This was when some day before christmas this year. I tried on a new stuff. My goal was to send a new greeting card I did in Flash 8 to my friends. Last time I had sent them some images with my name hardcoded and got few requests, to remove my name from it so that they could forward it. So I had my idea so that anyone could reuse it.This time i wanted to implement this in my flash card.
So good of me, the Saint Intruder ?? Not really , that is just a marketing tool. I just want some publicity to my website. nothing I would gain from it though, but I love getting new visitors from places far and even mail :)
As ActiveX is not supported in email, it was virtualy impossible. But I broke through with help fo the HTML forms. I added a new page to my site www.mohanraj.net/greetings where I had an input form. You can enter your mail ID and your friends ID name and all stuff there, and it sends a mail to your friend with a 'click here to view your card'. This was not the one I wanted. Ideally I wanted my card there. The flashy one. BUt there was no way before me as flash was not loaded in email. This may be due to the security issues.
When your friend clicks in the link in email, it takes them to the greetings display page in my website (done in ASP)which also recieves the info about you and your friend to whom you have sent it. That is displayed in the greeting card.
Then you have a greeting card sent from your mail ID to you friends, where you have his/her and yours name dancing its ... so beautifully engraved.
oh... what a nice story. But this was not the thing that happened in hte real world.
I had a few mistakes from My part. May be I went too far adead of time to implement the Flash 8 based greeting card.
Problem no 1
I made use of all the filters and effects in flash 8. With the beautiful dropshadow and glow effects that are in no way visible , except in flash player 8, people without it would see just a blan red rectangle ! If I had published for flash player 7 or lower, they would have atleast seen their name and the greetings wordings !
And to add to that, it will take some time to load
Problem no 2
I made use of the form tags in hte HTML email I sent. If the user had seen it through an email client like MS Outlook or Outlook Epress or Mozilla Thunderbird,they wont be able to see the name from whom they had recieved the card. But those are present in the mail.
And more funny thing is , if they had disabled HTML mail or viewed the email in plain text mode, they could never see that! the mail looks like this :
Hello John Smith
Please do ensure that you have Macromedia Flash Player 8 installed! You
can get it from www.macromedia.com/go/getflash
- Mohan
Had I placed some alt text for the click ehre image, it would have been sensible!
Problem no 3
I had set the mail settings so that the email is recieved from hte sender directly, say you@yahoo.com send the mail to me@hotmail.com , the mail will be send as such. But it is using a mail server thats not from Yahoo.com !. So wat ? the mail will be treated as Junk by some, others like rediffmail, just ont accept it. As a result you cant send the mail to your friend@rediffmail.com. and your friend@yahoo.com will see the message, if he has a habit of seeing what all are there in the junkbox before he deletes it !
So there is still a long way to go to implement my version of flash card.
Is there anything to be taken as a Plus point in this ?
I dont feel so.
My sincere appologies to all of you whom i sent this.
Forgive me :D
Lets hope things will get beter by the New yr. Watch for it.
I promise
- No flash8
- No plain text email
- No mail server problem
for the new year edition
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Beta released
Hey, my website beta was released on the Diwali day !
The Onam release had to be postponded to Diwali release! I'm glad that I could host even beta now. The existing is beta2 at
www.mohanraj.net/beta
I have already made the changes from beta1 and uploaded to my new serverspace.
The domain redirection stuff will take 24 hrs. It has already been more than 12 hrs. now. THe Count down has already begun.
Please Note : hte asp support page on Beta will not work since its still on the linux server. All criticisms welcome. ;) This is a special previledge to those who accidentally fell into this page. :)
The Onam release had to be postponded to Diwali release! I'm glad that I could host even beta now. The existing is beta2 at
www.mohanraj.net/beta
I have already made the changes from beta1 and uploaded to my new serverspace.
The domain redirection stuff will take 24 hrs. It has already been more than 12 hrs. now. THe Count down has already begun.
Please Note : hte asp support page on Beta will not work since its still on the linux server. All criticisms welcome. ;) This is a special previledge to those who accidentally fell into this page. :)
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
The earth is being shot at ! Now you are in the firing range. where ever you be.
This is my vision on Google Earth.
