Welcome to PalmInfocenter v6.0

Posted By: Ryan Kairer Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:38:29 AM

PalmInfocenter MobileWelcome to the latest version of PalmInfocenter! Todays refresh marks our 6th major design overhaul over the course of our 10 years online. The new site features a streamlined new look, improved loading times, larger fonts for easier reading, optimized navigation and various commenting enhancements, while still retaining the classic PIC look and feel.

In addition I've also overhauled the mobile version of PalmInfocenter (m.palminfocenter.com) as well. It now offers registered users the ability to login in and comment right from your device while browsing the lightweight, mobile optimized site.

Please let us know if you have any trouble or spot any bugs. The PalmInfocenter store will be updated with the new design in the near future.

Thanks for reading and we hope you enjoy the new PalmInfocenter!

You can also checkout previous versions of PIC over at the Internet Archive.

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Great News

robera @ 2/26/2009 12:08:38 PM # M Q
This is my first comment straight from Palminfocenter Mobile. Excelent Ryan :)
RE: Great News
freakout @ 2/26/2009 1:22:52 PM # Q
seconded, it's somthing i've been wanting for awhile.
RE: Great News
Patrick @ 2/26/2009 1:33:14 PM # Q
Great Job.

BTW... that would be "easier" reading... (oh, the irony... :)

RE: Great News
usakarateri @ 2/27/2009 4:30:56 AM # M Q
this is great! I have been visiting this site for years (since I owned a Kyocera 6035!) I've wanted to leave my comments on several stories, but I rarely visit this site from my desktop. I have to admit the soap opera type bickering between Mike & Gekko are amusing.
This is a great improvement! Thanks Ryan.
RE: Great News
Ed Lin @ 2/27/2009 2:07:10 PM # M Q
Thanks for the redesign. I'm sure with the Pre coming this site will be growing a lot.
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oopsie -= tried to reply to above and got...

SeldomVisitor @ 2/26/2009 12:33:21 PM # Q
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request....

RE: oopsie -= tried to reply to above and got...
Ryan @ 2/26/2009 12:43:43 PM # Q
Thanks for catching that, it's been fixed.
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Ah geez

mikecane @ 2/26/2009 12:56:21 PM # Q
You WOULD do this when the flu has made me so feverish EVERYTHING seems like an hallucination!

It's very ... white.

Need more Comments. That's how I kept up. Posted Comment in side is too few!!

RE: Ah geez
Ryan @ 2/26/2009 12:59:40 PM # Q
Mike - the comments link in the main menu above shows the latest 50 comments:

http://www.palminfocenter.com/comments/

RE: Ah geez
SeldomVisitor @ 2/26/2009 1:10:43 PM # Q
Kid just got over flu; spousie currently has it. About 4-5 days, then recovery. Recovery consists of no fever but cough. Kid is on about 5th day of recovery now.


RE: Ah geez
mikecane @ 2/26/2009 5:39:09 PM # Q
This flu does its best to kill its host. Ungrateful bastard.
RE: Ah geez
ChiA @ 2/27/2009 3:49:05 AM # Q
EVERYTHING seems like an hallucination!

Hey Mike, your critics might say you spend your life in one great hallucination!

As a fellow (flu) sufferer here's to wish you a speedy recovery.

RE: Ah geez
SeldomVisitor @ 2/27/2009 4:21:31 AM # Q
Relatively speaking, the flu The Kidlet and The Spousie got was way mild - fever up to103-ish, slightly runny nose. lots of coughing, tired, that's about it - and, as noted, about 4-5 days of that, then cough for another week after the fever went away. I wouldn't even classify it as a "bad cold"...


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I'm having serious problems reading the font, at least for...

SeldomVisitor @ 2/26/2009 1:11:19 PM # Q
...the comments.

RE: I'm having serious problems reading the font, at least for...
SeldomVisitor @ 2/26/2009 1:12:20 PM # Q
WAITAMINUTE!

That should be - when I hit reply and/or make new comment, I'm having serious problems with the font. I just read the comments without replying etc and the font is fine.

RE: I'm having serious problems reading the font, at least for...
Ryan @ 2/26/2009 1:14:16 PM # Q
The font of the button images or the comments themselves?

RE: I'm having serious problems reading the font, at least for...
SeldomVisitor @ 2/26/2009 1:24:01 PM # Q
Font of the comments - reply to THIS message and look at what you type (no need to post!).

RE: I'm having serious problems reading the font, at least for...
Ryan @ 2/26/2009 1:29:14 PM # Q
I'm not following you, the comment form is set to default to a largish-font.

I've tested on all major browsers and have not seen any small font issues. What exactly are you using? If you can email me a screenshot that would be helpful.

Also you can change the font levels within your browser, maybe that setting is interfering or could fix your issue...


RE: I'm having serious problems reading the font, at least for...
SeldomVisitor @ 2/26/2009 1:47:46 PM # Q
This is a test, nothing but a test - note the Subject font.

I'm using Firefox, screen resolution is 1600x1200 (32 bits).

