New gmail iGoogle gadget bugged!

I use iGoogle as a starting home page and gmail as the email app and hosting even for this domain because it has the option to always report a different (after authentication) address as sender. So I’m used to using a gmail gadget on the iGoogle homepage.

If you use the new (and crappy) version of the gmail gadget, it doesn’t respect the reply-to option. It’s a big bug and this evening I sent an important email with the wrong domain. :(

Update: It’s not the only option not respected. It shows previews of contents even if you disabled it (I take for granted another lamenting post). And sometimes even after you un-maximize the crap, it gets maximized again at the page reload.

It seems to be the period of crappy redesigns. Let’s add iGoogle+gmail to the new last.fm, the new Facebook and Office 2007.

Update-2: It’s bugfest! the gadget is written in Javascript and stuff and doesn’t respect the browser back button. Nor the middle-click to open in a new tab. Just, WOW! :(

Update-3: They fixed it!

October 16, 2008 | Filed Under Rants | Comments Off 

OpenSUSE 11.0 - Nurnberg down.

I’m trying to install OpenSUSE 11.0 in the vain hope that it solves Firefox slowdowns.. (I use my PC for 99% browsing in this period and I can’t stand slowdowns in the browser on a dual-core with an 8800GT).

Of course I’ve chosen the right day to upgrade.. OpenSUSE servers are down due to electrical problems in the city of Nurnberg. I will have to wait tomorrow to know if it solved or not.

The setup has vastly improved since OpenSUSE 10.3 and is very quick.. let’s hope Firefox with Compiz is fixed too.

Update: not even needed to get to Compiz. Firefox performance on Linux is doomed :(

Update-2: OpenSUSE 11 seems usable as far as Firefox performance go. Maybe it’s the distro, maybe the fact that I installed a 64bit version, maybe the fact that I didn’t switch between Gnome/KDE, but it works and goes quite fast - not anywhere fast as on Windows but acceptable, only few websites get frustrating. For the rest OpenSUSE 11 seems a great distro so far, I will follow up with any issues in the future.

October 10, 2008 | Filed Under Linux | Comments Off