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Wed, Mar 22 2006 4:28 AM | Permanent Link |
Roy Lambert NLH Associates Team Elevate | Is there a service pack out yet, if so where? I thought there was but can't find it.
Roy Lambert ps wouldn't it have been nice if they'd spent a few more pennies on cases for the cd's rather than innovative design for the box? |
Wed, Mar 22 2006 8:27 AM | Permanent Link |
Roy Lambert NLH Associates Team Elevate | I've found the service pack - now does anyone know how to turn the welcome page off
Roy Lambert |
Wed, Mar 22 2006 1:52 PM | Permanent Link |
"David Cornelius" | Roy Lambert wrote:
> I've found the service pack - now does anyone know how to turn the > welcome page off Are you being serious? What's wrong with the Welcome Page? I've found it useful in helping me keep up to date with goings-on at Borland without having to wade through newsgroups or go to their web site. I just set the default headlines to show Main Aggregated Feed and I see all the recent blogs right there. Plus I really like the resources on the left. And getting to the updates is SOOO much easier than remembering where it is on their web site. Well, just in case you ARE serious, you could just delete or rename the Welcomepage directory. A better idea is to edit default.htm in the Welcomepage directory to make it display what you want instead of an error that you would see if you go with the first option. -- David Cornelius dev@corneliusconcepts.com Software Development and Web Site Design Cornelius Concepts, Inc. http://CorneliusConcepts.com |
Wed, Mar 22 2006 2:11 PM | Permanent Link |
Roy Lambert NLH Associates Team Elevate | David
>Are you being serious? What's wrong with the Welcome Page? I've found it > >useful in helping me keep up to date with goings-on at Borland without > >having to wade through newsgroups or go to their web site. I just set the > >default headlines to show Main Aggregated Feed and I see all the recent > >blogs right there. Plus I really like the resources on the left. And > >getting to the updates is SOOO much easier than remembering where it is on > >their web site. > Deadly serious 1. I'm paranoid about what accesses the internet 2. I often work unconnected 3. Although I'm on ADSL now on occasions I do have to go back to dial up 4. I'd prefer to check when I want not when THEY want But your last point is so right - I'd never have found SP1 if that hadn't been there. Roy Lambert |
Wed, Mar 22 2006 2:37 PM | Permanent Link |
"David Cornelius" | Roy,
> 1. I'm paranoid about what accesses the internet It's just a web page built in to the application--you can even look at the source! > 2. I often work unconnected Wow--I can't even remember what that is like anymore. I start feeling out of touch if I'm *not* connected! > 3. Although I'm on ADSL now on occasions I do have to go back to dial > up > 4. I'd prefer to check when I want not when THEY want I guess I'm on the other end of the spectrum--I like being connected and getting information as soon as it's available. I'm not being critical, but it just surprises me to hear your point of view. But it's also important to me to remember, as a developer, there are still many people out there who do not have a constant or high-speed internet connection. Regards, -- David Cornelius dev@corneliusconcepts.com Software Development and Web Site Design Cornelius Concepts, Inc. http://CorneliusConcepts.com |
Wed, Mar 22 2006 3:21 PM | Permanent Link |
Jon Lloyd Duerdoth | David,
I'll be opening my summer residence soon where dial-up is the only thing available. What makes it worse is that the rural lines are poor so that I don't even get full speed dial-up. "Life is a challenge for the disconnected!" Jon David Cornelius wrote: > Roy, > >> 1. I'm paranoid about what accesses the internet > > It's just a web page built in to the application--you can even look at the > source! > >> 2. I often work unconnected > > Wow--I can't even remember what that is like anymore. I start feeling out > of touch if I'm *not* connected! > >> 3. Although I'm on ADSL now on occasions I do have to go back to dial >> up >> 4. I'd prefer to check when I want not when THEY want > > I guess I'm on the other end of the spectrum--I like being connected and > getting information as soon as it's available. I'm not being critical, but > it just surprises me to hear your point of view. But it's also important to > me to remember, as a developer, there are still many people out there who do > not have a constant or high-speed internet connection. > > Regards, > > |
Thu, Mar 23 2006 2:38 AM | Permanent Link |
Roy Lambert NLH Associates Team Elevate | David
>It's just a web page built in to the application--you can even look at the >source! Interesting viewpoint - mine is some program outside of my control is accessing the internet, it can upload or download anything it likes and I have no say in what its doing or the fact that its doing it I can start and close my web browser, or email client as and when I want. With this I have no idea what its doing, and frankly I see no need to be connected to the internet when programming. I know that makes me a luddite but I don't care I'd still like to turn it off if anyone knows how. Roy Lambert |
Thu, Mar 23 2006 3:42 AM | Permanent Link |
"David Cornelius" | > I'd still like to turn it off if anyone knows how.
