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howto / interesting / software / web 2.0 — 50 comments
02
Jan 08

Slow GMAIL Fix

gmail logo
Since GMAIL changed its user interface from version 1.0 to 2.0, there were a lot of complaints from all over the world, from users of different browsers (Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera, etc..), that their GMAIL works very and very slow.

PROBLEM:

The first and the most frequent slow behavior is discovered by gmail users during login in to their accounts from http://www.gmail.com. This is mostly due to the fact that by default they are using a 2.0 version of Gmail’s User Interface (UI).

It seems that the 2.0 UI was not well “stress tested” and hence it is far from being as scalable as its previous, proven to scale, 1.0 version.

SOLUTION:

Since GMAIL code belongs to GOOGLE and they are actively working on it, it would make sense to trust them with fixing gmail’s 2.0 UI in near future – it is GOOGLE, and it just makes sense to trust them, at least for now it does.

However until that moment comes, when GMAIL 2.0 UI is fixed, here is a quick workaround for the “slow gmail” problem: Instead of going to http://www.gmail.com which brings up 2.0 UI, go to https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1 which explicitly tells gmail to use 1.0 version of UI. This will work as fast as before, and will get you back on track with loving gmail. :)

Good luck!

cool places / future / interesting — 7 comments
19
Dec 07

Disney Predicts The Future in 1958

In 1958 “Disneyland” TV Show episode entitled “Magic Highway USA” an exploration into possible “their” future Transportation technologies is made.

It’s hard to believe how little we’ve accomplished on this front since 1958, and how limited the scope for imagining such future technologies has become. Witness an artifact from a time where the future was greeted with optimism. Note the striking animation style here, achieved with fairly limited animation and spectacular layouts:

source

howto / interesting / linux / software / tutorials — 5 comments
07
Dec 07

X11 Forwarding with SSH

xorg
Here is how to configure X11 forwarding with ssh.
Takes under a minute to configure:

1. On the SERVER: set “X11Forwarding yes” in your

	/etc/ssh/sshd_config

2. On the SERVER in the USER’s home dir:

	sudo rm -f .Xauth*

3. On the client:

	ssh -2 -4 -C -X -v USER@SERVER

4. Once logged in to the SERVER run “xclock” to confirm

done :)

howto / interesting / software / tutorials — 4 comments
07
Dec 07

Hang Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer is going down

Want to hang Internet Explorer? Here is one way to do it:

<html>
<script>
	for (x in document.write) { document.write(x);}
</script>
 
    <body onload="f()">
        Internet Explorer is going down...
    </body>
</html>



right from the source

interesting / linux / software — 17 comments
05
Dec 07

Russian Roulette in Bash

russian roulette in bash

# [ $[ $RANDOM % 6 ] == 0 ] && rm -rf / || echo “You live”

* You either live or …. rm -rf / :)

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