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IE8: Why MS loves 'MouseDown' event so much?... [IE8: Why MS loves 'MouseDown' event so much?...]

Alexei Pavlov — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:30:12 GMT

Again, again and again... Why IE closes tab on "middle mouse" MouseDown event instead of MouseUp/MouseClick?

It's beyond my understanding...

It's always a very bad idea to do any 'complete' action inside Mouse/Key "Down" event. You can start some action like Drag-N-Drop inside such event, but not FINISH!

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WinSlevin: MS, please don't forget to do something in "release". [WinSlevin: MS, please don't forget to do something in "release".]

Alexei Pavlov — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:23:11 GMT

MS, please don't forget to fix Network Drive icon in release version!!!
It's from Win95!

Win7 under VirtualPC. So no "Aero". Just "Basic".

PS: I like "Lucky Number Slevin" movie!

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How to Make a Cheap Multitouch Pad - MTmini [How to Make a Cheap Multitouch Pad - MTmini]

Alexei Pavlov — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:47:54 GMT

Amazing!...

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Any 'Plastic Model Simulator' game for PC [Any 'Plastic Model Simulator' game for PC]

Alexei Pavlov — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:41:41 GMT

I mean plastic models of cars, planes, tanks etc.
Is the any "simulator".

PS: Don't think my idea is something new... If so... call me. I want to try to be involved in such project.

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G-Speak. One more "Minority Report" interface... Is it really useful? [G-Speak. One more "Minority Report" interface... Is it really useful?]

Alexei Pavlov — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:22:47 GMT

SOURCE

Definitely nice and cool. But I can't find any real live application for this type of UI.
Any thoughts? I can't imagine...

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Hmmm... Vista's taskbar transparency is fake? [Hmmm... Vista's taskbar transparency is fake?]

Alexei Pavlov — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:17:36 GMT

Look at... No! Not at Ziyi Zhang pictures! Look at taskbar on the right:

It is "transparent"... Sort of... Almost... But why "background" is from left side?
I have rearranged multi-mon configuration. "Left" side - LCD monitor, "Right" - laptop screen.
Nice...

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Office2007... Excel... Microsoft Query... Are you joking? [Office2007... Excel... Microsoft Query... Are you joking?]

Alexei Pavlov — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:25:36 GMT

Guys... You cannot be serious... I was pretty sure "MS Query" was updated in Office 2007... I was wrong.

What is it? "Hello from early 90s"?
It's definitely not "2007", even not "2003" or "XP"... It's... "Microsoft Access 2.0"! It's "Windows 3.1" app! Plus "Vista FileDialog Hell"...
Are you lost all source code for "Microsoft Query" tool? Or may be it's somebody's "personal pet"?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/3025150215_005fb2e02b_o.jpg

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Advice to job seeker in Edinburgh is needed... [Advice to job seeker in Edinburgh is needed...]

Alexei Pavlov — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:07:17 GMT

I want to try to change my job... I don't know, may be it is just a autumn depression. May be not.
I want... I want something... something "nice and shiny"! I want .NET! A lot of .NET!
"Recruitment Agents" are kinda useless. They doesn't work in my interests. I've gave my CV to several of them, but no response.

Also seems like not to much employers are interested in .NET (and me)...

And my problems is... I want to sit on both (even more) chairs in same time.
First of all I love Edinburgh and don't want to relocate. I have neither car nor driving license as well.

But I have a huge desire to develop software! I want to work in .NET developers team!

Any advice? Am I dreaming? Am I hopeless? Naive?

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Where I can get a copy of "PDC2008 HDD"? [Where I can get a copy of "PDC2008 HDD"?]

Alexei Pavlov — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:16:07 GMT

Where I can get a copy of "PDC2008 HDD"?
I will pay for HDD...

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Will DreamScene (Desktop Slideshow) support multi-monitor configuration in Win7? [Will DreamScene (Desktop Slideshow) support multi-monitor configuration in Win7?]

Alexei Pavlov — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:14:42 GMT

Recently I found info about "Desktop Slideshow" in Win7. Is is "DreamScene" based?

Will DreamScene (Desktop Slideshow) support multi-monitor configuration in Win7?

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Any videos regarding Touchless SDK? [Any videos regarding Touchless SDK?]

Alexei Pavlov — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:47:55 GMT

Any videos/screencasts regarding recently released Touchless SDK?

I don't have web-camera in office and can't wait until I will be at home... :)

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How to get rid of HTTPS security warnings in FF3? [How to get rid of HTTPS security warnings in FF3?]

Alexei Pavlov — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:16:44 GMT

Each time I'm opening C9 site I'm getting annoying "warning" from FF3 because I'm entering "secure" zone! It happens because of redirections between C9 and "login.live.com". I've already turned off ALL warnings in FF3's settings, but still getting that stupid warning.
There was no such warning in FF2, no warning in IE7... I hate such things like "oversecured security" and "good inventions"!

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Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta: Window backgroud color? [Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta: Window backgroud color?]

Alexei Pavlov — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:58:31 GMT

Using the latest one, version 14.0.5026.905. From "Wave 3".

