Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday December 5th 2005
Re: FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 23:26
Hi Anthony,
> Quite apart from the fact that some standard
> apps never actually leave memory when you close them, it's very easy to
> keep everything open and running, giving instant switching...
FN-FORUM: Protective Skins for USB pens
date posted 5th December 2005 19:13
Hi All,
Just got a rather nice Jexar JumpDrive Lightning,
http://www.lexar.com/jumpdrive/lightning.html, to transport data securely -
all well and good, looks really nice, chrome plated and all that...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 18:17
> which model?
Sorry, Nokia 9300 (the one without a camera). Luvverly :)
For those who can wait, there's a 9300i model coming out soon, which will
have a few new features over the 9300.
Anthony
-...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 17:00
which model?
>
>> I'm looking for all you have mentined and wireless connectivity so that
>> I
>> can sync with outlook emial and contacts/calender, can anything be
>> bought
>> thatisn't contract!
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 17:00
Exactly my thoughts about 02 XDA checked it out at the weekned and more
than impressed, just don't want to change to 02
Andrew
>
> I've had the P900 for a while and whilst it was fine for a while,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 16:47
> Try to get one with a sensible robust screen protector
> If you can't get the above definitely get an anti scratch film for the
> screen.
Nokia 9300/9500 have the screen tucked away safely inside :...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 16:30
> I'm looking for all you have mentined and wireless connectivity so that I
> can sync with outlook emial and contacts/calender, can anything be bought
> thatisn't contract!
I got mine from eBay for...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 15:56
I've had the P900 for a while and whilst it was fine for a while, but
since the screen cracked and I lost the pen functionality I only use it
for calls and reading emails, not much use beyond that....
Re: FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 15:37
I'm looking for all you have mentined and wireless connectivity so that I
can sync with outlook emial and contacts/calender, can anything be bought
thatisn't contract!
>
>> I was thinking of the O2...
RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Server 2005 Express and DTS ?
date posted 5th December 2005 15:35
Hi Graeme
I might be wrong but IIRC DTS per se no longer exists but there's bound
to be a new version of it. The UI for administering the Express edition
hasn't been settled upon as it'll possibly be...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 15:31
> I was thinking of the O2 X something or other but then the HP palm
> equivalent looks interesting?
If you want a phone with PDA, rather than a PDA with phone, the Nokia
9300/9500 phones are excel...
FN-FORUM: Hand Helds with moblile phone
date posted 5th December 2005 13:41
I was lookng at some handheld optins with mobile technology and it seems
these models are limited to a few, does nayone use any such devices that
are recommended?
I was thinking of the O2 X something...
Re: FN-FORUM: ProTX
date posted 5th December 2005 13:24
yeh they sent some big application form and i just didnt get a chance to
fill it in.. had to be done before the new account was live.. arggh!! u can
tell im bitter..
Not sure if they still do it now....
RE: FN-FORUM: ProTX
date posted 5th December 2005 13:17
Didn't know about that.=20
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Re: FN-FORUM: ProTX
date posted 5th December 2005 12:59
i had this mailed to me a while ago when updating a client site. they offer
a commison program based on your clients sales. I missed out the chance to
sign up last year.. the client site is doing arou...
RE: FN-FORUM: ProTX
date posted 5th December 2005 12:49
Why can I never find a link to all the docs on their website ?=20
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Re: FN-FORUM: ProTX
date posted 5th December 2005 12:43
http://www.protx.com/downloads/docs/VSPdirectProtocolandIntegrationGuideline
.pdf
there you go!
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FN-FORUM: ProTX
date posted 5th December 2005 12:30
Hi,
Does anybody have the version 2.22 documentation for VSP direct ? I'm
trying to find out why (what appears to be) a perfectly legitimate
request to refund does not work.
From 2.20 to 2.22 they'v...
Re: FN-FORUM: Characterset problems in emails
date posted 5th December 2005 12:10
On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
> Content-type: text/palin; charset=iso-8859-9
text/palin ... for the one time Python and intrepid explorer.
text/plain .... for the rest of us.
--
Grae...
Re: FN-FORUM: Characterset problems in emails
date posted 5th December 2005 12:05
On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, D D Glendinning wrote:
> the website had to be encoded in charset=3Diso-8859-9 so that the
> turkish characters display correctly. This is all very well and good,
> but a problem...
FN-FORUM: Characterset problems in emails
date posted 5th December 2005 11:52
Morning,
I know the issues with character sets and wrong display of characters
has been talked through thoroughly over the last week, but I thought I
would ask about this. Developing a website in Tur...
Re: FN-FORUM: excellent christmsas present
date posted 5th December 2005 11:26
thread updated. with the USB beer cooler.
http://www.talkdev.com/showthread.php?p=71#post71
any other ideas for cool usb powered devices.. so i can go off an invent
it!?
USB toaster?
>
> Typical M...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server command crib sheet for PostgreSQL/MySQL user?
date posted 5th December 2005 11:24
Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Anyone know if there's a crib sheet giving the equivalent commands
> bewteen these 3 databases? SQL Server feels very alien comming from a
> PostgreSQL/MySQL ba...
Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Server 2005 Express and DTS ?
date posted 5th December 2005 11:16
Graeme J Sweeney wrote:
> Is DTS something I can download as a separate install? From where?
>
> TIA.
I don't know that it is, although I haven't had any dealings with the
2005 family of SQL Server...
FN-FORUM: SQL Server command crib sheet for PostgreSQL/MySQL user?
date posted 5th December 2005 11:09
Hi,
Anyone know if there's a crib sheet giving the equivalent commands bewteen
these 3 databases? SQL Server feels very alien comming from a
PostgreSQL/MySQL background :/
--
Graeme -
Outlook Exp...
FN-FORUM: SQL Server 2005 Express and DTS ?
date posted 5th December 2005 11:01
Hi,
I was hoping/planning to use Data Transformation Services to import a
MySQL database and have it deployed on SQL Server. It looks like it only
comes with the bigger/zappier versions of SQL Server...
Re: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 10:53
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 11:07:13AM -0000, Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
> >Then when there's only one browser (IE9 or whatever) then you'll only
> >have to worry about that one browser. There will be no...
RE: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 10:52
>MS Internet Explorer No 284999 85.6 %
>Firefox No 26358 7.9 %
>Unknown ? 8732 2.6 %
>Mozilla No 3299 0.9 %
>Safari No 3210 0.9 %
>WebCollage (PDA/Phone browser) No 2271 0.6 %
With my engineer...
FN-FORUM: Hands up any Graphic designers
date posted 5th December 2005 10:51
There's a real possibility of some work from a client of mine.
They're looking ideally for someone in the Manchester,
Liverpool, Warrington belt. But this may not be essential.
The work will involve...
Re: FN-FORUM: importing html v2
date posted 5th December 2005 10:46
> If I include the main page links on the site in a .inc file, will the
> search
> engine bots still pick them up?
If they're displayed in a browser when the page is requested then yes. The
brows...
Re: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 10:45
> Then when there's only one browser (IE9 or whatever) then you'll only
> have to worry about that one browser. There will be no browser quirks
> because there won't be anything to "quirk against".
B...
FN-FORUM: Contract opp for producer - urgent
date posted 5th December 2005 10:43
In case anyone's interested or has a friend who might be. Get in touch
today if you're keen.
Producer/Content Manager - Contract - ref: AFCM
Producer/Content Manager
Contract: This high-profile ret...
Re: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 10:42
> so turning this around do you believe a true cross browser WYSIWYG will
> ever become a reality?
No, while we use HTML and not PDF.
HTML is designed to work in all sorts of browsers and on all s...
Re: FN-FORUM: importing html v2
date posted 5th December 2005 10:41
Ian Copeland wrote:
>I import parts of my site using asp and .inc files, but I've often
>wondered...
>
>If I include the main page links on the site in a .inc file, will the search
>engine bots stil...
RE: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 10:29
Phew !
And yes, I look in my awstats logs for various sites - there's a whole
set of new browsers - either ones based on revised browsers;
From one of my main clients - bog standard site, 7.5gb traf...
Re: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 10:05
Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
> Nope. Not until Bill owns us all and locks everything down...
>
> Then when there's only one browser (IE9 or whatever) then you'll only
> have to worry about that one...
RE: FN-FORUM: importing html v2
date posted 5th December 2005 09:59
I import parts of my site using asp and .inc files, but I've often
wondered...
If I include the main page links on the site in a .inc file, will the search
engine bots still pick them up?...
RE: FN-FORUM: excellent christmsas present
date posted 5th December 2005 09:59
Typical M&S. Out of stock.
> usb controlled air darts!
> http://www.talkdev.com/showthread.php?p=71#post71...
FN-FORUM: articles / tips
date posted 5th December 2005 09:53
Hey guys,
I am looking for article writers to maybe write a small article or TIP for
community members of a site. On the subject of webdev / design / maybe even
help on freelancing.
It is a good sp...
RE: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 09:51
Nope. Not until Bill owns us all and locks everything down...
Then when there's only one browser (IE9 or whatever) then you'll only
have to worry about that one browser. There will be no browser quir...
Re: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 09:45
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> so turning this around do you believe a true cross browser WYSIWYG will ever
> become a reality?
Never going to happen. Even if the browsers all started rendering pages
in e...
RE: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 09:37
>so turning this around do you believe a true cross browser WYSIWYG will
>ever become a reality?
Yes
When all browsers agree to work exactly the same!!!
And Hell freezes over ;)
Damon...
Re: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 09:31
so turning this around do you believe a true cross browser WYSIWYG will ever
become a reality?
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RE: FN-FORUM: editor or handcode
date posted 5th December 2005 08:31
The problem on tinternet is that you're not in control of the final
output so you can never really have wywsiwyg unless your whole site is
one big image (and even then colour rendering on the output m...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP RSS
date posted 5th December 2005 08:11
Hi,
I got my rss feed to work with a little help from a good friend in the USA
who had done exactly what I had before.
So, I had to upgrade php to version 4.2.3 (was version 4.06) so that it
could u...