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Installers Hall of Shame Courtesy of Bill Pytlovany's blog, here's a link to a listing of program installers that insist on installing "extras" by default, such as toolbars and the like. The problem has gotten so bad over the past two years that I ALWAYS select Custom install if it's offered to me; not doing so virtually guarantees that I'll be uinstalling something, usually Yahoo toolbar. I'm taking my cue from Bill and bookmarking the list  |
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Do you keep two computers synchronized? i.e. work + home. If so, how? Do you keep two computers synchronized? I think this is a common situation nowadays; a modern OS should consider it as an usage case and make provision for it. But alas, no OS does! I want to have my entire 'data' partition synchronized at work + home. Ideally more than 2 computers should be possible. The idea I have in mind is to have a central server that contains the latest copy of everything, and then clients that grab stuff from the server on a timely basis (e.g., hourly). I'd love to get to push one button, and make sure all computers are synchronized, but the reality of it is that it's really dangerous and hard to achieve. Anyone having such a setup working? How did you do it? Click here to read suggestions from the forum members and add your own.. |
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MakeUseOf.com: 15+ Podcasts Every Geek Should Listen ToNice roundup of technology podcasts: Podcasts, Netcasts, call them what you want. Every geek out there should be listening to these things. Every single one of you. If ever you see a geek with earphones plugged into his/her ears, I guarantee you they are listening to the latest podcasts. It’s just something most geeks can’t live without. We thrive on the latest podcasts. http://www.makeuseof...ek-should-listen-to/
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Flash Toy of the Week: How Well Can you Differentiate Colors?I recently made a few trips back and forth to the paint store trying to find an acceptable match for the colors on my ceiling so I could do some touchup painting. I started wondering: what are the chances that I could find a color close enough to the current one that *I* personally wouldn't see any difference, but others who have better color perception might see clearly the differences and therefore perceive the ceiling and wall as being painted with two different colors of paints. So I was happy to find this little online flash test which challenges you to line up color hues in order to see how sensitive you are to small differences. I suspect the quality of your monitor could effect the test someone, but very cool idea and quite useful. http://www.xrite.com..._page.aspx?PageID=77
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OSNews.com Multi-part Article on User Interfaces and UsabilityThom Holwerda over at OSNews.com has been writing a regular series that he calls "Common Usability Terms" but the title is misleading. The series is actually quite an interesting take on different graphic user interface techniques and metaphors, discussing both historical origins and the functional motivations. Very readable and just another demonstration that OSNews.com is improving every day and becoming essential reading for developers. This is the ninth article in a series on common usability and graphical user interface related terms [part I | part II | part III | part IV | part V | part VI | part VII | part VIII]. On the internet, and especially in forum discussions like we all have here on OSNews, it is almost certain that in any given discussion, someone will most likely bring up usability and GUI related terms - things like spatial memory, widgets, consistency, Fitts' Law, and more. The aim of this series is to explain these terms, learn something about their origins, and finally rate their importance in the field of usability and (graphical) user interface design. In part IX, we are going to talk about the menu. http://www.osnews.co...rms_part_IX_the_Menu |
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stackoverflow.com - programmers Q&A site by jeff atwood + joel spolsky is publicStackoverflow.com, the site created by programming gurus joel spolsky and jeff atwood as gone from a closed beta to an open public beta and is worth checking out. You can read the original dc discussion thread about stackoverflow.com here: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=13077.0 Basically the website is a community question and answer system much like yahoo answers but focused on programming-related questions. Users can vote for questions and answers (like on digg) so that popular ones rise to the top. http://stackoverflow.com |
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