http://destroyinternet.com RUMORS on the INTERNETS Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:06:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm testing out a java desktop application that I'm pretty excited about, but when I run it on my Linux desktop, if I do a drag 'n drop, it freezes.  A little research and I find the following bug: http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6397447 .  Basically, if you have Java6's "splash screen" feature enabled ... http://destroyinternet.com/2010/01/15/java-drag-n-drop-splash-screen-bug-in-linux/ Apparently this is unsupported but possible. http://destroyinternet.com/2009/11/25/use-your-own-xmarks-server/ I used to go to Apple.com for movie trailers because they had really high quality trailers and the downloads were really fast... However, today I went to watch the "Shark's Tale" trailer and I found I was unable to full screen the trailer.. and I couldn't figure out how to pull ... http://destroyinternet.com/2009/11/21/what-happened-to-apples-awesome-web-movie-trailer-service/ While reading about the limitations imposed by the Dropbox developers.. someone mentioned SugarSync which is apparently a competing product. It's not clear that it will support Linux.. but they do support Windows and Mac. They offer a free 2g plan similar to Dropbox's free plan, but they also ... http://destroyinternet.com/2009/11/14/sugarsync/ The fact that I can't change the name of the dropbox folder in Windows from "My Dropbox" has been driving me crazy. After more Google searching than should have been necessary, I found this page describing how the author managed to find the setting and change it. I found out ... http://destroyinternet.com/2009/11/14/how-to-rename-the-my-dropbox-folder-in-windows/ I was comparing wiki softwares over at wikimatrix.org and this is the list I came up with. There were a number of things I required to make that list. It must be software I can install which is free. It must not require root access or anything super crazy to run. ... http://destroyinternet.com/2009/11/02/wiki-software-comparison/ I noticed on this page on the EFF's site that, in Firefox, when you zoom (ctrl-+), the right column wraps to underneath the article. I really like that! http://destroyinternet.com/2009/10/20/eff-has-a-nice-page-layout/ I've often thought that I'd like my blog to automatically grab a copy of any page that I link to, since the page may change or even go down. The other day someone sent me a link to an article which was actually mirrored using a script to do just that. http://destroyinternet.com/2009/09/17/site-mirroring-python-script/ Ever noticed plugins stealing your keyboard focus in Firefox so you can't use Firefox keys anymore? Very frustrating because I thought the only way to get focus out of the plugin is to use the mouse, which may be unavailable. Funny, it turns out this has been a known bug ... http://destroyinternet.com/2009/09/09/embedded-content-hijacks-keyboard-focus-in-firefox-work-around/ This is hardly interesting pressing news, but it's left an impression on me, so I choose to share:   In my tinkering with python, I've found the python console to be a priceless tool when helping to discover syntax.  In this afternoon's example, I was wondering about different cute ways to ... http://destroyinternet.com/2009/05/04/more-on-python/