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  1. Fantastic post there, Kyle!

     

    People think that we're not advancing far in terms of space exploration at the moment. 30 years ago, we thought that we would all be having holidays on the moon and exploring the solar system by now, after all we landed on the moon in the late 60's!

     

    But the opposite is true with electronics and computer technology; was it Bill Gates that said that "640k is enough for anyone"...

     

    Funny how things turn out!

  2. Well, the simple designs can be some of the best in my opinion and although good graphic skills can help, being a good developer/programmer has far more scope in modern web design. Just think how many websites use complex server-side programming, databases, Javascript etc.

     

    That aside, simply browsing the web for inspiration is enough and it will get easier as you create more sites.

  3. The first link's broken. Overall, a bit of scrolling text is a bit of scrolling text in the end, whether it's in the form of a marquee or Javascript. I'd imagine that both are just as accessible as they're both plain text after all.

     

    Generally, from the perspective of both developers and surfers, anything that moves or flickers on its own is rather tacky these days.

  4. You need to fill the $email and $name variables with the contents of the form:

     

    <?PHP 
    
    if($_POST['submit']) 
    
    { 
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $name = $_POST['name'];
    
    $recipient="me@mywebsite.com"; 
    
    $subject="My Web Site"; 
    ...

     

    Also, your form has "Submit" while the PHP has "submit" with lower case "s", so change your form to read:

     

    
    

  5. Can a bot add 2 plus 2? Because if it's a human spamming then it doesn't matter. So... if they "can" add 2 plus 2 then would it be better to use an image of 2 plus 2 instead. Not very assesable though I'd imagine. Or should I do a slightly harder question, like 15 divided by 3? Thought...?

    I would look at it as being different "levels" of bot protection.

     

    Most bots may only be capable of correctly filling out an email address if the field's id or name is "email" and may just put any old junk in the field which can easily be caught with a bit of regular expression-based PHP.

     

    Some bots will only be capable of filling in a basic form with Name, Email, Message fields and fall over on questions requesting specific answers, like 2+2, even if it is not in an image.

     

    Others may be able to work out sums if it sees them but only as proper text.

     

    Some bots may even be able to "read" the text in Captcha images but will be very complex programs.

  6. So, why are the forms separate? Is it not possible to combine both forms to submit to the same PHP script to be processed?

     

    What you've already mentioned - cURL and GET are the only ways I think you can do it. I have had similar problems with PayPal submissions, where I try to prevent people from changing the values in hidden fields, to be submitted directly to PayPal. Submitting from within a script would make the transaction secure.

     

    It seems like an obvious thing to do but it is exceedingly difficult to initiate a POST from within a PHP script.

  7. According to the Wiki, Inkscape can import both .ai and .eps files.

     

    Found this:

     

    What formats can Inkscape import/export?

     

    Inkscape natively supports opening or importing SVG, SVGZ (gzipped SVG), PDF, and AI (Adobe Illustrator) formats.

     

    With the help of extensions, Inkscape can open a number other vector formats. For importing PostScript or EPS, you need to install Ghostscript and make sure ps2pdf is in your PATH. For formats of Dia, XFig, or Sketch, you need to have these programs installed. For CorelDraw, CGM, and SK1 files, you need to have UniConverter installed.

     

    Inkscape can natively import most raster formats (JPG, PNG, GIF, etc.) as bitmap images, but it can only export PNG bitmaps.

     

    Inkscape can save as SVG, SVGZ, PDF, Postscript/EPS/EPSi, Adobe Illustrator (*.ai), LaTeX (*.tex), POVRay (*.pov), HPGL, and others.

     

    See FileTypes for discussion about file formats that people would like to see supported, and third-party tools that can be used to convert files to or from SVG.

  8. If Windows will come without a browser, how will the end user access the internet to download an alternative?

    Very good point! I can see that Microsoft will be forced to provide a "locked down" browser (IE), only being able to visit certain bookmarked sites. From there, the user can download the full IE, Firefox, Opera or whatever.

     

    I think this may have more to do with the fact that IE is required for several features that Microsoft has, like Windows Update.

    I'm sure a purpose built application could be built - automatic updates already does this to an extent.

  9. Here they go again... Last time the EU fined MS for bundling Windows Media Player with Windows. This time it's Internet Explorer!

     

    In its statement on Friday the Commission said: "Microsoft's tying of Internet Explorer to the Windows operating system harms competition between web browsers, undermines product innovation and ultimately reduces consumer choice."

     

    So, should the EU play fair and ban Apple bundling Safari with OSX? Should any software be shipped with an operating system? :rolleyes:

     

    BBC - Microsoft is accused by EU again

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