I'll email you two Bitmaps (thus no information loss); one will be of this area, the other of the comments below this in-progress reply. Two different fonts being used. THIS area has squished characters.

RE: I'm having serious problems reading the font, at least for...
SeldomVisitor @ 2/26/2009 1:51:03 PM # Q
I have sent the two sample screenshots to webmaster@palminfocenter.com

RE: I'm having serious problems reading the font, at least for...
Ryan @ 2/26/2009 3:06:24 PM # Q
ok, thanks for the screens. I've made some adjustments to the comment box, let me know if its better/worse/same for you now.
RE: I'm having serious problems reading the font, at least for...
SeldomVisitor @ 2/26/2009 3:11:19 PM # Q
This is a test...yes THIS is much better, however, during the reply the Subject text just above is still the squished font.

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Excellent!

grimpeur @ 2/26/2009 1:34:44 PM # Q
Looks great, I really like the new look!
RE: Excellent!
G M Fude @ 2/26/2009 11:54:06 PM # Q
Yeah nice job on the upgrade, Ryan. Works well and easy to read.

Hoping for a bit more colour though. It's just a tad too high key I think.
- Steve Smith

RE: Excellent!
CTSLICK @ 2/27/2009 1:13:59 PM # Q
Like the new look too, nice!
Sharp Wizard->Palm IIIx->Casio EM-500->Dell Axim x5->Sprint Mogul->yet another prodigal son trying to find his way home
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works great

Gekko @ 2/26/2009 3:32:50 PM # M Q
remote posting from the sushi bar.
RE: works great
justauser @ 2/26/2009 3:50:38 PM # M Q
Love it. Well done Ryan
RE: works great
buckeyetex315 @ 2/26/2009 7:09:54 PM # M Q
Great overhaul, Ryan. Mobile edition looks good on my iPhone. I like it better than the iPhone edition.

Brent

RE: works great
CFreymarc @ 2/27/2009 12:55:29 PM # Q
... and this is written in a bar that you would get you butt kicked in if you mentioned sushi or sake.
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Tithasesh!!

zuhmir @ 2/26/2009 4:20:38 PM # Q
There is no English word for this complement.
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Very nice!

Local @ 2/27/2009 1:14:58 AM # Q
I really like the new look. Very easy to read and pleasing to the eye. And of course the reporting is as good as always.

Thank you!

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good job :-)

sadams @ 2/27/2009 4:13:50 AM # Q
...looks good and much "fresher".
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Steve Adams
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RE: good job :-)
NuShrike @ 2/28/2009 11:34:26 AM # Q
Now I could read this site from even my Apple II or lynx! hah!

Welcome to the true mobile Web 2.0: what Web 1.0 was before stinking Flash.
Palm III -> Sony NR610C -> Sony NR70 -> Sony NX80 -> Palm T|X -> HTC Kaiser -> HTC Fuze

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About time... ;-)

cstamper @ 2/27/2009 5:01:42 AM # Q
Thanks for the long-needed refresh! Looks great!

One can only hope that you are not still running it on MS ISS...
http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg

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comments from Treo 755

vetdoctor @ 2/27/2009 9:08:04 AM # M Q
1. Try to comment, redirected to logon page. logon. back to front page and try again. Redirected to the logon page. login again. "you are alreadey logged in". repeat until I find that on the redirect to logon page if I refresh the screen now it knows i'm logged.

2. while doing the above I wnt to see if I could comment in the forums.
Error in my_thread_global_end(): 1 threads didn't exit

RE: comments from Treo 755
twrock @ 2/27/2009 9:43:22 PM # Q
Re: "Error in my_thread_global_end(): 1 threads didn't exit", I get the same error message when trying to get into the discussion forums. However, I ended up where I wanted to by just ignoring the message. I was redirected as usual.

"twrock is infamous around these parts" (from my profile over at Brighthand due to my negative 62 rep points rating)
RE: comments from Treo 755
twrock @ 2/27/2009 10:04:08 PM # Q
And I just got this error trying to post a lengthy reply in the discussion forums (and there is no way I'm going to go back and retype all of that):

Content Encoding Error

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.

* Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

"twrock is infamous around these parts" (from my profile over at Brighthand due to my negative 62 rep points rating)

RE: comments from Treo 755
twrock @ 2/27/2009 10:15:20 PM # Q
And then after restarting Firefox, it appears that the reply got posted five times instead of not at all! So I just deleted four of them.

"twrock is infamous around these parts" (from my profile over at Brighthand due to my negative 62 rep points rating)
RE: comments from Treo 755
Ryan @ 2/28/2009 8:40:44 AM # Q
Sorry for the errors, thanks for posting them. I will look into it. The my_thread_global_end() can be ignored.
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Posting on Tx

philpalm @ 2/28/2009 6:00:16 PM # M Q
I am internet spoiled and posting using Tx is a drudge. No spell check and scrolling down the comments is a pain using the five way button.

I bet you using a Pre will still be a pain compared to using a regular computer (except one with a virus).

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