January 9, 2009

java to rtf, aspose.words

Aspose.Words allows developers to build or modify documents and formatting with ease using a document object model consisting of over 100 classes.

Developers can programmatically create, modify, extract and replace all document elements including sections, headers, footers, paragraphs, lists, tables, text, fields, hyperlinks, bookmarks and images. Developers can specify detailed formatting for any document element. All drawing objects including shapes, textboxes, images, OLE objects and controls are supported and you can perform things such as insert watermarks or extract images easily.

Aspose.Words also provides useful security and utility features like joining or splitting documents, copying fragments between documents, protecting and unprotecting documents, modifying document properties and inserting HTML fragments into the document.
DOCX DOC RTF WordML HTML TEXT-Java .NET Word Processing Components

hmm - stiff price, but might be worth it...
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January 6, 2009

Users Fix Parking Ticket Machine Interface Themselves - uselog.com | the product usability weblog

And once again it's a parking ticket machine that drives users nuts .... this time to the extent that they've taken their fate into their own hands and added some 'customized' labels to the device.
Users Fix Parking Ticket Machine Interface Themselves - uselog.com | the product usability weblog
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January 5, 2009

The new Fog Creek office - Joel on Software

I knew that you should always plan on ten months from the day you start looking at space until the day you move in.
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20 electrical outlets behind every desk and most developers have small hubs for extra computers.
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The new Fog Creek office - Joel on Software
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