July 28, 2005

Shell without a Ghost

A keystone of anime and science fiction is starting to become real.

Thanks to Slashdot for the link.

Posted by WeirdAl at 9:27 AM

July 25, 2005

XUL Editors review, anyone?

I'm asking the community for a favor. There are several XUL editors out there, including the ones in MozDev's XUL category. I'm wondering which ones are the best, and for what reasons.

I, of course, am used to editing XUL by hand. But I can't expect the rest of my company to do the same, so I'll need to give recommendations.

I'd personally prefer comprehensive reviews -- either in a blog or on developer.mozilla.org -- over commentary here. Also, please don't look at this as a chance to toot your own horn: if you're the author of a XUL editor, I'd prefer you review other XUL editors and not say anything about your own. Let's be fair.

(Of course, Verbosio in the future may compete in this field, but I'd personally rather have Verbosio adopt editors, plural, rather than build from scratch.)

Screenshots with detailed captions are a BIG plus.

Posted by WeirdAl at 11:31 AM | Comments (3)

July 23, 2005

A quick hint to beat the heat

North America's been seeing some high temps. So dunk your cotton t-shirt into some cool water, wring it out, and put it back on.

Instant, and very cheap, air conditioning.

As a Boy Scout, I remember an article saying wet cotton draws heat away 30% faster than bare skin.

Posted by WeirdAl at 5:09 PM | Comments (4)

July 22, 2005

"Show Me How" guided wizards in XUL: Has someone done it?

I had an idea this afternoon for a particular version of the <xul:wizard/> binding. Specifically, a wizard that would restrict what the user could do, and with descriptions, tell the user to do those things.

The idea is the wizard could guide the user through a series of steps, explaining how to use a particular feature.

If anyone's done it already, please comment here with a link. I'd like to see the example.

I've got a pretty good idea how to create a binding for it, and I might have something this evening. In my example, I'd simply stop command events from reaching the sample application. The sample application could reside in the same window, or in an iframe.

Posted by WeirdAl at 7:03 PM | Comments (1)

July 15, 2005

Doing God's work -- but only if you're not Catholic

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/15/adoption.church.ap/index.html

Gee, thanks. Glad I could not be of service.

UPDATE: Oh, now I can!
http://www.kirotv.com/family/4752092/detail.html

Cool.

Posted by WeirdAl at 9:11 PM | Comments (8)

July 12, 2005

I love the sound of bug zappers in the morning

Sounds like... victory...

Too bad I can't take any credit for it.

Posted by WeirdAl at 12:40 AM

July 5, 2005

SeaMonkey "Town Hall" July 6 @ 3 pm UTC

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm scheduling a "Town Hall" meeting for 3 PM in UTC time. In San Francisco, that will be 8:00 am local time (Wednesday). Tokyo, Thursday at midnight. Paris, 5 pm Wednesday.

The location is #seamonkey.

Please e-mail me with any agenda items.

Posted by WeirdAl at 7:43 AM | Comments (1)

July 2, 2005

Seamonkey Project Officially Launches

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/news.html

The newsgroup announcement

It's official, ladies and gentlemen. Start your compilers, and crank up the QA!

I'll schedule a meeting in #seamonkey soon. July 5 might be a bit too soon, though (right after a major holiday here in the USA). I'll give everyone at least a day's notice -- or watch the topic in #seamonkey for a scheduled date.

Please e-mail me with suggested agenda items!

Posted by WeirdAl at 9:38 PM | Comments (5)