Category: flash
11/05/06 04:43 - 50ºF - ID#21553
Flash 9 beta and Linux Update
It's a Compaq Presario circa 2001 with an 900 MHz Athlon processor and 378 megs of RAM.
The box's motherboard has onboard sound (via 82C686A/B). Being who I am, I disabled it in the BIOS and used an audio PCI ES1370 SB-compatible card instead.
For some reason, the Flash 9 Beta refuses to work with the ES13710 even though Flash 7 did.
On a hunch, I re-enabled the onboard sound and LO and BEHOLD, Flash 9 has sound in Sabayon (Gentoo-based) with firefox 2.0 and even in Elive (Debian) if ALSA is used instead of ESD. Unfortunately, the rendering in Elive using firefox 1.5 is a bit wacky.
The beta also works in SimplyMepis which is Ubuntu-based.
As far as I know Texstar hasn't gotten it work with PCLinuxOS.
The Flash Player 9 beta for Vista, osX, and Linux is available at
Permalink: Flash_9_beta_and_Linux_Update.html
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Category: browsers
10/26/06 09:24 - 40ºF - ID#21552
Firefox 2.0 & Internet Explorer 7
Firefox 2.0 is available for MS Windows 98 and XP, osX, and Linux-686
Internet Explorer 7 is available for MS Windows XP and Server 2003
Let the browser wars continue.
--walt
Permalink: Firefox_2_0_amp_Internet_Explorer_7.html
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05/21/06 10:55 - 46ºF - ID#21551
Flash [strike]8.5[/strike] 9.0 beta
Nothing has changed except the name it is claimed.
The new "9.0 beta" for Windows and osX is available at
For Linux Fanboys and Fangirls only
It is possible to experience the new Flash player using Linux with WINE with the Windows versions of Firefox and Flash
I've not tried this with the "9.0 beta" but this works with the "8.5 beta" and with the stable 8.0 release for me.
Sound and Video work ok - including (e:peep) user sounds.
However, when using Firefox and Flash with WINE for estrip.org, some frames have rendering problems. My assumption is that they don't' call it "Flash" because the content of the frames flashs on a regular basis. This bug is duplicated on both Linux boxes.
Generic Instructions
Download and install WINE for your distro.
Download Firefox for Windows and install it with WINE.
Download Flash 8.0 or higher for Windows and install it using WINE.
Here's a brief how-to for Ubuntu that gives a bit more detail:
You should be able to modify this how-to for your favie distro without too much trouble.
--walt ( (e:uncutsaniflush) )
Permalink: Flash_strike_8_5_strike_9_0_beta.html
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Category: software piracy?
04/26/06 07:26 - 47ºF - ID#21550
Microsoft to nag pirate WinXP users
I wonder how many people who thought they had legal copies of WinXP will find out that their copy is actually pirated. Only time will tell.
for more info including descriptions of the actual nags from Microsoft Support check out:
--Walt
Permalink: Microsoft_to_nag_pirate_WinXP_users.html
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03/25/06 08:57 - 32ºF - ID#21549
ajaxwrite
Ajaxwrite is a web-based word processor that is written in AJAX with some XUL. It is claimed that it is MS Office compatible.
I've tested it with some old .doc and .wpd files and it read them ok.
Micheal Robertson, the person responsible for mp3.com, Linspire (Lindows), SIPphone, etc, is behind ajaxwrite.
To me the funniest thing about ajaxwrite is that as of right now it only works on Firefox 1.5 and other browsers based on that version of the gecko rendering engine.
In other words, it doesn't work on MSIE. Supposedly MSIE and Safari compatiblity is in the works.
Permalink: ajaxwrite.html
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Category: web
02/23/06 10:33 - 30ºF - ID#21548
Disabling the nasty clipboard reader
1. Under the Tools menu, select Internet Options
2. Click on the Security tab.
3. In the box labelled, "Security level for this zone", click on Custom Level
4. Scroll all the way down to the Scripting heading
5. Under "Allow paste operations via script" choose the Disable button.
6. Click OK and confirm that Yes you do want to change security settings for this zone.
Permalink: Disabling_the_nasty_clipboard_reader.html
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Category: security
02/17/06 03:05 - 26ºF - ID#21547
Windows IE security issue with clipboard
--paul
Permalink: Windows_IE_security_issue_with_clipboard.html
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Category: browsers
02/16/06 05:47 - 40ºF - ID#21546
Camino 1.0 released
Camino 1.0 brings you a heavily-updated version of the only native Mac OS X browser using Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine. Thousands of bugs were fixed in Gecko 1.8, providing users with improved web page compatibility.
more info:
Permalink: Camino_1_0_released.html
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Category: web
01/31/06 03:05 - 33ºF - ID#21545
Microsoft Developer Toolbar
Permalink: Microsoft_Developer_Toolbar.html
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01/31/06 12:05 - 39ºF - ID#21544
face the nation
Does anyone else get nostalgic for "vintage" [inlink]twisted,296[/inlink] computer memorabilia? I wish I had screenshots of some of my old desktops.
Permalink: face_the_nation.html
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