Spry widget wish list

A wish list for spry widgets, where the spry community
members will list all the widgets they wish to have with the
upcoming versions of SPRY

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My VerticalTabs Spry widget not working - help

My HTML file:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript">
function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="MM_preloadImages('images/01-akcija-popust-seva-obelezavanje.png','images/01-Bezbe dnosno-obelezavanje.png')">
<table width="100%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" top="0px">
<tr>
    <td>
    <div class="container">
<div class="sidebar1"> </div>
<div class="content">
<div id="wrap">
<div id="apDiv2" style="position: inherit; left: 151px; top: 0px; width: 1100px; height: 145px; z-index: auto"><img src="images/01-poslovno-obelezavanje-header.png" width="1100" height="145" alt="poslovno obelezavanje header"></div>
<div class="apDiv7" id="apDiv7" style="position: inherit; left: 135px; top: 145px; width: 1100px; height: 53px; z-index: auto"><a href="SEVA-PORTAL.html">ŠEVA-PORTAL</a> | <a href="#" target="_self">Početna strana</a> | <a href="O-nama.html">O nama</a> | <a href="01-Reference.html">Reference</a> | <a href="Kontakt.html">Kontakt</a> | <a href="01-Kako-do-nas.html">Kako nas naći</a></div>
<div id="TabbedPanels1" class="VTabbedPanels">
    <ul class="TabbedPanelsTabGroup">
      <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="0"><img src="images/01-Glavni-spoljni-natpis.png" name="Image2" width="240" height="163" border="0" id="Image2" /></li>
      <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="10"><img src="images/01-Spoljni-putokazi.png" name="Image3" width="240" height="163" border="0" id="Image3" /></li>
      <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="20"><img src="images/01-Centralna-INFO-tabla.png" width="240" height="163" /></li>
      <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="30"><img src="images/01-Spratna-INFO-tabla.png" width="240" height="163" /></li>
      <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="40"><img src="images/01-Unutrasnji-putokazi.png" width="240" height="163" /></li>
      <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="50"><img src="images/01-Obelezja-prostorija.png" width="240" height="163" /></li>
      <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="60"><img src="images/01-Oglasne-table-i-vitirine.png" width="240" height="163" /></li>
      <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="70"><img src="images/01-Ostale-oznake.png" width="240" height="163" /></li>
      <li class="TabbedPanelsTab" tabindex="90"><img src="images/01-Bezbednosno-obelezavanje.png" width="240" height="188" /></li>
    </ul>
    <div class="TabbedPanelsContentGroup">
      <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">
        <div id="apDiv1" style="position: fixed; left: 661px; top: 209px; width: 361px; height: 51px; z-index: auto"><img src="images/02-Glavni-spoljni-natpis.png" width="361" height="51" alt="seva, novi sad, beograd, poslovno, obelezavanje, oznake, prostor, poslovni, opstina, hotel, centar, oznaka, oznake" /></div>
      </div>
      <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">
        <div id="apDiv1" style="position: fixed; left: 698px; top: 211px; width: 287px; height: 40px; z-index: 1"><img src="images/03-Spoljni-putokazi.png" width="287" height="40" alt="seva, novi sad, beograd, poslovno, obelezavanje, oznake, prostor, poslovni, opstina, hotel, centar, oznaka, oznake, srbija" /></div>
      </div>
      <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 3</div>
      <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 4</div>
      <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 5</div>
      <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 6</div>
      <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 7</div>
      <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 8</div>
      <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">Content 9</div>
    </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sidebar2">
</div>
</div>
    </td>
</tr>
</table>
<script type="text/javascript">
var TabbedPanels1 = new Spry.Widget.TabbedPanels("TabbedPanels1");
</script>
</body>
</html>
and my modified SpryTabs CSS file is:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* SpryTabbedPanels.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
/* Horizontal Tabbed Panels
* The default style for a TabbedPanels widget places all tab buttons
* (left aligned) above the content panel.
/* This is the selector for the main TabbedPanels container. For our
* default style, this container does not contribute anything visually,
* but it is floated left to make sure that any floating or clearing done
* with any of its child elements are contained completely within the
* TabbedPanels container, to minimize any impact or undesireable
* interaction with other floated elements on the page that may be used
* for layout.
* If you want to constrain the width of the TabbedPanels widget, set a
* width on the TabbedPanels container. By default, the TabbedPanels widget
* expands horizontally to fill up available space.
* The name of the class ("TabbedPanels") used in this selector is not
* necessary to make the widget function. You can use any class name you
* want to style the TabbedPanels container.
.TabbedPanels {
     overflow: hidden;
     margin: 0px;
     padding: 0px;
     clear: none;
     width: 100%; /* IE Hack to force proper layout when preceded by a paragraph. (hasLayout Bug)*/
/* This is the selector for the TabGroup. The TabGroup container houses
* all of the tab buttons for each tabbed panel in the widget. This container
* does not contribute anything visually to the look of the widget for our
* default style.
* The name of the class ("TabbedPanelsTabGroup") used in this selector is not
* necessary to make the widget function. You can use any class name you
* want to style the TabGroup container.
.TabbedPanelsTabGroup {
     margin: 0px;
     padding-left: 10px;
/* This is the selector for the TabbedPanelsTab. This container houses
* the title for the panel. This is also the tab "button" that the user clicks
* on to activate the corresponding content panel so that it appears on top
* of the other tabbed panels contained in the widget.
* For our default style, each tab is positioned relatively 1 pixel down from
* where it wold normally render. This allows each tab to overlap the content
* panel that renders below it. Each tab is rendered with a 1 pixel bottom
* border that has a color that matches the top border of the current content
* panel. This gives the appearance that the tab is being drawn behind the
* content panel.
* The name of the class ("TabbedPanelsTab") used in this selector is not
* necessary to make the widget function. You can use any class name you want
* to style this tab container.
.TabbedPanelsTab {
     position: relative;
     float: left;
     background-color: #FFF;
     list-style: none;
     -moz-user-select: none;
     -khtml-user-select: none;
     cursor: pointer;
     width: 240px;
     margin-bottom: 10px;
/* This selector is an example of how to change the appearnce of a tab button
* container as the mouse enters it. The class "TabbedPanelsTabHover" is
* programatically added and removed from the tab element as the mouse enters
* and exits the container.
.TabbedPanelsTabHover {
     background-color: #CCC;
/* This selector is an example of how to change the appearance of a tab button
* container after the user has clicked on it to activate a content panel.
* The class "TabbedPanelsTabSelected" is programatically added and removed
* from the tab element as the user clicks on the tab button containers in
* the widget.
* As mentioned above, for our default style, tab buttons are positioned
* 1 pixel down from where it would normally render. When the tab button is
* selected, we change its bottom border to match the background color of the
* content panel so that it looks like the tab is part of the content panel.
.TabbedPanelsTabSelected {
     background-color: #EEE;
     border-bottom: 1px solid #EEE;
/* This selector is an example of how to make a link inside of a tab button
* look like normal text. Users may want to use links inside of a tab button
* so that when it gets focus, the text *inside* the tab button gets a focus
* ring around it, instead of the focus ring around the entire tab.
.TabbedPanelsTab a {
     color: black;
     text-decoration: none;
/* This is the selector for the ContentGroup. The ContentGroup container houses
* all of the content panels for each tabbed panel in the widget. For our
* default style, this container provides the background color and borders that
* surround the content.
* The name of the class ("TabbedPanelsContentGroup") used in this selector is
* not necessary to make the widget function. You can use any class name you
* want to style the ContentGroup container.
.TabbedPanelsContentGroup {
     clear: both;
     border-bottom: solid 1px #CCC;
     border-top: solid 1px #999;
     border-right: solid 1px #999;
     background-color: #EEE;
     padding-left: 11px;
     height: auto;
     width: auto;
/* This is the selector for the Content panel. The Content panel holds the
* content for a single tabbed panel. For our default style, this container
* provides some padding, so that the content is not pushed up against the
* widget borders.
* The name of the class ("TabbedPanelsContent") used in this selector is
* not necessary to make the widget function. You can use any class name you
* want to style the Content container.
.TabbedPanelsContent {
     overflow: hidden;
     padding: 0px;
/* This selector is an example of how to change the appearnce of the currently
* active container panel. The class "TabbedPanelsContentVisible" is
* programatically added and removed from the content element as the panel
* is activated/deactivated.
.TabbedPanelsContentVisible {
     background-image: url(../images/01-Pocetna-strana_23.png);
     background-repeat: repeat-y;
     background-position: left top;
     height: auto;
     width: auto;
     padding-left: 11px;
/* Vertical Tabbed Panels
* The following rules override some of the default rules above so that the
* TabbedPanels widget renders with its tab buttons along the left side of
* the currently active content panel.
* With the rules defined below, the only change that will have to be made
* to switch a horizontal tabbed panels widget to a vertical tabbed panels
* widget, is to use the "VTabbedPanels" class on the top-level widget
* container element, instead of "TabbedPanels".
.VTabbedPanels {
     overflow: hidden;
     zoom: 1;
/* This selector floats the TabGroup so that the tab buttons it contains
* render to the left of the active content panel. A border is drawn around
* the group container to make it look like a list container.
.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabGroup {
     float: left;
     width: 240px;
     height: auto;
     background-color: #FFF;
     position: relative;
/* This selector disables the float property that is placed on each tab button
* by the default TabbedPanelsTab selector rule above. It also draws a bottom
* border for the tab. The tab button will get its left and right border from
* the TabGroup, and its top border from the TabGroup or tab button above it.
.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTab {
     float: none;
     /* [disabled]border-top: none; */
     /* [disabled]border-left: none; */
     /* [disabled]border-right: none; */
     height: auto;
     width: 240px;
/* This selector disables the float property that is placed on each tab button
* by the default TabbedPanelsTab selector rule above. It also draws a bottom
* border for the tab. The tab button will get its left and right border from
* the TabGroup, and its top border from the TabGroup or tab button above it.
.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsTabSelected {
     background-color: #FFF;
     width: 240px;
     height: auto;
/* This selector floats the content panels for the widget so that they
* render to the right of the tabbed buttons.
.VTabbedPanels .TabbedPanelsContentGroup {
     clear: none;
     float: left;
     padding: 0px;
     width: auto;
     height: auto;
/* Styles for Printing */
@media print {
.TabbedPanels {
     overflow: visible !important;
.TabbedPanelsContentGroup {
     display: block !important;
     overflow: visible !important;
     height: auto !important;
.TabbedPanelsContent {
     overflow: visible !important;
     display: block !important;
     clear:both !important;
.TabbedPanelsTab {
      overflow: visible !important;
      display: block !important;
      clear:both !important;
I got preview in any browser OK, like I wanted but clicking on tabs not working and they not switching content per each tab. I maked tabindexes: 0, 10, 20,30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and nothing works.
Where is problem?

