Category Archives: Software

Installation of The Latest Firefox Release On OpenSUSE 10.2

When you try to install the latest firefox release on openSUSE 10.2 (before openSUSE offers one), firefox will throw an error like “Installlocation has no properties” in the javascript console. Because of that it is kimpossible to use the installed … Continue reading

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MS Word Is Crap!

I am writing a report for a customer in MS Word. Every now and then Word freezes and stops working. What a fun! I really hate this crappy piece of software. Arrrrg!

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From Scheme to Python

MIT has changed their introductory courses from Scheme to Python. Content-wise, the class is a mix as well. The first four weeks of C1 will be a lot like the first four weeks of 6.001, Abelson said. The difference is … Continue reading

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Joel on Software on Consultants

Joel writes about an email he received from a consultant: I didn’t understand a thing he wrote. The email contained a lot of words (“benchmarking,” “outside in,” “performance metrics,” “best practice,” “process and organization”) each of which set off a … Continue reading

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False-Positive-Bug

Ich hatte gestern die PIN meiner Bankomatkarte vergessen. Ich habe also dreimal mit völliger Überzeugung, die richtige Kombination einzugeben, die falschen Zahlen verwendet. Dann wurde die Karte vom Bankomaten eingezogen. Rien ne va plus.Es kommt sehr, sehr selten vor, dass … Continue reading

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CopyAllUrls 0.7.1 for FX2

Finally I managed it to release a new version of my firefox extension CopyAllUrls.   CopyAllUrls 0.7.1 Download (for MS Windows, Linux and Mac OS X) In this version significant changes were made. Everything is more easy and more powerful. … Continue reading

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Plone Selenium

Selenium gibt es auch für Plone und wird in Zope3 integriert.

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Aptana: The Web IDE

Aptana ist keine Babynahrung, sondern eine – trotz Beta (na klar!) – sehr ausgereifte IDE für Javascript, HTML, XML und CSS.  Nachdem ich das heute bei Markus gesehen hatte, musste ich es sogleich testen. Unter Windows XP verlief die Installation … Continue reading

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Test mit Performancing.

Ich teste hier gerade Performancing im Firefox 1.5 auf diesem Quills-Blog (1.5-RC3). Funktioniert sehr gut!Einziger Nachteil: Ich kann nur als Zope-Admin bloggen?

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IE for Linux

Sometimes I need IE for testing web applications and today I found IEs 4 Linux, a great resource if you want to run IE (5, 5.5 and 6) on linux. And besides that, it is really easy, download IEs4Linux, start … Continue reading

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