Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Norman
Morning Tony, You'd probably [not] be suprised to hear that I did too! ^ You have to be careful to spell correctly when you comment on other people's spelling (8-)# well caught young man, well caught. The words 'hoist' and 'petard' spring to mind at this

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Tony Firshman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Morning Tony, You'd probably [not] be suprised to hear that I did too! ^ You have to be careful to spell correctly when you comment on other people's spelling (8-)# well caught young man, well caught. The words 'hoist' and

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Rich Mellor
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:38:26 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Morning Tony, You'd probably [not] be suprised to hear that I did too! ^ You have to be careful to spell correctly when you comment on other people's

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Rich Mellor
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:52:37 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut My web page at http://www.bountiful.demon.co.uk/qstripper.html, for example, has been written in standard compliant HTML and CSS (I hope!) and only IE gives problems of the browsers I have tested. Mind you, Opera 9 has

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread davet
As this subject heading had been seen so oft I knew it must have changed - disklesia Hanoi ! Sorry this Orange web mail - real pain Well don't even try it on the beta version of IE 7 - it manages to place the contents box over the top of the main text !! As one who is averse to much of the

Re: [ql-users] SMSQE v3.12 and FTEST

2006-08-31 Thread George Gwilt
An excellent diagnosis! George On 28 Aug 2006, at 19:20, P Witte wrote: Finally, it appears FTEST/FOP_IN has a problem handling array slices, as the following demonstrates (SMSQ/E V3.12): 100 DIM k$(10) 110 k$=win_j 120 CLS 130 e = FOP_IN(k$): Disp k$: REMark Correct 140 : 150 FOR

[ql-users] SMSQE v3.13

2006-08-31 Thread P Witte
Marcel Kilgus writes: Wow, that bug is probably almost as old as I am! Fix will be included in 3.13 which is somewhat overdue anyway (I added some nifty new features that needed deeper testing, but that should all be okay now). Nifty new features? Christmas has come early this year! I can

Re: [ql-users] SMSQE v3.13

2006-08-31 Thread Marcel Kilgus
P Witte wrote: Wow, that bug is probably almost as old as I am! Fix will be included in 3.13 which is somewhat overdue anyway (I added some nifty new features that needed deeper testing, but that should all be okay now). Nifty new features? Christmas has come early this year! I can just

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Dilwyn Jones
On your downloads page, you have a program named 'calender' should that not be 'calendar'? It's somewhat amusing as the ads down the right side of the page are all trying to get me onto eBay to buy ... a spell checker ! Even better, I Googled for Dilwyn Jones and I got the message: Buy

Re: [ql-users] Browsers - was Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Dilwyn Jones
On your downloads page, you have a program named 'calender' should that not be 'calendar'? It's somewhat amusing as the ads down the right side of the page are all trying to get me onto eBay to buy ... a spell checker I downloaded the calendar and it's quite good. Very minimal. And the

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Here's a thought, last time I was able to get to a QL show, Ben was about 5 years old and played all day with a 'Tower Of Hanoi' robot thingy that you had built - from Lego I think. I'm pretty sure it was in Chester and Dilwyn was (a) still trading as DJC and (b) the main organiser. So,

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Robert Newson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Thankfully, many web sites I use these days have little icons that say 'W3C validated for HTML and CSS' (or words to that effect) and work better in non-IE browsers because IE is far from standards compliant. My web page at

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's changing the subject a little but in spite of the fact there are so many critics of I.E. on this list 72.3% of people accessing my site use IE. 24.5% Netscape and only 2.2% Opera. I wonder if

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Tony Firshman
Tony Firshman wrote: snip It wasn't Lego. I forget the name, but Qview developed it from a German kit that was *something* like Lego but was sold to schools and universities as commercial kit. Fischer Technik and designed by Qview's Jonathan Oakley. I liked it so much that I bought a

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Malcolm Cadman wrote: So ... what in particular is painful about IE ? Mainly it's inherently unsafe to use it on the internet. No IE user should be surprised if they catch some virus, worm or whatever. Apart form that it's usually slower, it doesn't have proper keyboard navigation, it lacks

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Tony Firshman
Marcel Kilgus wrote: Malcolm Cadman wrote: So ... what in particular is painful about IE ? Mainly it's inherently unsafe to use it on the internet. No IE user should be surprised if they catch some virus, worm or whatever. Apart form that it's usually slower, it doesn't have proper keyboard

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Tony Firshman wrote: Marcel - what are mouse gestures? Essentially you hold the right button down while drawing small figures with the mouse. This will be interpreted as different commands by the browser, like open new tab, close tab, open in background etc. Incredible effective way to give

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcel Kilgus ql- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Malcolm Cadman wrote: So ... what in particular is painful about IE ? Mainly it's inherently unsafe to use it on the internet. No IE user should be surprised if they catch some virus, worm or whatever. Apart form that it's

Re: [ql-users] Updated web site

2006-08-31 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Malcolm Cadman wrote: All useful features, and yet not having them doesn't prevent enjoying the use. As is often the case, good things you don't know you don't miss. Good things you do know however you never want to miss again. Opera 6 is how old? 5 years? Unlike IE, Opera HAS been improved in