Tag: Software and Tools

Control [en]

Today at work: spent a very exciting day learning about Control.

A pretty piece of software to manage and integrate company processes. Map out how things are done, and allow each member of the “big picture” to see and understand where he/she fits in.

I feel ready for a revolution at work.

Get a New Browser! [en]

Mozilla 1.0 is out. Run and get it!

Tip: if the Mozilla download page confuses you, scroll down a bit until you see “Mozilla 1.0 – Released June 5, 2002”. Then click the link corresponding to your operating system in the grey box. Save the file to your desktop (or anywhere handy), then double-click to install.

Mozilla "commented code" Bug [en]

If you are using Mozilla RC1 (you should be using RC2 – RC=Release Candidate), code that has been commented out on this page will be visible to you (in the sidebar, and the second sitemeter icon in the footer).

You’ll be happy to know that this parsing bug is being fixed.

The Vanishing DIV in Mozilla [en]

Having trouble because part of your page doesn’t show up in Mozilla? Using sitemeter, by any chance?

You might be yet another victim of the vanishing div problem, documented by yours truly for the good of all.

Editors [en]

An interesting little survey is going on on webdesign-l: what tools do professionnal designers use?

From the replies of the list members who qualify as “professionnals”, it seems that BBEdit and Homesite (text-based editors like my beloved HTML-Kit) come out favorites, and that the likes of Dreamweaver tend to be reserved for churning out fast mock-ups.

De Mozilla aux wikis [en]

Mozilla, qu’est-ce que c’est donc que cet animal?

Mozilla, c’est la version open-source de Netscape, le principal concurrent de Microsoft sur le marché des navigateurs. Vous pouvez bien entendu télécharger Mozilla en français (même si cela veut dire que vous n’aurez pas forcément la dernière version).

Et open source, alors, ça veut dire quoi? En fait, ça veut dire que le code source du programme est rendu public. N’importe qui peut le voir, mais surtout, proposer des modifications. Cela permet un effort collaboratif beaucoup plus grand (quoiqu’un peu anarchique) que lors du développement d’un programme de façon traditionnelle.

Linux est un des programmes open source les plus populaires. Il s’agit d’un système opératoire comme Windows. L’open source est souvent associé à  la gratuité des programmes et à  l’absence de copyright – remplacé pour l’occasion par le copyleft.

Si pour la programmation on a le mouvement open source, il existe un équivalent dans le domaine de la création de contenu: le wiki. C’est un site qui permet à  chacun de modifier n’importe quelle page, ou d’en créer des nouvelles. Cela marche parce qu’il est tout à  fait facile à  n’importe qui de “revenir en arrière” pour annuler des actes de vandalisme (très rares).

AllMyFAQs, auquel je contribue, est un wiki. L’idée est d’en faire un “FAQ des FAQs” pour tout ce qui touche au webdesign. Il y a également un projet d’encyclopédie sous forme de wiki. Allez y jeter un oeil, et ajouter votre contribution s’il y a lieu, il y a même une branche française (même si elle n’est pas vraiment très fournie… voici l’occasion de devenir “célèbre”!)

Mozilla [en]

Last week, I did something I had been longing to do for a long time. I downloaded the latest version of Mozilla, and I’ve been using the navigator and the mail client ever since. It feels so good to be one step further away from Micro land.

Having gone through it, here are my recommendations.

  • Download the “talkback” build for your platform. The links are on the home page, in the right column.
  • Choose custom install and install everything. I can’t recall exactly in which way, but I recall it does things slightly differently if you choose full install.
  • If you have to reinstall (it may happen), do it in a different directory – otherwise Mozilla retains heaps of previous installation settings that you’ll probably not want (if you had to reinstall, the settings probably weren’t exactly how you wanted them…)
  • Be patient at first. You need time to get used to your new tool. If you would like some moderate assistance, feel free to get in touch (but I’m no specialist!)
  • Be it known that “shift-click” on IE becomes “ctrl-click” in Mozilla (to open a link in a new window).
  • Be patient at first. You need time to get used to your new tool. If you would like some moderate assistance, feel free to get in touch (but I’m no specialist!)

Good luck!

Cool [en]

Do you know that mtnsms allows you to send short messages (SMS) to a cellphone – and receive the answer too?

Forgiving Browsers… [en]

Recommended reading for the day, at A List Apart: Forgiving Browsers Considered Harmful.

More on the topic maybe, if my head clears up some day. [concussion still]