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The latest VmWare Workstation and VirtualBox virtual machine applications can simulate multiple monitors -- making them once again essential tools for developers.That's awesome! Thanks for the heads-up!-mouser (September 26, 2011, 11:13 AM)
. Ideally, however, it should be somewhere in the game itself.Ok, fine, you've got these extra keys that double up on the functions of the F-keys, but for god's sake why isn't it defaulted to F-key functionality instead of the damn office/media keys!?I'd say 90% of the users actually prefer the media keys to the f-keys. But those keyboards sure should come with an option to set which behavior should be the default (preferably through a hardware button on the keyboard, so that we wouldn't have to install any drivers-JavaJones (September 17, 2011, 09:17 PM)
).Uploaded by GoogleChannelUK on Mar 31, 2010That probably was last year's google UK april's fools
How this service is any different from thunderbirdIn terms of security it poses a much larger risk, I think.-mahesh2k (September 15, 2011, 09:58 AM)
or any similar thunderbird like web interface software ?I believe any web-based solution would suffer from the problem I mentioned above, and for me it would be the same situation as this. Like Renegade said,-mahesh2k (September 15, 2011, 09:58 AM)
...BUT would you give your email password to someone you don't know ?No. Never.-joiwind (September 15, 2011, 05:36 AM)-Renegade (September 15, 2011, 06:23 AM)
Ath has implemented a feature in WinButtons to try and stop the mouse cursor jumping to the touchscreen. It works a lot of the time but it's not 100%. Hard to say at the moment how often it fails - it's sporadic.Cool-nudone (September 06, 2011, 08:26 AM)
c) I don't think I'll be putting it on the left of the keyboard as that means more distance for my eyes to travel, which is why I've put it under the main screen (and above the keyboard). I'm staring at the screen and don't look at my keyboard when I type, so putting the touchscreen as close to the main screen seems to be the right thing to do. timns said he wanted to try the touchscreen, flat on table, left of keyboard like you suggested. Which, makes me wonder is this a preference for people that don't touch-type (i.e. if you look at the keyboard whilst typing, maybe the touchscreen is better placed next to the keyboard).Actually, I also write without looking at the keyboard, my idea was that it might be easier/faster for the eyes to travel down than for the left hand to travel a larger distance to the touchscreen. If the screen was being used as a "heads-up display" with no touch-screen capabilities, I would think like you.-nudone (September 05, 2011, 10:59 AM)
As for drawing with the touchscreen, I wonder if there's some confusion as to what I'm using it for. I'll only be using the touchscreen as a glorified keyboard. I'll have different "key" or button layouts and sizes depending on which program I'm using. So, I'm not actually drawing on the touchscreen - I just prod the "keys" on it.Yes, I understood that, I ment seeing it being used as a neat "toolbox" which you can touch to switch tools.-nudone (September 05, 2011, 10:59 AM)
This is the beginning of the whole project though. There's really an entire universe of ways this could be used. Maybe Windows 10 will approach something like what I think WinButtons and a touchscreen can do.I look forward to see you transport us into the future with this project, now I'm especially curious about your list of "improvements".-nudone (September 05, 2011, 10:59 AM)
Please have a look at the first screenshot in the WinButtons release-thread, it's showing a 3-level menu, and the 2nd screenshot shows a 2-level menu. It's simply a secondary instance of WB, positioned relative to the button that started it. It needs either <Esc> pressed or a dedicated button that closes that single instance (or the border displayed, with the default Windows close button), so that might need some improvement in implementation. Feature requests are welcome, ofcourseCool-Ath (September 05, 2011, 10:19 AM)
Maybe the button to open the second instance could be a toggable button? This way it could open the submenu when you press it (and then stay in a "pressed" state), and close it when you press it again (returning to the "normal" state).Regarding the Optimus Maximus keyboard, DC member timns (Tim, of Head in the Clouds online comic fame), bought an Optimus keyboard and gave up using it as it was a terrible device to use for "serious" work.Ok, I knew it was offered in a recent giveaway but didn't know why.-nudone (September 05, 2011, 05:15 AM)
Nudone has a history of coming up with great ideas so he is worth listening to when he says something is useful.I agree 100%-mouser (September 05, 2011, 04:12 AM)
I don't like them doing it but how does harvesting raw data from a dynamic IP address help with marketing on Facebook?At the very least, they could related the dynamic IP to the IP the user is using to access facebook (if they are viewing it at the same time). Still, if someone is logged in to facebook, I'd say they can get the facebook user from there, since your friend's tastes come up on the "facebook social plugin" some sites have.-Carol Haynes (August 27, 2011, 10:29 AM)
If you are viewing it at home, it is unlikely to be a film unless you own projection equipment and have access to the reels. If it is on a television or a PC screen, it is NOT a film.Well, I'd say that with digital projections at cinemas today, not even there you see a "film" anymore.
To view a film today, one has to
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I think I'll stick to movies at home...
(..)-app103 (August 10, 2011, 12:48 PM)
) at the cinema, especially those where the visuals matter. "Avatar" is the first that comes to mind: if I saw it at home, I'd hate it. At the cinema, it was a bit better than entertaining.