Tricolor

ERA (Extensible Rendering Architecture or "Fit to width") is a perfect tool for me. I finally decided to upgrade to 7.60TP for that.

I don't really care about the screen real estate. I always have the panel open on the left (and the panel selector as well), which takes up more than one fifth of my 15" screen width, and I also have a child panel on the right for easy access to most frequently used applications in KDE. With this kind of setup, some web pages naturally don't fit into the main window of Opera, so I had to scroll horizontally a bit when I really wanted to read something on the edge. In 7.60, I tick the "Fit to width" check box that I put on the main bar.

For some reason, I feel uncomfortable reading wide pages. Maybe I have a narrow view...

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Cyber pet

Sunday, October 24, 2004 5:53:55 AM

最近みつけたささやかな楽しみ。

在仏熊猫日記: ペット編

10月12日の「ピアノのおけいこ」が最高！

リヨン在住のオペラ歌手のblogのようですが、音楽よりもお料理と猫の話題のほうが多いみたいです。毎晩、今日はトトロに会えるかなと楽しみにしています。

あのくにゃくにゃした足に触れないのが残念！

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www.opera.com

Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:23:40 PM

I visited www.opera.com (not my.opera.com) for the first time in a long while and was impressed by its new look. It's slick!

When was it changed?

I also noticed a nice thing added to the download page for Linux. Now one can choose a distribution and its version (eg. Mandrake > 10.1), then the right package is automatically picked up. No more worry about gcc version etc.

It's a pity that Mandrakesoft still cannot afford to hire a skilled web designer to *fix* their messy websites...

On a side note, 'Mandrake' should be changed to 'Mandrakelinux'. And the official name of Mandrakelinux live CD is 'Move', not 'On The Move'.

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Nouveaux goodies

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:19:30 AM

大好評のTux plush (身長30cm) に続いて今度はもっと大きいやつ (身長85cm) を近日中に発売します。

他にもこんなの欲しいなぁってのがあったら教えてね。

目的はもちろん売ってお金を儲けることだけど、世間を騒がすような話題性のあるものもいいんじゃないかな。たとえばLinuxカーテンなんてどう？カーテン=窓(Windows)を隠すから！

いいアイディア待ってま〜す。

--- Mandrakeclub articleより (拙訳)

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Access Denied

Monday, October 18, 2004 1:47:19 PM

I don't have a plan to buy a new machine (can't afford to) but was browsing Dell's Japanese online store. I was curious to know how much it would cost to get a machine with DVD+/-RW and a 19" monitor... When I clicked the green Customize button for Dimension 8400, I got this!

「弊社オンラインストアは、Internet Explorer4.0以上、
Netscape4.6以上でのみご使用いただけます。」

What kind of business are they doing? They don't want to sell their products to Opera/Linux users?

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Splash screen

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 3:05:29 PM

Some people regard it as a sheer waste of resources but I like it.

Here's the Mandrake's original splash screen for OpenOffice.org.

http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~apricots/screenshot/OO.o.png

N.B. available in Mandrakelinux 10.1

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Did you know...?

Friday, June 18, 2004 12:28:40 PM

... that click on the security icon (padlock) opens Security Preferences Dialog window?

I didn't know that... I clicked on the icon by mistake and found it. When was it implemented? Are there any other hidden undocumented features of Opera?

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m17n - it's fun!

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:49:11 PM

The m17n library is a multilingual text processing library for the C language.
It is a free and open source software.
It is for any GNU/Linux and Unix applications/libraries.
It realizes multilingualization of many aspects of applications/libraries.
The word "m17n" is the abbreviation of "multilingualization".
(The m17n Library Documentation 1.0)

Technical things aside, it's fun to see exotic-looking characters show up on screen with random keystrokes.

With a proper module, one can type many different languages without using unicode character map. They say that m17n supports 170 languages' input, though 107 of them have to use numerical codes and there are still four unsupported languages.

Here's what 0 to 9 look like in some languages. Malayalam is my favorite for the moment.

http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~apricots/pictures/numerals.png

Omniglot is a good guide to writing systems. It's also an interesting read. For example, the origin of Oriya goes like this.

The Oriya script developed from the Kalinga script, one of the many descendents of the Brahmi script of ancient India. The earliest known inscription in the Oriya language, in the Kalinga script, dates from 1051.
The curved appearance of the Oriya script is a result of the practice of writing on palm leaves, which have a tendency to tear if you use too many straight lines.

Interesting...

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There is no place like home.

Tuesday, June 8, 2004 2:09:12 PM

I tried out SuSE 9.1 live CD. It detected all my hardware correctly (I don't have any peripherals though) and I was connected to the internet without any configurations. It was easy.

The default theme looked very nice. And OpenOffice.org is integrated into KDE using same icons etc. For multimedia, it includes Juk, KSCD, Kaffeine and even RealPlayer! Not bad but I couldn't stay there for more than thirty minutes because of the noise coming from my machine. A weakness of live Cd's.

In short, SuSE looked more refined and professional than Mandrake. I had that impression since I visited their homepage for the first time. Compare it with Mandrake's.

Live CD's are good for a change but after all I'm comfortable with my home in Mandrake...

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Preferences toolbar

Friday, June 4, 2004 2:45:08 PM

I really like the new default skin, voted twice for "Yes, it rocks!" in the previous question of the day. But I don't appreciate the default layout very much. The main bar is turned off in spite of its name and buttons are placed on the address bar. What annoys me is since this toolbar is elastic, the absolute position of each button changes when I open a panel.

Maybe I'm the only one feeling that way...? Anyway, I'm using the main bar and the status bar instead which wouldn't move whatever I do.

And I have turned the address bar into the quick preferences bar. Not sure how often I'll actually use it though...