http://www.pawprint.net News from PawPrint.net en Copyright (c) 1992-2010 PawPrint.net web@pawprint.net PawPrint XDe News Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:26:00 -0500 120 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=93 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=93 The long awaited PHP 6 version is starting to look more like a reality at the end of a very long tunnel, but in the immediate future the PHP team has depreciated several functions and language concepts in the PHP 5.3 release that are clearly aimed at helping developers start to migrate early... http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=92 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=92 We have been encouraging people to switch from Internet Explorer to basically any other browser for several years now and the latest security holes that have garnered world wide attention after the Google issues in China just underline the reasons why. However, all the press is getting people to switch and that is great news for the web in general! http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=91 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=91 PawPrint is pleased to release the new chirp module, an on-site twitter-like short update system that is integrated into the XDe and accepts pre-loading from other modules while providing automatic updates to twitter and soon other social bookmarking sites. http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=90 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=90 The third alpha release of Versaverter 4 is now available for download and testing. The new version includes mainly bug fixes and just a few more enhancements and new features. This release is still alpha software so we expect a few rough edges. http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=89 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=89 The second alpha release of Versaverter 4 is now available for download and testing. The new version includes several enhancements, bug fixes, and new features. This release is still alpha software so we expect a few rough edges. http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=88 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=88 As I begin my foray into the Adobe Air development arena I hit a strange snag for some people trying to download .air files - Windows was silently changing them to .zip during download - breaking the entire process! Here is how to fix it. http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=87 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=87 PawPrint is thrilled to announce the availability of the first Alpha release of Versaverter 4. The first release since 2005 primarily addresses usability and opens Versaverter to the Mac and Linux users (and any other platforms where Adobe Air will run) http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=86 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=86 Versaverter 3 has been out and slowly becoming obsolete since 2005. It was high time to kick things up a notch and get a modern release out the door. We had some high expectations for where Versaverter should go and we're now fairly confident that it is going to do exactly what we wanted! http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=85 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=85 Now that the first Release Candidate of Thunderbird 3 is out, and because I'm a glutton for new software versions I hazarded an upgrade to the new version. I love what I see so far, but there are a couple if bigtime gotchas that others might want to know about... http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=84 http://www.pawprint.net/news/index.php?action=view&nid=84 Contrary to what a lot of online sources are saying Windows 7 DOES automatically make hidden thumbs.db files in any folder where it encounters a picture. This thumbnail cache wastes space and pollutes folders with hidden files that can cause problems in certain circumstances, here is how to prevent them...