Problem with inserting smilies mid-post?
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I'm using Vista in my organisation, and I'm one of the two testers to test whether we should change all the coms to Vista or stick with XP, and with a few days of Vista I wanted to move back to XP asap which sadly I can't. ><
After a day or two, my driver suddenly becomes incompatible, then my Window's Calender which was fine recently is no longer working, the damn thing doesn't allow you to install majority of the products out there in the market, especially when it has to do with other programming languages that is not Microsoft products (and yes I'm a programmer for my company), then you have the stupid blocking that you do not have the excess to install or the ...exe can't be installed when because the damn OS blocks it even when I'm in the Administrator account, WTH? And the funny thing is, some of the updates can even fail to update and I'm using an original copy some more. :sweat2:
Ok, I've done ranting...
After a day or two, my driver suddenly becomes incompatible, then my Window's Calender which was fine recently is no longer working, the damn thing doesn't allow you to install majority of the products out there in the market, especially when it has to do with other programming languages that is not Microsoft products (and yes I'm a programmer for my company), then you have the stupid blocking that you do not have the excess to install or the ...exe can't be installed when because the damn OS blocks it even when I'm in the Administrator account, WTH? And the funny thing is, some of the updates can even fail to update and I'm using an original copy some more. :sweat2:
Ok, I've done ranting...
And they've been sued for recently for including their own versions of things (Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player) but not including 'competing' products. Anti-monopoly legislation is all very well, but that's just stupid... especially when RealPlayer is about one step away from malware.
I'm no fan of Microsoft, but the problem is that they're just too big a target. Everyone wants to take a pot-shot at them.
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Although I could have sworn that I was running Firefox on Vista RC2 without any problems. :unsure: Or at least without the OS committing suicide... unlike trying to get nVidia drivers on the damned thing. :rant:
I'm no fan of Microsoft, but the problem is that they're just too big a target. Everyone wants to take a pot-shot at them.
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Although I could have sworn that I was running Firefox on Vista RC2 without any problems. :unsure: Or at least without the OS committing suicide... unlike trying to get nVidia drivers on the damned thing. :rant:
Amen to that. I'm rather fond of both Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative myself. Media Player Classic and VLC are my video players of choice, and it right well bugged me that the only non-WMP client that worked in Vista was Zoom, which has an ungodly stupid interface.
I wouldn't have made the switch to Vista even if I could, I tells ya.
I wouldn't have made the switch to Vista even if I could, I tells ya.
I'd use only MPC if they'd include proper crap/zoom support like in VLC. When I've got a 4:3 ratio feed that has black bars to make it 16:9, and I'm watching it on a 4:3 screen, I do not want a little screen in the middle surrounded by darkness. Gah. (Or 16:9 made 4:3 on a 16:9 screen, for that matter...)
I've had that issue before, but it turned out to be something I was doing wrong. I'll get back to you on it ASAP.
edit: Got it. Right-click in the video pane, and in the drop-down menu, click Video Frame -> Touch Window from Inside, and make sure the Keep Aspect Ratio option is checked. That makes sure that the proper aspect ratio is kept, and that the video display matches to the size of the window. When you're watching a 16:9 video in 4:3 maximized or fullscreen, it shows the black bars above and below, but matches the width to the window/screen.
edit: Got it. Right-click in the video pane, and in the drop-down menu, click Video Frame -> Touch Window from Inside, and make sure the Keep Aspect Ratio option is checked. That makes sure that the proper aspect ratio is kept, and that the video display matches to the size of the window. When you're watching a 16:9 video in 4:3 maximized or fullscreen, it shows the black bars above and below, but matches the width to the window/screen.
Well, I always did have a knack for figuring out devices' interfaces.
As for VLC, I mostly use it when my regular codecs aren't working right. It has a noted problem with soft subtitles - that is, when there's more than one simultaneous sub onscreen, it overlaps them at the bottom of the vid pane. This can be annoying when some vids have subtitles over signs in Japanese, when the OP or ED themes have subs for both the language it's being sung in and the translation, and especially when more than one person is talking at the same time.
As for VLC, I mostly use it when my regular codecs aren't working right. It has a noted problem with soft subtitles - that is, when there's more than one simultaneous sub onscreen, it overlaps them at the bottom of the vid pane. This can be annoying when some vids have subtitles over signs in Japanese, when the OP or ED themes have subs for both the language it's being sung in and the translation, and especially when more than one person is talking at the same time.