I have recently read that Microsoft have given people the choice to downgrade Windows 7 to Windows Vista. Looking at the OS's I don't see why you would as personally I think Windows 7 is better and that we should bypass Vista.
This looks like Microsoft want more people to use Vista. Their excuse is that this will help to extend the lifetime of XP. I have seen that many businesses have moved the majority of computers to XP (from 2000) in 2007, only 6 years after XP came out. It's nice that Microsoft want us to move on, but a good OS stands the test of time. I would have to say XP is my favourite, but given 10 years, things move on.
I'm just glad that we have longer support for XP.
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
IE8 and browser detection
Do you develop websites of your own? If so you may use browser detection methods to find out what the browser used and tweak your website to look nice in other browsers.
Finally moving to IE8 and bypassing version 7 I found that the browser is not detected using PHP. In IE 7 I could use the code:
if ( strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE 7') )
{
$browser = 'ie7';
}
This works for 6 and 7 by changing the number. However for in PHP IE8 reports:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; InfoPath.1; MSN OptimizedIE8;ENGB)
The work around in PHP I used was "OptimizedIE8". By tweaking my detection script, I added:
if ( strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'OptimizedIE8') )
{
$browser = 'ie8';
}
For those of you that like to avoid JavaScript and use PHP, I hope this helps. Others that use ASP, I'm sure you have something to combat this too.
If this still does not work on IE and my website then please let me know. Thanks.
Finally moving to IE8 and bypassing version 7 I found that the browser is not detected using PHP. In IE 7 I could use the code:
if ( strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE 7') )
{
$browser = 'ie7';
}
This works for 6 and 7 by changing the number. However for in PHP IE8 reports:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; InfoPath.1; MSN OptimizedIE8;ENGB)
The work around in PHP I used was "OptimizedIE8". By tweaking my detection script, I added:
if ( strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'OptimizedIE8') )
{
$browser = 'ie8';
}
For those of you that like to avoid JavaScript and use PHP, I hope this helps. Others that use ASP, I'm sure you have something to combat this too.
If this still does not work on IE and my website then please let me know. Thanks.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
My ISA interest rate has dropped considerably
Slightly off techy, but with inflation at 0% money is on the agenda. If you have an ISA, you should look at the interest rates at the moment. They are down considerably for all bank accounts and worst of all ISA's.
Currently I have an ISA with Lloyds and back when I started this one, the interest was around 4%. Looking good and conveniently easy to commute to local branches, I saw this as a worthy investment. From recent years, my money didn't exactly earn much elsewhere so a new bank was on the agenda.
On a side note, late last year I had an account with Halifax. Unlike many that kept there money in Icelandic accounts, I decided with Halifax to get out while I had the chance. Guess what happened weeks after? The bank when bust and Lloyds have a stake in them. Lucky for me, that's where my money went.
Back on the matter, looking at today's interest rate with Lloyds, the shocking news for me and everyone out there is that the latest interest rate is 1%. This is above inflation, but not that good if you had an ISA for nearly 12 months. What a joke. Is an ISA worth all that bother, I think not now. I will be taking my money and using it for other purposes once I have the small interest. Only a couple of weeks to wait to find a better way to use it.
If your considering doing the same thing, what are you plans?
Currently I have an ISA with Lloyds and back when I started this one, the interest was around 4%. Looking good and conveniently easy to commute to local branches, I saw this as a worthy investment. From recent years, my money didn't exactly earn much elsewhere so a new bank was on the agenda.
On a side note, late last year I had an account with Halifax. Unlike many that kept there money in Icelandic accounts, I decided with Halifax to get out while I had the chance. Guess what happened weeks after? The bank when bust and Lloyds have a stake in them. Lucky for me, that's where my money went.
Back on the matter, looking at today's interest rate with Lloyds, the shocking news for me and everyone out there is that the latest interest rate is 1%. This is above inflation, but not that good if you had an ISA for nearly 12 months. What a joke. Is an ISA worth all that bother, I think not now. I will be taking my money and using it for other purposes once I have the small interest. Only a couple of weeks to wait to find a better way to use it.
If your considering doing the same thing, what are you plans?
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Million Pixel Website
Have you wanted to advertise online but don't want to pay a fortune for the advertisement, then this website is to help you grow you website. Rather than creating another website full of adverts that annoy viewers, this website uses pixels that you can use to link to your site.
How do I advertise you may ask? You choose a range of squares (pixels) and create an image to upload to the website. Our viewers will see the wonderful images and if they like yours, then you will be fortunate enough to get more customers to your website.
