Klaas
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Well the plan was to make the website look a little like a newspaper, those attached to a wooden stick that you can find in bars, restaurants and hotels. But I showed it to Tim and we agreed that the wooden stick on the front page didn't look ok so I tried to make it look as if a paper is fold over it.
Anyway, yeah the stick is probably "sticking" out too much. I'll get rid of it
Argalius, could you elaborate a bit more on the gradients? You mean for the background of the top light-gray box and the right navigation?
With the big open space, do you mean under the tabs? I'm going to get rid of that. The problem is that the tabs are positioned absolute which means the content will either flow over or under it. So as a temporary sollution I've applied a margin to the content, but indeed it creates too much whitespace under the tabs.
I'll try to find a different sollution than absolute positioning. It's a bit of a pain because the tabs look like this in html:
<div id="tabs">
<div class="tab">
<h4>title of tab</h4>
<div class="tab_content">
<ul>
<li><a href="">a link in the tab content</a></li>
<li><a href="">a link in the tab content</a></li>
<li><a href="">a link in the tab content</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="tab">
<h4>title of tab</h4>
<div class="tab_content">
<ul>
<li><a href="">a link in the tab content</a></li>
<li><a href="">a link in the tab content</a></li>
<li><a href="">a link in the tab content</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>So as you can see the tab titles are in the code not together, they're heading the content of the tab. So if I would make this unstyled you would see this:
tab title
tab link
tab link
tab link
tab title
tab link
tab link
tab link
But to make it look like tabs they have to stand next to eachother and under it the tab contents on a fixed position.
Why I'm going through all this trouble is xhtml semantics and accessibility. I could just put all the <h4> together and then the tab contents, but a screen reader wouldn't understand that.
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AFAIK same problem as before. First check if it's available in the rpm repository and get it from there with the dependencies. If it's not there get the latest gcc from your rpm repository (or apt-get if you're lucky enough to have a distro with that
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Busy doing another website, this time for myself
As you can see it's going to be a website aimed at web designers, mainly about client-side coding (xhtml, css and javascript, along with best practices like accessibility and usability). The approach will be slightly different than other websites about this subject. I won't be writing huge detailed tutorials like at Sitepoint or A List Apart, nor extremely short ones only explaining the syntax like at W3Schools. The plan is to offer a practical but full overview of the technologies and best practices by offering extensive references, glossaries, tips & tricks, short tutorials and resources (links to other sites, tools). So not a few CSS hacks here and there but as many as possible.
Anyway, I'm busy working on the layout now. The idea is to make a very light layout but still staying graphically attractive. Next to that I'm paying as much attention to accessibility and usability as possible, which is really hard (semantic correct XHTML is really a pain when making javascript tabs for example). So nothing fancy, but a solid website accessible to anyone.
One thing though is that I'm offering the advanced stuff only to those with a good browser, which will be Firefox, IE6 and Opera 8. It's of course still 100% usable for others, but without certain features.
Currently I have this:
http://kvw.be/kwebreflayout/trick.html
http://kvw.be/kwebreflayout/index.html
The front page (index.html) is already finished, though I still need to revise it.
I'm busy on the trick/article page now, which is functioning fine in the latest Firefox, but not in IE (javascript). Next to that there are many little quircks, especially with the tabs (limited font-size) and the content (width not big enough in smaller resolutions due to the tabs).
So please only have a look in FF and on a resolution larger than 800x600, preferably 1200x1024 or 1600x1200.
So please tell me what you think and tell me if there's something you'ld like to see different. After all it's going to be for people like you, aspiring or experienced web designers
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Well said Ugo
I don't know what to say really, there is actually a lot to say and a lot also depends on age, personality and the environment the child is living in.
Personally I think what's very important to learn, especially in regards to society, is "live and let live". Respect your fellow people and let them have their own way of living.
Next to that is the notion of freedom, which has always been the central subject of the education my parents gave me. Treasure your freedom and don't let someone else take it away, don't let someone else think in your place.
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Yeah, I'm looking forward to that Tim.
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I'm with Cheezy and Tim
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Yep, scratch pad
Gnome and KDE have one too, but if you're on windows I think Google Desktop is a good sollution.
Google Desktop does make my machine much more active. When I turn it off there is nearly no HD and network activity, when turning it on quite a lot. So I guess they'll need to tweak the app a little so it doesn't update stuff too much (RSS and such.).
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Have a look here, it has a cratch pad:
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Have you tried removing the spacebar and putting it back?
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How old is it? Is it wireless, which brand? Can happen with wireless keyboards when battery power is wearing off, or maybe it's just time to buy a new keyboard.
