Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open!
Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com On Jan 7, 2013, at 7:25 AM, MJ Ray m...@phonecoop.coop wrote: It should at least mention that (fortunately, my organisation lets me enable javascript for specific sites) and ideally it should be allowed to vote without it, because some libraries are really locked down. I am skeptical of this claim. In 2013, if organizations are disabling javascript, tremendous parts of the web are broken for them. Why? In 2013, there are still libraries without internet access for security reasons. Of course, when it gets that drastic, it's beyond help for vote.code4lib, but there are also many libraries using heavily filtered connections. That includes shared-whitelist-based permission systems, so they may allow (say) LinkedIn to work, but I doubt they will have heard of code4lib, let alone added it to their institutional whitelist. I suspect I might have seen/heard of a disproportionate number of locked-down sites, as FOSS LMS like Koha can run stand-alone, without phoning home or license management authorisations, and its internals can be reviewed. I used to try ranting against them, but really, the number of browser exploits that didn't work if javascript was disabled makes it a tough call. And on phones, it often becomes a whole-system exploit, like in http://www.phonedog.com/2010/11/29/android-browser-falls-victim-to-javascript-based-exploit/ http://crackberry.com/rim-advises-disablng-javascript-your-blackberry-browser-after-exploit-discovered and others. https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2008-011517-3725-99tabid=2 says, Users may also consider using tools that block JavaScript from sites not on a whitelist and I feel that's the best approach now, if you can. NoScript.net for Firefox-based browsers, perhaps. Finally, a lot of bigger websites do actually have versions which don't require javascript, such as Twitter and Facebook - and they provide them despite the drawbacks of not being able to invade their users' privacy like they can with script. Actually, one small problem in asking people to switch to FOSS alternatives like StatusNet and Diaspora is that they don't have non-js versions yet. That said, the diebold-o-tron is FLOSS (http://code.google.com/p/conferencekeeper/source/checkout - currently running from the 'diebold' branch), so patches welcome if you have the inclination to submit a non-js dependent version. I've made a note of it and added it to our community TODO, but I've not used Ruby on Rails for years so I may be some time. How often are votes / when's the next likely vote? Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/
Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open!
dre wrote: There's a sign-in button at the upper right of the voting page. This uses your code4lib.org username and password (not your wiki user/pass). Once you're logged in you should see the voting options. Thanks for the email. Now I've got a code4lib.org username, I tried to log in. I had to enable javascript to get the vote site to work at all. It should at least mention that (fortunately, my organisation lets me enable javascript for specific sites) and ideally it should be allowed to vote without it, because some libraries are really locked down. Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/
Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open!
On Jan 7, 2013, at 7:25 AM, MJ Ray m...@phonecoop.coop wrote: dre wrote: There's a sign-in button at the upper right of the voting page. This uses your code4lib.org username and password (not your wiki user/pass). Once you're logged in you should see the voting options. Thanks for the email. Now I've got a code4lib.org username, I tried to log in. I had to enable javascript to get the vote site to work at all. It should at least mention that (fortunately, my organisation lets me enable javascript for specific sites) and ideally it should be allowed to vote without it, because some libraries are really locked down. I am skeptical of this claim. In 2013, if organizations are disabling javascript, tremendous parts of the web are broken for them. That said, the diebold-o-tron is FLOSS (http://code.google.com/p/conferencekeeper/source/checkout - currently running from the 'diebold' branch), so patches welcome if you have the inclination to submit a non-js dependent version. -Ross. Regards, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/
Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open!
Hi MJ, I just approved your account registration on code4lib.org. You should now be able to log in to both code4lib.org and vote.code4lib.org If anyone else is having account or voting login issues, please let me know. (ryanw...@gmail.com) Ryan Wick -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of MJ Ray Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 2:48 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open! Tom Keays tomke...@gmail.com Link is broken in my email program, so here it is again, further corrected. http://vote.code4lib.org/election/25 I don't see how to vote. There's a Show all descriptions button that does nothing when clicked and 7 links that do nothing when clicked. Switching CSS off (Firefox: View: Page Style: No style) lets me see the designs and also a sign-in form. So I'm guessing that maybe we need to be signed in, so I've filled out the form at http://code4lib.org/user/register but it redisplayed the same form with no confirmation message after clicking the Create new account button. But I just got email from it, so I guess it worked. I'm unsure if the list is the best place to send this, but there's no help in either site's navigation and it's somewhere to let people know how difficult/confusing I'm finding this vote. Thanks for any help you may offer, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/
[CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open!
Hi folks, The T-shirt committee is pleased to announce that voting is now open at the following URL: http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/25 Voting will close at midnight of January 15th. Those who are not registered for the conference by January 15th are not guaranteed a shirt. If you are attending, please fill out the sizing form here so we get you the right size and fit: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbVE6MQ A big ++ to Ross Singer for help in setting up the diebold-o-tron... thanks, Ross! Cheers, The Code4Lib 2013 T-shirt Committee
Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open!
Minor correction: The correct address for voting is http://vote.code4lib.org/**election/25http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/25, though the address Shaun provided (http://vote.code4lib.org/** election/results/25 http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/25) will let you cheat and sneak a peek at who's winning, if you're into that kind of thing. -dre. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu wrote: Hi folks, The T-shirt committee is pleased to announce that voting is now open at the following URL: http://vote.code4lib.org/**election/results/25http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/25 Voting will close at midnight of January 15th. Those who are not registered for the conference by January 15th are not guaranteed a shirt. If you are attending, please fill out the sizing form here so we get you the right size and fit: https://docs.google.com/**spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=** dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbV**E6MQhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbVE6MQ A big ++ to Ross Singer for help in setting up the diebold-o-tron... thanks, Ross! Cheers, The Code4Lib 2013 T-shirt Committee
Re: [CODE4LIB] T-Shirt voting is now open!
Link is broken in my email program, so here it is again, further corrected. http://vote.code4lib.org/election/25 Tom On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Andreas Orphanides akorp...@ncsu.eduwrote: Minor correction: The correct address for voting is http://vote.code4lib.org/**election/25 http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/25, though the address Shaun provided (http://vote.code4lib.org/** election/results/25 http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/25) will let you cheat and sneak a peek at who's winning, if you're into that kind of thing. -dre. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Shaun Ellis sha...@princeton.edu wrote: Hi folks, The T-shirt committee is pleased to announce that voting is now open at the following URL: http://vote.code4lib.org/**election/results/25 http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/25 Voting will close at midnight of January 15th. Those who are not registered for the conference by January 15th are not guaranteed a shirt. If you are attending, please fill out the sizing form here so we get you the right size and fit: https://docs.google.com/**spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=** dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbV**E6MQ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGoxYmVZaTJrdkVyZF9rWWVYNi1XbVE6MQ A big ++ to Ross Singer for help in setting up the diebold-o-tron... thanks, Ross! Cheers, The Code4Lib 2013 T-shirt Committee
