EIOffice: The good, the bad, and the ugly

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The good, the bad and the ugly

The good, the bad and the ugly 04/14/2005 12:33 PM
As Tom DeLay continues to get riddled, Trent Lott is shooting from the hip again.

The good and the ugly

The good and the ugly 11/13/2003 07:42 PM

PHP.net has a new feature on their search page - a really nice implementation of an auto complete text widget in Javascript. Even better, the search page is valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and uses CSS for the layout. Let's hope this is an indication of things to the come for the rest of the site, which still mostly consists of tag soup.

Here's the ugly bit: the javascript for the auto complete function is deliberately obfuscated. Now I know that this decision is completely up to the author of the script, but personally I find it exasperating. PHP is an open source project, and obfuscation in this way is the antithesis of the open source ideal. A big part about open source is that people shouldn't have to invent something twice - why waste duplicated effort when sharing code costs nothing and benefits everyone? I'm sure the author had their reasons for hiding the code in this way but to me it seems like a wasted opportunity to teach site visitors a useful new trick. A bug concerning the obfuscation has already been raised in PHP's bug tracker but was closed without a full explanation.

Obfuscation of client side code such as Javascript is a pretty futile exercise in any case. Most of the effect of the obfuscation can be easily reversed using a tool such as Jesse Ruderman's view variables bookmarklet, which displays all variables on a page (including ones that contain decoded content from obfuscated variables) and pretty-prints functions to make them more readable.

It's impossible to prevent "theft" of your Javascript, but if you really want to stop people from using it the best you can do is to place a copyright notice in the code and ask people to contact you for licensing options. If it's on the web, people can take it. Clear copyright messages are a far more ethical deterrent than ineffective tricks.

CSS: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

CSS: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
I took pretty aggressive notes during the panel that came after mine. Enjoy! (You can tell I was paying more attention to the two people who were talking about things I hadn't heard much about before; less notes from their...

Fingerprints as ID - good, bad, ugly?

Fingerprints as ID - good, bad, ugly? 04/19/2004 12:32 PM
Letters Well, there's an effectiveness:usability trade-off, for starters

Themes: Good, Bad, and Ugly

Themes: Good, Bad, and Ugly 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
MacThemes. net has posted a look at the entries in the OWC/Unsanity Theme Contest. Let's face it: most themes, with a few exceptions, just plain suck.

Dealing with the Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly Feeds

Dealing with the Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly Feeds 01/16/2004 01:02 PM

It's amusing to me that so many bright engineers are fighting inside a paperbag over the issue of what to do with bad feeds.  For some reason, probably human nature, they have limited themselves into finding a solution at the spec and parser implementation level when there is no solution there and the discussion has devolved into exchanging “is so“ and “is not“.

The Biased Liberal post offers a solution at the UI level without irritating the user.  The problem can also be solved at marketing and legal level although I favor the UI level solution.

One rather amusing (?) thought I occasionally use to pull myself out of a hole is that the ultimate solution to every problem is world destruction.  All right, it's not funny, but it does shake me out of the box.  As to the implementation, it's easy if you believe a tree falling without an observer makes no sound.

Update:

Looks like the XML-DEV got thrown into the paperbag as well.  There is now a long ongo ing thread on Postel's Law, exceptions, and what to do with bad feeds.  Elliotte Rusty Harold did ment ion my Biased Liberal solution, but XML-DEVers seems to prefer talking about parsers, specs, what the world wants and needs, theories, history, scenarios, etc.  Well, they seem to be enjoying themselves so let's not bother them.

Panther: The Cool, The Good, The Bad,
And The Ugly

Panther: The Cool, The Good, The Bad,
And The Ugly 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
Panther is certainly interesting and will get better with minor tweaks. (Apple-x.net via MyAppleMenu)

The Good, Bad and Downright Ugly of
Flash Email

The Good, Bad and Downright Ugly of
Flash Email 08/18/2002 04:40 PM
Send Rich Media, Streaming or Flash Email may be all the rage with Marketers and Advertisers alike. But is it as effective as all of the folks trying to sell you on it say it is? Read on for some tips concerning what you should know before you try to send Flash & other Rich Media Email.

Adding Music to your Web Site - the
good, the bad and the ugly

Adding Music to your Web Site - the
good, the bad and the ugly 05/21/2004 10:04 AM
WebDevInfo May 21 2004 1:58PM GMT

Livewire: the Good, Bad and Ugly -
Plastic Surgery Stories (Reuters)

Livewire: the Good, Bad and Ugly -
Plastic Surgery Stories (Reuters) 05/01/2004 07:51 AM
Reuters - The Internet can't make you beautiful, but it does cater to a host of vanities, from the search for the perfect eye shadow to the ultimate makeover, plastic surgery.

Guardian Unlimited | Columnists | Julie
Burchill: Good, bad and ugly

Guardian Unlimited | Columnists | Julie
Burchill: Good, bad and ugly 12/02/2003 12:28 AM

EIOffice 2004 vs. MS Office 2003

EIOffice 2004 vs. MS Office 2003 05/28/2004 02:10 PM

EIOffice 2004 Vs MS Office 2003

EIOffice 2004 Vs MS Office 2003 05/27/2004 06:00 AM

EIOffice Challenges Microsoft Office (PC
World)

EIOffice Challenges Microsoft Office (PC
World) 01/26/2004 08:44 PM
PC World - Chinese Firm Evermore introduces rival suite as subscription service.

""I'd just like to get together with a
guy from time to time just to -- just to
play. I'd like him to be, uh, in very
good shape, flat stomach, good chest,
good arms, well-hung, cut, uh, just get
naked, play, see what happens, nothing
real heavy ..."

