Author Archives: Dae

The cause for all your Mac OS X mouse annoyances

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Dae

…is 32 milliseconds. The main problem of mouse movement in Mac OS X is not acceleration — it’s lag.

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Switch input language by caps lock in Windows

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Dae

(Эта статья также доступна на русском языке). One and half years ago I wrote an article called “Select input language by Caps Lock in Mac OS X” and later it started appearing in Google results for users searching the same … Continue reading →

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Переключение языка ввода по caps lock в Windows

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Dae

(This article is as well available in English). Полтора года назад я написал статью «Переключение языка ввода по caps lock в Mac OS X», и так получилось, что поисковики в своей выдаче показывают ее не только макинтошникам, но и пользователям … Continue reading →

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Apache / mod_auth: use both require group and require user

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Dae

Consider the following configuration in .htaccess/httpd.conf (or wherever): AuthName “My Super Secret Area” AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /path/to/htpasswd AuthGroupFile /path/to/htgroup Require group bestmates Require user randomguy Where user randomguy does not belong to the group bestmates.

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ExtJs 4: password validation + random password button

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Dae

This one is simple.

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ExtJs 4: dealing with messages (and errors) from an Ajax or REST proxy

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Dae

When sending Ajax or REST requests, a proxy of ExtJs 4 typically expects a response with the following parameters: data, success and message. The message parameter is optional, but it may come in handy when you want to show the … Continue reading →

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ExtJs 4: submit form on enter

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Dae

It’s a shame that such a powerful framework as ExtJs 4 does not have this feature built-in.

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ExtJs 4 proxy calls ‘Create’ instead of ‘Update’

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Dae

ExtJS 4: Proxy Calling ‘Create’ Instead of ‘Update’ When Saving Record. I thought I should promote the blog post which helped me tackle this small but annoying problem, which wasn’t even related to editable grid as I had thought initially.

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Poor guy

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Dae

A wonderful find: a carder (credit card thief) had conned another carder, who then went to a “black list” site to complain.

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Mac OS X occasionally ignores clicks

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dae

Sometimes Mac OS X ignores clicks. The bug is easily reproducible on various applications, including Finder, Safari, Firefox, iTunes.

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