Lots of controvorsies. Its good or bad or ugly, doesnt matter. you can never stop technology. See the case of comupters, the mobile phones, cable TV, all were the same. Google this time brings another version of this.
The massiveness of our Earth was nothing that you have ever thought of, if you might have thought it then too, I'm sure you will realise it only when you see GE.
I spent a lot of time 'browsing the earth'. Navigation, as always with Google was so easy. And with the complete information avaialable, as presently in any state of US, Best thing I found was you just need hte address to find out the place. Just imagine how easy it would be when you are planning a trip to a place for the first itme. You can pin point the shops , can plan your stay, even show the cabbies the shortest way!. Thats ewhere it is going to reach.
Its really necessary when u are in some cities like Chennai, where the autowallas will take you round and again.
And if you dont have the address, go through the streets and find it out yourself ! :)
The Negetives : Terror attack. But I dont think banning GE will help this. You can get a good map, well enough for you to make a plan, and of course you are assumed to know your own targets for such an attack.
I dont think anything like that will be able to stop Google. Afterall we are familiar with their marketing skills. And those who oppose this move are all politicians.
Lots of controvorsies. Its good or bad or ugly, doesnt matter. you can never stop technology. See the case of comupters, the mobile phones, cable TV, all were the same. Google this time brings another version of this.
The massiveness of our Earth was nothing that you have ever thought of, if you might have thought it then too, I'm sure you will realise it only when you see GE.
I spent a lot of time 'browsing the earth'. Navigation, as always with Google was so easy. And with the complete information avaialable, as presently in any state of US, Best thing I found was you just need hte address to find out the place. Just imagine how easy it would be when you are planning a trip to a place for the first itme. You can pin point the shops , can plan your stay, even show the cabbies the shortest way!. Thats ewhere it is going to reach.
Its really necessary when u are in some cities like Chennai, where the autowallas will take you round and again.
And if you dont have the address, go through the streets and find it out yourself ! :)
The Negetives : Terror attack. But I dont think banning GE will help this. You can get a good map, well enough for you to make a plan, and of course you are assumed to know your own targets for such an attack.
I dont think anything like that will be able to stop Google. Afterall we are familiar with their marketing skills. And those who oppose this move are all politicians.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
F.E.A.R. fully Loaded
Wow !
That was the first impression.
Although it took a fair amount of time to load on my Athlon 2100, with 512 DDR and 128MB Radeon 9200 SE machine, The output was really worth the wait.
It could load only to medium level, but boy its really amazing , the quality of texture is wonderful.
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
That was the second expression.
The little thing really wrecks ur nerve, yeh.. u call it a GIRL !.. its a monster !
well, I havnt been frightened by any monster in My PC like this. May be some creatures in Halflife had similar effect. but this is realy different.. a situation in which a soldier is made to fear by a little girl !
The most unforgettable experience was the occasion when I was on the Ladder, and there she stood in front of me. I skidded along to reach fast below so that I could arm with the best one I had, I looked up to see her vanish ... and the next frame I saw it just besides me.. that was a terrible effect. It was so effective tha it took my brother away from the system. Poor guy had stopped playing when he heard a window pane crashing. :)
The AI is great. HTe enemy soldiers look more real when they smashed the objects on the way.. hiding behind the tables. But one thing was missing - they came from hte same place, no matter how many tiem u replay. So the replayability of hte game is very poor. That was the only thing make me feel that SWAT is a lot more COST EFFECTIVE. U get bored even with EAs 15 Season FIFA 2005 !
And, as always, these HI-Fi games come as bulkier on Disk as it is on Processor. The Demo took lesser time to complete than to Install. They could have included much more in the mission with all hte files alerady loaded.. Imagine u dont have a DVD drive and have to install the game from around 6 CD's.
May be i can conclude here . the game can be given 4.5 stars outta 5.
I'll take the 0.5 for the replayability.
moreon fear visit : www.whatisfear.com
That was the first impression.
Although it took a fair amount of time to load on my Athlon 2100, with 512 DDR and 128MB Radeon 9200 SE machine, The output was really worth the wait.
It could load only to medium level, but boy its really amazing , the quality of texture is wonderful.
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
That was the second expression.