Roy, In my first reply, I told you how to turn it off: simply rename or delete the "Webpage" directory in \Program Files\Borland\BDS\4.0. Or, if you don't want to see the subsequent error, simply edit default.htm in that directory down to a very simple "Hello World" base of HTML so it won't go out and pull in those dangerous RSS feeds for you. David. |
Thu, Mar 23 2006 4:10 AM | Permanent Link |
Roy Lambert NLH Associates Team Elevate | David
Doesn't altering / deleting default.htm simply mean that it no longer accesses that web page? What I want is to stop it accessing the web at all. RSS feeds are very dangerous - I sit and read them rather than getting on with work On a more serious note doesn't this blow a dirty great big hole in any security strategy. Do you know what has been built into BDS2006 in the way of back doors or potentially malicious code? Roy Lambert |
Thu, Mar 23 2006 1:18 PM | Permanent Link |
"David Cornelius" | > Doesn't altering / deleting default.htm simply mean that it no longer
> accesses that web page? What I want is to stop it accessing the web > at all. Yes--exactly! That's what you want isn't it? BDS simply has a web browser built in. No big deal--more and more programs do these days. But that doesn't mean it has a security hole in it (unless IE itself is considered a security hole). It also doesn't mean that it's going out onto the internet. It simply means it's parsing a file and displaying it for you. Have you ever wondered how come it still shows up when you're not connected? The "web page" is just a local file, default.htm. The browser is simply showing you the contents of that file. If you click on a link, it goes to that link--whether it be a help file on your computer, a PDF on your computer, or calls a JavaScript function (also on your computer) to open a BDS project (on your computer). There are links to connect to the Borland web site and check for updates and it can pull in RSS feeds for you as well, but I believe it's main purpose is to give the programmer resources, whether they be local or remote, not to give Borland a back door. If they wanted a back door, they certainly wouldn't have to resort to using a web browser--there are many other more tricky ways to accomplish that. > RSS feeds are very dangerous - I sit and read them rather than > getting on with work Very good point! So do I... > On a more serious note doesn't this blow a dirty great big hole in > any security strategy. Do you know what has been built into BDS2006 > in the way of back doors or potentially malicious code? I don't think it opens a security hole at all. Do you use Internet Explorer? That's all BDS is doing (they've just embedded it into their application for seamless interaction). I use Firefox most of the time, but I also use IE ocassionally as well. I believe IE is less secure than Firefox, but I'm only worried about security when I visit a site I'm not sure about. I have a virus scanner and WinPatrol running to help watch for things being run and loaded that I have not authorized. Of course we don't know all that is built into BDS, but I don't know all the code behind Word or QuickBooks or the plethora of other applications I use either. I have reasonable confidence that personal information is not being shared and seeing a web browser built into an application is not a warning sign to me, but rather a technological advancement. I actually think it's great that they use an HTML file, because that means I can easily customize it for my purposes if I so desire. I'n much more worried about the Windows operating system! But there are many people around the world being paid to help keep that in check. -- David Cornelius |
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