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Following my problems with FrontPage 2003 during our recent trip to Atlanta, I
got a recommendation from long-time friend of the site j.c.f. to look into
Expression Web, Microsoft's replacement HTML editor, though this is also
discontinued. I messed with it at one point, but dismissed it for some reason I
can no longer recall. But after this suggestion I fooled with it again and came
away pleased. It's 98% of what I'm used to, and most of the differences quite
minor. But it's easier to get, installs cleaner, and has way less clutter. It
also feels happier running under Windows 10, as its responsiveness is evidence
that FrontPage was laggy on a barely noticeable level. Yesterday I worked out
what needed to make the switch and am happily working on my "new" setup. So
thank you to j.c.f. for prodding me in the right direction. It also just sounds
less eccentric to no longer be working on software that practically qualified
for Y2K compliance testing. Maybe not that much, since Expression Web 4.0 is
close to 15 years-old, but when it comes to seeming less eccentric, I can use
all the help I can get.
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It's not 'instant' coffee, but when I was in a place with no local coffee roasters, I found Lavazza beans to be the best I tried out of the mass-market stuff.
The best stuff always comes from the ultra-snobby guy who runs a small shop tucked away in an inconvenient location and can talk for 20 minutes about how everything you've had before in your life is just 'coffee-adjacent' though.
The best stuff always comes from the ultra-snobby guy who runs a small shop tucked away in an inconvenient location and can talk for 20 minutes about how everything you've had before in your life is just 'coffee-adjacent' though.
The Flying Penguin wrote on Mar 11, 2025, 12:00:
THERE IS NOINSTANTCOFFEE THAT IS WORTH YOUR MONEY.
FTFY!
"Just take a look around you, what do you see? Pain, suffering, and misery." -Black Sabbath, Killing Yourself to Live.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
El Pit wrote on Mar 11, 2025, 12:12:
Thanks. I will. I'm really happy with Fedora up to now. Thanks for the recommendation, BoP.
My pleasure! I hope you enjoy the journey.
"Just take a look around you, what do you see? Pain, suffering, and misery." -Black Sabbath, Killing Yourself to Live.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 11, 2025, 10:38:El Pit wrote on Mar 11, 2025, 07:10:
Yes. It was recommended for additional security. Should I change this? I have no problem using the terminal to approve of new installs, though.
If you have no problems with the terminal, leave it as is.
Thanks. I will. I'm really happy with Fedora up to now. Thanks for the recommendation, BoP.
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Theodore Roosevelt
Here's The Best Instant Coffee Brand For Your Money:
THERE IS NO INSTANT COFFEE THAT IS WORTH YOUR MONEY.
THERE IS NO INSTANT COFFEE THAT IS WORTH YOUR MONEY.
DEI hire? Oh how cute, you think you found a way of being a racist without sounding racist. That's adorable!
El Pit wrote on Mar 11, 2025, 07:10:
Yes. It was recommended for additional security. Should I change this? I have no problem using the terminal to approve of new installs, though.
If you have no problems with the terminal, leave it as is.
"Just take a look around you, what do you see? Pain, suffering, and misery." -Black Sabbath, Killing Yourself to Live.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 10, 2025, 20:23:Yes. It was recommended for additional security. Should I change this? I have no problem using the terminal to approve of new installs, though.
When you did the install of Fedora, did you leave the root account disabled by chance, Pit?
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Theodore Roosevelt
Blue wrote on Mar 10, 2025, 15:07:Steele Johnson wrote on Mar 10, 2025, 14:52:Because that's a coding platform, and I just want a simple, reliable WYSIWYG HTML editor to assist in creating the simple reliable HTML this site runs on.
I'm a little surprised you went for another discontinued application. Why not go with something like vscode that has a huge community and extensions for everything?
If there's some direction you'd like to see the site take or some features we could add based on me changing editors, I'm all ears. But otherwise, the fact that my post was all messed up today after a simple in-line upgrade should probably warn against me changing to something with a "steeper learning curve" just because it's newer.
