Opera: Startbar is dead, here comes Speed Dial


Opera completely removed the Startbar in their latest weekly build which is one of the worst moves ever, since Opera users like me first hated this bar and then learned to love it. (I am a statistics nerd and also put some shortcuts there).

Opera Watch asks for opinions.

My opinion is: Kill the new speed dial feature again and let Opera return the Startbar. Infact the speed dial feature currently even has problems displaying certain blogs so it doesn’t work at a reasonable speed and statisfaction

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Vista X64 issues

Yes, Windows Vista X64 has issues, but the ones I experienced lately are caused by not-so-nice drivers.

My experience: When I am installing Nvidia’s nforce4 driver, I get a slow system if I use Opera. (100% CPU load). If I use the one before the latest ATI Catalyst & driver package, the ATI Tray icons often won’t show up and the Communications_Helper.exe causes 100% CPU load if when any application is playing sound. With the latest Catalyst, this only happens when using the microphone.

Bluetooth is also an issue: The Windows Vista stack is the same/similar to the one in Windows XP SP2, and does not currently support “expensive” stuff like bluetooth headsets. But BlueSoil is working on Vista version and Widcomm released a Vista update. Links are in the forum thread linked above.

Hope this helps.
Please notice also that Hama let me know that they tied various Bluetooth sticks, and some of them do not even work with the default drivers/profiles (keyboard, mouse comes with Vista I assume – The info regarding Bluetooth and Vista supplied by Microsoft is very thin.

Info links:

Microsoft

BlueSoleil Vista info

Widcomm-Update-Software for Vista

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Another ICQ easter egg photo gallery


Who doesn’t rememeber the easter egg with photos of the ICQ Team, now there is another easter egg, on the Xtraz Center webspace. It can be found here.

It’s a mix of photos of the ICQ Team and Matrix! 🙂

Info supplied by Flashboy, thanks 🙂

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Orkut’s weird recent “feature”


Orkut has since recently a pretty weird
“feature” (or let’s call it “option”) in their settings.

And once the option appeared, it was enabled by default without my notice.

I only noticed it, because somebody from Brazil who wanted to add me pointed it out to me.

It’s “receive friend invites only from people with profiles in the following languages”.

If you think about it, it’s quite harming the sense of being an international community.

Is this Orkut’s try to make it a smaller, more controllable community?
Not sure..

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Skype got professional support now… for developers.

Let’s face it, Skype’s Support is not the best. But they have got professional support now… for developers. Quoting Ike’s Lifestyle Blog (Who herself quoted Skype’s announcement):

“We will guarantee next business day response and three business days resolution, or your request will be handled free of charge. You will also be able to place your premium support requests confidentially.”

· Paid support issues are top priority: your issue will be resolved
before work is started on unpaid issues.
· It’s pricey, € 300 per incident, half that if you pre-pay for ten.
· It’s only through Skype’s issue tracker system. No live support.
· And it’s just for software developers.“

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First issue of the C64 Orchestra newsletter

Yesterday, I have received the first newsletter of the C64 Orchestra.

Next to their next stage details, they also mention a CD to come out near June this year.

Here is what they wrote:

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From: “Productiehuis ON (no reply)”
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Subject: C64 orchestra newsflash
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:41:52 +0100

February 2006

Hello C64 orchestra fan,

It has been some time since you heard from us. But no worries, we will keep you updated on what’s happening!
Let’s start with what’s happening with the release of the C64 cd. Right now we are talking with different record companies in and outside Europe. Our record label in Europe is Rounder and we are talking with Yep Roc in the States. We are working on the release of a special edition with all the specifics of C64 design. We invited some great Dutch design companies and finally made the choice to work with Hotel. In the mean time we are working on clarifying some legal issues concerning the rights of songs and games, a slow but necessary process. The release, the special edition and the ‘normal’ version, will be two cd’s. One will be the orchestrated version by the C64 orchestra and the other one has the original tunes, two games and an emulator to play the C64 games on your pc. And we will also add some video footage of the premiere! So it’s a full package of C64 fun!

The big question is: when will the cd be released?
We hope to release it in June 2007, but it’s a long shot. Lots of issues need to be resolved before we can raise the flag!

C64 orchestra is ON tour:
15-03-07 De Vereeniging, Nijmegen, NL
17-03-07 Atak, Enschede, NL
16-05-07 Vredenburg, Utrecht, NL
03-06-07 Virusfestival, Eindhoven, NL
14-07-07 Forma Nova Festival, Fredericia, Denmark

C64 orchestra ON the internet:
www.myspace.com/c64orchestra
You tube

Don’t you want to have our newsflashes? Reply to nieuwsbrief@ONinternet.nl (with the email address which receives the newsflash!) with subject ‘unsubscribe’

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Ministerie van OCW, the provincies Overijssel &
Gelderland and the gemeente Deventer

productiehuis ON / Bagijnenstraat 11
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The Netherlands
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