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Living Room / Re: World's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7

« Last post by jgpaiva on June 15, 2012, 01:11 PM »

Safari=pariah as far as I'm concerned.

-Stoic Joker (June 15, 2012, 11:38 AM)

As a mac user (not very much by choice, unfortunately), I agree 100%. I'm not stating that from an end-user point of view, safari is any good (it isn't ). But honestly, every time I think of doing some web development on my own I give up when I realize the amount of time I will lose patching stuff because each browser implements stuff in a slightly different way. So, I really can't defend IE7 on this (or any other browser, to be fair, since not even my up-to-date chrome renders acid2 exactly like the reference image).

Could it be possible that they are just a bunch of obnoxious browser bigots?

-app103 (June 15, 2012, 12:31 PM)

Maybe they spent truckloads of money getting their site to work on crippled browsers with large market shares and were so burned that they hate ie for life?

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Living Room / Re: World's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7

« Last post by jgpaiva on June 15, 2012, 10:45 AM »

Actually, according to this, the company didn't go forward with the tax.

@Renegade: I think this is not exactly a browser war since here the problem is not from an end-user point of view, but from a web-developer point of view. While I've never done web developing, I'm pretty sure that it would annoy the hell out of me to be fixing idiotic bugs for specific browsers only because they decided not to respect the standards!

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Living Room / Re: World's first 'tax' on Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7

« Last post by jgpaiva on June 15, 2012, 09:29 AM »

I don't mind a bit of IE7 bashing ... But when they imply that Safari is a "better browser" ...(Seriously??)... Credibility=0.

-Stoic Joker (June 14, 2012, 04:00 PM)

I've never done web developing, but my notion was that from a web developer's point of view, safari is similar to chrome (i.e. another webkit based browser) and hence respects many more web standards than ie does?

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Living Room / Re: Soccer, Football, Fussball, etc.

« Last post by jgpaiva on June 12, 2012, 04:32 PM »

Of course there's always other sites (for football highlights I mean)
e.g.
http://www.dailymoti...czech-republic_sport

-tomos (June 10, 2012, 08:49 AM)

Nope, also removed (at least for me, in Portugal)

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by jgpaiva on June 11, 2012, 04:26 PM »

Hey, I'm not in the top10 anymore, I must start posting more!

[edit] also, hopefully with posts with more interesting content than this one  [/edit]

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General Software Discussion / Re: EMDB: Eric's Movie Database

« Last post by jgpaiva on June 08, 2012, 09:03 AM »

That's why I chose Movienizer. It's a multifunctional freeware.

-Umbrella (October 27, 2009, 08:26 AM)

It's not freeware in any way, shape or form:

-4wd (June 06, 2012, 07:36 PM)

Notice that the post is 2 years old, something may have changed in the meantime

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General Software Discussion / Re: EMDB: Eric's Movie Database

« Last post by jgpaiva on June 06, 2012, 11:26 AM »

Actually, for me, the best way to handle these cases is just for people to report the post by using the link on the bottom-right. At least for me it's nice because:
1 - I don't check every thread, and
2 - It gives me the indication that someone else also has the impression that it's a spam post and I'm not just being overzealous

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General Software Discussion / Re: EMDB: Eric's Movie Database

« Last post by jgpaiva on June 06, 2012, 10:42 AM »

Actually, I did spot that post, but my google search didn't find any similar posts
So, having moderators vet first posts really wouldn't help much if all moderators are so easily fooled as I am

[edit] and now since I removed the spammy post, this thread has stopped making sense [/edit]

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Humble Bundle 5

« Last post by jgpaiva on June 01, 2012, 05:40 AM »

This "pay more than average to get one more game" deal is particularly interesting! Did previous incarnations of the Humble Bundle also have that? I wonder what effect that will have in the amount of money collected at the end.

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Living Room / Re: Facebook drops chrome support...Possibly purchasing Opera

« Last post by jgpaiva on May 31, 2012, 07:06 AM »

Interesting. I sure would love to get back to using Opera

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JGPaiva's GridMove and Ahk Tools / Re: GridMove automatic window placement

« Last post by jgpaiva on May 25, 2012, 05:25 AM »

Hi!

