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Guillaumeb.comVisit www.guillaumeb.com 8月29日 Yahoo, Google, Hotmail, give me a real address book.I like to have a clean address book. Today, it seems, however that the tools I am using on a regular basis cannot achieve this simple task. Let’s take Yahoo! For example:I have friends on Yahoo! 360, I have contacts on Yahoo! Messenger and I have my Yahoo! Mail address book. Why should they all be merged? In the classic version of Yahoo! Mail, deleting a contact from the address book will also delete it from Yahoo! 360. This is not the case with Yahoo! Beta but adding a contact in my Yahoo! 360 network will still automatically add it to my address book. Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> 8月21日 When Microsoft and CEOP Go Back to the Dark Ages.Today, a piece of news really caught my attention: Microsoft adds ‘one-click’ sex offender report tool. Few weeks ago I was shocked to see a new toolbar dedicated to the users of MySpace by which someone would only need to press a button to report anyone as a sexual aggressor and publicly display his or her address to eyes of the whole world. This, in my opinion, is the silliest thing that has ever existed. Firstly, throughout several studies, it transpires that, for the most part, messenger users are people between the age of 12 and 20 years old. So, were i a father, my 13 year-old kid, Tom, could simply press a button to report a contact as “sexual aggressor”.
However, Tom confessed he did that because he was jealous of John who talked to Sarah today. Unfortunately, poor John is now being watched by the police. How long did it take for this to happen? 8月18日 Yahoo! Photos out of beta...way too earlySo the big news yesterday was the release of Yahoo! Photos 3.0 I had a look at it during the beta and it is now available to the general public. In just about 5 minutes I have experienced 3 bugs!! Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> Hum...again?OK I know this will probably displease my readers but… I am working on a new theme (*hiding and blushing*) OK OK granted this is getting really insane. Now at least I have learned two things: I am looking for a simple straightforward 2-column theme. In this sense I like the one used on PaulStamatiou.com. Also yesterday I found this funny Web 2.0 logo generator. And then I realized it looks pretty good on a white page. So I set up a demo site to try new stuff that I might used over here. I am currently editing it. Analyzing the new security login technology at Yahoo!Few days ago, I noticed a new security feature at Yahoo. Phishing has become a widespread problem and Yahoo! is trying to fight against those fake websites by letting people create seals to make sure they are signing into an authorized Yahoo! properties. Let's analyze the new tool. The seal can be created with words or pictures. You can upload a photo and even customize the color background. The process is smooth and fast. I think this idea is smart because not only is this a security enhancement it is also a way to personalize your login page. This is what my current loging seal looks like:
As a result, anytime i want to login the Yahoo! network, my picture will be displayed. Well almost...
There are few weaknesses to this tool though
8月17日 My Geeky dream on Yahoo, Google, Apple and Microsoft.I had a really weird dream last night. I even think it was sort of disturbing. I usually do not remenber what passed through my mind at night but, for some reasons, this time I remember pretty much everything. To me, this only is quite important enough to write it down. People reading my articles knows that I like to digg into webservices and especially the big ones like Yahoo! or Google. Also, I have been thinking about getting a Mac machine for quite a while now and I decided to seriously save money to get one of those. I like to learn about the stuff I am trying out or about the products and brands I am going to buy or use on a regular basis. Therefore I have been watching lots of mac related shows those past few days. I have been watching several MacExpo/MacWorld/WWDC videos as well as useful tutorials so as not to feel like a noob once I get the laptop. My dream was a mix of bits of news I read few days, weeks or months ago, of details that caught my attention in those videos. In the end, those flashbacks took an interesting twist in my mind and seemed to imply one thing: Google is to Apple what Yahoo! is to Microsoft. OK, I warned you, this was a dream! Also, and more importantly, I remember some of the key elements that shaped this vision.Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> 8月16日 Thoughts on Yahoo! TechYesterday I went back on the Yahoo! Tech site. I had a quick look at it few months ago when it launched but I wasn’t sure to have analyzed all the options. I like the fact we can rate products and write reviews. In the past, I used to browse the articles on Epinions and Ciao, and I even wrote few articles. It’s really helpful to read people’s opinions when you are about to buy a product. In fact I tend to believe this is one of the greatest ideas that has made the Internet so useful. However, I believe Yahoo! Tech could even more useful. Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> 8月15日 Trying Windows Live WriterSo I am actually writing this entry with Windows Live writer. At first I was like: “what? a software to blog??? that’s so has been!!!!!” Well actually it is… So let’s see what’s really innovative in here that would prevent me from thinking that Microsoft was actually completly unable to come with a Webeditor à la Writely. Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> 8月13日 More power your Y! Widgets Engine with a mouse button invocationLet’s be honest: even though I try to convince myself that I certianly would not want a Mac machine i secretly save money to get the brand new MacBook Pro 17′ display… ok that part is done.
