sahirh

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by sahirh 13y ago
For XMPP, I recommend checking out Prosody ( http://prosody.im ). You can get a working system up with Off-the-record instant messaging and internal file transfers in an afternoon, if you're familiar with UNIX system administ
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by sahirh 13y ago
Have a look at BitTorrent Sync: http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html One advantage is that there's no third-party storage of data involved.
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by sahirh 13y ago
The leaking via gmail has an issue: In many cases when creating a new gmail account, you have to provide a phone number for an automatic text verification code.
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by sahirh 14y ago
Love the minimalist interface. Perhaps a little more differentiation between comments (becomes a bit hard to read when the comments are nested). We'll definitely use this.
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by sahirh 15y ago
Amen to this. A skilled designer adds a lot of value by setting the type weight and kerning properly, choosing a decent color palette, giving you the right options for light / dark backgrounds and so on. As important is a basic style guide/
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by sahirh 15y ago
Yes, where I am it's often used to direct-to-bill services such as purchasing ringtones. The user clicks on 'purchase ringtone / song etc' and doesn't have to enter any payment information. The partner site has access to the number that the
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by sahirh 15y ago
Is it possible to use ipfw / pf to control outbound traffic based on the process that is initiating the connection? I skimmed the man pages but didn't see anything that looked promising.
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by sahirh 15y ago
I've had a decent experience so far with Crashplan (www.crashplan.com). They have good options for security (to ensure your data is encrypted prior to sending it off). The client UI could use some work, but it gives you a lot of control abo
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by sahirh 16y ago
I might have missed the option, but a way to import additional images / vectors would be nice. Either just an upload or a creative-commons image search. Also, real-time editing with other users would be superb. Nice work!
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by sahirh 16y ago
Has anyone else had a problem where the menus have no text. As in, I can't see the menus at all. I figured it might be a font problem but couldn't work out what it could be.