Yes, it has been a while since I updated this plugin, but the questions keep coming in — I also noticed a post by a French archive site, thanks for doing a review ;D

http://lesh.fr.nf/joomla15_test/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=671:screensave-020-economiseur-decran-j15&catid=6:divers&Itemid=12

This plugin is not quite what most sites want ( or would need ) but can be useful for the same thing it was made – public pc’s with a full-screen browser.

Plugin avaliable here: http://www.rawdev.net/category/joomla/screensave/

Comments, Ideas ?

Just a small update for joomkey, a language file. As I am not using this module actively I don’t have the time or the will to move it forward more.  But some people are using it.

So todays update is a dutch language file, thanks Chris

mod_joomkey.nl-NL

And once again for all the others:

• This module displays a on screen keyboard that attaches itself to all html text fields and input fields.
• To use it, you have to select one of those fields.
• You can place this module in any visible position
• It will use the local language, you may need to make a file with your locale (even if it is the same as standard English)
• As it looks at Joomla’s locale, it will work with JoomFish or similar..
• It wont work inside frames/iframes (use the firefox extension instead)
• You can make it do other stuff with the buttons (as in print whole words as in iphone’s .com button etc)

As most who use this module probably do so with a kiosk in mind, I would recommend the Firefox keyboard extension I built.

Finally got my turn to try out Jolicloud, a “cool new OS for your netbook“. I learned about it several weeks ago and it took quite a while for me to get a invite.

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Microsoft once again on the trail of mischief, as the old “get the facts” got hold of Internet Explorer 8.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/get-the-facts/browser-comparison.aspx

If you looked at that and got a head-spin, you are not the only one. First let me note the language the so called “facts” are presented in. One would expect more from the “worlds biggest software company”.  http://kilianvalkhof.com/ie8fun/ makes more sense.

Now lets talk about the lenghts MS is going to promote IE8

• First off, a connection of  videos http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/videos.aspx that surely cost them plenty

• Secondly, more videos promoted by several celebrities: (for free ? i think not)

  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/nethistory/

• Thirdly, they are trying a pure giveaway on a pay per download to charity
  http://browserforthebetter.com

$1.15 per download to Feeding America® up to a maximum of $1,000,000

They only want to get 860k downloads ?  Firefox 3 got 8mill in 24hours http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/ and Safary got 11 mill in 3 days http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/06/12safari.html.

• Hey, if they are giving away loads of money why not give it to the people, eh ? Or at least the lucky fella who will get the 10 grand promised by Microsoft today:

http://www.microsoft.com/australia/ie8/competition/default.aspx

* Hekos expects a banner with ” you just won 10,000$ ”
<Hekos> blinking and all
<Hekos> you can only see it in IE8 cause FX has a working ad/popup blocker
<Hekos> and you cant see it in <ie8 cause it crashes your system
That’s for making me stay up late to debug IE again, M$.

Hey MS what do you think about people just not caring about you ? Fact is, if they KNOW about other browsers, they are using them. If they are using them, they know you are full of sh1t. No add is going to help you. If you want people to upgrade, why not force the upgrade on them with a Update like you always do ?

Related Links:

http://www.geektechnica.com/2009/06/busting-ie8s-mythbusting/

http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Taking_Microsoft_to_Task_Over_IE8__Myths_

From http://www.opera.com/freedom/ HTML source code comments:

We start our little story with the invention of the modern day computer.
Over the years, the computers grew in numbers, and the next natural step in the evolution was to connect them together. To share things.
But as these little networks grew, some computers gained more power than the rest and called themselves servers.
Today, millions of people are connected together in a great web …

Wonder what they have for us ? Check it out in 30 min
http://www.opera.com/freedom/

Edit:

Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser

http://unite.opera.com/

Take control of what you share online
Opera Unite allows you to easily share your data: photos, music, notes and other files. You can even run chat rooms and host entire Web sites with Opera Unite. It puts the power of a Web server in your browser, giving you greater privacy and flexibility than other online services.

Share with other Web browsers
What if you use Opera at home, and a different Web browser at work? Opera Unite services can be accessed from any modern browser, including mobile browsers! At home, just select what you want to share, and you can view it later using your work Web browser without any problems.

Integrated and extendable
Simply enable Opera Unite when you start Opera 10 beta, and you are ready to go. Find and install services with one click from our online catalog or easily create your own by using Web standards like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG and AJAX.