But the tabs do work and the content does show!
Clicking the first two tabs causes the content to fly over to the right, outside of the content panel, exactly as the style rules tell it to.
Clicking the other 7 tabs causes the content to show aligned to the left within the content panel, again as per the style rules.
The total height of the tabs is 882 px including the bottom margins.
The height of the content panels varies with the content, in case of the first two tabs there is no content contained within the content panel thus the height is zero; of the remaining content panels the height is about 1.5x the height of one line.
In other words there are no surprises except for the fact that it would have been better not to have used the SpryTabbedPanels widget for this.
Of course I am supposing that you have changed the personality of the TabbedPanel widget on purpose.
If this is not the case then a good start will be
to get rid of the modified SpryTabbedPanels.css and re-instate the original.
to get rid of the all of the apDiv's including those inside the content panel.
to reduce the overall height of the tabs to a manageable height by reducing the height of the images.
Gramps

Dreamweaver CS4 Errors, Spry widget not working. Please Help!

I am redesigning a website and downloaded an html file from the present contact page. I opened it in Dreamweaver and I started to have this errors. The html file I opened has some JavaScripts in it and I believe, the the scripts got a conflict with Dreamweaver CS4. I already deleted these files I tried to open and still I'm encountering these errors.
These are the errors I'm getting:
1. When I open the Dreamweaver, this message pop-ups:
   "While executing onLoad in RecordsetFind.htm, the following JavaScript error(s) occured:
    In file "RecordsetFind"
    findRs is not defined."
2. I click OK. Then I'm getting this message:
   "While executing onLoad in Design Notes_onOpen.htm, the following JavaScript error(s) occured:
    In file "Design Notes_onOpen"
    onOpen is not defined."
3. I just click OK. Then, when I open an html file to edit or create a new one, this error pops up again:
   "While executing onLoad in Design Notes_onOpen.htm, the following JavaScript error(s) occured:
    In file "Design Notes_onOpen"
    onOpen is not defined."
4. I will again just click OK, then this error appears:
   "The following translators were not loaded due to errors:
    Coldfusion.htm: has configuration information that is invalid.
    SpryWidget.htm: has configuration information that is invalid."
5. Then, I will just click OK again. Then, when I'm working with the projects or creating a new project with Spry, it is not working properly anymore. I have to go the code and update the Spry list or content manually.
6. When I close Dreamweaver, I'm always having this error:
   "While executing onLoad in TeamAdminTempDelete.html, the following JavaScript error(s) occured:
    In file "TeamAdminTempDelete"
    delTempFile is not defined"
I tried uninstalling the Dreamweaver and installing it again, but it did not work.
What should I do to make the spry working again and to remove all these annoying errors? By the way, all my Spry widgets are not working and these errors I'm encountering in all of the Sites I'm working on. How can I make it work again? I tried looking for troubleshoot in CS4, but I could not see one, only in CS3.
Please help.

