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Unraveling the Knoppix Toolkit Maze 2006-03-09 02:47:09 John Wiley & Sons

Linux is famous as an operating system that includes almost everything a software user could ever want right out of the box - and for free. The Knoppix developers had quite a time deciding which of the thousands of packages to include, but they did their homework, made their decisions, and you're the one who benefits. This chapter can't cover everything that comes on the Knoppix disk - that would be a book in itself! - but it does take a look at important apps such as K3b and the GIMP that you'll probably find yourself using at one time or another. One will probably find their self using Mozilla Firefox, KMail, and OpenOffice.org often.

Firefox 1.5: For Macintosh and Windows 2006-03-07 04:03:41 Macalester College

Firefox is a World Wide Web (WWW) client, also known as a "web browser", for Macintosh and Windows. Firefox displays hypertext documents containing links to files residing on the local system, as well as files residing on remote systems running WWW, FTP and Usenet servers. This paper will give information about how to install Firefox if it is not installed on your computer.

Implementing Scalable Vector Graphics in Mozilla 2006-02-24 01:01:25 University of Technology Sydney

As the World Wide Web has grown in popularity and sophistication many have realised its potential as more than just an information medium but as a platform for developing and distributing software applications. Applications built on this Web platform are often faster to develop, easier to deploy and maintain, and allow users greater physical freedom as Web applications can be used from any electronic device with an Internet connection and a Web browser. This paper contributes to the implementation of a graphics standard called Scalable Vector Graphics, or SVG, for a popular Web application platform, Mozilla. Such an implementation allows application developers to produce richer, more interactive Web applications much like traditional desktop applications.

FireFox Plug-Ins for the Discerning Web Developer 2006-03-09 03:12:45 DMXzone.com

One of the useful features of the FireFox browser is its extensibility. Given the nature of its early adopters, many of the plugins available are there to make the web designer or developers job easier. This paper will look at some of the more useful ones, how they can be used to enhance the testing work-flow once the site is built in Dream weaver and techniques that they make available to use and why one would want to use them.

Web Services for Genre Vocabularies 2006-02-24 01:01:25

This paper presents an approach for providing terminology Web services for controlled vocabulary terms. Services are implemented within a service oriented framework. A set of experimental services for genre vocabularies is provided through the MS Office Research pane, a built-in feature of Internet Explorer (IE) when users have loaded MS Office 2003. Web browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox and Opera, also provide side-bars which could be used to deliver loosely-coupled Web services.

Greasemonkey Hacks: Add Keyboard Shortcuts to Google Search Results 2005-11-10 O'Reilly Media

The user script given in this paper runs on all Google pages. It uses an XPath query to find all the search results (they're each wrapped in a
element), and then inserts red numbers beside each search result, from 1 to 9, then 0 for the 10th result. The last line of the script ties it all together by registering a global onkeydown event handler that checks whether a number is typed, and if so, finds the associated search result and follows the link.

Tags: Programming Languages, Web Development and Design

Greasemonkey Hacks: Make Pop-Up Titles Prettier 2005-11-04 O'Reilly Media

Many web pages include title attributes on links. When one hovers over the link, the browser displays a tool tip that gives more information about the link. The font and color of the tool tip are determined by the theme settings of the underlying operating system. This means one has some control over what tool tips look like, but they'll still look pretty boring. This paper makes link tool tips sexier and more functional at the same time by replacing the tool tip with a translucent floating window that contains both the title and the link URL.

Tags: Programming Languages, Web Development and Design

Understanding Free/Open Source Software Development Processes 2006-02-24 01:01:25

This paper introduces a special issue of Software Process - Improvement and Practice focusing on processes found in Free or Open Source Software Development (F/OSSD) projects. It seeks to provide a background review of research in this area through a review of selected empirical studies of F/OSSD processes. The results and findings from a survey of empirical studies of F/OSSD give rise to an interesting variety of opportunities and challenges for understanding these processes, which are identified along the way. The papers in this special issue further advance understanding of what processes characterize and shape F/OSSD.

Thinix in the Hospitality Industry 2006-02-24 01:01:25

Traditional approaches to provide Hotel guests with computers have been to provide a machine which typically runs Microsoft Windows for the guest. These Windows based computers are susceptible to computer viruses and Spyware. In addition, Windows based computers need constant attention to install service packs to patch security flaws, and are easily misconfigured by hotel guests. While various security methods can be used to protect Windows based computers from misconfiguration, these can be easily bypassed by using special software. This paper describes Thinix which has been designed from the ground up to be secure and not susceptible to these problems.

