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Slashdot's Disagree Mail

Oct 11th, 2008 · Slashdot has one of the best discussion systems there is. It's grown and adapted over the years to meet various challenges and suit the needs of our users. A lot of time and effort has gone into it and we are always open to user input to help make it …
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Slashdot's Disagree Mail

Oct 10th, 2008 · Slashdot has one of the best discussion systems there is. It's grown and adapted over the years to meet various challenges and suit the needs of our users. A lot of time and effort has gone into it and we are always open to user input to help make it …
see also: ca · input · feedback · bizarre · unworkable · unhelpful · suggestionsRead

How To Fix the Poor Usability of Free Software

Aug 3rd, 2008 · Matthew Paul Thomas has an entry on his blog called Why Free Software Has Poor Usability, And How To Improve It. While this advice is helpful and may indeed lead to improvements in many open source programs, the guidelines may be much more difficult for …
see also: welcome · software · blog · programmer · poor · structure · traditional

F/OSS Flat-File Database?

May 20th, 2008 · I'm looking for a simple, free, and F/OSS flat-file database program. I'm storing info about Wi-Fi access points that I come across, maybe 8-9 fields per entry. I've outgrown Notepad. This info is for my own reference only; it is not going on a Web server. …
see also: servers · OSS · Google · Wi Fi · Online · Portable · app

To Search Smarter, Find a Person?

Mar 25th, 2008 · Brendan Koerner reports in Wired Magazine that a growing number of ventures are using people, rather than algorithms, to filter the Internet's wealth of information. These ventures have a common goal: to enhance the Web with the kind of critical thinking …
see also: software · Online · Internet · venture · publishing · Humans · Wired Magazine

New Seagate Drives Have Real Difficulties With Linux

Dec 9th, 2007 · Seagate's Free Agent series of drives are not intended to be compatible with the Open Source operating system Linux. The Inquirer reports on the problem: an unhelpful power saving mode. 'The problem is to do with the power-saving systems on Seagate's …
see also: Linux · solution · Open Source · Engadget · USB · compatible · chocolate