joe Six Pack, or my mother, I doubt this approach is more efficient than Yahoo's.
Who is going to go back and add strings like has:attachment when for YahooMail, these search criteria are already implemented, are available and usable by a click and provide results on the fly? Even better, the has:attachment is further organized by attachment type. Who can say this is a wrong idea?
Come-on...this is why I "reminded" Google that it's 2010.
I would delay the move for aesthetic and functional issues like:
1: Why can't I simply move from composing an email to the many labels without being warned about losing my work? Yahoo figured this out and so should Gmail.
2: The interface is still wanting big time. Heck this is 2010!
3: Though Gmail's search is fast, filtering is still so basic. YahooMail's filter is good. Google can surely do better. When I search for an email from someone, I would like the opportunity to filter further "on the fly"...in real time...say by attachment type if any, subject and so on. Currently the filter functionality does not cut it!
4: Sorting by sender, subject, time of arrival etc is non existent! This is on a service that prides itself on users never having to delete email! For those with tens of thousands of email, Gmail is mediocre!
For me, I find its interface still wanting and wish they (Google folks) adopted the "search within a page" functionality found in Firefox where I can simply start typing my search term or start the search process with a "/" - configurable by the way!
This office suite has got lots of potential too. Now if only they could release a Linux version.
I am afraid, just planning for a fix isn't enough. Saying definitively that a fix will be available is more useful.
You might ask why:
Because plans are notorious for remaining just that. That is, plans.
Since I am the only resemblance we have to an IT department at my division, I have been commissioned with evaluating the available technology to manage and authenticate all correspondence, although it is not my area of expertise (I have a CompSci degree, but for many years have specialized in transportation modeling software).
From what you say, I can conclude that your company's staffing is anaemic in the IT department. Because of this, I suggest that you abandon this project for the time being as you build up man power and expertise in IT. Hire more folks so that they can get to know the business logic and flow of information at your company then kick start this project.
Take a clue from Munich with its Linux migration efforts.
Bottom line: A drastic change in the way you work will create lots of headache for you given that as you say, "...Since I am the only resemblance we have to an IT department at my division...".
I worried for you, but wish you the best at the same time.
Is it only me who knows that what people do on Facebook is more of gossip spreading than anything really useful?
I could use it to sell real estate on the cheap!
Is there any reason you used Uganda? In other words, could the country in your submission be Vanuatu for example?
What the drug companies should do is to add a disclaimer such as: -
"Though these drugs may work as advertised, their use is not intended for use by residents of the USA. Such residents who wish to employ these drugs should ensure that their employment does not go against laws in their jurisdictions."
...and here's why:
1: All issues that prevented this from happening are non issues now.
2: KDE is much faster now
3: KDE is easier to develop for
4: KDE is easier to use for those coming from the Windows environment
5: KDE is much more flexible
6: KDE apps are more pleasing to look at
You cannot just throw Math.random() at a problem and stir the pot and expect good results."
Let me ask:
Why not? Is the author suggesting that random functions in use today are somewhat deficient? What is his solution?
Well, my advice to you would be to set-up your company in Canada.
If you did that, you will enjoy preferential trade access to the US market, standards of living comparable if not better than those in the US, and a healthcare system you do not have to worry about.
Best of all, your life expectancy will be nudged up a notch.
My only problem with Canada is the fact that its market is secondary to US companies more often than not. This means that the Droid, Nexus and other phones will always be late in the Canadian market.
How is that?
I do not take SONY serious these days. They were the leaders but are a shadow of their former self. SAMSUNG matters to me and the world now.
Heck, from 2005, there was a business lesson for SONY at Samsung. For SONY, they had their time and that was decades ago.
Here's why:
The latest incarnation of KDE looks great. You must be warned though that the system your folks must be using has to be "powerful" enough. Here "powerful" is subjective.
I guess you only read but did not understand! Key words in my piece are: "Fairly soon."
I am no kernel hacker but I can almost guarantee that some kernel hacker will provide a solution to this "short coming" fairly soon.
That's the beauty of Open Source.
I am aware though that "fairly soon" means many things to many people; which means that there could be a substantial delay before we get a working solution to this issue.
I am optimistic nevertheless.
Request to Western Digital: Provide all the information needed to develop a solution.
In my opinion, the result of democracy should be that everyone can do as they please as long as their actions do not hurt "little ones".
That's why the west's implementation of democracy leaves a lot to be desired. Why? Because governments only practice "democracy" when the practice suits their [selfish] ends.
I know there is a way round all this nonsense so let's inform our colleagues down there about ways of circumventing this rubbish.
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In my adult life, I have learnt never to use the word never otherwise our president would never be, and Microsoft's had in software technology would never get challenged.
Question: Why use "never?"
...though traditional forks do not get started after "friendly" meetings. But it still sounds like one; which is not a very good thing in my opinion.
What they (Facebook) should have done is to combine resources with the PHP folks, then later release a "new" PHP version with this new engine.
This would be dubbed progress by the majority here.
By the way, where are the stats that show how wanting the current PHP engine's speed still is? I want to see some serious comparison.
Just deciding to end support for a product in a month's time after a major hack is being reactionary. This move will definitely wreck havoc in [large] organizations that typically take more than a month to implement change. Google should know this because they are seeking to support these same organizations with their various products.
I am a little disappointed that Google would do this. If I were Google, my alternative would be to offer "a final" one year of support so that companies which rely on IE6 can plot strategies.
Google dropped the ball here. I expected better from them.
Indeed, even distributing H.264 content over the internet or broadcasting it over the airwaves requires the consent of the MPEG-LA, and the current fee exemption for free-to-the-viewer internet delivery is only in effect until the end of 2010. These license fees affect not only browser developers and distributors, but also represent a toll booth on anyone who wishes to produce video content."
So Google, Apple and all the rest who are implementing the video tag are just dumb? Someone enlighten me please.
Sounds really nerdy but I have a friend who works for a bank and he also has a droid, before he got it if he was in his server room on the phone I could hear the noise from all the servers and other equipment...Not with his droid, it sounded DEAD quiet.
May be it has this this chip which is doing wonders on Google's Nexus One.
Banks are "guilty" of under staffing too. You call a bank for help or a query on something very dear to you and here's what you are likely to face:
1: A long wait for service after being informed that they've been "receiving higher than normal call volumes..."
2: You then face a menu system that tries to keep you away from speaking to any human being...
3: When you finally get to speak to a one, this human being knows nothing about what you need...or cannot help you!
4: Or if he/she can be of any help, their accent makes you take "too long" to actually get service...
5: When you decide to 'attack' your branch office to "actually get service", you realize that you are dealing with a fella who is paid small amount of cash...almost minimum wage...that they are actually inefficient...
These financial institutions are guilty guilty guilty too.
Without Firefox folks doing something about these leaks, I will continue to bash their otherwise good product.
Heck, leaving Firefox running overnight on Windows XP means a reboot for the computer since it becomes unusable after Firefox has consumed megabytes of memory! This is insane.
May be the upcoming 4.x release series will have all the goodies one can be proud of. Time will tell.