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Report in: operating system poll

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:51:10 +0000

With Microsoft Windows 7 beta out, Microsoft pumping millions into Windows Vista and Apple doing the same with the latest OS X, I would be really interested to know which operating systems y'all use these days.

Most of the time I use Ubuntu 8.10, but to write BYOND programs I use Windows XP Pro SP3.

BYOND on Wikipedia

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:52:13 +0000

BYOND has been deleted from Wikipedia in accordance with deleting "articles about web content which do not assert its importance". BYOND does have web content which is not particularly important (the guilds, rankings, etc).

However, BYOND is a lot more than that and I think we should build a good Wikipedia article then put it back up.

We have mature software which has an official reference that has been maintained for years.
There are at least one book published about BYOND.
There are thousands of BYOND videos on YouTube.
BYOND has been mentioned by the mainstream media and ontelevision.

Here's an example of an article which I think we could emulate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayttm

It's network software without a lot of users or press, but it does have enough that nobody is trying to delete it.

Microblogging

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:03:15 +0000

I'm on Identi.ca and twitter. Is anybody else microblogging? Should we start a BYOND group on Identi.ca?

Forum banter highlighting

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:59:31 +0000

When we banter back and forth on a topic, things often end up looking like this:

Dude A wrote:

Dude B wrote:

Some text, blah de blah.
Yeah, I totally agree.

No, I actually disagree.

Some text, blah de blah.
Here's a supporting link.

Some text, blah de blah.

Both those points are really interesting!

In summary.

Yeah.

I think it would helpful if the BYOND forum automatically highlighted each different "speaker" by giving the background a slightly different hue of blue. It would make it a lot easier to follow the flow of some of the more difficult passages.

The sort of game BYOND can't make

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:29:21 +0000

http://www.playgreenhouse.com/game/TDBOY-000001-01/

This game is great (no Linux version yet, but it works perfectly under Wine) and it's got some of the little things that gamers love and BYOND doesn't offer:

* Lag-free drag and drop
* Lots of cute little animations which reward you for success
* Smooth pixel-by-pixel scrolling
* "Profile" support without being linked to a third-party site
* Full-screen immersive environment

What can we do to make BYOND better serve developers of games like that? What can we do to make BYOND be the obvious platform for developing cute, fun games like that?

Can I hear a heck yes?

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:23:55 +0000

http://kotaku.com/5054772/jack-thompson-disbarred

It's time to celebrate, friends.

"Upside-down" BYOND alerts

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:51:59 +0000

Using BYOND with Wine on GNOME, the BYOND system tray icon is on the top of the screen. Thus, when alerts pop up from it, they extend above the viewable area.

Clearly, this is the desired behaviour in Windows, but it would be nice for us GNOME users to have the option to extend the menus downward from the BYOND icon rather than upward.

Good acronym

Mon, 12 May 2008 07:39:53 +0000

I saw PEBCAK used for the first time today and had to look it up - it means "Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard". I love it.

Anybody got obscure but clever chat acronyms? Lay 'em on me.

Connection: Duke Nukem and Aliens

Thu, 08 May 2008 22:02:01 +0000

Check out the huge peak in search traffic for both in late 2007:

Google Trends: Duke Nukem, Aliens

Coincidence? I think not. Clearly it is aliens that are holding up Duke's release!

Thought you guys might appreciate this

Tue, 06 May 2008 23:42:27 +0000

http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/