See if the following helps (found in Dreamweaver FAQ)
JavaScript and other unexpected errors
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :-)
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Missing Features, Bugs, and Wish List for Apple Engineers

I LOVE my iPhone. It is by far the best phone I have ever had. The interface is awesome. Great job Apple, but there are missing features and bugs that all of us want updated or wish were added. I know they were probably already thought of by Apple, but in an effort to make the phone perfect removed to make it more stable. Now that it is out lets make it perfect.
This thread will hopefully give you guys guidance from the early adopters who share your love for the phone (and others who want to chime in). I want to separate the list into a few categories and hope everyone will add to this thread with their ideas:
1) BUGS/CHANGES TO EXISTING APPS:
- Period should be in alphabet keyboard (make space smaller) or when you go to symbol keyboard and hit period it should automatically go back to the alphabet keyboard (unless you double click the symbol button which means stay there like caps lock)
- Individual delete (like Mail) of all lists (eg. call list, bookmarks list, history etc.
- Multiple item in a List delete (see below for how to select). This is also so un-Mac like to not be able to select multiple items to delete. It is all or none for clear/delete on the iPhone.
- Implement double finger slide...in maps double finger tap zooms out so the OS recognizes this, why don't you use a double finger drag to mean "select". There is no way to select some words in a sentence or a group of items. This could be how. eg. In a list (eg Mail) double finger slide over items you want to select (instead of singer finger drag which moves the list) then one finger slide to the right to delete the selected items from the list.
- Copy and paste. Since there are no menus this would require a gesture (ala newton)
- when you tap the battery icon it should bring up a battery status dialog (ala wifi join dialog where the screen dims): present charge, big battery icon (like the charging one), time left. In addition, instead of giving battery usage details only after a full charge, give it at any point.
- Since you know that nights and weekends are at set times (and not variable like it was on Sprint where I came from)...the phone usage details should be broken down into: peak minutes used and N+W minutes used (not hard to figure out since you know the time and dates of calls)
- Be able to change font/background etc in Notes app
- faster way to get to favorites in the killer phone app after turning on phone. Just seems like it takes too many taps to get there to make a call on a phone.
2) WISH LIST FOR NEW APPS (apps that can be added with existing hardware, see #3 for other wishes)
- iChat (obvious and probably almost done)
- VOIP (probably not going to happen, and wouldn't work in Europe where I would need it most gven network speeds there)
- Flight tracker widget
- Exchange support (probably in the works)
- Push email from gmail and .Mac (probably in the works)
- Bluetooth sync
- DUN (probably not going to happen since AT+T does not want it)
- Data/File storage with sync
- TODO APP that syncs to to do in iCal
- Ringtones, definitely from songs from iPod side (obvious and coming soon I am sure)
-Search function like spotlight. Global would be awesome, but even just in contacts
3) FUTURE HARDWARE RELATED WISHES (stuff we wish could be in hardware version 1 but know require a version 2):
- GPS
- 3G
- LED that changes color and/or pulses (like MacBooks sleep light) that indicates things (eg charge status, Voice mail status, roaming status etc) without turning on the phone
- Move camera to front to allow video conferencing (I doubt Steve would allow since it would mess up the clean front look)
Well I could go on and will add to this thread later, but I need to go to work to show everyone (and sell more apple stuff since many of my colleagues have been converted to macs). Now, all you pioneers, start adding things to help our beloved phone become better!
Peter
iMac Mac OS X (10.3.6)

I agree with your post! I'm amazed by the simplicity, the screen, and the apps on the iPhone. They all have worked wonderfully for me, with just a few crashes while surfing or loading big email images. (I heard that shutting down the phone and restarting helps that.)
The single flaw for me is that the phone app itself should be primary, with more options (quicker access, unique ringtones, voicedial?) and ease of use. The other applications are so elegant, but I need my phone to be very accessible and practical too.
My wish list:
1) Make it fewer taps to get to the point where you can make a phone call. How about the main button can be programmed to take you wherever you want. I'd choose to go to Phone Favorites, so I could speed dial right away.
2) Be able to set a preference as to what app you're in when you wake up the phone. I'd choose phone keypad, some might choose iCal, etc.
3) Add the period and comma symbols to the alpha keyboard.
4) Allow different ringtones for specific caller ID's.
5) Copy and paste.
V2) With new hardware, add a "back" button to return to prev. screen. It could be small, on the side near volume?
2.33 ghz dual core Intel Imac Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Spry widget menu bar as a library item - problems

I created a spry vertical menu bar and made it a library item. The original works great, however when I insert the library item into its own div tag on another page, the submenus will not pop out, either in DW or the browser view. The div tag is the correct size and I made the z index high enough. Here is the code of the page that works properly:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>DM Consulting Dry Dock Training</title>
<link href="css styles/drydock2.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBar.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarVertical.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="header"><img src="images/header_title_white.png" width="645" height="116" alt="header" /></div>
<div id="logo"><img src="images/drydock_logo_blktxt.png" width="154" height="119" alt="logo" /></div>
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        <li class="lineheight">Program/Project Managers</li>
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        <li class="lineheight">On-site Representatives</li>
        <li class="lineheight">Consultants</li>
        <li class="lineheight">Others Involved or Interested in
          the <br />
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      </ul>
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        based on the extensive experience of the instructors. Thank you!
        Very informative, very thorough."
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          <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qLGUZEkbAwA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" />
          <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
          <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
          <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qLGUZEkbAwA?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed>
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I understand about having the script and link element that connect my page to the dependent files in the SpryAssets folder in the header and the JavaScript function cal at the bottom on each page. I don't know what else to do - HELP!

Welcome to the Dreamweaver world!
Well, having your index.html page at the top/root level is important, as that is the default page by which people will enter your site.
Having other pages in folders is fine...I do it all the time in order to keep departments or categories of information sorted.
One characteristic of having pages in folders is that the hierarchy of files in folders (perforce) puts them at different depths in the site.
This is not inherently a bad thing! Just one to remain aware of. When you look at your site files in the Files Panel, you can see a graphical representation of those different levels.
But the nature of a library item is that it is identical in all its instances, which is what makes it useful...change it in the library, and it changes site-wide. The down-side of that identity is that when your files are at different depths in the hierarchy, their links back to, say, home (or any other same file) will change depending on the depth. You can see this if you make a link on a page, then drag the page (in the Files Panel) to a different depth...say, into a folder when it started at root level, or vice versa. Check the link, and you will see that it automatically adapted to the new path.
Library items do not do that; they do not change, so some of your links will be 'wrong' when you refer to pages that have different paths than the ones originally set up in the library item... because of the change in hierarchy.
All this is, of course, reliant on your creation of the site in the first place, as defining the root folder's location on your computer gives Dreamweaver a starting point for handling (juggling?) all the location-information for your site's files.
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Spry.Widget.AutoSuggest is not working (1.6)

