XUL has a checkbox widget, which you are expected to use like this: <checkbox label="Account Locked" /> That will give you a perfectly functional checkbox with a label to the right of it (add dir=”rtl” if you want the label …
Read moreWhat have they done to Bitzer?
I’m going to come out of the toy-chest here and reveal that I watch Shaun The Sheep. Yes it might nominally be a kids’ show, but if you think of it as “Wallace and Gromit Lite” then it’s not a …
Read moreEnabling XDMCP on Karmic Koala (Pt. IV)
Other posts in this series: Pt. I – Enabling GDM as an XDMCP server Pt. II – Four XDMCP client options for Ubuntu 9.10 Pt. III – Three ways to use the host chooser Pt. IV – Alternatives to XDMCP …
Read moreEnabling XDMCP on Karmic Koala (Pt. III)
Other posts in this series: Pt. I – Enabling GDM as an XDMCP server Pt. II – Four XDMCP client options for Ubuntu 9.10 Pt. III – Three ways to use the host chooser Pt. IV – Alternatives to XDMCP …
Read moreEnabling XDMCP on Karmic Koala (Pt. II)
Other posts in this series: Pt. I – Enabling GDM as an XDMCP server Pt. II – Four XDMCP client options for Ubuntu 9.10 Pt. III – Three ways to use the host chooser Pt. IV – Alternatives to XDMCP …
Read moreEnabling XDMCP on Karmic Koala (Pt. I)
Other posts in this series: Pt. I – Enabling GDM as an XDMCP server Pt. II – Four XDMCP client options for Ubuntu 9.10 Pt. III – Three ways to use the host chooser Pt. IV – Alternatives to XDMCP …
Read moreKarmic Koala, GDM, XDMCP and some other stuff
Update: I’ve written another post which describes how to work around some of the XDMCP regressions in Karmic Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala, has been released. So it’s time to provide some updates on my older posts to cover the changes, …
Read moreThat porridge is too cold. This porridge is too hot.
But I can’t seem to find any porridge that is just right. Except that for “porridge” you should read “software”, and for “too hot” read “too expensive”. For years now it’s been possible to request CDs of Ubuntu releases, which …
Read moreFoxy fonts of the future
Any web developer who’s ever tried to introduce an old-school graphic designer to the ins and outs of web design will know how easy it is to make their brain melt and trickle out of their ears. One of the …
Read moreI Hate HDTV
Okay, so it’s a slightly sensationalist headline – I don’t really hate HDTV as such, but I do hate what it’s done to the market for computer monitors. There was a time when televisions and computer monitors were universally 4:3 …
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