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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
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NOF 9.1 RC Update
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 After the initial release of the NOF 9.1 a few problems have been reported in the respective newsgroup. One of the issues I had was the wrong handling of table row heights in case of an "auto" setting.
Today, WSP released a new version of the NOF 9.1 RC. From what I can say, all issues have been fixed and finally i can use the new release with my own custom components. If you are willing to take the risk of using a non GA version of NOF, then this is for you. Anyhow, it is not to long for the final GA. With the new update WSP also announced the availability of a new feature that is a big step forward for us component developers: remote debugging of NOF components via Eclipse. I should have had that feature a couple of years ago when I started my NOF venture ;-) Finally, we get a NOF 9 release that brings as HTML 4.1 compliance and a stability that we ever wanted.
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by Mutsch at 0:07 | 0 Comments
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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What about NOF 9.1?
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 You havn't heard about this? Well, WSP introduced a new release policy which allows them to actually pre-release updates before the actual GA date in order to avoid some of the issues they had with their latest releases. The first example of this release policy is the forthcoming NOF 9.1 release.
I'll highly recommend that you check out the release notes first before deciding to try this update. Let me just highlight a few changes they have made to the package: Highlights- A News component has been added that allows you to easily manage announcements and the latest news on your site.
- All generated code now meets W3C HTML 4.01 Transitional standards.
- The default unit of measure for text and CSS is now pixels.
- Support for active content. Site visitors using Microsoft Internet Explorer will no longer have to click to activate pages that contain Flash or other active content.
- Testimonials now allow the Admin to approve visitor posts before they are displayed publicly.
- When exporting a site template, it is now possible to include Local Profiles with the template.
- The minimum thickness for the line shape tool may now be as small as 1 pixel.
- The “Table Row is a form” option has been deprecated to meet the W3C recommendations.
- The OL/UL tags are no longer removed when a list is un-indented.
- Many fixes to the Rotating Picture component
- Many application erros have been fixed
Well, I guess the single biggest topic here is the compliance with the W3C HTML 4.01 Transitional standards. WSP basically removed all NOF proprietary attributes from the code, got rid of the <BODY topmargin= ...> and uses now style="..." tags wherever possible to achieve the right behaviour. Unfortunatly, they did a little to much in that respect. The current NOF 9.1 built has a major issue with table sizing in regards to the table row height. If you put the table row height to "auto", which means the browser will detect the height of the table row based on the content, NOF still generates something like <tr style="height: 18px;"> .... </tr>
This of course might work in cases where the actual height is equal to what you see on the screen within NOF, but i doesn't work in cases where you are using for instance NOF components, that take up some space on the screen but do not generate a visual output of the same size. You can check out the bug by trying this template in both versions and you'll see the difference in rendering. The bug here is basically, that NOF generates the height even in the case of "auto" being set for the row. I've already reported this bug to WSP and waiting for some update. Beside that, I thing the update is really god and I am waiting to get the GA finally. I am currently using both versions in parallel, cause I still need the former version to work correctly with my conFusion components. I do not recommend to do that, as both versions, even though installed in two directories, share the same registry settings and configuration files. But currently there is no other way for me.
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by Mutsch at 9:56 | 0 Comments
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Sunday, June 4, 2006
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Upgrade to NOF9 - No Serial Number - No Problem
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 For a limited time, get NetObjects Fusion 9 at the upgrade price - even if you don’t have a serial number from a previous version. No serial number, no problem and no questions asked.
Get Fusion 9 & SAVE $90!
Without a serial number or installation of a previous version of Fusion, you would have to pay the full price to move up to Fusion 9. But for a limited time only, you pay only the upgrade price – That’s a savings of $90!
During this special offer, even people who tried out trial versions of Fusion can now upgrade to Fusion 9 and not have to pay full price! Hurry! This offer ends June 30, 2006!
Upgrade Now! Not sure what this really means. Is there a new version out soon? Are the current sales on NOF9 too low? Let's wait and see.
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by Mutsch at 9:17 | 0 Comments
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
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"Always On" - A different Approach ;-)
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Who didn't consider this before? Honestly ;-) Instead of reading car and computer magazines in the smallest room in your house or office why not getting online. So far there was one important infrastructure piece missing: network connectivity. The infrastructure folks at this facility where way ahead of the competition in putting those nice little outlets into the wall. There is just one more thing missing: an ashtray.