Hi Everyone,
I been trying to get the Autosuggest widget to work for a
while now with no result. I have an XML data set created and it is
displaying out the results on my page, however, when it comes to
start the Autosuggest, Firebug catches an error saying that the
Spry.Widget has no properties. And IE7 an expected char ";" in char
5 od that same line.
I wam adding my code, hoping someone can help me out solve
this little bug.
Thanks.
<head>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"
src="../SpryAssets/xpath.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"
src="../SpryAssets/SpryData.js"></script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"
src="../SpryAssets/SpryAutoSuggest.js"></script>
<link href="../SpryAssets/SpryAutoSuggest.css"
rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript">
var ds1 = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("spryxmltest.php",
"/Manuals/ManualsContained");
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left;">
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<input type="text" id="ModelsContained"
name="ModelsContained"/>
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Hi,
if you get that error Spry.Widget has no properties, this
means that the spryAutosuggest.js file is not correctly included in
page. Please check if you have the good path to this js file.
thanks,
Diana

My iPhoto WIsh List for '07

Just sent the following to Apple's iPhoto Feedback; figured I'd post same here just for the heck of it. Many of these feature requests might only apply to my particular (and peculiar?) workflow, but I suspect at least a few of them might strike an empathetic chord...
One User's iPhoto Wish List:
Your first priority is to contact the creators of iPhoto Diet and iPhoto Library Manager, pay them lots of money for their work, and then incorporate all the features of their shareware apps into iPhoto itself.
This would add to iPhoto features it should have had for a long time now, including:
1) An option to delete unrotated originals.
It's silly to take up space on a hard drive with copies of files whose only difference is that one is correctly rotated and the other is not. Give us the choice to dispense with the unrotated ones.
2) An option to delete the originals for any selected file(s).
I know that "always keeping a copy of the original" is a sacred cornerstone of the iPhoto app, but SOMETIMES, after I've edited, resized, or done whatever to a given file, I feel I've created the new master file, and I truly really honestly would like the ability to just dispose of the now redundant original and get the space back on my hard drive.
(If this sounds like giving the user of a "consumer app" too much control, by all means bury this kind of option behind all the Advanced Tabs and all the Warning Dialogs you want -- but please at least give us the option to manage what we ultimately keep or don't keep in our iPhoto Libraries.)
3) Ways to manage multiple libraries on multiple machines with multiple users.
I have a 12GB (and growing) iPhoto Library on my G5 PowerMac. My wife's G5 iMac has a subset of that Library (about half the size), with the same Roll designations, Comments info, and Keyword assignments, along with some of the same Albums plus some unique Albums. I use iPhoto Library Manager to do this, but I should be able to do it using iPhoto itself.
Especially since the introduction of OS X, Apple has encouraged the notion of multiple users on multiple Macs. iPhoto needs to embrace that world view, and make the sharing and management of multiple iPhoto Libraries, even different versions of the same Library on different machines, a fluid, user-friendly, and fully-integrated process. For instance, I should be able to select which images, Rolls, and/or Albums from my Library get copied to my wife's machine (with all Comments, Roll info and Keywords intact) -- AND whether or not those copies include the corresponding original files or not.
Other features iPhoto needs:
4) Ability to correct and change the actual EXIF date/time info.
One example: It is extremely common to get jpegs from other users who haven't bothered to correctly set the date/time menu on their digital cameras. You want to correct that info, but if you do that in iPhoto's Info pane, and then Export that image and in turn Import it into another iPhoto Library, the Date/Time reverts back to the original INCORRECT setting. This is really annoying, and I feel like it's insulting my intelligence. (When I change the date of a photo, THAT'S the date I should now be able to search for by using the calendar mode, NOT its incorrect "creation" date.)
The current workaround of having to export the file, use another app like Graphic Converter to really change the exif data, then re-import into iPhoto (after first deleting the originals), then recreate all your Comments and Album arrangements, is clumsy, time-consuming, and when you think about it, absurd.
PLEASE consider a User Pref to the effect of "Changing Date/Time info changes original exif data as well"? You could have it unchecked as the default; you could have all sorts of "do you really want to do that?" warnings pop up when a user does check it -- but please just give us the option!
5) Better User Pref options.
Give us the choice to NOT create a dupe original when a file is viewed in an external editor but no changes are made; likewise when just rotating an image within iPhoto.
6) Better sorting/display options.
I display my library in Rolls (each Roll being pictures taken on a particular day or at a particular event). I'd like the ability to designate how files are sorted within a particular Roll -- the pictures in some Rolls sorted by file name, the pictures in other Rolls sorted by Date & Time.
Would also like to be able to insert dividers in the Source pane to separate some of my albums into different groups, as well as a way to set bookmarks or placeholders within a Library, as a quick shortcut to an often-viewed section for example.
7) More e-mail attachment options.
Within each of the Small, Medium, Large, and Actual Size choices, there should also be (perhaps under an Advanced tab) a sliding scale of jpg quality, with an instant feedback showing what the total file size will be at that particular setting.
Also, there should be four checkboxes: one for Image Name, one for Date, one for Time, and especially one for Comments -- allowing the user to determine which of those four bits of iPhoto info are included in the e-mail attachment along with the image itself.
8) Option to have Comments included in Captions for online albums.
Those same four checkboxes also need to be options for any kind online album posting. It's crazy that right now I can't put up an iWeb photo page that automatically includes the Comments I've taken the time to enter in iPhoto as part of that photo's Caption online.
9) Option to show file extension in Title
Including or not including the .jpg or .psd or .gif extension is an option when Exporting a file; why not when displaying it as well?
10) Option to "show all layers" of an imported Photoshop file.
Or any kind of layered file which has been imported into the iPhoto Library.
11) Ability to enter partial dates.
It often happens when you import an older scanned photo into your library (or even when you're just sent a recent photo from a friend), you don't know know the exact date and/or time the picture was originally taken. iPhoto really needs a way to enter partial, approximate or estimated dates -- just the month/year without a specific day, for example -- both in the Info pane AND in Batch Change mode.
(Also wouldn't mind a user pref option to display the Time without the seconds.)
12) Ability to Import pictures into an already selected Roll.
There are many times when I'd like to be able to select a particular Roll, then Import some new pics directly into that Roll -- rather than doing the Import, then having to drag the images sometimes several months back in time to drop them into the correct Roll.
13) Ability to delete files from an Album and the Library simultaneously.
This would be some sort of Option-Delete command, where a selected image being viewed in a particular Album is ALSO removed and sent to the Trash from the Library as well -- with the appropriate warning dialog, of course.
14) Built-in support for doing INCREMENTAL back-ups of either your entire Library -- or only the files from selected Albums -- to another hard drive.
I hope that most of these features have already been incorporated into the next release of iPhoto -- and if not, that you'll give serious consideration to implementing them as soon as possible. Your users will thank you.
John Bertram
Toronto

should add ability to scan directly to iphoto.
How would I give this wish to apple?
Note that under the Application Menu (in other words, in iPhoto under the bold Menu item called "iPhoto", right next to the blue Apple icon), there's a selection called Provide iPhoto Feedback. Clicking on that opens your default browser (if it's not already open), and sends you to the specific Apple webpage set up to receive user suggestions for that particular app.
In this case, the URL is the one "Old Toad" mentioned in his post:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html
Many of the major Apple apps have this direct menu link; for others you can just go to http://www.apple.com/feedback/ and navigate from there.
They claim to actually pay attention to this kind of user input; and I've heard people say it actually does affect how the development and implementation of new features get prioritized.
Let's hope so, anyway.

