RE: Creating Manuals/User Guides
I've used help and manual v5 in the past for context sensitive help files and generating manuals. Version 6 is now available (which looks pretty good) http://www.helpandmanual.com/ Its not that cheap but work paid for it at the time. You could try their free trial and see it meets your needs. I have also used VSDocman, a visual studio plugin to generate technical documentation. http://www.helixoft.com/vsdocman/overview.html Regards Peter Maddin From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Corneliu I. Tusnea Sent: Tuesday, 30 October 2012 9:41 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Creating Manuals/User Guides Hi, Anyone has a good way of creating manuals/training/user guides? I've found HTML/Word very cumbersome and more or less useless so I'd like something better. There is also a service (www.dozuki.com) that is the basis of iFixIt website that looks great and they use an open source format called omanual (http://omanual.com/) however there seem to be no parsers or content-creators that work with omanual except the one from dozuki and I don't feel like paying $150 a month for a service to host few user guides. Thoughts? Thanks, Corneliu.
[OT] BigPond You Tube throttling
Hi all, rant I'm interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling. It irritates me that I have BigPond Cable Ultimate Liberty, experiencing download speeds of between 50Mbps and 100Mbps most of the time, but any time I visit YouTube or ABC iView, I get atrocious speeds. I never got this when I was on TPG. If you use youtube, there is a youtube page where you can see a comparison to see how throttling is affecting you: http://www.youtube.com/my_speed Basically, normal internet use would see lots of peaks and troughs. When being throttled, the lines flatten out somewhat, and are below the average. My speeds are consistently below Victorian average, and I'm on Telstra's fastest product. WTF? Bring on the NBN I say. /rant Regards, Tony
Re: [OT] BigPond You Tube throttling
I'm on optus and for a brief period I tried their 100MB option. I noticed youtube videos would never fully download. It would load ahead a short amount and then stop and just keep pace with the video. I wonder what affect this has on the numbers. David If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate! -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 31 October 2012 10:55, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, rant I’m interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling. It irritates me that I have BigPond Cable Ultimate Liberty, experiencing download speeds of between 50Mbps and 100Mbps most of the time, but any time I visit YouTube or ABC iView, I get atrocious speeds. I never got this when I was on TPG. If you use youtube, there is a youtube page where you can see a comparison to see how throttling is affecting you: http://www.youtube.com/my_speed Basically, normal internet use would see lots of peaks and troughs. When being throttled, the lines flatten out somewhat, and are below the average. My speeds are consistently below Victorian average, and I’m on Telstra’s fastest product. WTF? Bring on the NBN I say. /rant Regards, Tony
Re: [OT] BigPond You Tube throttling
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, ** ** rant ** ** I’m interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling.*** * ** Is it deliberate throttling, or what I'd call accidental (caused maybe by inadequate backhaul)? ** It irritates me that I have BigPond Cable Ultimate Liberty, experiencing download speeds of between 50Mbps and 100Mbps most of the time, but any time I visit YouTube or ABC iView, I get atrocious speeds. I never got this when I was on TPG. ** ** If you use youtube, there is a youtube page where you can see a comparison to see how throttling is affecting you: http://www.youtube.com/my_speed ** It doesn't look good, but I am at work. I don't have any expectation that youtube should be good here. ** Basically, normal internet use would see lots of peaks and troughs. When being throttled, the lines flatten out somewhat, and are below the average. My speeds are consistently below Victorian average, and I’m on Telstra’s fastest product. WTF? I'll look at it on my vdsl2 connection at home, I'm paying for 100/30 there. vdsl seems to work better than adsl, but I think it's the typical installations (fibre to apartment basement, cat 5 to vdsl2 modem in apartment.) that fix the degradation with distance adsl suffers. Cable would be HFC? THat depends on how many users you have running off the local fibre node? I refer you to Graeme Samuel http://www.zdnet.com/fttn-hfc-are-dead-end-nbn-alternatives-samuel-705901/ HFC networks have gotten so bad that Samuel joked that he advises neighbours at the street Christmas party not to subscribe to Telstra's hopeless HFC — just so at least I can continue to get reasonable speeds at 8 p.m. Fortunately, most people listen to me as the local expert on the subject, and don't go onto Telstra's cable for their broadband, he laughed. It's a great relief in my street. ** ** Bring on the NBN I say. ** ** /rant ** ** Regards, Tony ** ** ** ** -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
