The Altera Centauri collection has been brought up to date by Darsnan. It comprises every decent scenario he's been able to find anywhere on the web, going back over 20 years.
25 themes/skins/styles are now available to members. Check the select drop-down at the bottom-left of each page.
Call To Power 2 Cradle 3+ mod in progress: https://apolyton.net/forum/other-games/call-to-power-2/ctp2-creation/9437883-making-cradle-3-fully-compatible-with-the-apolyton-edition
The tab stuff is pretty nice and I'm glad to see MS finally accept the greatness that are tabs, and not just in its webbrower!
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
Originally posted by Agathon
Integrated Search... proper graphics...
...had that for ages.
Is it ironic that Windows had integrated search and proper graphics before OS X did?
Before Spotlight was out there were several freely available desktop search apps, and Stardock has made hardware-accelerated window managers since before OS X came out.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Psychologists are heavily used in modern interface design, as are massive 3-year usability studies.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Originally posted by Asher
Also, there's optionally a new alt-tab behavior in the latest Windows Vista builds:
It "flips" through the windows and views them from an angle.
Now that looks cool. I'm not sure how practical/easy to use it will be, as opposed to normal alt-tabbing, and won't until I've used it. But it still looks sweet!
"Hal, unlock the spreadsheet. Hal, I know the Microsoft thumbprint scanner is broken, but I REALLY need my spreadsheet. Hal..."
The worst form of insubordination is being right - Keith D., marine veteran. A dictator will starve to the last civilian - self-quoted
And on the eigth day, God realized it was Monday, and created caffeine. And behold, it was very good. - self-quoted Klaatu: I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it.
Mr. Harley: I'm afraid my people haven't. I'm very sorry… I wish it were otherwise.
"This new user interface is designed around the ways people actually think and work," Group Product Manager Dan Leach told me in a post-PDC 2005 keynote briefing.
Brilliant! Only question is why they didn't think of this before...
Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
Once again...
Originally posted by shawnmmcc
"Hal, unlock the spreadsheet. Hal, I know the Microsoft thumbprint scanner is broken, but I REALLY need my spreadsheet. Hal..."
"This new user interface is designed around the ways people actually think and work," Group Product Manager Dan Leach told me in a post-PDC 2005 keynote briefing.
Brilliant! Only question is why they didn't think of this before...
Maybe they finally started hiring people who think and work.
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"Capitalism ho!"
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