Development Blog

At FoCul we pride ourselves in our technical skills and knowledge. We have developed this knowledge in large part through the IT community and this blog is one of our ways of giving back.

We have benefited greatly from the input of other members in the tech community. This BLOG is one of the ways that we give back and help others to enjoy developing modern web applications.

ClipCache Pro (9/10)

I had mixed success with earlier versions of ClipCache Pro but this latest version seems to run really well under Vista. It is great for improving your efficiency and generally making life easier - it is also occasionally useful for those moments when your brain...

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Sametime 8 works well on Dual Monitors

I think that this is new in Sametime 8 - I certainly never noticed it before in previous versions If you choose View > Maximise and have two monitors the shared screen appears on your second monitor leaving the Sametime interface still open in the Primary monitor....

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FeedDemon RSS Reader ( 10/10 )

I find that FeedDemon is probably the most useful tool for web browsing. It lets me stay on top of hundreds of websites and blogs very efficiently It uses the RSS feeds from the sites and downloads summaries of the articles. You can browse these off line and, most...

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Improvements in Notes 8 HTML email rendering

Prior to Notes 8 the rendering of emails was always very hit and miss n Notes. Another issue was that Notes automatically displayed images in HTML emails and these could sometimes be tracked by spammers to indicate that the email had been opened by a real person. With...

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How I got started with Lotus Notes

The Critical Machine Incidents Black Book Quite a few people have been blogging about how they got started with Notes so I thought that might be a good place to start this blog. I am a Manufacturing Engineer by background but in my Engineering roles I always struggled...

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