[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Vince O'Sullivan
On Jun 10, 5:54 am, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > 1) would you like to read such a blog Yes. > 2) what should the blog be called? Bonus points if the .com domain is   > available. joshondesign? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscrib

[The Java Posse] Re: HTC Magic/Android G2 phone experiences?

2009-06-10 Thread Viktor Klang
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:05 AM, Casper Bang wrote: > > Cool, looking forward to your comparison... and hope not to be > lynched. :) > Yeah, you know, I've got 2kms to Helsingör from where I live.. so Denmark is close ;) > > /Casper > --- > Sent from my G2 - running Android, JME & Mono apps wi

[The Java Posse] Re: HTC Magic/Android G2 phone experiences?

2009-06-10 Thread Casper Bang
I fly to Canada friday for a few months... how fast is the Swedish mail service? lol /Casper --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@goog

[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread wojciech.halicki.piszko
Yes, uxresolved.com On Jun 10, 9:09 am, "Vince O'Sullivan" wrote: > On Jun 10, 5:54 am, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > > > 1) would you like to read such a blog > > Yes. > > > 2) what should the blog be called? Bonus points if the .com domain is   > > available. > > joshondesign? --~--~-~--~

[The Java Posse] Re: HTC Magic/Android G2 phone experiences?

2009-06-10 Thread Viktor Klang
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Casper Bang wrote: > > I fly to Canada friday for a few months... how fast is the Swedish > mail service? lol Take me with you? *beg* > > /Casper > > > -- Viktor Klang Scala Loudmouth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Jan Goyvaerts
I thinking something along the lines of "the beauty codex", but my latin is a bit rusty. :-) On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:29 AM, wojciech.halicki.piszko < wojciech.halicki.pis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, uxresolved.com > > On Jun 10, 9:09 am, "Vince O'Sullivan" wrote: > > On Jun 10, 5:54 am, Jos

[The Java Posse] Re: Help Authoring System with Support for Javahelp and PDF

2009-06-10 Thread Frank Mathy
I started using DobuDish and it seems to be perfect for our requirements - thanks a lot for pointing me there. I also found a good tutorial (in German): http://jr-thies.de/index.php/2006/12/14/tutorial_javahelp_erzeugen_und_in_java_a --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You recei

[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Chris Adamson
How about "Grid Blog Layout". The .com is available too. :-) --Chris On Jun 10, 12:54 am, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > So, now that I've gotten that out of the way I have two questions: > 2) what should the blog be called? Bonus points if the .com domain is   > available. --~--~-~--~---

[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Marcelo Morales
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > 1) would you like to read such a blog yes > 2) what should the blog be called? Bonus points if the .com domain is > available. First thing that popped into my head: “No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not

[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Alexey
On Jun 10, 12:54 am, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > 1) would you like to read such a blog yes > 2) what should the blog be called? Bonus points if the .com domain is   > available. aestheticui.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscrib

[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Ruben Reusser
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[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Viktor Klang
sideFX.com On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Ruben Reusser wrote: > functionaluiart.com > > > > > > > -- Viktor Klang Scala Loudmouth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To pos

[The Java Posse] Re: Help Authoring System with Support for Javahelp and PDF

2009-06-10 Thread Christian Beil
I have heard of DobuDish before, but completely forgot about it while evaluating tools for JavaHelp :( For now our process works fine, but I think I'll give DobuDish a try in the next release. XML seems a better choice as source format than HTML. So you can apply styles in the transformations. At

[The Java Posse] Re: HTC Magic/Android G2 phone experiences?

2009-06-10 Thread Casper Bang
On 10 Jun., 10:29, Viktor Klang wrote: > Take me with you? *beg* I sympathize, vividly remembering the Scandinavian "summer" from last year. /Casper --- Sent from my G2 - now also running Python, Lua and BeanShell: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-scripting.html

[The Java Posse] Re: JavaOne keynotes suck

2009-06-10 Thread Augusto
I thought it was pretty telling that Schwartz was barely at the conference and it was pretty symbolic when he handed off his mic to Scott when he showed up. Still, both of them won't be around, that is expected. But the standing ovation was for McNealy, not Schwartz. They also did a good pitch f

[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Josh Suereth
www.josh-is-the-best-designer.com - A different Josh. On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > > Now that JavaOne is over I've decided to start a new blog that will > focus on design, asthetics, and usability from the point of view of > teaching engineers. ex: I wouldn't cove