As for your first request, I think that's really out of the scope of GridMove, you're better off by complementing it with WinWarden, which was designed for that purpose.

As for the second request, I'm not sure if you know, but switching grids is just a matter of right-clicking when you are moving a window and GridMove shows you the grid.

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General Software Discussion / Re: powerful undo

« Last post by jgpaiva on May 21, 2012, 05:04 AM »

In terms of filesystems, there are a bunch of them that don't really delete anything and keep a previous version of every item. Obviously, they can run out of space quickly, and finding the specific previous version you are looking for might be a small nightmare.
What you mentioned also seems vaguely related to Shadow Copy^w.
But at least in terms of deleted files, I believe the best option is to extend the recycle bin maximum size to the max (see here). This allows you to retrieve everything you delete from the recycle bin.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Usability (i.e. mercy) suggestion?

« Last post by jgpaiva on May 21, 2012, 03:24 AM »

Hi, I believe the objective of the icons is that you can click them to be taken to the description of the software without scrolling. Does that not work for you?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Kiss Your Browser Goodbye - Windows 8 to BAN Firefox and Chrome

« Last post by jgpaiva on May 16, 2012, 08:48 AM »

Maybe MS will start giving them away with cornflakes to make their sales look good.

-Carol Haynes (May 16, 2012, 08:45 AM)

Yep, from what I understand, Nokia is now selling their top-of-the-line (windows) phone for 99USD in the US, which is pretty much the same

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General Software Discussion / Re: Kiss Your Browser Goodbye - Windows 8 to BAN Firefox and Chrome

« Last post by jgpaiva on May 16, 2012, 05:15 AM »

What the smurf is Windows RT?

-Deozaan (May 16, 2012, 04:25 AM)

see here.
This only applies to the tablet/smartphone/whatever version of windows, where applications must be programmed using a specific language which is not what firefox is coded in. It's a situation not unlike what happens in android/ios, I'm not surprised. I would be worried if this were to happen on the "regular" desktop Windows.

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DesktopCoral / Re: How to start a program in the reserved area

« Last post by jgpaiva on May 15, 2012, 09:57 AM »

I'm sure mouser can give you a better answer, but from looking at desktop coral's webpage, I believe it is better suited for widget-type of applications than for a regular windowed application. A widget application would stay in the background and ignore the rule set by desktop coral, hence being able to be placed in the reserved space.
For the example you mentioned, I think maybe you should take a look at my own GridMove.

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Yumps Videos

« Last post by jgpaiva on May 07, 2012, 10:35 AM »

And here's another question/suggestion: It seems to me that the login screen sort of ignores the possibility that you are logging in to get back to some other page. I find it very annoying when I click a link on a site, it asks me to login, and then takes me to my profile in that site. Also, sort of related to this, I love the way sites such as deviantart handle the login: you can login via a javascript/whatever window, and carry on the same page you were before.

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Yumps Videos

« Last post by jgpaiva on April 29, 2012, 08:32 PM »

I also need to implement some functionality to let users delete accounts -- I haven't done that yet.  Deleting accounts is one of those things that is a lot trickier than you might imagine -- because if you have content on the site authored by someone whose account is deleted -- how is that handled?  Most of the time it makes sense to "virtually" delete account:  mark them as deleted but leave their record in the database for content that is linked to them.  But then with some accounts that have not created any content that is overkill.  And then there is the issue of whether the user should be able to delete their own account or if/when a moderator has to approve the process.

-mouser (April 28, 2012, 05:49 PM)

I guess this depends on the "EULA" of the site. If the site owns the contents that the user posts (which for me is the option that makes sense), the user is only entitled to disable his account, preventing any contact from the site, removing her personal details and making her profile inaccessible. If, on the other hand, the user retains ownership of the content they post, then they should be able to remove it. However, for me this does not make much sense: once you've said something, you can't take it back, posting online should be similar.

Here's another related question: can users change their ID? I know it's very infrequent, but I've seen it happen here at DC a couple of times, hence the question.

