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CSS Property ‘-webkit-user-select: none;’ Prevents Forms From Working Properly

FarmSoft Studios — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:47:22 +0000

I have been working on a mobile application for the iPhone/iPod that needs to be installed on the user’s device in “fullscreen mode.” Naturally, I wanted to prevent the user from being bothered by the little magnifying/selecting controls, as well as any long-touch menus. So, I thought that I would make a global CSS declaration:
* {-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none;}
Worked a treat until I about went bald trying to figure out why my form elements would not accept user-input. If I touched on a textarea, for example, the keyboard would pop up, and keyup/keydown events would fire, but nothing would get inserted into the element, and no cursor appeared. I put -webkit-user-select: text; in the form element’s css declaration, and everything started working great again.

AT&T 3G MicroCell

FarmSoft Studios — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 03:47:05 +0000

So not only does AT&T not have good service, and make you PAY for an option to have cell service in your home, they also don’t make it very easy on you to actually use the thing. So I plug this unit in that I picked up off of Craigslist, and I get the following error, even though the guy I bought it from said that he deactivated it.

FTC007: Device serial number is currently associated to another subscriber. Please check the number and try again. If device was recently acquired from another subscriber, please contact that subscriber and ask them to disconnect the device by visiting att.com/3GMicroCell, selecting “Manage your AT&T 3G MicroCell”, logging into their account, and following the online steps for “Disconnect Your 3G MicroCell Device”. If the problem persists, please call 1-800-331-0500.

So, I called AT&T; who really doesn’t know anything more about this than I do, and they tell me that they will have some sort of resolution in about a week. Nice.

Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash

FarmSoft Studios — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:08:41 +0000

In an excellently written article, Steve states clearly why Apple is embracing the future, and not relying on flash.

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

Apple’s Navigation Change

FarmSoft Studios — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:09:38 +0000

You can sure tell where Apple’s money is coming from, with all the real estate that they are giving the iPod, iPad, iPhone, and iTunes links in the header of their redesigned site.

FarmSoft Studios — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:03:49 +0000

Remind me again why I need a Quad-Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro with 6 Gigs of RAM? Oh, that’s right, It’s to run my Flash Applications online. Thanks for the reminder.

Safari Web Inspector Scrolling Bugs

FarmSoft Studios — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:11:39 +0000

If the inspector is open in docked mode, interaction within the webkit content window – typing text into an input, using a menu, selecting text – causes it to frantically scroll downwards.

via BogoJoker » Improving the Web Inspector.

…Glad I’m not the only one that noticed that behavior!

MySQL and Snow Leopard (Mac OS X, 10.6.x)

FarmSoft Studios — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:19:46 +0000

After upgrading to Snow Leopard, the symlink was lost in /usr/local

cd /usr/local sudo ln -s mysql-5.1.37-osx10.5-x86_64/ mysql
Simply run that in the Terminal, and you should be all set.

iPhone (OS 3.0) Camera Disappeared

FarmSoft Studios — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:02:55 +0000

So you have your new iPhone^®, sync it up to your corporate Exchange^® server, and go on your merry way. Later that day, you go to take a picture of that adorable pose your daughter is in. “Ha!” you think, “The iPhone has a great camera for times just like this!” You smile as you pull your sleek little device out. Your smile quickly fades as you frantically search in vain for the camera app. You flip violently through the pages of apps, and finally succumb to your stupidity, and search for camera in spotlight. No Go. Your daughter is long gone, and you’re still there trying to figure out what is wrong. You go through every setting, making sure the restrictions are off in the settings panel. Yep, all’s good there… Hmm. As a last ditch effort, you get on the phone, and call your IT manager, asking if there is anything that he knows of to make a camera disappear in your iPhone.
“Oh, yeah,” he says. “I didn’t check the box to allow your camera in Exchange. I’ll be right on that.” “Nice,” you think silently.

Ok, so nice story. But you want to know how to get your camera back. Here’s the lowdown:
I found a solution to the problem.

Exchange 2007 has active sync policies. One of the options is to disallow the camera.

To resolve the problem do the following.

Open Exchange Management Console
Click “Organization Configuration”
Click “Client Access”
On the right you should see your active sync policies. Right click the policy and chose “Properties”
Click the “Device” tab
Check “Allow camera”

You should be all set. For those of you who are NOT connected to an Exchange server, check the restrictions pane under Settings > General > Restrictions

Photoshop CS2 on Leopard

FarmSoft Studios — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:00:53 +0000

Anyone else getting as frustrated as I am with random, untraceable crashes? I’m thinking of upgrading just for stability. I’m also wondering how well it’s going to play with Snow Leopard, as that is coming out the door here shortly.

Mac OS X Translation Widget Garbles Russian Translations

FarmSoft Studios — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:36:56 +0000

Open /Library/Widgets/Translation.wdgt/Translation.js as root and find the line like this

else if (code == "ru") return "WINDOWS-1251";

(line 430) in the getEncodingType function and comment out this line with two slashes in the beginning on the line. Open the dashboard and reload the Translation widget by pressing Command+R.

via Apple – Support – Discussions – translation widget: from russian to ….