Archive for November 3rd, 2008

RoadSync 4.00

RoadSync keeps my E90‘s contacts and calendar data updated using Microsoft ActiveSync technology. Having push notification of email is really convenient and obviates the need to constantly run Mail for Exchange at certain time intervals. Of course, RoadSync is not free, unlike Mail for Exchange.

The updated version of RoadSync does not introduce radical features. Instead, this is an incremental update, with some very useful features added and a couple of speed enhancements included. The well-known, fuss-free interface to the programs features remains basically unchanged. A new addition is the synchronization of tasks.

The most radical improvement is the ability to select the incoming email format. Text or HTML formats are available, with HTML providing a far more content-rich experience. RoadSync 4 features a notification to indicate the arrival of new mail and has a number of pre-defined keyboard shortcuts to allow faster access to commonly used functions. And it’s able to synchronize contact photographs if you’ve bothered with that feature in Outlook

But the HTML format support is the main reason I upgraded.

With HTML mail, reading those early morning comics is now possible,

as is the at-a-glance view of my mailbox status ;-)

Previously, mails as shown in the two examples above would consist entirely of ASCII text and URL‘s. Being able to read the mail content as it was intended is fantastic and a real time saver. No more having to hop into a browser or PC mail client. The only prerequisite for HTML formatted mail to be enabled on the device is a backend Exchange 2007 server. HTML mail does push up data usage to some extent, but I would consider that absolutely negligible considering the advantages one gains.

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11 2008

Flash 10 breaks WordPress image uploader

A pity that after the installation of Adobe Flash Player 10 the WordPress image uploader I rely on is no longer functional. The issue is similar to that experienced when using Firefox on certain Linux distributions: the click on the Choose files to upload button is unable to invoke the necessary function to get to the file explorer to permit browsing of images on the filesystem.

The thoughtful advice provided by the WordPress team to try the Browser uploader instead solves the problem, but is not as elegant. I see that WordPress 2.6.3 is available, but I have not yet upgraded. Possibly, support for Flash 10 is built into that release. Otherwise, I’m certain there’ll be a fix in the next version…

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11 2008


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