I have a wish list in my itunes on my pc but it is not on my itunes on my ipad2. When I scroll down my movies tab it is not under quick links---- where did it go?

I have a wish list in my itunes on my computer but i can't find it in my itunes on my ipad2. I went to my movies tab and it is not there in my quick links. Where did it go? For that matter why does the itunes store/account look different on my ipad as opposed to my computer? There is a lot of links missing from my ipad2 itunes -------

To my knowledge, the wish list has never been in the iTunes app. It certainly isn't now. You can comment to Apple here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

CS5.5 Gripes/CS6 Wish List (from the perspective of an FCP switcher)

I have been a Final Cut Pro user for more than 10 years (starting with version 1.2 on a 500 MHz G4). Final Cut Pro X is a disaster, but that’s a well-covered topic for a different forum. After experimenting with Premiere Pro CS5.5 for a few months, I am ready to make the switch for all of my future projects.
I make a living editing video. I don’t, however, work for a big company, and I don’t have a lot of money to spend on third-party software or hardware. Much of my work is shot on DSLRs and delivered online. That may put me in the category of “pro-sumer” to some, but I wouldn’t be making the switch if I didn’t require a more professional alternative to FCPX to do my job.
I also don’t think “pro” has to be synonymous with clunky and ugly. (I’m looking at you, Avid.) When Final Cut was young, it was fun, intuitive, and sturdy. It became a robust, professional NLE over time. I think Premiere Pro is on that path now.
I like the look, the feel, and the functionality of CS5.5. It’s not quite Apple-slick, but it’s very much at home on a Mac. Overall, it’s an upgrade to FCP7 and a very strong alternative to FCPX. I have high hopes for CS6.
But this is not a comprehensive review. It is just a list of negatives: my gripes, wishes, and personal preferences. My list of positives would be much longer, but my concern right now is with CS6 and the improvements that I hope it delivers. As I am new to Premiere, it's quite possible that I am mistaken about certain functionalities or lack thereof, but I thoroughly researched each point in the help docs and forums before posting this.
My primary system is a 3.2 GHz iMac 21” (2010) with 8 GB RAM, 512MB VRAM (ATI Radeon HD), running Mac OS X 10.7 with external Firewire 800 drives and a DisplayPort-to-HDMI external display.
MAJOR ISSUES
Hardware acceleration support for ATI GPUs
There are rumors that Apple will be switching back to nVidia, but all recent iMacs have ATI and only ATI cards.
Background rendering (or at least improved rendering options)
Background rendering is probably FCPX’s most impressive feature and Adobe needs to catch up. However, even if true background rending can’t be achieved, there should be an auto-render option (after a set idle time), partial rendering (if you cancel a render, keep everything that has been rendered up until that point), and more render options (e.g. render all and render selected). Regarding that last point, I think the whole work area concept should be dropped. It makes sense for other apps, particularly for animation, but it just gets in the way of more important timeline functions while offering little functionality beyond being a clumsy way to control the area to be rendered. At the very least, have a way to hide it.
Full-screen preview
Maximizing the program frame just isn’t the same (although the grave accent key function may be reason enough to switch to Premiere). Full-screen preview isn’t just a nifty function for demo-ing sequences. It’s a big part of the way I work.
DisplayPort/Thunderbolt out to HDMI
It may be that a third-party card is required for proper color correction on an external display, but there’s no reason this feature shouldn’t exist.
Thumbnail images/show frames bug
This one drives me crazy. I’ve tested this on 3 different Mac systems with various hardware configurations. Thumbnail images in the bins and frame images in the timeline seem to be recreated every time a project is opened, even though the thumbnail image files in the media cache folder don’t actually appear to get rewritten. It’s as if there is no cache at all (even for the most recently viewed bins and timelines segments). It can’t be an intentional functionality for saving hard drive space because the cache files continue to take up more and more space.
Open multiple projects simultaneously
I know that you can cut and paste between projects but being able to open multiple projects at the same time is a very useful feature of FCP7.
Magic Mouse/Magic Trackpad scrolling
Premiere Pro is a cross-platform system and impressively so, but there need to be a few Mac-specific interface adjustments, the most important of which is support for the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad scrolling. I use a Magic Mouse. (It’s an irritating device sometimes, but once you get used to it, it’s hard to live without it.) When I’m in a window, I expect a flick up or down to scroll up or down -- in every situation, every time, including the timeline. Unless I stop using all other Mac apps, I will never get accustomed to the timeline suddenly flying left or right when I want to scroll up or down. Also, here’s a chance for Adobe to fix a problem that FCP7 shared: When you scroll up or down in the effect control window using the mouse, the drop-down effect controls sometimes twirl all over the place if the mouse happens to float over them. As it is, it very easy to throw settings into random disarray without even realizing it just by scrolling through the pane.
The timeline: selection indication, icons, and general improvements
It is very difficult to discern at a glance what, if anything, is selected in the timeline. Transitions always look selected! Audio tracks should be a different color or otherwise more distinct. There should be an option to show frames only without any text. The icons for track options are small, crowded, and ugly. Some of the editing icons are too similar, namely edit and ripple edit, although the excellent status bar at the bottom of the application goes a long way towards making up for this. Simply put, the timeline could use some polish. Don’t be afraid to steal from Apple on this one. Keep the tracks; just make it easier on the eyes!
Conforming audio
The ability of CS5.5 to work natively with DSLR footage is awesome, but it’s not fully DSLR native if it has to pre-render a major component of the footage before it can play, even if it’s just the audio.
Media loading
When launching a project, it can take a long time for all the media in the project to “load” as tracked in the status bar. I’m sure there’s a reason for this, but since the program is able to determine which source media files are missing before this step (and gives you the option to reconnect them), what is it doing and why must it load every clip in the project, even those not in use by any sequences?
Page up/page down and arrow key commands
For starters, the current page up/page down key functions should take the CTI to the next cut in the sequence, not the next cut in the track that happens to be targeted, which can be way down timeline. In FCP7, I frequently navigated cut to cut with the up and down arrow keys. I’ve avoided customizing the keyboard commands to match FCP7 -- I would rather endure some hardship and learn the proper Adobe commands -- but this one is flat-out backwards. The page up/down keys should page through the timeline (left to right and right to left), while the up and down arrow keys should take over the clip to clip function (assuming the targeted track issue is fixed). Currently, the down arrow takes you to the very end of the timeline, a function already duplicated by and better suited for the “end” key.
Bin management and clip relationships
Deleting an item from a bin should not delete it from the timeline, but this is part of a bigger problem, which is the whole master file versus instance versus subclip versus dup clip thing. There aren’t any good indicators regarding the relationships of these clips, and there are few ways to adjust them. If clips are going to be connected, then they should be fully connected. For instance, changing the name of a clip in the bin should change it in the timeline. Adding an effect or trimming should affect the corresponding clips between bin and timeline. Otherwise, the clips should just be completely separate instances. I haven’t been able to find an option to turn a clip into an independent instance, although I have to think it exists. Also, editing an instance of a title does change every other instance of that title throughout the sequence. I would prefer to be able to edit them separately without having to duplicate them in the title editor.