RE: [OT] BigPond You Tube throttling
I have noticed my youtube being slow compared to my internet connectioni think you are right. I am on bigpond liberty as well. I will be looking for a alternative youtube anyay, too many ads are showingagain..getting too powerful for my liking... From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2012 11:53 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] BigPond You Tube throttling On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, rant I’m interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling. Is it deliberate throttling, or what I'd call accidental (caused maybe by inadequate backhaul)? It irritates me that I have BigPond Cable Ultimate Liberty, experiencing download speeds of between 50Mbps and 100Mbps most of the time, but any time I visit YouTube or ABC iView, I get atrocious speeds. I never got this when I was on TPG. If you use youtube, there is a youtube page where you can see a comparison to see how throttling is affecting you: http://www.youtube.com/my_speed It doesn't look good, but I am at work. I don't have any expectation that youtube should be good here. Basically, normal internet use would see lots of peaks and troughs. When being throttled, the lines flatten out somewhat, and are below the average. My speeds are consistently below Victorian average, and I’m on Telstra’s fastest product. WTF? I'll look at it on my vdsl2 connection at home, I'm paying for 100/30 there. vdsl seems to work better than adsl, but I think it's the typical installations (fibre to apartment basement, cat 5 to vdsl2 modem in apartment.) that fix the degradation with distance adsl suffers. Cable would be HFC? THat depends on how many users you have running off the local fibre node? I refer you to Graeme Samuel http://www.zdnet.com/fttn-hfc-are-dead-end-nbn-alternatives-samuel-705901/ HFC networks have gotten so bad that Samuel joked that he advises neighbours at the street Christmas party not to subscribe to Telstra's hopeless HFC — just so at least I can continue to get reasonable speeds at 8 p.m. Fortunately, most people listen to me as the local expert on the subject, and don't go onto Telstra's cable for their broadband, he laughed. It's a great relief in my street. Bring on the NBN I say. /rant Regards, Tony -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
Re: [OT] BigPond You Tube throttling
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:18 PM, ifum...@gmail.com wrote: I have noticed my youtube being slow compared to my internet connectioni think you are right. I am on bigpond liberty as well. ** ** I will be looking for a alternative youtube anyay, too many ads are showingagain..getting too powerful for my liking... ** When they get that big, the server/bandwidth costs mandate ads. ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith *Sent:* Wednesday, 31 October 2012 11:53 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] BigPond You Tube throttling ** ** On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Tony Wright tonyw...@gmail.com wrote:* *** Hi all, rant I’m interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling.*** * ** ** Is it deliberate throttling, or what I'd call accidental (caused maybe by inadequate backhaul)? It irritates me that I have BigPond Cable Ultimate Liberty, experiencing download speeds of between 50Mbps and 100Mbps most of the time, but any time I visit YouTube or ABC iView, I get atrocious speeds. I never got this when I was on TPG. If you use youtube, there is a youtube page where you can see a comparison to see how throttling is affecting you: http://www.youtube.com/my_speed ** ** It doesn't look good, but I am at work. I don't have any expectation that youtube should be good here. ** ** Basically, normal internet use would see lots of peaks and troughs. When being throttled, the lines flatten out somewhat, and are below the average. My speeds are consistently below Victorian average, and I’m on Telstra’s fastest product. WTF? ** ** I'll look at it on my vdsl2 connection at home, I'm paying for 100/30 there. vdsl seems to work better than adsl, but I think it's the typical installations (fibre to apartment basement, cat 5 to vdsl2 modem in apartment.) that fix the degradation with distance