Re: [CODE4LIB] Formalizing Code4Lib?

Having been through something like this in the past that went very badly, a small bit of advice: If the impetus for forming a company is protection from liability for the Annual Conference, form it solely for that purpose. Leaving it open-ended will bring in everyone's ideas. Many of them will

Re: [CODE4LIB] JPEG question

DPI is suspicious. Guessing both exports treated the input as 150dpi on the way in regardless of real DPI. Check the resolutions on the >1500dpi images - to convert for example 1500dpi to 150dpi without losing data you need to go up 10x in pixels, so for example 200 pixels to 2000. If it didn't

Re: [CODE4LIB] Let's Encrypt and EZProxy

Cornel Darden wrote: > Hello, > > SSL certificates are a pain. Should there be a non-profit organization, > like a library, that can issue free trusted certficates? Should they still > cost? > That's what letsencrypt is, which is what this thread is about. https://letsencrypt.org/

Re: [CODE4LIB] Best way to handle non-US keyboard chars in URLs?

On Feb 20, 2016 9:33 PM, "Stuart A. Yeates" wrote: > > 1) With Unicode 8, sign writing and ASL, the American / international > dichotomy is largely specious. Before that there were American indigenous > languages (Cheyenne etc.), but in my experience Americans don't usually >

[CODE4LIB] Best way to handle non-US keyboard chars in URLs?

Curious how others have handled this, as I'm sure those on this list have dealt with this. Any site that has mixed English/non-English content will quickly run into this issue: Page has a name like: Bob Intuitive URLs are nice, we'll put it at: /bob Page has a name like: Itajaí Cêrebro

Re: [CODE4LIB] Responsive website question

I'm also torn on this issue. It's safe to conclude that for many users, Responsive has broken the Zoom button. That's a strict no-no - don't break fundamental features of the browser. Yet Responsive is essential to dealing with a wide range of devices. Worse, it's hard to tell what the user

Re: [CODE4LIB] [patronprivacy] Let's Encrypt and EZProxy

Andrew, great analysis. So, letsencrypt and EFF have an obvious goal here, and these vendors are in the way. There's a noble purpose here, so what can we do to move vendors towards it? Perhaps if there was a Kickstarter for someone or a team to: 1) Determine the top vendors in this space, by

Re: [CODE4LIB] A smart bulk file name editor?

It won't surprise you coders do this all the time and so there are 80 ways to do this, so your peril is choice not scarcity. Although there are a ton of tools that will do this for non-coders: https://www.google.com/webhp?q=file%20renamer On Windows robocopy is popular. The truth is though most

Re: [CODE4LIB] yaml/xml/json, POST data, bloodcurdling terror

Well, if you mean "terrified" as in "Ought to learn about security and input sanitization," I agree. If you mean it as in "should never use json/xml," then I disagree. JSON is a great way to store and move data, especially on the web. To summarize the security part for those new to it: Any time

Re: [CODE4LIB] Accordion menus & mobile web best practices

Hey all, I work in UX for a little company (Brass Nine Design) and joined the group to chime in on this UX discussion: Our library website is currently being redesigned to be responsive. > The work is being done by an outside design firm and the project is > being managed by University