Bin effects
Related to the above, it should be possible to add effects to clips in bins or keep effects on clips added to bin from timeline. It would also be nice to be able to group effects together in bins for a specific project. The effects window is better suited for global collections.
Clearer visual indicators that a clip has been adjusted in the effect controls panel
Even with the effects panel visible, you have to take a close look to see if there have been any adjustments to the standard settings. An indicator on the clip in the timeline itself would be useful.
Snapping should include the CTI
It should also include the blade tool, although the Cmd-K option to cut at the CTI position does make this less of an issue.
Smoother scrubbing
Scrubbing is pretty awful. While this is understandable with native footage, FCPX somehow manages to make this silky smooth at full resolution.
Color correction shape mask and better color correction in general
Simplify the primary functions of the 3-way color correction effect. Keep all the rarely used adjustments out of the way. I use Magic Bullet for some purpose, but I’ve always done most of my color correction within FCP. Put the most common adjustments front and center (or up top, as it may be). The highlights/mid-tone/shadows drop-down is inconsistent in what controls it pertains to.
FCPX’s color correction is actually one of its more underrated features. The way it allows you to layer corrections is dead-simple yet as powerful as anything in FCP7 or Premiere. Stick with the 3 wheels, but rely less on hard to control tonal ranges and add simple keyframe-able shape masks for secondary color correction.
Better support for shared media access
AVID is king in this arena and Adobe needs to improve. It should be possible for multiple editors to safely work on the same project files and share media over a server.
MINOR ISSUES
More vertically compact playback/edit control area in source and program panes
Make room for either a taller timeline or bigger previews. The virtual scrubber and shuttle controls are the nifty things you drag with the mouse the first time you ever use an NLE and never touch again.
Larger icons in icon view
Remember size and position of bin windows
Playback resolution setting indicator
There should be an always-visible indicator of the playback res setting in the preview pane that’s easy to adjust without right-clicking.
Better markers for sequences and clips
Include colors and more keyboard shortcut control.
Clip sliding with keyboard commands
“Opt-,” (that’s Option-comma) should cause a clip collision, not overwrite. Either that, or “,” and “.” should slide, while “Opt-,” should overwrite. Opt-arrow should only extend an adjoining clip if in the middle of two clips. Basically, this whole arrangement should be re-thought.
Project browser should auto refresh/sort.
Option-drag on a Mac should always be copy, not move.
Copy is currently command-drag in the project browser.
Stop auto-save from interrupting adjustments in timeline.
Ideally, the auto-save should just be a background function, but it should at least wait until you’re not in the middle of dragging something.
Add ability to select a cut directly and add default transition.
CTI control
If you move the CTI while it’s in play mode, it should continue to play from that spot after you release the mouse, not stop there.
Show number of frames being adjusted during keyframe adjustments.
Enable/disable specific effect parameters/keyframes.
Clearing an effect should clear keyframes as well.
Or have an option to clear both.
Position controls
There should be a preference to make the default position 0.0 x 0.0 (as opposed to 50% of whatever the resolution happens to be), and include a reset button.
Through-edit indicator in timeline
And a quick way to join clips, such as a right-click menu option.
Border controls for images
Auto save location preference and functionality
In FCP7 I set the number of auto saves to keep to the maximum of 100 and Premiere can go even higher. I have always used this feature as an additional backup and archive system, which has come in very handy. Those files add up, however. So, I prefer to auto-save to an external drive. Also, auto saves in Premiere continue to occur whenever there are unsaved changes. This means that if you make a small adjustment and then leave Premiere for a while, it will keep auto saving the same iteration, which is not only inefficient but leads to my next point….
Tame the bouncing dock icon on auto save
While using other apps, there’s no need for the dock icon to bounce every time Premiere performs an auto save.
More/clearer control over cache locations
There should also be an option to reset the cache/render file locations to their defaults.
Export source range
When exporting, remember the last-used setting of the export source range (or just dump the whole work area thing as I previously suggested). It’s too easy to cut off a portion of the video when the export defaults back to the work area every time.
Larger timecode display
After spending hours and hours editing, the current timecode for clips and sequences is something you want to be able to track without squinting. Use the letters h,m,s and f instead of colons.
Simple slug
Creating a black matte works okay, but it involves a few extra steps.
Snapping toggle
FCP allows you to quickly toggle snapping while dragging a clip. Upon releasing the clip, the snap toggle returns to its original state. Premiere could use this fucntion, but I suggest something simpler. Holding down the “S” key should always turn snapping on regardless of toggle state, while releasing it returns it to however it was set before.
Ability to dock the audio meters along top
I like to give my timeline as much horizontal space as possible. I’ve noticed a lot of users keep the toolbar up there, myself included. I think it would be a good place horizontally aligned audio meters as well.
More detailed tool tips or hover explanations in preferences
For example: The options regarding XMP data should make it clear that the original files will be modified by Premiere. This caused me problems in other applications. (After researching these settings, I understand that various Adobe applications use this information to share resources, but it’s still very unclear what the specific benefits are or what functions are lost without this option.)
More detailed support documents
The online support documents on the Adobe site very good. They are nicely arranged and easy to search, but they could be more detailed and offer fuller explanations. (Peruse the support forums and you will discover all kinds of debates that could have been easily cleared up with one concise line in a help document.)
Icons and button design
Icons and buttons are often too small, too similar, and too crowded throughout the interface. Take some style tips from Apple on this one.
NEW FEATURE WISH LIST
Footage auto-analysis: shot recognition, color correction, and color match
If only Apple had just added these features and others to the FCP7 framework. Adobe can do it better though, by using smart folders in addition to the traditional bins that we know and trust (anything besides those dreadful iMovie-style “events”).
Effect previews
In the 64-bit era, there has to be a quicker way to preview effects.
Ability to render in alternate formats
Namely ProRes or DNxHD. This would save me considerable time on exports by allowing me to select the “use preview files” option.
PluralEyes functionality
Okay, I suppose I should just purchase PluralEyes...again.
Many, many more effects!
How about starting with the missing vignette effect? Just because an app is “pro” doesn’t mean you should have to custom build every effect.
Many, many more looks!
Will most of them be cheesy looks I would never touch? Sure...but give me some templates to play with before I tweak the look down to my exact specifications.
More speed!
FCPX, for all its flaws, blazes on any modern Mac. This probably comes back to hardware acceleration, but while Premiere Pro on a Mac isn’t slow, it doesn’t blow you away.