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There's one way to make it extremely hard though. Edit the stats of the units for pop slots (in proto.xml) and make them 0 for villies and for all the rest 1 (including cavalry and artillery). When playing on expert with these stats it's nearly impossible to win, except of you rush to the third age and produce as many musketeers and other stuff as possible to counter the attacks. Thing is that the attacks are really huge, so very hard.
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Some very nice sites there, Morgan.
I do notice that many of those sites aren't the best examples of good usability and accessibility (some make extensive but unneeded use of Flash for example), while graphically they are quite appealing.
On topic:
What I'm missing on the web is a website centralising CSS tricks & hacks, usable and accessible AJAX, semantic XHTML, PHP OO design/patterns, usability best practices or good design tutorials exclusively related to modern web sites. There are quite a few for Javascript, procedural PHP, photoshopping, etc., but haven't seen one website yet doing one of the above topics.
Sure, you have Sitepoint, A List Apart, CSS Drive, Unmatched Style, etc. But the problem with those is that they either offer a few tricks/articles instead of most of them or they only write large (though extremely interesting) articles which are not usable as a reference.
So to summarize: I would like to see a website on modern web technologies that is practical to use. A bit comparable to W3Schools, but covering other topics and giving more detailed information.
Another thing I would like to see is a centralised personal posting system.
We're all active in various communities, forums and blogs, we comment Amazon products, interesting articles or reviews. That's all great, but sometimes it's a pain to remember what we've written in the past and where.
What if we would be able to have our own website containing everything we've written automatically and providing an interface to post replies or comment anything, without the need to go to an external website.
Example:
Someone posts a new topic here. Instead of going here I see the topic appearing on my personal website and reply to it there, instead of going here first and replying here.
I think this can be established using trackback/ping (for writing), RSS (for reading), XMLRPC / AJAX (for additional remote things) and OpenID (for global authorisation).
Problem is that this thing relies on 3rd party software that has to implement trackback collection and output for every forum topic or blog post (eg. showing the comments that have been posted remotely), OpenID log in (to authorise remote users) and RSS for practically everything (for not only syndicating posts but also replies and comments).
I believe Wordpress has already implemented most of these features, but I haven't seen one forum yet offering OpenID logins, RSS for replies and trackback for posts.
Maybe something for the near future
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Chmodding it to 777 also isn't the most elegant sollution; in fact you're creating a security risk now if this would be a production server.
What hosting companies always do is setting up www or htdocs directories for each user individually. I can't remember how anymore but in httpd.conf you should be able to create virtual directories and servers for specific users. Have a look in httpd.conf, there might be an example there already, or have a look at the Apache docs.
The location of such a www dir is usually:
/home/username/www
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Lol, had the same problem, installed lm_sensors and couldn't find where it's installed. Haven't figured it out yet too :/
btw, you may need to configure it, because I remember now that my problem was that lm_sensors didn't recognise my motherboard.
Look for a configuration file in /etc, don't know how it's called though.
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A site with the best designs from all over the net. I know there are some sites for this, but most of them are still crap and searching on categories is a disaster.
http://www.unmatchedstyle.com/
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You need to install the gcc compiler and libc libraries I think. Is there a software download tool for Fedora like urpmi on Mandriva or apt-get on Ubuntu? If there is one just search for libc and gcc and install the latest versions. Otherwise look for rpm repositories for Fedora on Google.
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I've done quite a bit of research this summer on that. I'll share my experience
First of all I suggest getting a larger budget, eg. in the $1000 - $1500 range. Cheap laptops doesn't always mean lower specs but also lower quality. Quality is very important regarding a laptop, especially if you're planning to use it often.
Secondly ask yourself what you'll need it for because that will explain which laptop to look for.
Are you planning to use it as a desktop and not carry it around too often? In that case power may be more important than weight, build quality and battery-life.
Will you carry it around often? In that case weight, battery-life and build quality are the most important things to consider.
In case of a lightweight laptop look for the following:
- must have a Pentium M centrino processor. Don't buy a laptop with a regular (PIV for example) CPU because it will drain your battery and, more important, make the laptop very hot. A hot laptop is dangerous because it can result in malfunction. Trutst me, I've bought one with a PIV and after 2 years it's shutting down after 1 hour of use because of the heat.
- it should be light of course. Don't go above 3kg.
- durability is also important. What if your bag with your laptop in it hits something, what if you drop the thing or spill something on it? A good laptop might save you from buying a new one. So when you go buy one make sure you have a look in a shop first, if it's all light plastic don't buy it.
important for any kind of laptop:
- the speed of your harddrive can be a performance bottleneck. Don't get a 4200rpm because it will slow everything down immensly. For your budget you'll most likely be able to get a 5.200rpm and if you're luky a 7.200rpm.
