I've just installed RC1 from 3rd party repos (add "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fta/ubuntu hardy main" to your /etc/apt/sources.list ) and have noticed one big improvement right away - AwesomeBar is much, much faster.
In 3.0b5 it's been really slow - I haven't measured it, but the delay was more than noticeable - I could wait for 1-2 seconds every time I typed something into the address bar. Now everything appears instantly - there's no lag at all.
This improvement alone makes it worthy to upgrade to 3rd party packages...
Over the last couple of years I've spent countless hours looking for Drupal themes. Most of the time I wouldn't find anything that would please me both on aesthetic and functional levels. While many themes look all right, it's hard to find ones that provide functional elements exactly as I want them to be (or even close to it) - there's just too many factors and theme developers have to decide on a particular page width, number and size of columns, etc.
.conf (pronounced "dot conf") theme solves this problem. You are able to choose exactly how many regions you have, where they are located, how wide they are and which region holds the main content. Also, page width is up to you.
Check out the presentation video encoded with OGG Theora (55 MB) or MPEG-4 (47 MB).
to see this theme in action. Edit: Windows users: in case you can't see the vidoe, download a codec from Theora web site.
On the "looks" side, .conf is a port of a design we made for Tabbo - a neat little website that helps good people promote cool ideas. A generally idea for it is to be light (practically no images), functional and usable (every major functional element is placed in a predictable place). On the other side, I can predict many people will find it to be too simple. Heck - that's what versions 0.1+ are for :).
.conf relies on Blueprint - a really nice CSS framework.
Plans for 0.2: you can choose a style for blocks - globally and on a per region basis.
I'd be really glad if you could test the theme and share your opinion. Did you find any bugs? What would you change? Is there some functionality you'd like to see?
if(isset($this->params['named']['sort'])) { // user clicked on a "sort by" link, write his choice to the session
$this->Session->write('recipes_sort',array($this->params['named']['sort']=>$this->params['named']['direction']));
}
elseif($this->Session->check('recipes_sort')) { // user has "saved" his sorting preference before
$this->paginate['order'] = $this->Session->read('recipes_sort');
}
I have no idea how to file this bug (which package?), so I'll post it here and ask on #ubuntu+1.
There are two groups of apps:When either app from one group is using audio (please see a note below, marked "Note 1"), none of the apps from the other group can use audio.
Examples:Please not that sound works perfectly fine as long as apps from only one group are being used. So for example Skype won't have a problem if VLC is playing at the same time.
Note 1. I don't really know when an app actually "uses audio", so my description might be erratic. Rhythmbox prevents apps from the second group from using audio only when music is playing or it's paused. When I stop music with a "stop" button via my laptop's multimedia keys (I can't see a "stop" button anywhere in Rhythmbox), I can make calls or watch videos. In gmplayer, simply opening a video file prevents Rhythmbox from being operational. It doesn't matter if the movie is playing/paused/stopped.
I've dist-upgraded to Hardy the next morning after Alpha 5 came out (so I think it was Feb. 23, 2008). I'm using Dell Inspiron 1720.
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I love Drupal. I've used quite a few CMS and bloggin platforms (PostNuke, Xaraya, WordPress to name a few) over the last few years and once I tried it, I haven't even considered using anything else - the only exception is my sister's blog (Ania Mucha). It's very flexible and - with a little bit of tweaking - it can do everything I want (but cooking, but let's wait till Drupal 6 comes out ;) ). As with every piece of software - there are some things that I'd like to be done in a different way (I'm not writing better just because I don't like to see myself as an arrogant bastard). Some things appear not powerful enough (like RSS module), other areas are just too confusing (Drupal's documentation, anyone?). A tiny disclaimer: I'm aware that Drupal is an Open Source, community-driven project and what are this fact's implications. I don't mean to troll, it's meant to be a constructive criticism. If I'll say "this stinks" at any time, I promise I'd provide a less stinking vision of "this". This is an introduction to a series of posts about certain aspects of Drupal that I'm not that fond of.
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