All I ask is that you don't offend others by discrimination, swearing or other put downs. I will monitor this daily to remove adverts that I believe to be bad in some way.
How do I advertise you may ask? You choose a range of squares (pixels) and create an image to upload to the website. Our viewers will see the wonderful images and if they like yours, then you will be fortunate enough to get more customers to your website.
All I ask is that you don't offend others by discrimination, swearing or other put downs. I will monitor this daily to remove adverts that I believe to be bad in some way.
Internet Nightmares
Having worked on a few websites now and using the internet before the millennium, I had to create this website. This website is to help us all voice our frustrations of other websites and make them more user friendly.
There is always something that annoys us about websites, whether it's the hotmail adverts on the right on the email, features removed on websites like monster preventing CV uploads for existing resumes (recently added back after complaints a month ago) or even websites that do not work with JavaScript (JS) off. Some websites use JS excessively and don't provide functionality with this off. Additionally lack of support for other operating systems like Linux / Unix (i.e. BBC iPlayer).
Voice your concerns here and help us all put pressure on the websites owners to improve there website or lose their customers.
There is always something that annoys us about websites, whether it's the hotmail adverts on the right on the email, features removed on websites like monster preventing CV uploads for existing resumes (recently added back after complaints a month ago) or even websites that do not work with JavaScript (JS) off. Some websites use JS excessively and don't provide functionality with this off. Additionally lack of support for other operating systems like Linux / Unix (i.e. BBC iPlayer).
Voice your concerns here and help us all put pressure on the websites owners to improve there website or lose their customers.
Friday, 16 January 2009
ISP Nightmares
Don't you hate it when your ISP treats you as a nobody, or whether they lie to you and waste your time? Recently I had issues when different staff said different things and when I found the truth the only help they could give is that the correct department is only available during 09.00-17.00 Monday-Friday. That's no good when you work all week during the same hours. Not having internet access for a few days to use the out of ours support, what can you do?
Now lying to customers to get rid of them is bad customer service. It's not on and I won't take it standing down. Help us all share your bad experiences as these companies take our money and should lose customers if this happens again. Bad reputation is bad for their business, badly treated customers is bad for us. Who should suffer, us or them? You decide?
Now lying to customers to get rid of them is bad customer service. It's not on and I won't take it standing down. Help us all share your bad experiences as these companies take our money and should lose customers if this happens again. Bad reputation is bad for their business, badly treated customers is bad for us. Who should suffer, us or them? You decide?
Friday, 28 November 2008
Birak Group Homes - Advertising your home for FREE
Recently I have been working on home improvements. This involved doing up an old home and painting, redecorating and home repair. Whilst doing this and working it came to mind how much companies charge for advertising.
If your a Home owner and wanting to sell or let your home there are lots of costs involved. Estate Agents take a lot of money from you too. If your a buyer or a tenant there are fees when putting yourself on a waiting list to find a home.
With all this in mind and the fact of the credit crunch I decided to do something about this. I have created my third website (in the last 12 months) by connecting you to your purchase. This is by helping buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants find each other and lower these costs to a bare minimum. This website will allow you to speed up a sale and if you are planning to move towns (students affected mostly) then use this website to find a home on in the area not far from your University campus. This will help you lower those debts in the long run by hopefully living in a home rather then University accommodation.
Below I have added some example pages of the website:
To make it clearer to find a home on sale or rent.
To make it easier to find a your buyer or tenant.
The cost for you all is nothing, that's right, it's totally FREE. Save yourself money and advertise for decent prices. I hope you all prosper and I will develop the website to suite you all.
If your a Home owner and wanting to sell or let your home there are lots of costs involved. Estate Agents take a lot of money from you too. If your a buyer or a tenant there are fees when putting yourself on a waiting list to find a home.
With all this in mind and the fact of the credit crunch I decided to do something about this. I have created my third website (in the last 12 months) by connecting you to your purchase. This is by helping buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants find each other and lower these costs to a bare minimum. This website will allow you to speed up a sale and if you are planning to move towns (students affected mostly) then use this website to find a home on in the area not far from your University campus. This will help you lower those debts in the long run by hopefully living in a home rather then University accommodation.
Below I have added some example pages of the website:
To make it clearer to find a home on sale or rent.
To make it easier to find a your buyer or tenant.
The cost for you all is nothing, that's right, it's totally FREE. Save yourself money and advertise for decent prices. I hope you all prosper and I will develop the website to suite you all.
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