The little thing really wrecks ur nerve, yeh.. u call it a GIRL !.. its a monster !
well, I havnt been frightened by any monster in My PC like this. May be some creatures in Halflife had similar effect. but this is realy different.. a situation in which a soldier is made to fear by a little girl !
The most unforgettable experience was the occasion when I was on the Ladder, and there she stood in front of me. I skidded along to reach fast below so that I could arm with the best one I had, I looked up to see her vanish ... and the next frame I saw it just besides me.. that was a terrible effect. It was so effective tha it took my brother away from the system. Poor guy had stopped playing when he heard a window pane crashing. :)
The AI is great. HTe enemy soldiers look more real when they smashed the objects on the way.. hiding behind the tables. But one thing was missing - they came from hte same place, no matter how many tiem u replay. So the replayability of hte game is very poor. That was the only thing make me feel that SWAT is a lot more COST EFFECTIVE. U get bored even with EAs 15 Season FIFA 2005 !
And, as always, these HI-Fi games come as bulkier on Disk as it is on Processor. The Demo took lesser time to complete than to Install. They could have included much more in the mission with all hte files alerady loaded.. Imagine u dont have a DVD drive and have to install the game from around 6 CD's.
May be i can conclude here . the game can be given 4.5 stars outta 5.
I'll take the 0.5 for the replayability.
moreon fear visit : www.whatisfear.com
Friday, September 09, 2005
Rediscovering Opera
Yes.. the Old lady singing.
If u said that, i will kill you. Its Opera .. the Fastest Browser, that i am taking about.
I was using Firefox for some time now. You can always feel the weight of hte browser.. the scroling make us feel as if u were pulling the heavy cart, and there was of course the delay. The time taken for rendering. I donno if my hardware has to do much about that.
Recently I came back to opera. I felt the pace.. some effect that the Guyz in the TATA Safari Ad. tried to say. It is really fast, and that is the charm of the browser. I was rediscovering somthing.
Occasionally youu may need some tables to appear or scripts to run fine. So a Switch to IE is always necessary. Still, IE Opera and Firefox, they are different . None can ever be same, and Ever be an Opera.
If u said that, i will kill you. Its Opera .. the Fastest Browser, that i am taking about.
I was using Firefox for some time now. You can always feel the weight of hte browser.. the scroling make us feel as if u were pulling the heavy cart, and there was of course the delay. The time taken for rendering. I donno if my hardware has to do much about that.
Recently I came back to opera. I felt the pace.. some effect that the Guyz in the TATA Safari Ad. tried to say. It is really fast, and that is the charm of the browser. I was rediscovering somthing.
Occasionally youu may need some tables to appear or scripts to run fine. So a Switch to IE is always necessary. Still, IE Opera and Firefox, they are different . None can ever be same, and Ever be an Opera.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Google TALK
FAST - thats wat it is.
strange thing ! i just can't say when i found this. i was really stunned.
1. I kept it open .. the Talk stuff..
2. typed TH .. to invite a friend of mine in the search window. The search window has the typical google dropdown of ur addresslist. The gmail account wasn't there.
3. I did ALT TAB where the Firefox had the gmail opened. i went to Contacts and added the gmail address there.
4. Again pressed ALT tab.
5. Clicked on search. Typed T... H.. and there came the name ! in the window.
the time may be 2 sec. max the data was retrevied !!!
is ther anything faster online ???
i cant say can u ??
strange thing ! i just can't say when i found this. i was really stunned.
1. I kept it open .. the Talk stuff..
2. typed TH .. to invite a friend of mine in the search window. The search window has the typical google dropdown of ur addresslist. The gmail account wasn't there.
3. I did ALT TAB where the Firefox had the gmail opened. i went to Contacts and added the gmail address there.
4. Again pressed ALT tab.
5. Clicked on search. Typed T... H.. and there came the name ! in the window.
the time may be 2 sec. max the data was retrevied !!!
is ther anything faster online ???
i cant say can u ??
