Archive for December, 2007

SWX web site spam hack

Danny emailed me today to say that he'd noticed spam links on the SWX web site (thanks, man!) When I looked, I couldn't see anything. That is, until I looked at the source. Somehow, someone managed to inject spam links and hide them using display:none. The actual code starts like this: <u style="display: none"> And then includes [...]

SWX contest winners announced

The SWX contest winners have been announced. Read all about it on the SWX blog.

Apple releases a fix for Leopard keyboard freezes

John Grden just forwarded me an email form John Olsen (thanks guys) alerting me that Apple has reportedly released a fix for the keyboard freezing issue in Leopard. That's good news but, to tell you the truth, I'm going to wait a couple of months at least before even considering giving Leopard another shot. See, the [...]

I’m downgrading to Tiger

That's it, I've had it with Leopard. All the issues I've been having are driving me nuts. Leopard is just not stable enough for professional use. I almost feel like a Windows user again. (OK, not entirely, but I definitely don't feel like a Mac user anymore!) So today, I bid adieu to Leopard and [...]

No, Adobe has not just killed SWX :)

The reports of SWX's death have been greatly exaggerated. Well, OK, the one report, that is. I'm referring to the blog post by David Arno that asks Has Adobe just killed SWX? David's post refers to the recent opening of the AMF format (good one, Adobe, and about time, I'd say) and the open source release of [...]