Now I went few times to an Apple store and play around with the latest OS, Tiger. Once, I saw that we could display the widgets with the middle mouse button. One simply needs to press it to make them appear on the screen and press a second time to make them disappear. I love the idea. Unfortunately, Yahoo! Widgets, formely known as Konfabulator, does not let me choose to set up a mouse button shortcut. Instead I have to create a keyboard shortcut. So I have to find a way to trick the engine and emulate that keyboard shortcut with my mouse button. Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>>8月12日 Big upgrade at Y! Mail Beta: Calendar preview - screenshots I read a very interesting thread at the Yahoo! Mail group. Few members have had their Yahoo! Mail beta build upgraded with lots of new features. A member was kind enough to post some screenies in the photos section. This new build show us a preview of the new Calendar features. Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> When Microsoft presents Voice Recognition…Voice Recognition…mmmm I don’t know if i’d use it. I think i would not really trust it. For me it’s like those automatic translator software: are they smart enough to understand the context of the situation in order to find the good translation? Anyway, Microsoft obviously did not got it right. That’s a funny video I found on My Mac Blog which shows that Microsoft is facing (yet another) problem for its demo. The result is funny. Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> 8月11日 How to quickly turn your PC into a Media Center.About two or three years ago, I was invited to test Windows XP Media Center. They sent me a PC and all the stuff to plug-in. Honestly, I played with it for about two weeks, and quickly got bored. I still have all the stuff over here though! I was looking at the Apple website and saw this awesome Front Row interface. I suddenly felt the need to look around for free media interface software. I stumbled upon this website. However, the software is not really good. I have found way to many bugs, it should have been in alpha. Let’s hope Sarah Media will be better in the future. Then someone linked me to Media Portal. A dream comes true. 8月10日 Digging into CSS: a simple horizontal menuIt took me quite a while before choosing the design I wanted for my blog. I have tried several layout, several colors. Actually, I was not sure about what I wanted. I decided that this design you’re viewing right now satisfied me enough to keep it running few months if not few years. Today I tried to recollect all that I have learned (not so much actually) and try to create a little menu in CSS. See a demo here. Now let’s analyze the code. The commente are between /*those symbols*/Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> 8月9日 Why browsers won’t die.Tara Hunt wrote a very interesting article titled R.I.P. Browsers Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> 8月8日 A nice little gadget: Reflex Vision - My 1st video!Sometimes I happen to hate myself for loving little geeky applications. In the past I used to play with WindowBlinds and WindowFX from Stardocks. I had this period (like 80% of geeky PC users) when I wanted my Windows to look and act like a Mac. That’s when I adopted FlyaKite. Well you’ll see i’m still using it!! Just gotten used to it. Few days ago, I discovered ReflexVision. This tiny application is a windows switcher. People usually use Alt+Tab. This one goes a bit further and makes the thing really smooth and eye candy. How this Techcrunch video could have been betterThose past few months, I have been helping Ouriel Ohayon with Techcrunch France by translating and adapting Michael Arrington’s Techcrunch.com articles. I decided to go at a slow pace at the beginning (about two or three articles per week). Not only is it a good way for me to work on translations - I’m preparing a certificate to be an English teacher in France - it’s also a lot of fun to discover new webservices everyday. I am starting to hate this “web 2.0″ label. I am amazed to see that no one is able to clearly define it. I guess my labelling this trend as “new web generation” doesn’t mean much either actually. However I just find it more simple and less formal. Over at Techcrunch, Michael Arrington has a 20-minute interview with CEOs from several new web companies : Aaron Cohen (Bolt), Scott Milener and Steven Lurie (Browster), Keith Teare (edgeio), Steven Marder (Eurekster), Joe Kraus (JotSpot), Jeremy Verbaa (Piczo), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), Chris Alden (Rojo), Gautam Godhwani (Simply Hired), Jonathan Abrams (Socializr), David Sifry (Technorati), Matt Sanchez (Video Egg) and Michael Tanne (Wink). Read the rest of this article and post a comment >>> A brief look at Desktoptwo Web OSYesterday, a Zdnet article encouraged me to write on WebOs and briefly review some of the most famous. Well this one came up in various tech sites: Desktoptwo. This is by far the best I have yet tested. 8月7日 On Web OS and Virtual DesktopsIn his last article, Richard MacManus, of the Web 2.0 Explorer blog, is asking an open question
