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Gallery2 Uploading for Vista

Posted by Jonathan | Filed under Blogging, Gallery, Photos, Software, Technology, Vista, Websites

One of the nice features of Gallery2 is the ability to upload pictures directly to your online gallery from your hard drive by clicking the option publish this in the Explorer sidebar. However, in Vista you loose the publishing option in Explorer. But never fear! Where there is good software, there is a good programmer that finds a way to accomplish the task.

After scouring the gallery forums I found my answer. In the Gallery plugin experimental repository there is a upgrade to the WindowsXP Publish (v1.07) module called Publish XP (v1.07.1). Who knows why they didn’t just call it Windows Publish? After upgrading to the latest version of the module:

1. Go to Add Items => WindowsXP => and download the registry file specifically labeled for Vista.
2. After the registry file is successfully added, go into Windows Photo
   Gallery and select the pictures that you want to upload to gallery.

Tags: Blogging, Gallery, Photos, Plugins, Software, Technology, Vista, Websites

The Woes of Vista - Preformed by Apple

Posted by Jonathan | Filed under Comedy, Software, Technology, Video, Vista

Now, I’m not an Apple fan. I would prefer to use WindowsXP or even a Unix based system. But I have had to deal with Windows Vista on my sisters computer and so far I’m not a big fan, so here’s a little fun at Vistas expense.

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Because of all the problems with Vista in the last 11 months since it’s release some people are asking to switch back to XP. I would be one of them until all the bugs are worked out of Vista in 3 years

Tags: Comedy, Software, Technology, Video, Vista

Extensions for Firefox Reviews - Part 1 Gmail Extensions

Posted by Jonathan | Filed under Extensions - Addons, Firefox, Software

While looking for new extension add-ons for Firefox (can’t remember why exactly now), I noticed that many extensions preformed the same function, yet have different features. So I decided to start a new series of posts reviewing and comparing Firefox extensions. Hopefully, these reviews will remove some of the confusion over which extensions you want to use.

Before I begin, let me say that if you are not using Firefox I highly recommend that you download it. Here are just a few reasons to choose Firefox over IE7:

1. The Mozilla developers are quick to issue a patch for any bugs found in the system. IE7 was released with holes, bugs and exploits and when Microsoft finally issued a patch it still left holes.
2. Firefox is not part of the operating system, but a separate application. Was is this important? Think of it as a separation of powers. You don’t want your web-browser causing problems for your OS, and vice versa.

Tags: , Extensions, Firefox, Gmail, Software