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by Mutsch at 9:40 | 0 Comments
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Friday, May 19, 2006
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Google Web Toolkit now available
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 You are wondering how Google actually writes all these nice little Web 2.0 apps and how you can do the same thing on your side? Well, the wait is over. Google just released their so-called Google Web Toolkit which they used in the past internally to build all their apps like Google Maps, Google Mail and Calendar.
But before getting to excited, there are some constraints you have to be aware of. Contrary to other famous AJAX frameworks and toolkits, this one is tidly coupled with Java as it actually allows you to program you app in Java only, client and server. Google decided to use only one programming paradigm in order to make the development of those apps less error prone and consistent. Using a Java to Javascript compiler, client code will be generated for the various browsers. It is definitly a different philosophy compared to other toolkits and it is up to be seen if the adoption of this tool will be as big as with other Google tools. Anyhow, we gonna see more interesting Google-based stuff in the future.
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by Mutsch at 13:40 | 0 Comments
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Monday, May 15, 2006
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What is the Eolas patch and how to deal with it ...
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When using your recently updated Internet Explorer you may see a message which reads "Click to activate and use this control" or "Press ENTER or SPACE to activate this control". These messages appear because of a patent dispute between Eolas Technologies and Microsoft which Eolas won after several years of court battles. The patent covered automatic activation of embedded controls in web pages. It affects Flash, Java Applets, embedded acrobat readers, SVG inserts, streaming video and any other type of embedded control that the user interacts with. All cases use one of three HTML tags: APPLET, OBJECT or EMBED. Rather than negotiate a license agreement with Eolas, Microsoft have issued a patch (KB912945) for Internet Explorer 6 that disables automatic activation of the controls. Even though this is not a major issue when you are aware of this, some users might be confused as the embedded object consumes at least one click that does not do anything else then activating the embedded object. To find out more about this issue check the following entry in the MSDN database. A good description of the workaround can be found in here especially in the context of Java applets. But this also applies to Flash and ActiveX.
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by Mutsch at 9:49 | 0 Comments
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Sunday, May 14, 2006
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IE7 and CSS Support: What's the Deal?
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 Check out this interesting video on how Microsoft approached the various complains about the CSS support in IE6 while finalizing IE7. Join Technical Evangelist Joshua Allen, Architect Yin Xie, and Program Manager Markus Mielke (who also sits on the W3C CSS Standards Committee) as we drill into what's wrong with CSS support in IE6 (and why) and how we've resolved many of the issues in the latest incarnation of IE.
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by Mutsch at 9:27 | 0 Comments
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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Did you get your tiePod already?
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 You are you looking for a convenient way to store your iPod while wearing your business dress? Then this is what you need: the iPod compatible tie. Thomas Pink is offering this high tech device that perfectly hosts an iPod Nano. The tie itself is made from 100% silk and is available in navy, red and pink for about $85.
A very nice idea if you ask me and a very elegant way to hide you iPod while sitting in boring business meetings. Just make sure you hide your headset ;-)
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by Mutsch at 6:00 | 0 Comments
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Monday, May 1, 2006
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Ein fortgeschrittenes Befehl-Linienarchivier-Werkzeug (German Only)
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 Es ist schon erstaunlich wozu heutige Übersetzungsprogramme inzwischen in der Lage sind. Ein kleines Bespiel gefällig?
PACL ist ein fortgeschrittenes Befehl-Linienarchivier-Werkzeug für die
Windows-Konsolen-Umgebungen. Es unterstützt völlig die populärsten Komprimierdateiformate, wie: ZIP, CAB, JAR, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, yENC, Base64, CAB SFX usw. PACL umfaßt auch 5 unterschiedliche Verschlüsselungmethoden. PACL wurde entworfen, um eine vielseitige und zuverlässige Anwendung zu sein, die in vielen unterschiedlichen Konfigurationen und in Drehbüchern verwendet werden kann. Merken Sie bitte, dass dieses ein alleinstehendes Befehlslinienwerkzeug ist.
Desweiteren ist von “offene Quelle” (open source), “volle Forscher-Integration” (full Explorer integration) und “Kennwort-Betriebsleiter” (password manager) die Rede. Ein weiteres Highlight der Satz “Indem Sie einen Zauberer verwenden, werden Sie im Stande sein Dateien und Mappen auf Ihre Spezifizierungen zu filtern…” (By using a step-by-step wizard, you will be able to add files and folders, filter them based on your specifications…). Die Website bietet noch weitere nette Schmankerl.