Who was that smarty which decided to use "White" as window's background?
How can I change colour back to "Black"?

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When MS updated "maps" last time? [When MS updated "maps" last time?]

Alexei Pavlov — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:52:56 GMT

When? I found a place which wasn't updated for last 4-5 years! Is present moment there is a new bridge:

Google

Live

I thought "G" is slow...

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RFID "security"? Mythbusters? No way. It's secure bcoz it's secure! [RFID "security"? Mythbusters? No way. It's secure bcoz it's secure!]

Alexei Pavlov — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:15:27 GMT

Nice! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-St_ltH90Oc

What else "is secure"? BTW, British new "E-Passport" was hacked in minutes...

PS: BTW, please describe me. How RFID can or cannot be "secure"? It's just a "mark", nothing more. Or it's same story as "XML"? Which now is used as "to all flanks a plug"?

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What a hell is THIS?!?!? [What a hell is THIS?!?!?]

Alexei Pavlov — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:33:07 GMT

http://www.the01phone.com/

8)

By style it seems like new "something" from Apple!
Same "Home" button, same buttons in "browser"...
And "22 days to go"...

But earphones are not "apple-ish"...

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How many 'arcade/adventure' games on XBOX360? [How many 'arcade/adventure' games on XBOX360?]

Alexei Pavlov — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:17:04 GMT

I mean games like "Ratchet&Clank" and "Crash".
I hate FPS/RTS games on consoles. They're sucks.
"Console" isn't proper platform for such games without mouse+keyboard or any other "human-friendly" device.

That why I like PS2. A lot of "proper" console games. But XBOX... It was positioned as platform for FPS originally, because "arcade" market was occupied by PS. I want to buy XBOX360 in near future, but I prefer that "child-ish" games... FPS/RTS I prefer to play on PC.

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How to synch 2 folders located in different locations using LiveMesh? [How to synch 2 folders located in different locations using LiveMesh?]

Alexei Pavlov — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:55:19 GMT

I have 2 PCs. Each PC has some folder "FolderToSynch".
On PC1 the full path is "C:\SomePath\FolderToSynch", on PC2 the full path is "D:\1\2\3\FolderToSynch".
"LiveMesh" runs under different "Windows" accounts (same "LiveID").
And I want to keep both PCs in synch WITHOUT "LiveDesktop", using P2P only.

I've tried to create "LiveMesh folder" on one PC and to change "Propertied" on another, but...
For some weird reasons I'm getting "unable to access resource" error...

"Folder" is quite large, ~3GB.

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I want this device! (PhotoFast CR-9000) [I want this device! (PhotoFast CR-9000)]

Alexei Pavlov — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:35 GMT

Wow! DIY SSD based on 6 SDHC cards!
PhotoFast CR-9000　SDHC RAID 2.5

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Is there any way to enable "Hand" in Vista (IE, Outlook) on non-tablet hardware? [Is there any way to enable "Hand" in Vista (IE, Outlook) on non-tablet hardware?]

Alexei Pavlov — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:57:18 GMT

Is there any way to enable "Hand Tool" in Vista (IE, Outlook) on non-tabletPC hardware?

Decision to enable this feature on TabletPC only was extremely stupid...

I'm using this feature in Firefox for ages ("Grab and Drag" plug-in), it's very useful.
Especially for people who sick and tired of scrollbars and even "scroll" button.

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Extremely tiny fonts in Vuze/Azureus (IE7/WebBrowser/Java?) [Extremely tiny fonts in Vuze/Azureus (IE7/WebBrowser/Java?)]

Alexei Pavlov — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:03:42 GMT

Any ideas what can cause it?
Screenshots:

Internal Windows Help looks strange as well:

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Zooming feature for videos? [Zooming feature for videos?]

Alexei Pavlov — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:15:40 GMT

I mean to play video in SL player, but with x2 zooming.
Centered in current page/tab, like "PopupControlExtender" (I mean 'Modal'!).
Plain "Full screen" mode has several problems.
Main problem with multi-monitor confuguration.
In same time default size a little bit small (imho).

Any plans?

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Where is "quote" in new "editor"? [Where is "quote" in new "editor"?]

Alexei Pavlov — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:27:36 GMT

Where is "quote" in new nice "editor"?

"In reply to" concept is very stupid. It reminds me some very annoying book which I bought some time ago. This "book" was full of expressions like "we will discuss this in chapter ...", "go to chapter ... to see what I'm speaking about" and "see bottom of page"... Extremely annoying. I through this book in closest bin.

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PLEASE FIX "Sigh In" bug and "Silverlight" in FF!!! PLEASE! [PLEASE FIX "Sigh In" bug and "Silverlight" in FF!!! PLEASE!]

Alexei Pavlov — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:54:38 GMT

PLEASE FIX "Sigh In" bug and "Silverlight" in FF (v3)!!! PLEASE!

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Microsoft promoting Mac computers! Really! [Microsoft promoting Mac computers! Really!]

Alexei Pavlov — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:57:22 GMT

Today I've got a next "Mobile PC Newsletter May 2008" from Microsoft. And what see?!?!
"Axiotron Modbook for Mac Released"!
Funny! [H]

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