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Sony Ericsson Support Center
I had a problem. I couldnot find my SIM services menu. I searched all options in hte menu to find a SIM services K300i, it said in manual that you ull find it in hte connectivity before IR. but it was missing htere.. so finally I had to contact hte support center... here goes the saga :
I mailed them. My mail was short. I just wrote :
I cant find my SIM Services I have a K300i and a BPL
connection
The reply was very unexpected :
kindly be more specific on your query and
tell us what exactly you are trying to know so that we can assist you
better
I dint know a Call center excecutive had so little sense to understand my problem. I tried to be more specific. I was furious. I wrote :
I have a SE K300i Phone with BPL mobile connection in it.
I amnot able to find the SIM services menu. Ideally this should be present in the connectivity menu as a submenu before the IR etc..
Normally this menu appears in hte nokia phone in hte last list. For Sony Ericsson mobiles, as per the PDF file it should be in the CONNECTIVITY.
in Connectivity i have :
Infra Red
Synch
Mobile Networs
Data comm.
Internet settings
Streaming settings
Settings for java
and i dont see any other stuff the er from wher i could access the service providers menu.
CAN you people there could be of any help ????
This time i could find out hte Call center excecutive had absolutely no sense !. The reply was :
With regards to your inquiry, you can select the preferred network in
"mobile networks" in connectivity in Model# K300i
I mailed them. My mail was short. I just wrote :
I cant find my SIM Services I have a K300i and a BPL
connection
The reply was very unexpected :
kindly be more specific on your query and
tell us what exactly you are trying to know so that we can assist you
better
I dint know a Call center excecutive had so little sense to understand my problem. I tried to be more specific. I was furious. I wrote :
I have a SE K300i Phone with BPL mobile connection in it.
I amnot able to find the SIM services menu. Ideally this should be present in the connectivity menu as a submenu before the IR etc..
Normally this menu appears in hte nokia phone in hte last list. For Sony Ericsson mobiles, as per the PDF file it should be in the CONNECTIVITY.
in Connectivity i have :
Infra Red
Synch
Mobile Networs
Data comm.
Internet settings
Streaming settings
Settings for java
and i dont see any other stuff the er from wher i could access the service providers menu.
CAN you people there could be of any help ????
This time i could find out hte Call center excecutive had absolutely no sense !. The reply was :
With regards to your inquiry, you can select the preferred network in
"mobile networks" in connectivity in Model# K300i
Switching to SONY ERICSSON
Well, first of all I should say I am happy that I got a new phone. K300i.
But if I think twice I will have to differ in opinion.
I has almost everything I had in my mind for the new one ..except the Bluetooth.
" IR is there, so missing Bluetooth wont be a big miss " that was the thought in my mind. The reality came to be much horrible.
I had a Nokia 3120 before.. after using 3310 it was rather easy to switch to the 3120. The interface was very similar that I never used its manual for anything. Everything was smooth with that phone ..I tried the java games..MIDI..JPG ..everything I could.
Its major limitation apart from was its connectivity was ringtone-the poly was 16, and the colours lesser. Overall I was very happy with that.
I expected a similar switch to K300i. But it was not meant to be.
K300i is good. I agree , it has good screen clarity.. colour is ok.. UI is a little messy. The MP3 plays well.. good volume too.
It was the Battery indicator that I felt was bar better than the Nokias conventional 4 bar mechanism ! This one gave a much better info on the battery state.
I never knew it had a loudspeaker until I saw the advertisement in one of the weeklies ! Never saw it in the booklet and the online manual. I began the search and it took me long to realise that I had to press the joystick while on call.. move down 4 times to activate the loudspeaker ! That was too much .. I still like the way Nokia handled it. It was just one press away !
Another thing I dint like is the C button on the Sony Ericsson Phone. Ideally it should be a DEL !
Normally in Nokia we use the C to go back.. here ull delete your entries.. and it really takes some time to adjust. Better make some dummy in your Addressbook for safety.
Now the econnectivity.. i tried a lot .. it was very Difficult to get connected through the IR. I could connect only once to my friends phone htat too after a lot of effort. I couldnot succeed with the IR port that I have to connect to the PC. I had no difficulty in connecting a Nokia 6610 to the same. Now I have to move to the Usb cable ! HTe IR dont seem to work. I donno if its a faulty piece i have, but another chap too told me the same complaint about the phone.
They says it can connect well within 20cm range.. to get it done noce we had to place the phones touching each other.
I am left with no other choice.... switch to the serial cable.. lets hope it works
But if I think twice I will have to differ in opinion.