[The Java Posse] Palm PRE has Java

2009-06-10 Thread Alexander Egger
Looking at http://www.precentral.net/palm-eos-pixie-confirmed you can find a package containing an update for the Palm PRE. The installer is a .jar and as the PRE features OTA upgrades it is clear it has some kind of JVM inside. Digging a bit deeper into the jar one finds a Linux file system str

[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Jo Voordeckers
> Now that JavaOne is over I've decided to start a new blog that will   > focus on design, asthetics, and usability from the point of view of   Hey Josh, Why don't you just write a few try-outs on your current blog and see if it catches on, then move the articles over when you've got enough con

[The Java Posse] Re: Coding with strangers

2009-06-10 Thread Jo Voordeckers
On Jun 9, 11:54 am, Moandji Ezana wrote: > Are there any Belgian listeners that would be interested in regular coding > get-togethers? Is this already happening and I've not been invited? > > Finally, has anyone done something similar and have feedback/advice/etc.? Hi fellow BeJUG member! A f

[The Java Posse] Re: Help deciding on a design blog name

2009-06-10 Thread Steven Herod
How a programmer wants to solve the problem: The name: "usability = true;" usabilityequalstrue.com is available. On Jun 11, 7:12 am, Jo Voordeckers wrote: > > Now that JavaOne is over I've decided to start a new blog that will   > > focus on design, asthetics, and usability from the point o

[The Java Posse] The Gimp

2009-06-10 Thread Joshua Marinacci
Do any of you actually use the Gimp? I don't need everyone's usability or features assessment. I just want to know if anyone actually uses it to do things on a regular basis? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

[The Java Posse] Re: The Gimp

2009-06-10 Thread Mark Fortner
Josh, I use it pretty frequently. I can't always count on someone springing for Photoshop, and the GIMP does the trick nicely. Mark On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Joshua Marinacci wrote: > > Do any of you actually use the Gimp? I don't need everyone's usability > or features assessment. I ju

[The Java Posse] Re: The Gimp

2009-06-10 Thread Christian Catchpole
I have it installed here at work because "we don't photoshop". But I only ever use it to do the odd crop or format change. I wouldn't try to do much more. I don't know how capable it is, but the layout and paradigms are different from photoshop, so I wouldn't know where to start. On Jun 11, 1:

[The Java Posse] Re: The Gimp

2009-06-10 Thread Mark Fortner
I found these tutorials useful when first starting out: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ Mark On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Christian Catchpole < christ...@catchpole.net> wrote: > > I have it installed here at work because "we don't photoshop". But I > only ever use it to do the odd crop or fo

[The Java Posse] Re: The Gimp

2009-06-10 Thread Juan Marín Otero
I use it frequently. Not as powerful as Photoshop, but still very useful for basic stuff On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Christian Catchpole < christ...@catchpole.net> wrote: > > I have it installed here at work because "we don't photoshop". But I > only ever use it to do the odd crop or fo

[The Java Posse] Re: The Gimp

2009-06-10 Thread Alex Turner
Short answer: no. Gimp is a toy compared to Photoshop once you learn Photoshop properly and realistically most stuff should be vector art in Illustrator anyway because it will have to be scaled for print at some point. 2009/6/10 Juan Marín Otero : >  I use it frequently. Not as powerful as Photo

[The Java Posse] Re: The Gimp

2009-06-10 Thread Casper Bang
Sure we use it. While it may be inferior to ps, it's omnipresent and does what a software developer needs. Whether it's worth it to invest in JavaFX integration tools for that platform is an entirely different matter of course, (most) developers are not UI designers. /Casper On Jun 11, 3:31 am,

[The Java Posse] Re: The Gimp

2009-06-10 Thread Derek Munneke
Joshua Marinacci wrote: > Do any of you actually use the Gimp? I don't need everyone's usability > or features assessment. I just want to know if anyone actually uses it > to do things on a regular basis? > I use it on a regular basis (in fact just finished when i saw this email..); i am no

[The Java Posse] Re: The Gimp

2009-06-10 Thread Jan Goyvaerts
I'm regularly using it. Correcting pictures, format conversion, making icons, logo's, etc... It's the defacto product for bitmap image manipulation in Linux. I tried it in Windows but that's a lot buggier. Personally I never thought of something which The Gimp could not do. Usually after some googl