You hit the nail on the head, Peter.
I recently started giving Premiere Pro CS5 a try, and was shocked by the amount of bugs and usability issues. I'm not even going as deep as you in the features, but the most glaring evidence of the lousy interface is that timecode offset bubble that appears everytime you move a clip in the timeline... the bugger appears just under your mouse pointer and won't go away, so if you try to just move a clip down a track quickly, and let go of the button ONTO the bubble, it acts as an obstacle and your drag/drop fails ! seriously, Adobe... don't tell me nobody has stumbled upon this one during beta-testing ?
Ditto on the autosave that basicly interrupts anything you're doing. No background saving in 2011 ? At first it bothered me to no end so I disabled the autosave. And then a few hours later, Premiere crashed, and didn't even try to recover my work. I lost 2 hours of intricate work. I put autosave back on, and learned to endure the constant, annoying save dialog. And it's not like the save process is instant... even the simplest of projects takes 5 to 10 seconds to save... on an SSD... come on... let me work already...
Of course, a headache-inducing implementation wouldn't be complete if the autosave didn't trigger even 30 seconds after a manual save. If I choose an interval of 5 minutes, just autosave 5 minutes after a manual save !
In thumbnail view, you can reorder the clips manually. It's all fine, but you can't reorder them by name or date or length, unless you switch to list view and of course, lose the thumbnails.
Dragging and dropping a clip in thumbnail view is a chore, because the palette doesn't scroll when the mouse reaches the edge. You know, when you want to move something at the top all the way to the bottom... so you have to drag, let go, scroll one screen, drag, let go, scroll one screen... it's a joke. Even the timeline can do it. Heck, it's a software standard, nowadays.
Renaming a clip and pressing ENTER takes you back to... the top of the folder !?! How many times I've renamed files that were at the end of the thumbnail view, and for each clip, I had to scroll back down. Time waster.
Want to locate a clip from the timeline, in the project ? the locate function takes you to the folder. But not to the file, you have to navigate towards it manually.
Ditto on the up/down arrows. I haven't found a way to jump from cut to cut like in FCP7. How often do I need to jump to the starting/ending points ? much less often than jumping to a nearby cut.
How come I can't reorder filters in the effects pane ? sorry, I can actually reorder the filters... provided I take them from the bottom and move them up. Moving effects down doesn't work. It's driving me crazy.
Conforming happens more or less anytime. Without reason. And even if the Media Cache is already full of conformed files.
When moving the boundaries of the work area, no timecode/offset appears. You need to let go of the button and THEN hover, then you'll know the exact time/duration.
Try scrolling up in the timeline, it scrolls to the left (which is stupid, it should scroll up). Now scroll up on the tabs of a palette : they scroll to the right !?!
Can't select an active track. Direct consequence : copy-pasting a clip overlaps anything that's on track 1. Say I want to duplicate clips on the same track... I can't do it.
Copy-pasting between projects doesn't keep the transitions, only the order of the clips.
Have you tried doing a frame freeze on a reversed clip and setting proper in/out points for the freeze ? Good luck.
"Duplicate" command, when you right click on a thumbnail, is way too far from the cut/copy/paste commands at the top, even though they're quite related.
The other day I transcoded footage with different audio parameters. Just the audio had changed. Upon opening the project, Premiere wanted me to locate the files, which I did. And it failed miserably. Instead, I opened the project ignoring the missing files, and then re-linked them. I pointed Premiere at the first missing file, and had to confirm the replacement. Premiere saw all the other missing files in that folder, and began prompting me FOR EACH SINGLE FILE !!! two hundred and forty three of them, precisely. Can't I have a "yes to all" button in 2012 ? and why does the relinking work inside the project and not when you open a project ?
That was just from 3 days with Premiere Pro CS5. I still can't believe it. Just to think people bashed Final Cut Pro X, praising Premiere in comparison... Sorry, but they both have serious issues. And Premiere doesn't even have the excuse of novelty.

W540 Wish List

Dear Lenovo,
seeing that you have completely messed up the Design of the W530 here is my recommendations for features to be included your next mobile Workstation:
A 19:10 display with either an IPS 1920x1200 Display or an 2880x1800 (so called retina) Display (offer both). A 16:9 display on a workstation is a joke. Nobody buys a proper mobile Workstation (>$3000 with max memory and large SSD) as a mobile DVD player. I would happily spend an extra $1000 for a good display resolution so stop trying to save a couple of dollars by offering a resolution that is useless for >90% of workstation users.
If you need some insight to the type of work done with your workstation:
CAD: The ideal working area for CAD is a actually square, else you are liable to take wrong design decisions and make mistakes because you see the sides better than what lies above or below. Even if you place quite a number of toolboxes at the sides a view on a 16:9 screen always ends up rectangular and offers less hight than the old 1600x1200 screens
PHOTOGRAPHERS: The ratio in standard analog (35mm) film was 2:3 which has been largely adapted by digital cameras. Again, even if you are working on a landscape picture and placing all your tools at the sides 16:9 is very far from the ideal retio.
MOVIE PRODUCTION: One would think that 16:9 is ideal for the production of films, but for editing it is not. Usually timelines are added above or below the output area. On 16:10 at least some of this space was provided by the additional vertical resolution.
PROGRAMMERS: For software engineers the vertical height is the most important feature of a display, as software is usually coded with many quite short lines. Here of course the 1080 pixel vertical resolution is a grat step backwards from the 1920x1200 and even 1600x1200 resolutions.
2 PAGES SIDE-BY-SIDE: I have heard the argument again and again (usually by people that don't use their laptop for work) that 16:9 is great for viewing two pages side by side. It is not. The ideal ratio for two A4 pages would be 16:11.3 if you don't have a task bar and menu at top and bottom. Discounting these it is closer to 16:12 or 4:3. You actually get a better resolution of two A4 sheets on a 1600x1200 display than on 1920x1080.
A decent keyboard: I currently own a W510 and it has a good keyboard, although not as good as my old T40 and T60 used to be. Now with the W530 you are offering a keyboard that is just not made for typing. A "Chiclet" style keyboard, though it might be ok for gaming is just not for serious work. Just add the 2mm extra hight to the chassis, a mobile workstation is not meant to be a ultraportable.
Graphics that use less power: I don't know how well the current generation of NVidia graphics fares, but the model included in my laptop sucks power like nothing. ATI has a better power management, at least has had in the last couple of years. My W510 runs less than 2 hours on a nine cell battery even at light use.
Other things that would be nice but are not essential:
- Bring back the ultrabay battery. Hardly anybody needs optical drives on the move and any extension in working time on the road would be appreciated. Ultrabay should support Hard drives at the same speed as the main HD controller (for raid).
- A docking station with included graphics (I don't need the full power on the move but wouldn't mind driving three monitors from the docking station)
- A docking station with a fast PCIe slot (x4 or better)
- At least one horizontal USB port on the right and one on the left (for the mouse). Make all ports USB3.
- A seperate microphone jack (used by most headset and allows use of stereo microphones)
- Please keep the eSATA and powered USB ports.
- Please keep the 'nipple' and trackpad input devices with three buttons (third button at the bottom for the trackpad would be nice)
I wanted to upgrade to the W530, but the display ratio and keyboard have put me off. I have been using thinkpads for many many years, but the design keeps getting worse, so I think my current workstation could be my last thinkpad. Might try to attach a W510 keyboard to the new MacbookPro with retina display and run Win7. Now that would be a great machine, but I would prefer it to be black and from Lenovo.