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Yumps Videos

« Last post by jgpaiva on April 28, 2012, 05:31 PM »

I think your biggest confusion was when i showed how you could connect the bridge to an existing account that you hadn't yet logged into yet in that session (ie facebook linked to account created with twitter).  I could hide that option but the aim was to prevent people from accidentally creating 2 different yumps account, one for each login.  Perhaps it can be refined.  Perhaps the text on that link should say something like "WAIT! If you already have an account on YUMPS, don't click submit to create a new account, but click here to login with your other account and connect this bridge to that account."

-mouser (April 28, 2012, 01:51 PM)

Yep, that's what I mean. Notice that I did understand the whole process, but I'm pretty sure that a naive user would never be able to finish it. I agree, the problem may only be in the text of that option

I should note that it is quite easy and less confusing to add a new bridged account AFTER you are logged in (from the Manage Bridges) page.

-mouser (April 28, 2012, 01:51 PM)

Yep, I imagined so, that's why it seemed a bit overkill to have that "bridge this account with existing account" option, I'm not sure if that would happen much. Also, related to this, if someone did create another yumps account, is there a way to "merge" it (or bridge it?) with another existing one?

As you can see, the issues you are raising are EXACTLY the kinds of issues that YUMPS is meant to handle well.  While user sccount creation and management is a small side detail for most web services -- it is one of the central focuses for YUMPS -- so I intend to make it better and more robust than anything else out there.

-mouser (April 28, 2012, 01:58 PM)

Awesome That really does look good!

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Yumps Videos

« Last post by jgpaiva on April 28, 2012, 05:57 AM »

Regarding the second video, I see that you request a password for changing the email. But from what I understood, it is possible that someone did not create a password (because they logged in with a bridged account). What happens then, the user has to create a password?

Also, on a related matter, when a user creates an account, she must specify an email and a username. While I can see that this is useful for forums and other stuff, in a situation where you just want to differentiate users, giving a username and an email sounds like an overkill. I'm thinking of a blog, for example, where the user is required to login to comment on articles. But more complex examples could be found: for a forum, you could allow people to create new posts without requiring a username and email (their username would become the same as the one from twitter, for example). I think people would be happy not to have to give their email to post. (obviously, the system should present some disclaimer saying that if they don't provide an email, they will not be reachable by the forum admins).

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Yumps Videos

« Last post by jgpaiva on April 28, 2012, 05:42 AM »

Not sure if this is the right place to post opinions on this stuff, bur, regarding the first video:
1 - when you create a bridged account, I think it should say not only the site it is bridged with (in this case, twitter) but also the username. I can easily see a situation where you bridge an account with someone else's twitter account (which was left logged in on your browser).
2 - I find the "bridge this external account with an existing YUMPS account" workflow a bit confusing, I do understand that you are trying to reuse the same login screen, but somewhere there should be an indication that you are logging in again to your <existing> yumps account. For example, what happens if I loggin with my facebook which is not yet registered, select the option for bridging with an existing account, and then login with twitter which is also not yet registered? I'm rambling, but the conclusion is that the whole process is a bit confusing and I'm not sure if it's very useful, since you can also bridge accounts after you logged in with the existing account and go to account management.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 8 to offer nine versions for sale

« Last post by jgpaiva on April 27, 2012, 06:16 AM »

-oh, so there really is something?
I thought he first posted and then went back and deleted, leaving an empty post:

-Curt (April 27, 2012, 05:27 AM)

Fixed

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: 1-action Unzip

« Last post by jgpaiva on April 25, 2012, 11:20 AM »

This topic here on DC is very relevant to this discussion (actually, I think there are other similar ones).

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Ludum Dare 23 - 1,000 new games and counting

« Last post by jgpaiva on April 25, 2012, 11:09 AM »

You could also include a bar with Mac OSX. Should be around the Atari 2600 frequency

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MEWLO Web Framework / Re: OLD - Unfinished Web project: YUMPS

« Last post by jgpaiva on April 24, 2012, 11:18 AM »

YUMPS is looking good, mouser!
I was wondering if that last table ("users known to use this IP adress") shouldn't include information on if the user is banned (or the YUMPS equivalent).