Whether or not I used a graphics designer would depend entirely on the nature of what I wanted to advertise (the product), an analysis of the competitors in the market segment in which my "product" would compete (how they advertise), the selected media I planned to advertise in (print, web, video), and a careful consideration of who the "target customer" is, and (not least), my budget. In this "arena," I do not believe there are any "one-size fits-all" guidelines. yours, Bill (yes, I have done graphic design for commercial marketing) This thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it. Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (Persian, Sufi, 804-872)

Ed Nutting wrote: I just didn't think I had changed any setting like this recently...perhaps I did without realising I doubt if you did that. My settings too got reset, like: "notify me if someone replies my message..." OR Show only publicly available posts I guess some change triggered these for us. OK for now, so no issues. :) Sandeep Mewara Microsoft ASP.NET MVP [My latest Article]: Server side Delimiters in ASP.NET[^]

Some members (eg admins) have super secret squirrel ninja powers and can close articles with a single vote. cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

Oh right okay sounds good - thanks :D Ed

Yes there probably is (Nectar card, Sainsbury's card...in fact every supermarket seems to run its own credit card system in some form or other!) Thanks! :) I don't think I really remember the last time I actually stopped being busy with something (excluding holidays & some evening relaxing - we are all allowed those ;p ). Take a look at my profile - I updated my info this morning (before it had no info...). I have plenty of ambition and a lot of drive so I think I'll be going places soon :) Ed

:-O Fixed in next release. cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

Yes, me too. I'm triple platinum ... doesn't feel sensible to develop an Enquirer rating though!

Ok, now once you un-check the "work in progress" status of the article will become "Available". You still can change it to pending by clicking the "pencil" icon near available status if you want to. Hope it is now more intuitive and less confusing. Sincerely, Elina Blank Life is great!!! Enjoy every moment of it! :-O

I'm not doubting you, but he has not, as far as I can see, violated any terms of use. cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

I wish - I really wish - that I could claim responsibility for killing Chrome. Unfortunately I think this is something that I will, again, have to cede to Google's coders. (And I'm not just saying that because my Galaxy Tab is the most flaky tablet I've ever used in my life. ;)) [Edit: what's really cool is that if you have a bunch of other tabs open every single one of them breaks too. I thought the whole thing with Chrome's tabs was that they were separate processes and hence Immune From Destruction. Or something.] cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

It takes 5 votes to approve. Why should you not have a say? ;) cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

I (and everyone) would like the quality of the questions to be improved and a variation on this suggestion has been discussed (but of course I've been looking and can't find the link!). However, asking members to list sites will result in (as others have said) asfg.com. There's also the case where a question is asking an opinion from CodeProject members specifically which means no previous search has, or needed to be done. Solutions must ensure that things stay easy for those who try, and guide (or even block) those who simply don't care. I'm more than happy to have less questions (and less page views, less load) and better questions than lots of junk. cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

Sorry ignore what I just wrote and then deleted, my mind jumped to the Search all of CP box...i hadn't noticed the other one. My apologies and thanks very much, Ed

The success of Jakob Nielsen as "usability" guru has always confounded me ! And, the web-site linked to here must be one of the worst examples of "usability" I can imagine. To be fair, I haven't read any of his books, so this is bias being expressed here. I remember thumbing through one of his very popular books in the late 1990's, that all the webarati and wired-mag crowd seemed to be drooling over, and finding it contained almost no graphic illustrations. But, at least he's not as bad the University of Maryland Professor who, after, he claimed, all kinds of research, came up with the concept that round menus in which moving a clock-face type hand around selected different options were ideal. A bunch of hippie hackers in SF at some computer show I went to circa 2000, who called themselves "the grasshopper group," implemented some of his stuff using chartreuse as the round menu color: true grotesqueness. I think if you want to learn about UI design, there is no better source than the work on the graphic representation of quantitative data, and other aspects of design, than that of Edward Tufte (at Princeton for some time as Professor). Tufte's website is here:[^]. Take a direct look at some of his graphic design, and examples of historically important graphic designs here:[^]. His four "classic" (large format, beautiful) books are here: [^], [^], [^], [^]. Tufte has now developed a very successful career as a sculptor ! best, Bill "Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true." Niels Bohr

maybe this will give you some ideas ... http://bugnet.codeplex.com/[^]

Edward Nutting wrote: Any tips on installation/integration? They've got a special section on plugins[^], hook up SourceSafe[^].. Aw, with integration you mean tips on embedding it in the website, of course, not integration with other apps. Ehr, no tips there, I'm a WinForms person. My idea of embedding a website is an IFRAME :laugh: FogBugz isn't free, and there may be good and free alternatives that fit the bill that I don't know of. Give it a day or two, as there may be more ideas from other forum-members. Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss:

Aah...yes I hadn't thought about it that logically...sorry.. I assumed the table would give the highest value below 0 that any negative level would require to be less than. i.e. it would say -1 for under water, meaning -1 or below would result iin the lowest level. Seemed to make sense form a human perspective :~

That's a good compromise! :D