""I'd just like to get together with a
guy from time to time just to -- just to
play. I'd like him to be, uh, in very
good shape, flat stomach, good chest,
good arms, well-hung, cut, uh, just get
naked, play, see what happens, nothing
real heavy ..." 08/31/2004 08:45 PM

Ugly, Why?

Ugly, Why? 05/23/2004 01:53 PM
I took a minute and looked up Vonage’s Motor ola box that I was wrestling with yesterday. I was thinking “boy, that’s an ugly box” and then “that’s an ugly web page too.” But the problem is bigger...

"Ugly Zoo"

"Ugly Zoo" 04/19/2004 03:01 AM

I've seen ugly, but thats like

I've seen ugly, but thats like 08/21/2004 08:20 PM
Doing a Lynndie

ugly or handsome ?

ugly or handsome ? 04/08/2005 06:04 PM
Are you ugly or handsome? So Much for That Merit Raise: The Link between Wages and Appearance. Hey what about the phrase beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

Ugly duckling

Ugly duckling 01/10/2004 03:54 AM
I can't seem to get over the fact that my sister is a raving beauty and I'm not.

The ugly underbelly of the web

The ugly underbelly of the web 12/24/2003 11:04 AM

The longer I work with large corporate intranets, the more I am amazed at how ugly they are. Ugly in that special Internet sense: they use unusual authentication schemes, have plain weird URL design, the list goes on. I particularly find the URL design annoying: in an intranet redesign, you're often required to recombine existing stuff, but if pages don't have unique URL's you're kinda stuck. What was ever wrong with giving every destination page a unique URL?

The Superficial - Because You're Ugly

The Superficial - Because You're Ugly 08/12/2004 12:25 AM
The Superficial - Because You're Ugly .. superficial news site

thesuperficial.com
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Darned if eye ain't ugly!

Darned if eye ain't ugly! 03/08/2004 11:04 PM
Ugly Stickers and their "dark origins". (via tui)

Old, ugly and fired

Old, ugly and fired 04/08/2005 09:26 AM
In the latest case against Wall Street sex bias, a woman is awarded $29 million after complaining of a corporate culture hostile to females.

Valley VCs get back to being ugly

Valley VCs get back to being ugly 04/22/2004 03:51 AM
from the land that invented truly antisocial networking

"Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com!"

"Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com!" 12/26/2003 09:03 AM

Why don't ugly people have charisma?

Why don't ugly people have charisma? 07/11/2004 10:42 AM
Neil Cavuto

townhall.com/columnists/neilcavuto/nc20040710.shtml
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Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com!

Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com! 12/25/2003 08:07 AM
UGLY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. COM .. and then you have these

uglychristmaslights.com
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The Goo,d The Bad, And The Ugly? First
Impressions Of The G5 iMac

The Goo,d The Bad, And The Ugly? First
Impressions Of The G5 iMac 09/07/2004 06:26 PM
By Robert Velarde, CMUG (via MyAppleMenu)

RIP: Lockergnome's Ugly Baby

RIP: Lockergnome's Ugly Baby 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
Ready for a re-redesign? I am. A long time ago (in a galaxy quite close to ours), Stephen and I were working on a very basic shell for Lockergnome. I took that code and started tweaking it this morning. The elements are falling into place, but it's far from clean. Meryl's helping me tweak it this weekend, but my hope is to lay something into the official site before next weekend. My aim is to stay clean, fast, and efficient. You may wonder why we even bothered to roll out the (current) White Album? A new backend, pure and simple. We're dev'ing our own CMS that'll help us create newsletters, syndicated feeds, Web pages, etc. In order for other processes to begin, we had to put something different online. The result was a bit... dirty. But hey - this is the f*cking Internet. Just have a little patience, eh? The results will be well worth it. If you'd like to collaborate, just let me know; I'll be cracking code for the next X days....

Ugly Graphics In My Home

Ugly Graphics In My Home 02/18/2004 10:50 AM
Apple has been using a really horrible picture of lots of Pepsi bottles to advertise their iTunes give away. (Noded via MyAppleMenu)

Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water

Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water 04/30/2004 04:22 PM

'Frankenfish' rears its ugly head again

'Frankenfish' rears its ugly head again 05/03/2004 11:31 PM
Straits Times May 4 2004 4:12AM GMT

US inflation rears its ugly head

US inflation rears its ugly head 05/14/2004 09:20 AM
The threat of increasing inflation appears greater after fresh data shows that consumer prices continue to rise in the US.

Tulip revolution turns ugly

Tulip revolution turns ugly 03/24/2005 04:34 PM
The president of the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan flees the capital as looters cause chaos.

Why security's no longer IT's ugly
stepsister

Why security's no longer IT's ugly
stepsister 02/19/2004 03:31 PM
CNET Feb 19 2004 8:17PM GMT

Bell Battle Could Get Ugly for Bush

Bell Battle Could Get Ugly for Bush 06/10/2004 01:03 PM
TheStreet.com Jun 10 2004 5:51PM GMT

L.A. Leads Detroit 41-40 After Ugly Half
(AP)

L.A. Leads Detroit 41-40 After Ugly Half
(AP) 06/06/2004 10:10 PM
AP - Though the Detroit Pistons forced the Los Angeles Lakers to play ugly basketball, Shaquille O'Neal still looked awfully good in the first two quarters of the NBA Finals. O'Neal had 20 points and six rebounds, and Los Angeles took a 41-40 lead over Detroit after the first half of Game 1 on Sunday night.

Hype Rears Its Ugly Head. Again.

Hype Rears Its Ugly Head. Again. 02/01/2005 09:07 PM
I wasn't at the conference, so I can't comment on the specifics that Jack Shafer references, but I'm finding it hard to disagree with anything that's written in this Slate column. Many of the first bloggers, in addition to being geeks, were trained in journalism or writing, and that pedigree...
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