I hadn't had any issues with either Pidgin or Adium since the minor issue back in January. However, as of yesterday, ICQ was refusing to work on Pidgin. Seemingly there was a new release of Pidgin (2.5.5), however Ubuntu hadn't released a packaged version.Since Pidgin is open source and they release the source files it is possible for a user to create their own Ubuntu / Debian … [Read more...] about Pidgin 2.5.5
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BBC iPlayer Now Available For Mac (and Linux!)
BBC's iPlayer labs have recently released a new version of their software that will work on both Mac and Linux.Pity that other media companies, such as Sky, haven't followed suit yet. Not everyone uses PCs Microsoft Windows!!(via)UPDATE: Since everyone has rightly pointed out, the usage of the word PCs in my original post was inaccurate. It has, instead, been replaced with the … [Read more...] about BBC iPlayer Now Available For Mac (and Linux!)
Cross Browser Testing Makes Sense
Trying to get sites to display identically across multiple browsers and multiple operating systems is awkward. This site probably doesn't display particularly well on all browsers, but I'm not a professional web designer / developer, so you'll have to excuse me. It's also not a corporate / business website trying to sell products or services to the public.Screenclick, however, … [Read more...] about Cross Browser Testing Makes Sense
Mackers SMS Script Rocks!
I've used the Mackers SMS script on and off over the last couple of years, but I don't think I've ever mentioned how cool and useful it is.I tried to get the OSX desktop widget to work, but it threw a rather annoying and unhelpful error message. Fortunately the Debian / Ubuntu version is a total breeze to install, so I was up and running again in a couple of minutes.I'm not a … [Read more...] about Mackers SMS Script Rocks!
Fixing Firefox 3’s Annoying Autocomplete
Image via Wikipedia When I was playing around with Firefox 3 several months ago one of the biggest annoyances for me was the "autocomplete".As you type a URL Firefox suggests links from your browser history.While that might be useful the way they've implemented it is incredibly obtrusive and, therefore, really really annoying.As I mentioned previously I couldn't upgrade to … [Read more...] about Fixing Firefox 3’s Annoying Autocomplete