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by Mutsch at 13:39 | 0 Comments
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Monday, May 1, 2006
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Beta means Final now?
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 Have you recognized this: over the last years there have been Beta versions all over the net. Most of the major dot coms are doing the same thing. Take Google Mail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Flickr, Yahoo Mail and the list continues. What's the point? Is this a new quality goal? Is Final becoming a synonym for boring now? It looks like. Or are there any legal aspects attached to this?
It will be interesting to see if any of those apps is actually moving to a final release status. For me it sounds like almost a state of mind in terms of this thing is going to develop on an ongoing basis, not reaching it's final stage. I really don't care about naming conventions as long as the quality of the product is right. In the past it was just the opposit. Companies have been releasing final versions of their products still be really in a beta stage. One can argue what's better finally. It's just interesting to note how this changed over the years.
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by Mutsch at 7:28 | 1 Comments
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Sunday, April 30, 2006
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Ups, They did it Again
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 Google is fascinating. Every time you think that's it now they come up with another so called killer app. With Google Maps now being available since a couple of month it was right about time to move it to the next level. No, I am not talking about getting rid of the beta status of the app. What I am talking about is a nice little app called Google Maps Mobile.
Ever since I am using my swiss army knife called Nokia 9300 I was missing a decent mapping application that is up-to-date, not requiring to download tons of maps and is not to expensive. The wait is over. Since a couple of days Google Maps Mobile is life now and I can't get away with it. Google really moved the experience you know from the desktop version of the app to the mobile. How does that work and what can you do with it? The setup process is pretty simple. Every Java-enabled phone is about ready to take off. Just point with your phone WAP browser to http://www.google.com/gmm/ and automatically download a little Java app that connects to Google. Just make sure you give the app the appropriate right to connect to the net and your are all set. Next thing is to navigate to a specific location. Nothing easier then that: either navigate with your cursor to the appropriate coordinates and zoom in by clicking on your phones select button or press the Menu button and select the 2 on your keyboard. Now you can describe the location you wanna find and 1-2-3 it finds it. Of course you can also get directions and stuff but the coolest thing I've found is the search function that allows you to lookup businesses, gas stations or any kind of interest point. Ok, you know that from Google Maps already, but when you actually do this it even brings up the details of the respective business and you can immediately make a phone call. That's what I call seamlessness! All the technology was out there for years now, it just took some time for someone to figure it out. Thanks Google.
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by Mutsch at 20:35 | 0 Comments
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
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Review: NOF 9 Update 2
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Well, the history of the Update 2 is definitly not one of Website Pros masterpiece. Initially released the update was taken off the website due to a bug within the FORM generation code that was discovered by some users immediatly after the launch. After three weeks the fix for this bug was issued within a new version of the Update 2 and everybody thoughed that's it. Just recently WSP announced another revision called "Update 2 Revised" or "Update 2 Quick Fix". The latest version is now 9.00.0000.5020. This by itself caused a lot of confusion within the community. Anyway, now the update seems to be final and it is time to actually look at it more closely. A lot of security and bug fixes on the new components Most of the new features are actually bugfixes of the new components that were introduced by NOF 9. But to be honest with you I've never used one of these in the past as those components are really Kindergarten stuff and not up to the things I really require. Most of the functionality that is provided there can be much easier achieved with my own conFusion components and are much more customizable anyway. Anyway, from the feedback of the various NOF forums it seems though that all the security issues that have been found in the past have been fixed. There is also some new stuff Ok, lets look at the really new stuff that was introduced with this update. First of all there is a new feature that has been added to the CSS editor. Now, you can actually import a CSS file into your site that sits on your harddrive making it possible to build some CSS definitions in your prefered CSS editor and not just within NOF. That's actually a nice feature when you look at it in the first place. But one moment: what about more advanced CSS definitions? Well, here is the bad news. NOF still don't support most of the advanced CSS definitions like ID selectors and pseudo elements. If you are trying to import these you will either don't see any of those definitions or you get some screwed up definition finally. In other words, you have to make sure that your CSS file you are about to import is fully NOF compliant. Hmmm. What else? Hey, the layout center feature now works in all modern browsers. Wowww. Even though this is actually an improvement I don't really like this feature anyhow, as you have to enable it on all layouts of your site. You easily forget to check some of the layouts or it is hard to turn this feature on and off for a whole site. I really recommend to achieve the same thing by using some custom code within the HTML dialog for the MasterBorder. Check out my FAQs to find out how this works. Another feature WSP added in this update is the ability to actually remove unused layouts from a site page. In the past you could create multible layouts for each page. But there was no possibility to actually remove those. Well done. But there is also one other improvement that is not even mentioned in the release notes. According to W3C standards NOF now creates appropriate end tags for headline tags, i.e. <h1>, <h2>, etc. Even though that doesn't change the issue of NOF not being fully W3C compliant it is at least a slight improvement. The verdict Bottomline, beside a lot of bug fixes for those new version 9 components we only got a few new features with this release. Nothing dramatic. Anyway, as a NOF 9 user you should definitly apply this update as it improves the overall stability of the product. Let's see what's coming next.
