Posts by happygeek

Looks that way!

Well it won't be England based upon that performance against Wales. I mean, WTF was Lancaster thinking? WTF was Robson thinking? Was anyone left on the England side with 15 minutes to go thinking at all, in fact? I can't get my head around why Lancaster took off all the people who were playing really well, winning England that game, apparently just becuase that was the scheduled time for some other chaps to have a go. I can't get my head around why Robson, with quite a history of making fundamentally wrong decisions at critical times that have cost the match, chose to kick to the corner. I can't get my head around why England cannot play with the passion and determination of Wales.

What I do know is that without that drive, that passion, that will to win at all costs, England ain't winning this world cup (in fact I doubt they will make it out of the pool of death).

Beyond the obvious NZ choice for back-to-back wins, I'd say that both Ireland and (despite that Japanese loss) South Africa are looking good for the final. Wales, sadly, have too many injuries and even though I've said they have the passion and mindset required to win, they made way too many mistakes in that game against England up until the final quarter...

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I spoke too soon...

deboogeek: make that 9 years... :)

bumholes :)

That lets me add tags, not delete them. You think you can delete a tag, but it reappears when you hit update.

This already works actually.

Not here it doesn't Prit, even as an admin I appear to have no ability to edit tags in a thread. Unless I'm missing something :)

On the plus side, there certainly seems to have been a drop in spam activity since the new UI went live. I suspect the spamming hoardes don't like it very much :)

Mods and (other) admins used to be able to edit tags under the old UI, but that functionality has yet to be coded back into the new one. It's coming real soon though, and then the cleaning up can start with a bit more gusto.

tomorrow I'll code up functionality for moderators to browse/delete/merge tags

Working now, so looks like it was a quick fix :)

The unread PM counter in the main toolbar (between the finder and chat icons) is stuck on 0 and doesn't change to show new/unread PMs.

Not exactly the most serious of problems, but something to flag for later when you get a chance to check it out Dani.

When you recall how much 'debate' there has been in the past when the UI hasn't changed anywhere near as drastically, it's hardly surprising that there was going to be a bigger, and more mixed, reaction this time around. Just do what you always do, Dani, by which I mean take it all on board and call the changes as you see them. Historically, this has proven to be a winning strategy as far as UI design is concerned at DaniWeb.

Yep, the little tweaks are improving it all the time Dani. Keep up the good work, it is appreciated by most folk!

It was broke, that's the thing. From the viewpoint of traffic generation if nothing else...

Still nothing to add that's really constructive though, you just seem to be repeating the fact that you don't like it without offering specifics as to why or suggestions as to how it could be improved (other than going back to the way it was, which isn't going to happen).

Spot on from Deceptikon, in my never humble opinion.

misi, I think that's a tad on the harsh side. Anything constructive to offer by way of criticism?

Oh, and I would add that I imagine if it's decided that the changes have broken it then DaniWeb will revert to something unbroken in pretty short order (not that I think it is broke at the moment, to be honest).

Let's put it this way: Dani has never made changes to DaniWeb just for the heck of it, ever in all the years I have known her. She only ever does so if she thinks it will be for the long term benefit of the community. If drastic changes are needed to give DaniWeb a chance of surviving the next year or two then I say let's cut her some slack and give her our support.

Yep, tagging is the way forward - people just need to get used to it being front and centre in the UI rather than being allowed to merge into the background a bit.

It sucks. Then you die. Get over it. Get on with it.

The stickies/pinned posts problem will be resolved over time as we work through the forums and remove those that are no longer required for whatever reason (many are outdated, others are news/editorial that doesn't need to be stuck etc)

DDoS is also increasingly being used as a diversionary tactic to cover a breach in action.

Hello.

I would suggest you post your questions in the following forums/categories:

1. https://www.daniweb.com/web-development/31

2. https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/2

Hello. Did you have any questions to ask?

Sorted. If I use my Chromebook Flip in tablet mode, DaniWeb via Chrome browser loses the sidebar :)

Can't say it makes much difference to readability to be honest. I like the new poster/signature positioning, and I really like the use of whitespace throughout. I could lose the sidebar, but hey... :)

And relax... the moderator/admin/editorial links are back and all is right in the world :)

And?

Nobody is doing your homework for you here. Post some code, show us what you've done, tell us where you are stuck and then, only then, will we try and help you...

I see that the newsletter archive has vanished in the new UI, but so has the newsletter editing link for producing the new ones. I'm guessing this is on the list for implementation in the coming days, Dani?

Trying to change my signature, but the edit toolbar doesn't work - clicking on bold or trying to add a link does nothing.

You will have to do a lot better than that. Can you please explain exactly what the problem is, including platform etc, then someone may be able to help.

What is Google?

Answer that and it will help you in your quest :)

Anything that helps get the encryption message across is 'a.good.thing' and anything that helps reduce costs to encourage adoption/implementation ditto. I've been a fan of the Let's Encrypt project since the get go. I rather like the short-term option (validity of just a month) which can limit threat surface exposure when the almost inevitable first theft of the things occurs.

I doubt it, that request was SEVEN YEARS AGO.

G'night :)

Welcome to DaniWeb

Good luck, but speaking from my own experience of way too many allnighters I'd say rest is ultimately more beneficial than enthusiasm in the long term. Don't knock yourself out Dani! :)

Welcome

I actually like 'bung of morons' and will be stealing it for use elsewhere should the opportunity arise :)

a bung of morons

Is that the official collective noun? :)

Pardon?

I would hope he has fixed it by now... Check the datestamps.

What is your old username?

In what way is the 'forgot password thing' not working? Error messages etc would be helpful.

Hank, you guessed wrong - I'm afraid I don't agree that the article should have simply stated "destroy your hard drive and install Ubuntu" - sorry. :)

Hank, some good points but for the record I've been working in and writing about 'cyber security' for more than 20 years now. Much of what you take issue with is covered in step 4 of that article - and it's this advice that you are essentially repeating when you state "The only secure remedy is to boot from a non-infected thumb drive or disc; scan and clean your critical data." However, just to clarify:

Some, not all, malware is of the rootkit variety and some, not all, is sophisticated enough to hide away totally. Much, not all, of the stuff that does can be dealt with as I said by "booting into a Linux environment via CD/USB and manually identifying and deleting rogue files." Much, not all, can also be dealt with using something like HitManPro Kickstart.

I need someone to wash my van. Using Turtle Wax will be deeply appreciated.

Same reasoning, can't be bothered to do it myself...

Could the mobile thing be chicken and egg with DaniWeb? Make it a better mobile experience and more people will access it that way? Certainly Google seems to take the mobile friendly aspect very seriously these days from what I understand...

What?

Looks fine in Chrome here for me.