@Jack,
> Works really well for thieves....
Nice attempt to deflect the argument by tossing in a point that's totally irrelevant, even it were...
Make that 13 people now - I got refused today at Manchester airport.
I thought I was up to date on this legislation - I knew of the EU ruling from...
Don't forget to check out apps like GoodReader or SlideShark either, they're indispensible for people on the go in presentation situations. Best...
Well it seems there is something a number of us agree on. Why is the Ubuntu Unity launcher so ugly?
I thought perhaps it was something to do with...
Duplicate comments are not made intentionally. Its very good to know that now you are keeping check on this problem because sometimes a commenter...
"the very significant number of users" and "many (most) of us" - you have no evidence for these statements. It is a fact that most users are saying...
Another grammar faux pas is the improper use of "you". When sitting down down in a restaurant, for example, I get cringe when the waitress...
And NOW, folks, for Canonical's next trick...
Kubuntu is late.
Here's a pencil. Draw your own conclusions.
cf.:...
@kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
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My wife is a councillor and has a better understanding of it than most. But the other councillors have a mental block they are unable to cut and past and send a simple email. I help as much as I can by showing the members of the different political groups mail merge and email, and so on but they can not grasp the idea using it from home. I think that anyone who is entering the council should be trained to use this simple communication if they do not accept the training they should not be a councillor .
Typical bleating from SOCITM and all too typical of IT/Computing representative groups. Just whose responsibility is it to bring awareness of IT benefits (generally) and IT projects (specifically) to the elected members?
Local Government officers are in many situations (with a few shining exceptions) involved in a battle of self preservation, constantly seeking to shore up internal systems on limited budgets rather than looking at strategic benefits from developing IT resources in alternative ways.
From experience the message seems to be "more of the same" from Local Authority IT departments, working solely on developing skills in areas they are comfortable with and shutting out innovative solutions.
Thus we see the very limited numbers of councils deploying significant levels of Open Source (no gets sacked for deploying M$, Novell etc.).
SocITM needs to be challenging its own membership rather than sitting back waiting for Councillors to become IT friendly. In all other walks of Local Authority business it is down to the services to make the case, increasingly hard decisions involving redeployment/reductions in staff numbers. IT departments can no longer play the silo mentality game or external contractors will make the case for change and leave them behind (despite much evidence that contracting out is not good in an LA situation). If internal departments do not offer alternatives thay will be left behind.