The last thing I want is to be the one who's indirectly responsible for botched daily updates and system crashes. Stay with what works for you 😂
When you did the install of Fedora, did you leave the root account disabled by chance, Pit?
"Just take a look around you, what do you see? Pain, suffering, and misery." -Black Sabbath, Killing Yourself to Live.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
sudo usermod is something that I never expected to type SO OFTEN.
But I like Fedora nevertheless. Damned, it's lightning fast! Next I'll try to get Thunderbird to work on it. No, don't stop me, Thunderbird it will ALWAYS be. I got mails going back to the very early 2000s in my Thunderbird inmail box and I will keep them no matter the cost (or the typing of sudo usermod).
But I like Fedora nevertheless. Damned, it's lightning fast! Next I'll try to get Thunderbird to work on it. No, don't stop me, Thunderbird it will ALWAYS be. I got mails going back to the very early 2000s in my Thunderbird inmail box and I will keep them no matter the cost (or the typing of sudo usermod).
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.
-Theodore Roosevelt
-Theodore Roosevelt
Steele Johnson wrote on Mar 10, 2025, 14:52:Because that's a coding platform, and I just want a simple, reliable WYSIWYG HTML editor to assist in creating the simple reliable HTML this site runs on.
I'm a little surprised you went for another discontinued application. Why not go with something like vscode that has a huge community and extensions for everything?
If there's some direction you'd like to see the site take or some features we could add based on me changing editors, I'm all ears. But otherwise, the fact that my post was all messed up today after a simple in-line upgrade should probably warn against me changing to something with a "steeper learning curve" just because it's newer.
Stephen "Blue" Heaslip
Blue's News Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, El Presidente for Life
Blue's News Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, El Presidente for Life
Blue wrote on Mar 10, 2025, 13:22:
My happy update about my new editor soured when I went to update and found my source code was munged up quite a bit. I was fixing it when MrsBlue arrived and announced lunch was early. Hoping for the best I rushed up to join here after thinking I'd caught all the problems, but obviously that was not the case. Apologies for the mess and thanks for Frans for his fixes.
I'm still optimistic about the change, and am hoping the problem is from some of the search and replacing I did to overcome some of its foibles, and that I'll be able to figure out how to avoid such disasters in the future.
I'm a little surprised you went for another discontinued application. Why not go with something like vscode that has a huge community and extensions for everything? Yes, it will have a bit steeper learning curve, but once you get it, you can use it with just about every language and the editor always works the same way. You can slap on the Live Server/Live Server Preview extension, CSS, Tailwind, Yaml/Toml/Markdown, all the html boilerplate stuff, etc, etc. It even has extensions for various browser debugging, SQL tools, Git integration and everything else you'd need for full stack dev. You can keep it simple (like a FrontPage type app) or customize it like hell. It even includes a free version of Copilot now that will allow you to automate tasks and do 90% of the updates for you
My happy update about my new editor soured when I went to update and found my source code was munged up quite a bit. I was fixing it when MrsBlue arrived and announced lunch was early. Hoping for the best I rushed up to join here after thinking I'd caught all the problems, but obviously that was not the case. Apologies for the mess and thanks for Frans for his fixes.
I'm still optimistic about the change, and am hoping the problem is from some of the search and replacing I did to overcome some of its foibles, and that I'll be able to figure out how to avoid such disasters in the future.
I'm still optimistic about the change, and am hoping the problem is from some of the search and replacing I did to overcome some of its foibles, and that I'll be able to figure out how to avoid such disasters in the future.
Stephen "Blue" Heaslip
Blue's News Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, El Presidente for Life
Blue's News Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, El Presidente for Life
Not one but a dozen stray bold tags... I fixed them.
This comment was edited on Mar 10, 2025, 13:58.
This comment was edited on Mar 10, 2025, 13:58.
-- Frans
Was to write the same thing, that halfway the page, bold is on for everything...
Blue, I think you have broken bold tag somewhere.
"Just take a look around you, what do you see? Pain, suffering, and misery." -Black Sabbath, Killing Yourself to Live.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Purveyor of cute, fuzzy, pink bunny slippers.
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