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by Mutsch at 8:33 | 0 Comments
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Monday, April 24, 2006
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Microsoft Live Clipboard
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 Ry Ozzie, Microsoft's Chief Technical Officer and former creator of Lotus Notes, is talking on his blog about a new concept called Live Clipboard. The idea behind this new Web 2.0 components is pretty straight forward: establish a common data interchange format to copy and paste data from one website or page to another one.
Ok, you'll say that's nothing special at all, but I think as obvious it might be, nobody has implemented it yet in a generic and product independant way. As the integration of web apps become more and more necessary many people think about how to achieve this. Of course you can always think about a backend integration as the best-of-bread solution but sometimes this is not possible at all as you are not controlling the respective apps. The front-end integration patterns available so far either require some heavy instrumentation on the application side or are limited to simple text-based copy & paste operations. Here Live Clipboard comes into the picture as a simple structural copy & paste pattern. It will be interesting to see how this evolves and if others will pick up the idea and do some non .NET based implementations. Check out the technical introduction and the examples provided by Ray.
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by Mutsch at 8:50 | 0 Comments
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Sunday, April 16, 2006
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Poorman's Segway
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For 6000 bucks you could either buy a decent used car or one of those Segway devices. But if you wanna move as cool and don't pay that much? Well, then take a look at this. Urban Mover is offering electric powered people movers that are way cheaper (about $300) and at least as cool as the Segway. 
Urban Mover offers a whole variety of different vehicles that are all battery powered and way cheaper.
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by Mutsch at 7:50 | 1 Comments
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Friday, April 14, 2006
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Don't Trust Them ...
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Looking at this image it is amazing to see how easily our eyes can be fooled. Both squares A and B have the same level of grey. Not kinding! 
You don't believe it? Check out the proof and explanation and don't forget to look at some of the other stuff of Edward H. Adelson. Very impressive.
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by Mutsch at 11:27 | 0 Comments
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Monday, April 10, 2006
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Flickr is nice but ...
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 how about using your flickr assets (sets, photos, etc.) on your own website seemlessly integrated? Well, that whould actually be cool as it whould combine the best of both worlds. All the nice features of a flickr account combined with the look & feel of your own website.
But how can this be done? Well, there is an API so there is a way to do it ;-) The realy question is how you wanna do it. I am currently observing the different possibilities that are out there in order find the best way of doing this. Of course I want to integrate this into my conFusion component package that I am using together with NetObjects Fusion. Let's see whats possible there, I'll keep you updated.
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by Mutsch at 8:11 | 0 Comments
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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design-disorder.com on Flickr
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Well, finally I got hooked on flickr.com after playing around with it for quiet some time. Today I got my pro account and immediatly started to upload stuff to it. Check out my page for all kinds of stuff I took over the years.
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by Mutsch at 20:05 | 0 Comments
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Monday, April 3, 2006
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New Service: NetObjects Design Center
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NetObjects.com just recently started a new service called "NetObjects Design Center". In there you can purchase individual NOF templates that even includes the original Photoshop source files that have been used to create the templates. Some of the templates even contain database components. Template pricing starts at $29,95 with 25% discount on all templates until end of April. Check out their shop which by today contains about 80 unique templates.
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by Mutsch at 7:13 | 0 Comments
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
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TinyMCE 2.0.5.1 Released
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 A new version of one of the best Rich Text Editor available on the market has been released. I am successfully using this editor on my own site.
