WoW Gold spammers...argh!

How are they getting past the captcha? I wake up every few days to about 12-30 spam comments on various posts here.

Is there a way to curtail this?

Dreamweaver CS4 balance brace highlighting?

Does anyone know if there's a way (even with an extension) to get DW CS4 to act like Eclipse when highlighting balanced braces?

I love this eclipse feature. Turns my braces red to show where I'm missing closing braces or have too many closing braces. I just wish there was a way to do this with DW CS4. I find Eclipse to be buggy. I get so many "java.lang" errors that it's driving me batty.

I have CFEclipse, Aptana, and SVN plugins installed in Eclipse Ganymede (3.4?), and I'm getting errors each time I switch tabs. Very annoying. I'm not a happy camper with Eclipse. (where is Bolt!!!?!?)

Aptana + CFEclipse vs Eclipse + Aptana + CFEclipse

Can anyone tell me if there's any difference from using:

Aptana Studio with CFEclipse plugin
vs.
Eclipse with Aptana plugint + CFEclipse plugin

They both do the same thing. I'm using the latter and am wondering if I'm missing out on anything by using the former?

I'm having trouble with Aptana + CFEclipse. I can't open any CFM files after I install the CFEclipse plugin with Aptana Studio. I get a java.lang. error. But, using Eclipse/Aptana/CFEclipse, I can open my CFM files.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling and cleaning up the registry on my WinXP Pro box, but the Aptana issue keeps cropping up.

Sooooo looking forward to going back to DW CS4....

Cold Fusion <-- really?

Anyone else find it gratingly annoying when they see people refer to CF as 2 words?
I see job postings with 'coldfusion' and 'cold fusion'. I've learned to look for jobs on CL and other job sites in this manner.

Argh!!

jQuery + ajax + logout form

I love jquery! Let me just say that now. I'm a true convert from prototype/scriptaculous. I love prototype for all it's pros. But, I can't deny the support from the jQuery community and the momentum it has in the web world.

With that said, I dove in and started playing around with the jQuery UI plugin (built by the jQuery guys of course). The dialog plug in is simply DOPE!! (is that a youngin' term?)

I was playing around with a logout confirmation dialog and here's what I've come up with. It's a bit verbose for my taste and by NO means the best way to do this. But, I do hope it points people in the right direction if they're looking to do something like this.


$('#logout').click(
        function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        
$('<div id="confirmLogout" title="Logout?">Are you sure you want to log out?</div>').dialog(
            {
            modal: true,
            height: 100,
            width:350,
            show:"blind",
            hide: "blind",
            buttons:{
                "Yes":function() {
                    $.ajax({
                        url: 'someActionCall.cfm',
                        complete: function() {
                            $('#confirmLogout').html("See you next time!");
                            $('.ui-dialog-buttonpane').css('display','none');
                            var dlg = $("#confirmLogout").parents(".ui-dialog:first");
                            dlg.animate({ width: 200},50);
                            setTimeout(function(){$("#confirmLogout").dialog("close")},3000);
                            setTimeout(function(){location.reload();},1500);    
                            }
                        });
                    },
                "No":function() {
                    $("#confirmLogout").dialog("close");
                    }
            },
            close:function(){
                 $("#confirmLogout").remove();
            }
            });

return false;
    });


The demo can be found here: Logout demo

Internet Explorer 8: Really?..why?

Ok, I just downloaded the latest and greatest Redmond browser. I have to say there are some good things and then of course, there are bad things. It's by far worlds better than IE 6, but it's still....Internet Explorer.

Here's a thought...Why doesn't M$ just stop making IE altogether? Seriously? They've made web development a headache since day one of IE. Tried to gain market share and control how to program for the web. That failed miserably.

Suggestion? Why not have M$ partner with FF to help distribute with their OS? MS won't partner with the other browsers (Safari? ha! Ballmer and Jobs partnering?, Chrome? ha! Didn't Ballmer want to eradicate google from the planet?) Just makes sense to me if M$ and FF partner. We'd be so much better off with web development and "standards" compliance.

Ok..time for me to get off the hookah heheheh

Oh...Bring Down IE6!

Overcoming IE's annoying "click" sounds

I was very intrigued at the new IE 8 so I went and downloaded it and installed it.

After 3mins of using it, I realized, "God this clicking sound with every link click is like a mosquito on your ear while you're trying to sleep". I haven't used IE in MONTHS (if it weren't so damn tied to the WinOS I'd have removed it eons ago), so I've been relieved of it's annoyances.

Then I used the greatest thing since sliced bread, and searched google for "annoying click sounds IE".

Found this: Remove Annoying Clicks IE

Nuff said....

no wait..."DIE IE!!!"

Now...Nuff said..

Apple iPhone 3.0 and all that hoopla...

I've had the iPhone 1.0 a long time ago. Right when they introduced it. I don't own it anymore. I had 3 irritating months with it and sold it. Moved onto the Blackberry. It's become my new girlfriend

I just saw that release notes of the iPhone 3.0 SDK...and am wondering what's all the hoopla about?

This is my Blackberry vs. iPhone 3.0 SDK comparison

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100% pure identification with this Dilbert entry

Apple Safari 4 Beta...um...why'd ya do that?

Today I was trying to resist the urge to get more Apple software on my laptop, but I just couldn't resist the "curiosity" urge to see what all the hoopla was, about the new Safari 4 Beta.

First off, let me say that, since my bouts with iPods and iPhones and of course iTunes, I've lost respect for Apple and have repeatedly referred to them as "Crapple" to friends, family and co-workers.

With that, you can guess I was ready to bash Safari, get ready to load up Add/Remove from control panel and smile as Firefox loads up :)

Nope. I was duly surprised. I actually like Safari 4. It's lightning fast (thank you webkit) and the home page that looks like a Jeopardy screen is a nice touch.

But!!! (yeah you saw that coming) there's something that took me aback. First off, "where's the title bar..all I see are tabs." So I double clicked the tabs to see if it acts as a title bar, and sure enough, it restored/maximized my browser. Definitely a paradigm shift.

But the biggest paradigm shift for me (and still bugs me), is the fact that to close the tab, the "X" close button, is on the left of the tab. What!? Why? The whole universe is used to the close button on the right or upper right. That's just the way "it is". Why are you forcing me to look for the new location? I know it's small, but it's really irritating.

I think I'll stick to my Firefox with closing tab items where they should be and the umpteen amounts of plugins to make my life easier.

just my 2 cents

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