- You have many different types of screens. WXGA, XGA, UXGA, Flexview, Brightview, widescreen, etc. First decide if you should get a widescreen or not, which really depends on your preferences. Secondly look at the size. Do you want 12", 14", 15", 15.4" (widescreen AFAIK), 17"? For portability you better not get a 17".
XGA, WXGA and UXGA is about the resolution IIRC. XGA is 1024x768, WXGA 1200x1024 and UXGA is 1600x1200, not totally sure though. Remember that the resolution is the highest one you can get out of your laptop, if you get an XGA you'll be stuck with 1024x768 and lower.
So if you like a big screen better go for WXGA or UXGA.
- video card:
There are tons of video cards for laptops, don't be fooled by the marketing.
Basicly there are two types: integrated and stand-alone (there's another term for that, don't remember it).
Integrated cards can be good for you except if you're a gamer or 3d modeller/CAD user. They are chips on the motherboard usually lacking many advanced features, sharing memory with the normal memory and not fast. Be warned about sharing memory, this also means that you'll have less memory free for other stuff. So if you have an integrated Intel card sharing 64MB of memory and 512 regular memory that means that only 448 memory will be at your disposal.
Integrated cards are usually from Intel and a few from ATI.
Then you have the stand-alone cards. You have to watch our for marketing-lies here. Some of those cards have for example 32MB internal memory but share 96MB memory with the regular memory (so again you'll loose regular memory). They'll market these cards as cards with 128MB of memory.
Also don't buy the Hypermemory stuff. That also means sharing memory, though in a faster way.
Then you also have to watch out for new cards. The ATI x600 for example is nothing more then an ATI 9600 with a few extra features and PCI Express. So if you can choose between both cards and the 9600 is much cheaper go for the 9600, there won't be much difference.
Read more about all that here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=18483
In the end, and if you're a gamer, I suggest you get a laptop with an Nvidia 6600, and if budget permits 6800.
Now which laptop to choose, because that's what you're looking for here I suppose
Personally I've purchased an IBM Thinkpad T43p. They're very expensive but luckily I got it for only 40-30% of the price through my college, though I don't think these student plans exist outside Belgium.
I really recommend IBM though, they're known for being one of the best brands for quality laptops. For your budget look for IBMs in the R series, mainly R50, R51 and R52. There are many configs available, but be sure to get one with a Pentium M Centrino CPU, not a Celeron or AMD Sempron.
Other than that I've heard good things about Apple, Sony, Toshiba, Fujitsu and HP, but watch out for their budget laptops.
What I don't recommend is Acer, Asus and Medion (powerful budget laptops from Aldi, don't be fooled by the specs). Acer and Medion will easily fool you because they offer insane specs for a very low price. But in the end their battery life is very bad, they are of very low build quality and will most likely get very hot which will result in a broken laptop after a few years. I'm not sure about Asus but a friend got one and it had tons of problems. Could be a coincidence.
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Well the most important reason why we study history is different for each person imho.
Some people, especially political activists, study history to make their ideology more valid. I believe nationalists can be used as the best example; they study history in a dubious way (eg. first the conclusion, then the research) to explain why their country is the best, why it should exist, or why a country should not exist.
Other people study history to explain contemporary problems, and this is imho the most important thing. An example here could be antisemitism.
What's so dangerous about studying history to learn from past mistakes is that people easily think that history is circular. When studying history it is extremely important to give much attention to the details, because those details could totally change the conclusion of a historical research.
So to get on topic; remembering what the Nazis did and learn from that, and linking that to the current extreme-right movements in Europe is a big mistake imho. It's a generalisation based on the so-called circularity of history.
The result is that people associate fascism or nazism exclusively with extreme-right, which is pretty dangerous imho. Extreme-right may borrow ideas from those ideologies and neonazis and neofascists may partly fall under the extreme-right category, but that does not mean that other ideologies outside extreme-right don't borrow ideas from fascism or nazism or aren't likely to mass murder or whatever. Take our Russian friend Poetin for example...
Today when waiting on the train someone gave me a flyer saying "battle capitalism to defeat fascism". In the explanation text they were actually saying that we should be anti-capitalistic to defeat the fascists of the Vlaams Blok. The flyer was made by Blok Buster.
Funny thing is that both Blok Buster and Vlaams Blok (now Belang) have followers using violence against others, both they resort to violence in manifestations (breaking car windows, throwing rocks at the police for no reason, beating up counter-manifestators, etc.)
So who are they to call Vlaams Belang fascists and ask me to be against Vlaams Belang? Who are they to claim that being against capitalism will make fascism fail (what fascism anyway?). Will people be better off under a communist/stalinist regime? I really doubt that, even if I'm a semi-communist myself.