This new version contains a lot of bug fixes and some functional enhancements. The one I like most is the possibility to add several content css files. Check out the change log for any changes made. Beside that all languages files other then English have been removed from the main distribution. The language files can be downloaded separatly.
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by Mutsch at 21:14 | 0 Comments
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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NetObjects Fusion 9 Update #2 available
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Since today the second update of NOF 9 has been re-released by WSP after being offline for 3 weeks. Even though the update doesn't fix some of the stability related issues (at least they are not mentioned) most of the issues with newly introduced features in NOF 9 are now addressed. Also available are documentation updates and of course a separate update for nPower. I will write a review of the new update soon. Please note: there was another followup of this update now called Update 2 Revided or Quick Fix. This update has now version number 9.00.0000.5020. The update adds the following changes and/or bug fixes --Mutsch
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by Mutsch at 19:59 | 1 Comments
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006
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Please welcome: playstation-disorder.com
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 We've got a new family member today! As I am planning to extend my *-disorder.com "brand" even further I made a first step forward with this new website. Similar to the design-disorder.com site playstation-disorder.com is focused around another hobby of mine: the Sony PlayStation.
As the PS3 is about to be released mid of this year I will cover this event on the new site extensivly, of course not forgetting the legacy i.e. the PS2 and the almost brand new PSP. Take a look. I hope you like it. --Mutsch
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by Mutsch at 23:09 | 0 Comments
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Saturday, February 25, 2006
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Review: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM
by Stuart Langridge
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 Two in a row and yet another must have ;-) Stuart Langridge pushes the idea of separating layout and semantics, i.e. CSS and HTML, to the next level: unobtrusive DHTML techniques as he calls them.
So far, it was a standard habit to weave the behaviour or dynamics of a page, i.e. Javascript & DOM, into the HTML code which made the development and maintenance of a modern web page a challenge. With the approach presented in this book it is now very easy to separate all three aspects of a modern webpage: the semantics, the layout and the behaviour. Stuart Langridge first motivates why this separations makes perfect sense, presenting then a library of Javascript methods that allow you to move most of the Javascript code into external files similar to external styles sheets that can be managed outside the scope of a HTML page. Following these kind of prerequisites he then shows you what you can do with this approach in the areas of browser feature detection, animation, error handling, forms & validation, menu creation and finally remote scripting aka HttpXmlRequest. Even though i have seen books or websites addressing most of these techniques, this book gives you all in one consistent package with a lot of practical examples. Check out the website for the complete list of content, code examples and more. Order at Sitepoint --Mutsch
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by Mutsch at 9:51 | 0 Comments
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Saturday, February 25, 2006
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Review: Bulletproof Webdesign by Dan Cederholm
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 The other day i've purchased Dan Cederholm book "Bulletproof Webdesign". Something i was looking for a long time. Dan Cederholm approaches the problem of creating bulletproofed websites as he calls them, i.e. websites that are robust enough to look still great under various conditions like different web browser or customized user settings.
Every web designer knows this problem: you've build a website in your lab environment and as soon as someone hits the site with an exotic or archane browser not much is left from the initial design. The reason for this is most of the time that the design is tight to a specific browser version or it is build based on old-fashioned patterns like tables, gif spacer and so on. In the century of web standards (XHTML, CSS) this is no longer necessary. Dan Cederholm explains in a very hand's on manner how to get typical elements of a modern website done in a bulletproofed way being very much agnostic against the afore mentioned surprises. Each chapter explains in very detail how for instance text sizing can be achieved in a very flexible way, how typical navigation bars should be designed, how tables can be customized in the right way and how typical web layouts can be achieved with CSS. Finally, a comprehensive example puts everything into one working example. This book is a must-have for all those of you that are new to CSS or want to learn a comprehensive framework for doing web designs in the standard compliant way. Check out his website for the complete list of content, code examples and other examples of what he did. Order at Amazon: US, Canada, UK, Japan, France, Germany --Mutsch
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
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Kraftwerk at SMS 2006
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 Not that this is related in any ways to the topics you whould usually find here. But this is such a great news that I just need to blog it:
Kraftwerk will be live on stage at this years August Sonne Mond Sterne Priceless!