I has almost everything I had in my mind for the new one ..except the Bluetooth.
" IR is there, so missing Bluetooth wont be a big miss " that was the thought in my mind. The reality came to be much horrible.
I had a Nokia 3120 before.. after using 3310 it was rather easy to switch to the 3120. The interface was very similar that I never used its manual for anything. Everything was smooth with that phone ..I tried the java games..MIDI..JPG ..everything I could.
Its major limitation apart from was its connectivity was ringtone-the poly was 16, and the colours lesser. Overall I was very happy with that.
I expected a similar switch to K300i. But it was not meant to be.
K300i is good. I agree , it has good screen clarity.. colour is ok.. UI is a little messy. The MP3 plays well.. good volume too.
It was the Battery indicator that I felt was bar better than the Nokias conventional 4 bar mechanism ! This one gave a much better info on the battery state.
I never knew it had a loudspeaker until I saw the advertisement in one of the weeklies ! Never saw it in the booklet and the online manual. I began the search and it took me long to realise that I had to press the joystick while on call.. move down 4 times to activate the loudspeaker ! That was too much .. I still like the way Nokia handled it. It was just one press away !
Another thing I dint like is the C button on the Sony Ericsson Phone. Ideally it should be a DEL !
Normally in Nokia we use the C to go back.. here ull delete your entries.. and it really takes some time to adjust. Better make some dummy in your Addressbook for safety.
Now the econnectivity.. i tried a lot .. it was very Difficult to get connected through the IR. I could connect only once to my friends phone htat too after a lot of effort. I couldnot succeed with the IR port that I have to connect to the PC. I had no difficulty in connecting a Nokia 6610 to the same. Now I have to move to the Usb cable ! HTe IR dont seem to work. I donno if its a faulty piece i have, but another chap too told me the same complaint about the phone.
They says it can connect well within 20cm range.. to get it done noce we had to place the phones touching each other.
I am left with no other choice.... switch to the serial cable.. lets hope it works
Friday, May 06, 2005
Browsers ! I hate them
Its weird.. You do people use different browsers.. Stick on to IE guys.. you know how tough it is for us web developers to deal with these.
Ok you'll say its IE isn't safe or we don't want Microsoft's @@#$#%# !!!.
I agree. But that's the way things are, Then we have to take another option.. Netscape?? Firefox ?? Opera ??? Which one??
I like opera.. Its so user friendly but I need to give height to very cell I draw else my site will be hanging from the top of the browser.
so what next ?? The good old Netscape ???? Well may be, but it looks at website in totally different way. And if we need the extra boosted JavaScript to run, NS may make u run 100 times around your computer table scratching your head to figure out whats wrong !
I had a big problem with the frames... you will say its an extinct variety. But frames are pretty handy. All you should know is when and where to use them.
the problem is I made a page of 2 frames - top and bottom.
and I needed the pages in both frames to align centrally. Everything went well till the scrollbars came. I dint want the top frame to bear them. And with it went my alignment..
nothing worked.. Instead of 20 pixels as the difference we saw in screen shot, it needed about 80 px for IE to set it right. Firefox needed something else.
well , Netscape.. I don't use it. I had the 7.01 which made me sit for 2 days and figure out what was wrong in the XML that I used to load data in Flash.
NO idea.. It was working fine in each and every browser.. Even in opera ! NS says they support all kind of XML (Most kind.. UTF Unicode....)
couldnot figure out. But the same worked when I upgraded to 7.2 . Wired , is it!!!
I have a hope on Firefox. Its coming up well. All they need is to pull back the NS and try more on FF. So we can get it down to 3 - Opera, Firefox and IE.
Well now its a clear choice between 2 - FF and IE. I don't think Opera has lot of fans like me or the FF fans.
the future??? I heard IE 7 wont be available for free... may be bundled with OS. If so, its way down to MS to decide the future of IE and I don't think it will be as good as what it is now.
Now u get it.. Its Firefox that wins.. And we get finally to a Universal Browser !!1
Cheers!!!!!!
and Of course ..atleast in my dreams !
Ok you'll say its IE isn't safe or we don't want Microsoft's @@#$#%# !!!.
