Monday, October 04, 2004 - Posts
Try to reach the AppleLegal site with Internet Explorer...
This is a piece of what appears you:
Warning- Internet Explorer Detected!
AppleLegal has detected that you are using a browser that was created by Microsoft. If you are using a Microsoft-based browser, we are sorry that your browser has been updated many times over the last 2 years, but still doesn't support some CSS and PNG files that are used on Apple Legal. This is because Microsoft refuses to update their browser to support important internet standards. |
My first reaction is a big laugh obviously... Ok, there's something true on this message, but I think it's not totally politically correct. 
Skinning seems one of the favourite passions of Windows users (and not only them I think).
I've discovered today this great skin for MSN Messenger:
It's a skin that transform your standard MSN Messenger in a Longhorn-like MSN Messenger... Cool I think!
On the author site you can download it (and also other MSN skins).
Seems that Gmail is under an upgrade stage...
some accounts (not too much) have new features, such as a new Contact section and (curious) a new XML Feed (Atom).
An XML Feed on email? Maybe you could read your email via an RSS Reader (under authentication, obviously)? Cool!
You can see a picture of the changement HERE.
I don't know if this is really true, but it's amazing...
the fact: You know that Microsoft has a form on their website that you can fill out to get a copy of Windows XP SP2 on CD at no charge. Only by refreshing the browser, a guy has ordered 150 copies of the XP SP2!! 
Check HERE!
Amazing! (but also really stupid)
P.S. Now there's a limit to 5 copies.
I was reading (quickly) the Community Server::Blogs Feature Suggestions & Request Forum section and I've see something interesting that I want to put in evidence here.
Some features that I'd like to see on a next release of Community Server::Blogs (or .Text) (some of them are also mentioned by other people on the forum) are:
- Possibility to post on the blog by Email. This is the number 1 feature requested for me. It's really useful, expecially if you're out and you've only a mobile device with you (for example a cell phone).
- A great search functionality (necessary to search old posts on your blog)
- Replacement of the HTML Editor control on the Post section of the Blog Engine (/admin/EditPosts.aspx page). It's a great control if used with Internet Explorer, but has lots of problems if used on other browsers.
- Feature for a Blog Migration (maybe under the Admin section). I think this possibility is really useful, expecially if you have a blog and a day you want to do a complete blog migration under an other server. There are some projects involved about this, but a built-in migration feature could be great.
I've also read a post that alert me a lot..."Use the Forum to comment Blog entries".
A people is asking to have this feature: "Why not include an easy option to use the CommunityServer Forum to comment blog entries?"
Ok, an option like this could be interesting, but the alert comes from the response given by an admin:
"This is a model we're considering moving to - a blog is nothing more than a forum that only allows the owner to post new threads. Any authenticated user can reply, though. Much more robust than the comment solutions out there today." 
I know that today spamming on Blogs is a problem, but I don't believe that a Blog is totally like a Forum. This feature must be a choice, an option, not the only choice, the only way to leave a comment. Blogging must (for their nature) free on the contents and free on the comments. Only the Blog administrator can choice if, on his blog, people that want to leave a comment must be authorized or not.
I hope that this new "more robust comment solution" could be optional on activation. I love the standard way of leaving comments.
I've just finished reading this article on Cnet, "Why you should switch to Firefox".
It's an interesting article but I think that the title is not too much compliant. The article explains the last GDIPLUS.DLL vulnerability and the possible damage associated to it. If you have XP SP2 or a Windows older than the 2000 version you're not affected by this problem, but this is only a theory...
Other common Windows application (such as Office family, Internet Explorer, Visual Studio .NET) are affected by this problem and they can (when loaded) overwrite a patched version if the GDIPLUS.DLL with an older version. So, can you imagine the problem?
I agree that IE is the first vehicle to propagate the JPEG flaw and maybe a switch to a more secure browser is now recommended, but the first recommendation is to patch all your possible way of attacks (Office and similar).