Anyway, again this is typically European to me: you have to be against extreme-right because they are fascists but support extreme-left because they are fighting against extreme-right. While when it comes down to it they are the same: both ideologies that don't tolerate other opinions.
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I haven't seen it but I do agree with that.
Progressive Europeans tend to *not* generalize enough when it comes to their idealism. When talking about free speech they essentially mean "I can say what I want about those conservatives/right-wings/fascists/whatever, but they aren't allowed to say what they want about Muslims/communists/leftists/whatever". So that's not quite consequent imho and it really results in more anger and less understanding between both sides.
I'll give an example. We have a show/quiz on TV called "the smartest person in the world", which is a quiz with Flemish celebreties as candidates. They invite politicians from time to time but what's remarkable is that those are always christian-democrats, greens, socialists or liberals. They'll never invite someone from extreme-right.
That's ok with me (well not really, but that's not my point), but yesterday they invited a young movie director who's a member of a stalinist party.
So what's so typically European about this example imho is that they "discriminate" right-wing fanatics, but left-wing fanatics are ok.
The thing is, so what that someone is right or left, that doesn't matter to me. What does matter are the details of a certain idealism, and in a stalinist's case that definately isn't pro-peace or democracy.
So next time a European shouts "extreme-right is a bunch of nazis" they should think twice and have a look at the others too imho. Sure, there are nazis among them, but you find people like that everywhere.
Or another example, the socialists. Socialists here always think of themselves being so open-minden and progressive. They were the first to fight for gay-marriage and adoption, but also those to defend the Muslims. So they happily put Muslims on the voting lists and there are some Muslims in parliament for the socialists.
Funny thing is that one those Muslims said he will vote against gay adoption. No problem with that, but then I do wonder why socialists here are so keen on attacking conservatives about their opinion about gays but have conservatives in their own ranks with the same conservative opinion about gays. But it's a Muslim, so that's ok, according to the reasoning of some progressive Europeans.
That really is so typically European. Either you're right, either you're left, there's no middle ground. If you're against certain aspects of Islam you're right, if you're pro certain forms of immigration you're left. That's quite frustrating imho, and I've encountered it so many times on the political forums in Belgium that they call me extreme-right or extreme-left for the most rediculous reasons.
Just the same thing with nationalists. When I say I couldn't care less if people make fun of Flemish symbols Flemish-nationalists call me pro-Belgium (which I am definatly not), when I say I'm pro a Belgian confederation Belgian-nationalists call me a fanatic Flemish-nationalists (which I'm not, I'm a very weak one). So never a middle ground.
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Thanks for the rep Matteo
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Well for Linux there's Quanta+, not sure if it will work on OSX though (it's made by and for KDE).
There's also NVU. I think it works on OSX, but it's not as good as Quanta+ imo. But still a pretty good WYSIWYG editor. It's based on Mozilla/Netscape Composer.
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Well bad publicity is also good
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My computer is about a year and a few months, only changes I made is an additional HD and fan.
My laptop is about 2.5 years old but I hardly use it anymore since it's shutting down after 30mins because of the heat. I ordered a new one a few weeks ago though, should arrive somewhere in October
My dad's PC is about 4 years old I think and still running fine (except for the CD-RW drive :/).
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Not such an impressive improvement imho, except for the support of new web technologies (CSS3, SVG, XForms is planned too).
Since I'm using Opera more often now (thanks to the free registration code
), I have to say that Firefox is lacking quite a bit in certain areas.Opera isn't exactly the browser for a computer illiterate but for power users it's far more superior to FF. What I like most is that you can tile your tabs, just like windows inside the browser window. So quite comparable to MS Word or Photoshop when you've several docs opened.
Links and Notes panel is very handy too, the first one shows all the links on a page and the second lets you keep notes. And the handheld view or custom developer views are really awesome for a webby, similar to the webdev extension of FF. I also think that FF should have a good Kiosk mode usable by default (without an extension), it's quite handy to present websites or let my little nephew surf the net while I'm gone without crashing my computer
Oh and did I mention zooming? Most browsers just let you resize text, Opera lets you zoom entire layouts, awesome!
Bad side of Opera is that there aren't any extensions AFAIK. But still, FF could learn a lot from this browser, but it seems they rather aim to be a basic thing instead of a Rolls
Yet another layout
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Ok, I'll have a try with the gradients, thanks for the idea
I'm not using tables, which would be the worst possible publicity for such a site
The text and the related information box are in the same div though. I'm planning to accomplish what you say, that the text flows around it. This is done by floating it, which is how I'm doing it now, but the problem is that the links in the square will flow over the text because the box with the links (under the tab graphics) is positioned absolute.
So what I have to do is finding an alternative to absolute positioning, which is hard with that kind of xhtml code. :/