I have tried few webbased operating systems including Goowy, YouOS, EyeOS as well as a demo account for Fenestela. Before answering this question let’s have a quick look at those products. 8月6日 “Huge” problem at Yahoo! AnswersI was browsing Yahoo! Answers
and suddenly I saw the “highest” avatar I have even seen. See, the
normal size of an avatar is a little square right? If you have set up
your avatar in the options, it will show next to your question. If you
do not have an avatar, you will get a grey square. Well it seem there might be a flaw in this module!!! >>> Read the rest of this article and leave a comment >>> So Google Music is just a myth …?I stumpled upon this Cnet article in which it is stated that, at the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, Chris Sacca, head of business development for Google, revealed:
For over a year, many facts have been unveiled to prove that Google was indeed going to open a music store, and this is only an example taken from an article on Cnet blog:
Would I want Google to open a webbased music store? Honestly, I do not think this would change my life at all. In fact I am not so much into buying music. Don’t get me wrong I’m not downloading much either. In fact, I just stream it from Yahoo! Music Unllimited. Thoughts on Microsoft PhotoSynthA hot topic on the blogsphere this week was Microsoft’s demo of
Photosynth. This new software, not yet released, will enable us to take
different pictures and minlge them a 3D environment. A link between two
pictures is realized by focusing on a similar element that is displayed
in both of them to create an effect of panorama. Basically the
recurrent element in the two different view of this element will be
merged in a 3D frame {...] Read the rest of this article or leave a comment >>> How to: Install a software on Ubuntu LinuxAt the very beginning of my recent experience on Ubuntu Linux I had
to do many researches to undertand the logic behind this new system. It
is not easy to move to a completly new platform when you have been
using Microsoft Windows for over ten years… So as I said, the switch might very well disturb you in the first days. A common question asked by beginners is How do you install a new program on Ubuntu Linux? Yahoo! Briefcase: the online storage exception.Chris Price, a former blogger of the Unofficial Yahoo! Weblog who
recently moved to Download Squad, wrote an article that caught my
attention: All this talk about online storage, but where’s Yahoo??
This is a question that I have been asking myself for quite a long time
actually. this is also a question that I had been writing on when I was
at InsideYahoo.net. True it is odd that Yahoo! did not announce a product to compete with the soon-to-be-released GDrive and Live Drive. Back in February, when I paid a visit to Yahoo! I asked the question: “And what about the Briefcase, what is going to be like? Are there any plans to give it a facelift?”. The answer simply was “no”. I was a bit surprised and tried to further the discussion. My interlocutor, whose name I am not going to mention over here, told me that they had not received any informations concerning the future of the product and that it was not listed among the services that were to be upgraded. I thought this person might have been subjected to some non-disclosure agreements, which I would perfectly understand, but then why was i able to preview our Messenger 8 concept 6 months before its release (and yeh, that was hard not to tell the world about it!!) Read the rest of this article or leave a comment >>> YME SongBlogger, by Ernie HsiungErnie Hsiung, a web developper at Yahoo and who has been working on the
Yahoo! 360 platform, created a nice plugin for users of the Yahoo!
Music Jukebox, formely known as the Yahoo! Music Engine. Read and the rest of this article or leave a comment >>> The horrible idea behind My Space Guardian ToolbarI am really shocked to see such a product coming out. My Space Guardian
Toolbar could have been a nice addition for users of My Space. It
offers what look like to be very cool features including: - Search Using Your Favorite Search Engine - Automatically Login to MySpace - Track eMails, Inviations, Friend Requests - Notifies You When Friends Add to Your Page - Make/Receive Skype Calls from Your Toolbar - Communicate with Your Friends with Video But here is the thing: they do not stop there. First, I understand there might be differences between the United
States of America and France (or Europe). In the past, I was already
shocked to learn that people are be able to identify the house ex-
sexual aggressors after they spent their time in prison. Many people
would then move to another neighborhood. It reminds me a lot about the
Scarlet Letter worn by sinful people during the Puritan ages and Hester
Prynne’s exclusion from the rest of the society…but hey, that was few
centuries ago!!! Isn’t it time to evolve a little bit? |
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