dieJaxMeister

iBurst, yeah or neah?

2005-07-11T20:35:00Z

Yeah: I ordered iBurst this afternoon & im already blogging tonight.

Neah: My signal only flashes 3 lights with an external antenna.

Yeah: R599 pm 3gig, incl isp

Neah: R2800 for desktop modem

Yeah: Speed, 1.0 Mbps

If you add it up, i think i made the right discussion in choosing between Telkom & iBurst?

What do you say?

t h e g r f x g u y

Usability Tip for the day

2005-03-16T12:54:00Z

“A company's homepage is its face to the world and the starting point for most user visits. Improving your homepage multiplies the entire website's business value, so following key guidelines for homepage usability is well worth the investment.“

More “useful“ links:

http://www.asktog.com/basics/03Performance.html
http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020512.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20021223.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20031110.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.html
http://www.sylvantech.com/~talin/projects/ui_design.html

CSS Resources

2005-02-10T09:55:00Z

http://www.mezzoblue.com/zengarden/resources/

Well Designed CSS Sites

2004-12-10T10:02:00Z

goto: http://www.andybudd.com/links/well_designed_css_sites/index.php

BLUEZOO Digital Website LIVE!

2004-11-22T12:35:00Z

My website was launched last week with the help of Armand. This is where I will be updating my digital portfolio from time to time, if I have the time, but go have a look in the mean time. www.bluezoodigital.co.za
t h e g r f x g u y

New Wireless Internet Provider Bursts on to Market

2004-10-13T07:13:00Z

MMUG had a demo on this last night!

JOHANNESBURG - Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) is gearing up to become South Africa's second provider of wireless broadband internet and promising to do so at prices that will make it very attractive to disgruntled Sentech users.

more

Developing User-Friendly Flash Content

2004-09-15T13:40:00Z

Usability is thinking of the user first, last and always.

Macromedia Flash can improve usability

For Matt

2004-08-05T05:41:00Z

MacOS X

T-MOBILE & MACROMEDIA PARTNERSHIP

2004-07-26T12:25:00Z

Mhhhmm, flash on cellphones...now becomes a reallity with T-Mobile International and Macromedia announcing a strategic partnership to bring more expressive multimedia and interactivity to handsets.

Go here for more

FlashORB.Net

2004-07-14T20:49:00Z

FlashORB.Net significantly simplifies the experience of developing enterprise applications with Flash and .NET. It raises the bar for the performance, ease-of-use, depth of integration with .NET, security and manageability for all available Flash Remoting implementations.

Any .Net developers interrested?

Creating your own Flash UIComponent

2004-07-14T14:44:00Z

Here is a great example of how to get stuck into making your own rich media UIComponents in Flash MX 2004 Proffesional.
The learning curve for me as designer is very steep, remember you can do anything in you life....

t h e g r f x g u y

FLV Player 1.02 released

2004-05-10T12:20:00Z

FLV Player has been updated to version 1.02 to incorporate some improvements. I added two new features: you can now right-click the video that's playing to get some details about it (dimensions, length) and the player now remembers it's last position on the screen.

by - Martijn de Visser

Assistance on putting an image at the top of your blog with css...

2004-05-04T07:20:00Z

KevinT had a request to add an image at the top of his blog & I thought I will share it with the rest of the dotnet.org.za bloggers..

This is what Armand showed me, after he hacked Johann de Swardt's wicked method of manipulating the css..

So first of all thank you, Johann & Armand!

Goto admin > Options > Configure
Paste the folowing into the Static News/Announcement text box:

h1 {
margin : 0px;
letter-spacing: 4px;
text-align: right;
font-size : 1.5em;
}

h1 a:visited,
h1 a:active,
h1 a:link {
color : #336699;
}

#h1 a:hover {
color : #336699;
}

a:visited,
a:active,
a:link {
color : #336699;
}

a:hover
{
font-weight:bold;
}

h3 {
border-bottom : 2px solid #99CCFF;
font-size : 8pt;
}

p.date {
border-bottom : 2px #99CCFF;
border-bottom-style: dotted;
}

#top {
background: url(
"http://dotnet.org.za//images/dotnet_org_za/jakkie/153/r_bluezoo4.jpg" );
background-attachment: fixed;
background-position: 0px, 0px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
border-bottom : 10px solid #336699;
background-color : #000000;
}

#main {
background-color : #FFFFFF;
margin : 0px 200px 0px 200px;
padding : 10px;
border-left : 2px solid #99CCFF
border-right : 2px solid #99CCFF
border-bottom : 2px solid #99CCFF
}

#main a {
color : #336699;
}

#comments h4 span {
color : #99CCFF
}

#tagline {
font-size : 10pt;
letter-spacing: 4px;
text-align: right;
margin : 0px;
}

#relatedlinks ul {
list-style : none;
margin-left : 10px;
padding : 0px;
}

#rightmenu {
width : 180px;
position : absolute;
right : 0px;
margin-top : 20px;
}

#leftmenu {
position : absolute;
left : 10px;
margin-top : 20px;
width : 180px;
}
</style>

Make sure the marvin3-vibrant.css is selected

Save! & check it out..

Now add your own background image url & change a few #color values & do whatever you like to this css to personalise your blog..

If you have lots of time, you can play around with the other css options available & customise the above css to fit that specific css..

Im sure there is more you can do to change the structure of your blog after reading this link on .Text skinning 101..

But the above method was just a quick fix that was interresting enough to try & see what happens..

Enjoy!
t h e g r f x g u y

Flash player Stats

2004-05-03T13:15:00Z

The Flash Evanelist posted the updated player penetration survey results today. The survey was taken in March 2004 by NPD Online Research.

Here's a quick summary (worldwide averages):
Flash Player 7: 52.5%
Flash Player 6: 93.5%
Earlier versions: 98%

The December survey showed Flash Player 7 at approximately 34% penetration, so this growth rate is very nice to see.

Future Vision with flash video

2004-05-03T12:58:00Z

How do you see the future unfold...?

Explore the Vodafone Future Vision Website - made with Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Professional - using video to good effect..