Requirements-Driven Configuration of Software Systems 2006-02-24 01:01:25

Configuring large-scale software to meet different user requirements is a challenging process, since end-users do not know the technical details of the system in the first place. The authors presents an automatic process to connect high-level user requirements with low-level system's configurations. The process takes into account different user preferences and expectations, making configuration easier and more user-centered. Since it reuses a software system's configuration mechanisms, the configuration process is transparent to the system development. Moreover, it is very easy to plug different reasoning frameworks into the configuration process. As a case study, the authors have reengineered the Mozilla Firefox web browser into a requirements-driven software system, without changing its source code.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Unraveling the Knoppix Toolkit Maze	2006-03-09 02:47:09	John Wiley & Sons
Linux is famous as an operating system that includes almost everything a software user could ever want right out of the box - and for free. The Knoppix developers had quite a time deciding which of the thousands of packages to include, but they did their homework, made their decisions, and you're the one who benefits. This chapter can't cover everything that comes on the Knoppix disk - that would be a book in itself! - but it does take a look at important apps such as K3b and the GIMP that you'll probably find yourself using at one time or another. One will probably find their self using Mozilla Firefox, KMail, and OpenOffice.org often.
Firefox 1.5: For Macintosh and Windows	2006-03-07 04:03:41	Macalester College
Firefox is a World Wide Web (WWW) client, also known as a "web browser", for Macintosh and Windows. Firefox displays hypertext documents containing links to files residing on the local system, as well as files residing on remote systems running WWW, FTP and Usenet servers. This paper will give information about how to install Firefox if it is not installed on your computer.
Implementing Scalable Vector Graphics in Mozilla	2006-02-24 01:01:25	University of Technology Sydney
As the World Wide Web has grown in popularity and sophistication many have realised its potential as more than just an information medium but as a platform for developing and distributing software applications. Applications built on this Web platform are often faster to develop, easier to deploy and maintain, and allow users greater physical freedom as Web applications can be used from any electronic device with an Internet connection and a Web browser. This paper contributes to the implementation of a graphics standard called Scalable Vector Graphics, or SVG, for a popular Web application platform, Mozilla. Such an implementation allows application developers to produce richer, more interactive Web applications much like traditional desktop applications.
FireFox Plug-Ins for the Discerning Web Developer	2006-03-09 03:12:45	DMXzone.com
One of the useful features of the FireFox browser is its extensibility. Given the nature of its early adopters, many of the plugins available are there to make the web designer or developers job easier. This paper will look at some of the more useful ones, how they can be used to enhance the testing work-flow once the site is built in Dream weaver and techniques that they make available to use and why one would want to use them.
Web Services for Genre Vocabularies	2006-02-24 01:01:25
This paper presents an approach for providing terminology Web services for controlled vocabulary terms. Services are implemented within a service oriented framework. A set of experimental services for genre vocabularies is provided through the MS Office Research pane, a built-in feature of Internet Explorer (IE) when users have loaded MS Office 2003. Web browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox and Opera, also provide side-bars which could be used to deliver loosely-coupled Web services.
Greasemonkey Hacks: Add Keyboard Shortcuts to Google Search Results	2005-11-10	O'Reilly Media
The user script given in this paper runs on all Google pages. It uses an XPath query to find all the search results (they're each wrapped in a element), and then inserts red numbers beside each search result, from 1 to 9, then 0 for the 10th result. The last line of the script ties it all together by registering a global onkeydown event handler that checks whether a number is typed, and if so, finds the associated search result and follows the link. Tags: Programming Languages, Web Development and Design
Greasemonkey Hacks: Make Pop-Up Titles Prettier	2005-11-04	O'Reilly Media
Many web pages include title attributes on links. When one hovers over the link, the browser displays a tool tip that gives more information about the link. The font and color of the tool tip are determined by the theme settings of the underlying operating system. This means one has some control over what tool tips look like, but they'll still look pretty boring. This paper makes link tool tips sexier and more functional at the same time by replacing the tool tip with a translucent floating window that contains both the title and the link URL. Tags: Programming Languages, Web Development and Design
Understanding Free/Open Source Software Development Processes	2006-02-24 01:01:25
This paper introduces a special issue of Software Process - Improvement and Practice focusing on processes found in Free or Open Source Software Development (F/OSSD) projects. It seeks to provide a background review of research in this area through a review of selected empirical studies of F/OSSD processes. The results and findings from a survey of empirical studies of F/OSSD give rise to an interesting variety of opportunities and challenges for understanding these processes, which are identified along the way. The papers in this special issue further advance understanding of what processes characterize and shape F/OSSD.
Thinix in the Hospitality Industry	2006-02-24 01:01:25
Traditional approaches to provide Hotel guests with computers have been to provide a machine which typically runs Microsoft Windows for the guest. These Windows based computers are susceptible to computer viruses and Spyware. In addition, Windows based computers need constant attention to install service packs to patch security flaws, and are easily misconfigured by hotel guests. While various security methods can be used to protect Windows based computers from misconfiguration, these can be easily bypassed by using special software. This paper describes Thinix which has been designed from the ground up to be secure and not susceptible to these problems.
Requirements-Driven Configuration of Software Systems	2006-02-24 01:01:25
Configuring large-scale software to meet different user requirements is a challenging process, since end-users do not know the technical details of the system in the first place. The authors presents an automatic process to connect high-level user requirements with low-level system's configurations. The process takes into account different user preferences and expectations, making configuration easier and more user-centered. Since it reuses a software system's configuration mechanisms, the configuration process is transparent to the system development. Moreover, it is very easy to plug different reasoning frameworks into the configuration process. As a case study, the authors have reengineered the Mozilla Firefox web browser into a requirements-driven software system, without changing its source code.