adsl suffers. Cable would be HFC? THat depends on how many users you have running off the local fibre node? I refer you to Graeme Samuel ** ** http://www.zdnet.com/fttn-hfc-are-dead-end-nbn-alternatives-samuel-705901/ ** ** HFC networks have gotten so bad that Samuel joked that he advises neighbours at the street Christmas party not to subscribe to Telstra's hopeless HFC — just so at least I can continue to get reasonable speeds at 8 p.m. Fortunately, most people listen to me as the local expert on the subject, and don't go onto Telstra's cable for their broadband, he laughed. It's a great relief in my street. Bring on the NBN I say. /rant Regards, Tony ** ** -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills ** ** -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough - Adam Hills
USD $8 App dev accounts
According to http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/10/30/announcing-the-new-windows-phone-8-developer-platform.aspx You can get appdev accounts for on USD $8 for the next week. They say that they'll charge 99 in local currency but refund the difference in the next month. My local currency in NZD but they want 70. I wonder if this is a ex rate reversal? What do you guys get for AUD? -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
RE: USD $8 App dev accounts
Also as a FYI if you have a MSDN account you get a free account (check you MSDN Account) From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Preet Sangha Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 2:22 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: USD $8 App dev accounts According to http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/10/30/announcing-the-new-windows-phone-8-developer-platform.aspx You can get appdev accounts for on USD $8 for the next week. They say that they'll charge 99 in local currency but refund the difference in the next month. My local currency in NZD but they want 70. I wonder if this is a ex rate reversal? What do you guys get for AUD? -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
Re: USD $8 App dev accounts
More info: https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us/join Simply register, and $91(U.S.) will be credited to your major credit card or PayPal account you registered with within 30-60 days (payment options vary by market). For developers outside the U.S., if your registration fee was charged in your local currency, your rebate will be issued in the same local currency, in an amount equal to 92% of your registration fee. Taxes, VAT, and other fees are excluded from this offer. [...] https://cmsresources.windowsphone.com/devcenter/en-us/legal/8-for-8-Dev-Center-Registration-Offer.pdf On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Troy Schuetrumpf t...@taskretail.com.auwrote: Also as a FYI if you have a MSDN account you get a free account (check you MSDN Account) ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Preet Sangha *Sent:* Wednesday, October 31, 2012 2:22 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* USD $8 App dev accounts ** ** According to http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/10/30/announcing-the-new-windows-phone-8-developer-platform.aspx ** ** You can get appdev accounts for on USD $8 for the next week. ** ** They say that they'll charge 99 in local currency but refund the difference in the next month. My local currency in NZD but they want 70. * *** ** ** I wonder if this is a ex rate reversal? ** ** What do you guys get for AUD? ** ** -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
Windows 8 Tablet, Can I run the application I develop for myself without needing to go through the App Store?
To use use windows 8 Tablet, can one develop and use applications without having to go through the App Store? Thanks for links/ideas Regards Arjang
Re: Windows 8 Tablet, Can I run the application I develop for myself without needing to go through the App Store?
Depends on if you are targeting Windows RT or Windows !RT. On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Arjang Assadi arjang.ass...@gmail.comwrote: To use use windows 8 Tablet, can one develop and use applications without having to go through the App Store? Thanks for links/ideas Regards Arjang
Re: Windows 8 Tablet, Can I run the application I develop for myself without needing to go through the App Store?
You can side-load metro apps you develop yourself on Win8 enterprise, or pro if you go through a special activation process, or if you get a developer key. Sent from my phone On 31/10/2012, at 3:18 PM, Arjang Assadi arjang.ass...@gmail.com wrote: To use use windows 8 Tablet, can one develop and use applications without having to go through the App Store? Thanks for links/ideas Regards Arjang