I agree. But that's the way things are, Then we have to take another option.. Netscape?? Firefox ?? Opera ??? Which one??
I like opera.. Its so user friendly but I need to give height to very cell I draw else my site will be hanging from the top of the browser.
so what next ?? The good old Netscape ???? Well may be, but it looks at website in totally different way. And if we need the extra boosted JavaScript to run, NS may make u run 100 times around your computer table scratching your head to figure out whats wrong !
I had a big problem with the frames... you will say its an extinct variety. But frames are pretty handy. All you should know is when and where to use them.
the problem is I made a page of 2 frames - top and bottom.
and I needed the pages in both frames to align centrally. Everything went well till the scrollbars came. I dint want the top frame to bear them. And with it went my alignment..
nothing worked.. Instead of 20 pixels as the difference we saw in screen shot, it needed about 80 px for IE to set it right. Firefox needed something else.
well , Netscape.. I don't use it. I had the 7.01 which made me sit for 2 days and figure out what was wrong in the XML that I used to load data in Flash.
NO idea.. It was working fine in each and every browser.. Even in opera ! NS says they support all kind of XML (Most kind.. UTF Unicode....)
couldnot figure out. But the same worked when I upgraded to 7.2 . Wired , is it!!!
I have a hope on Firefox. Its coming up well. All they need is to pull back the NS and try more on FF. So we can get it down to 3 - Opera, Firefox and IE.
Well now its a clear choice between 2 - FF and IE. I don't think Opera has lot of fans like me or the FF fans.
the future??? I heard IE 7 wont be available for free... may be bundled with OS. If so, its way down to MS to decide the future of IE and I don't think it will be as good as what it is now.
Now u get it.. Its Firefox that wins.. And we get finally to a Universal Browser !!1
Cheers!!!!!!
and Of course ..atleast in my dreams !
Friday, March 18, 2005
Well Here is a "Photoshop" for Icon making !
The search for hte best icon maker is still going on. But I feel this is more than enough.
Just think of a package that can make u all sorts of icon files..
- from 16x16 to 64x64 or more ..
- monochrome to 32bit with Alpha for XP
- All painting tools
- Keyboard Shortcuts similar to photoshop
- Easy interface
- And Free !
check the ICONOMAKER 1.0 ... grab a copy before they release the paid version and pull back all the older.
This is really a GEM!
http://www.aha-soft.com/iconomaker/
Of course there are some scope for improvements.
One that I noted was, htere was no option to import an image. Even if u can get the effects, and u can import from clipboard by the traditional "copy-paste", this one seriously lack an "import from image" option.
Well, I missed the IconLover from the same place.. maybe its more that what i expected. Le me check how this one goes!
I wish i cud pay them, somday for their efforts.
Keep up the great work!
Just think of a package that can make u all sorts of icon files..
- from 16x16 to 64x64 or more ..
- monochrome to 32bit with Alpha for XP
- All painting tools
- Keyboard Shortcuts similar to photoshop
- Easy interface
- And Free !
check the ICONOMAKER 1.0 ... grab a copy before they release the paid version and pull back all the older.
This is really a GEM!
http://www.aha-soft.com/iconomaker/
Of course there are some scope for improvements.
One that I noted was, htere was no option to import an image. Even if u can get the effects, and u can import from clipboard by the traditional "copy-paste", this one seriously lack an "import from image" option.
Well, I missed the IconLover from the same place.. maybe its more that what i expected. Le me check how this one goes!
I wish i cud pay them, somday for their efforts.
Keep up the great work!
Sunday, March 13, 2005
Its time !
i think it is time for some serious blog.
but ... its hte time that troubles me..
its hard to get some.
i need some inspiration.
hey u guys and gals.. all tresspassers and cruisers
surfers and swimmers..
somebody..
anybody hear me..
just help me back!!! me up..
i need some inspiration to start with..
just scribble somthing for me !
:P oops!
just scribble somthing at me !
but ... its hte time that troubles me..
its hard to get some.
i need some inspiration.
hey u guys and gals.. all tresspassers and cruisers
surfers and swimmers..
somebody..
anybody hear me..
just help me back!!! me up..
i need some inspiration to start with..
just scribble somthing for me !
:P oops!
just scribble somthing at me !
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