I agree, this is a good wish list.
My main gripe is the new keyboard. I am with the original poster, if I'm buying a friggin workstation model which is a brick ANYWAY, add a few MM in height and put a classic thinkpad keyboard with travel more akin to desktop keyboards.
It's an interesting comment about chiclet keyboards and gaming, because in the desktop world gaming keyboards are not chiclet, and are often pretty fantastic keyboards to type on. I use a Razer Anansi on one of my work desktops, I think it's delightful to type on.
So, my wishlist improvements to the classic Thinkpad keyboard:
1.Decrease flex, X220 is not bad but the W520 has quite a bit, this shouldn't be difficult.
2.Increase travel, depth of keyboard
3.Slightly Increase thickness of plastic used in keys.
Again, it's a workstation. I don't care if it's a little thicker, I would much rather have the component with which I am in contact 100% of the time be >exceptional<, not this chiclet crap.
A strange note, on my W520 (i don't know if this is the same in all), the right shift key has a different feel to the rest of the keyboard, I think it's because it sits on top of a support element or something. But I wish the entire keyboard would feel like that key, that would be perfect, I think a lot of it would be addressed by a more robust structure underneath.

Can't see my wish list n access my Account, anyting to do with some App I installed?

I have problem with my iTunes Account when I log in my Mac, couldn't see my wish list n access my Account.
but if I log out n log in as a guest user, my iTunes Account works normally.
I have a guess it might be the App I had installed.
anyone can help?

you might want to check on this possibility:
No music shows up in iTunes after upgrading

Where on earth has the wish list purchase button gone?

Where on earth has the iTunes wish-list purchase button gone?

K^2 wrote:
There is no "buy" button. It only lists sharing with a friend or posting it on social media. I have no idea how to buy songs in my wish list.
It does not actually say "Buy." You just click on the price.

ITunes Store Apps (etc) Page Numbers, Wish List For My iTunes Account

Why doesn't the iTunes Store have page numbers under each page of the items (songs, e-books, apps, etc), because with over 200000 apps I will be damned if I am going to go back to the start of each apps category (for example) clicking in increments of 12 apps at a time until I get to app number 7264!!!!!! I WILL JUST STOP USING THE APPS STORE!!!
Some apps have a PRODUCTIVITY button in the left top corner that will take you back to the last apps browsing page you were on, while other apps have a BACK button in the top left corner WHICH TAKES YOU RIGHT BACK TO THE FIRST PAGE OF THE APPS CATEGORY YOU WERE BROWSING, so if you were up to app 734 (for example) you have to click through 64 apps pages JUST TO GET BACK TO THE APP YOU WERE UP TO LAST!!! INFURIATING - BEGGARS BELIEF!?!
WHY CANT I CLICK AN 'ADD TO WISH LIST' BUTTON ON EACH APP PAGE, SO I ALSO DONT HAVE TO BROWSE THROUGH ANOTHER 100 PAGES OF APPS TO FIND THE ONE I LOOKED AT IN MY LAST ISTORE SESSION??????
Hasn't anyone at apple used eBay or amazon???

Update: As of this morning the updates were GONE again, so I'm thinking this may recur on and off until all settles after the launch of new software and iDevices this week.

How do I add songs to my iTunes Store wish list on my iPod?

How do I add a song to my iTunes wish list on my iPod? I keep looking up songs/albums I want to buy on my iPod Touch, but I can never add them to a wish list because I can't find the right button to push. I know the button is next to the price on the OS X iTunes Store, but it's not there on the iOS iTunes Store. Help!!!

No idea what you are asking.
You want to sell your own music on the itunes store?

Last summer I bought a music album from iTunes. I've already transferred all my orders from my units, but somehow iTunes wants me to pay for the same album again. When I try to add it to my wish list it simply tells me that I've already bought that item.

Last summer I bought a music album from iTunes. I've already transferred all my purchases from my units, but somehow iTunes wants me to pay for the same album again. When I try to add it to my wish list it simply tells me that I've already bought that item.
And I've already tried to search for downloadable purchases.
So fact is established, I've purchased this album before but iTunes does not recognize it.
What to do?

Hey sorry for the late response but I've been out of town. I can copy and paste the email responses if necessary or desired, and if it's fixed already this is a moot point anyway, but basically they kept asking me for the order numbers for the two songs I already bought from the specific album I was trying to complete, which I eventually gave them - along with telling them multiple times that the Complete My Album feature wasn't working for ANY album. They gave me two free song codes to compensate me for the two songs I bought, and then told me to go and buy the album at full price, but the ENTIRE TIME they COMPLETELY ignored that I was telling them that this wasn't an issue with one album but was a larger, seemingly systematic issue that other people were experiencing. Even after I got the song codes I emailed them back and said AGAIN that this wasn't an isolated feature, and they just sent me the link to the apple Feedback page (http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html) and told me to submit my complaint there. So, technically, my issue was never really "resolved," in that they never fixed the Complete My Album feature that I am aware of - or even acknowledged that anything needed fixing, but I haven't tested it since Sunday.
If it's working for you, then hopefully they fixed it! I've noticed they've updated to 10.4.1, but the notes don't indicate they're fixing anything about the Complete My Album feature, so I don't know.

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