Keep in mind this is gonna be the only gig in Germany this year. If you don't know what I am talking about you've basically missed an important part of electronic music history. Now that i am writing this, there is actually a relation to web & design topics. Check out their site and you get an impression of their style. Meet you at SMS 2006 --Mutsch
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by Mutsch at 21:17 | 0 Comments
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Monday, February 13, 2006
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TinyMCE 2.0.3 Released
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 A new version of one of the best Rich Text Editor available on the market has been released. I am successfully using this editor on my own site.
This new version doesn't contain any major visual changes or addons but lots of modifications have been made behind the scenes. The new cleanup engine that was previously added as a plugin has been moved to the core of TinyMCE this means that the old cleanup logic has been compleatly removed due to it's inflexible and old code and poor performance. The new cleanup routine is a lots faster and gives some new and interessting features. --Mutsch
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by Mutsch at 19:40 | 0 Comments
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Sunday, February 12, 2006
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Comic Sans is Evil!
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 You know Vincent Connare? No? He is the one who brought us Comic Sans, one of the most hated fonts out there. In my whole life time I probably got dozens of emails formated in Comic Sans. Now you know what I am talking about.
You wanna hear the story behind all this? Then check out his website and read why it was designed in the first place and why even Apple picked up that font recenty. The problem with all of this is: there is no way back. Since it's inclusion into Windows 95 it took over the world and all of those innocent folks trying to spice up their emails and web sites. Beside Comic Sans he is also accountable for Trebuchet, Webdings and Verdana. Btw, the guy is a professional photographer and has also some interesting articles on typography. May this never happen again! --Mutsch
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by Mutsch at 16:04 | 1 Comments
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Sunday, February 12, 2006
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New Color Schemer version available!
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Color Schemer Studio, a professional color matching application for anyone from hobbyists to advanced professionals, is now available in a new enhanced version.  Have you ever struggled finding the right color schemes for your website? You don't have to worry any longer. Color Schemer is all you need. Starting from a base color, Color Schemer finds the appropriate colors that match your base color. It's easy as 1-2-3! Take a look at the feature tour.
New features in this version (compared to the former Color Schemer) are: - Color Wheel View (A color wheel is created starting from your selected base color)
- Color Harmonies View (Select the type of harmony you would like to display from the dropdown box and Color Schemer Studio does the rest)
- Suggested Colors View (Color Schemer Studio can suggest a color scheme for you based on a number of different styles)
- Photo Schemer (build unique color schemes based on any picture, image or photograph)
- Print Your Color Schemes (Use the built-in Print utility to print your color schemes and their color values)
- Import Wizard (Use the Import Wizard to import colors into Color Schemer Studio from a number of different sources)
- Color Blindness Simulation (See what your color schemes will look like to users with any one of 8 different types of color deficient vision)
- Pantone Converter (convert Pantone colors to their nearest HEX/RGB equivalent)
- Convert to nearest WebSafe or WebSmart color
- and many more
You can even download complete pre-made color schemes from the gallery. Based on the amount of new features the price of $49.99 is fair. --Mutsch
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Sunday, February 12, 2006
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Save the most important moments of your life ;-)
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 One of GoogleTalk users' most commonly-requested features is finally here! Now you can save your chat histories to your Gmail account. There, your chat histories are just like any Gmail message, i.e. you can view them, forward them, print them or search for them. Never worry about losing something important from your chats again. Start saving one of the most important moments of your life ;-)
--Mutsch
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by Mutsch at 14:50 | 0 Comments
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Sunday, January 29, 2006
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What is being used anyway?
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 Ever wondered what to do with all those web standards like HTML 4.01, CSS 2.1, etc.? It's amazing that of all those standards only a few things are really used by those hackers out there.
Check out Google's research project where they analysed around a billion websites regarding the usage of web standards and so on. The results of this analysis is supposed to be used to define the next version of the HTML standard in terms of what kind of legacy code should still be supported in newer versions and where to focus on in future versions anyway. Here are the results ... --Mutsch
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by Mutsch at 10:44 | 0 Comments
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Thursday, January 26, 2006
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Hey, there is new website ...
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 after several years of existance (since 2003) i have finally revamped the design-disorder.com website. design-disorder.com, the home of a non-profit web design lab has now evolved into a compendium of useful information centered around the creation of websites and all the nitty's and gritty's that come with it.
Beside the regular updates about what's going on at design-disorder.com you will find more and more useful information about the tools I am using, necessary hacks to get everything working and of course samples of my work in the lab. Check back on a regular base to find some more useful stuff. Stay tuned ... --Mutsch
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