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Philippe Dame posted an update in Ramius Corporation on October 21, 2009 19:15:

Summer and Fall 2009

We recently added...

• Full two-way Twitter integration


• Group and site-wide content search


• Site level account and group categories
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• People directory


• Group directory


• Cross-group item listings


• Discussions for group pages

Coming soon: Events!

Philippe Dame gave praise in Xara Group Limited on October 21, 2009 18:48:

Xara is ideal for interface mock-ups

Xara Extreme Pro is a fantastic tool for doing application interface mock-ups for any platform. Nothing is faster and more precise while also allowing you to export the final objects you need without ever visiting Photoshop.

If you use Xara to do interface mock-ups. Let me know!

Philippe Dame shared an idea in Xara Group Limited on October 21, 2009 18:46:

Unlock single objects with context-menu

You can lock and individual object via a context-menu but you cannot unlock a single object the same way. You have unlock all or navigate the object gallery to find it.

The context menu should simply list the names of all the locked object below your current mouse position as there may be more than one and they are inherently non-selectable. The user can just choose for the ones listed.

Philippe Dame shared an idea in Xara Group Limited on October 21, 2009 18:43:

Whole pixels restriction

Option to force entire document to whole pixels. When enabled, even stretching an object would cause it coarsely bump dimensions to full pixel increments. Setting up 1px grid helps but not on resizing.

Strokes would also be limited to whole pixels and be added to the inside of a shape rather than the middle or outside of the outline.

Philippe Dame shared an idea in Xara Group Limited on October 21, 2009 18:41:

Automatic guides

Option to show automatic guides as you drag objects on a page. It helps you evenly space items out relative to the page and other objects on the page. See how Keynote '09 (presentation software) does this (only available on a Mac, part of iWork '09). Other tools doe this as well such as OmniGraffle.

Philippe Dame shared an idea in Xara Group Limited on October 21, 2009 18:40:

Perspectives Gallery

New gallery called "Perspectives". Creating a "perspective" is like bookmarking what's on screen at the moment (a view). It stores which page is in focus (x/y location & zoom level included) and which layers are currently visible and editable.

Takes just one click to cycle through many different/complex page/layer combination (e.x. to review various important scenarios, details or sections). Allows views to be re-ordered, renamed and deleted.

Philippe Dame shared an idea in Xara Group Limited on October 21, 2009 18:39:

Layer grouping

Allow grouping of layers as done in Photoshop and many other design tools. That group of layers can be collapsed, have a descriptive name.

That group can have a toggle for "View all in group" and "Edit all in group" where right now you can only choose that for the entire document. User would just drags layers into the folder which can then be moved around between other layers or layer groups.

Functionally, this doesn't change how layers work at all, it just makes managing a large document much more efficient.

Philippe Dame shared an idea in Xara Group Limited on October 21, 2009 18:37:

Auto-select layer on visibility change

When changing the visibility of a layer, make it the selected layer. Right now you have to change the visibility and click on it to begin work on a hidden layer. When you use layers to simulate various states and go between them a lot, it makes a big difference. I often find myself pasting into the wrong layer as the selected layer doesn't "follow" you.

A comment on the idea "Add Posterous (API) Support in Tweetie" in atebits:

Tweetie 2 can post directly to Posterous. It does not use the iPhone app by Posterous. – Philippe Dame, on October 21, 2009 01:32

A comment on the idea "Add Posterous (API) Support in Tweetie" in atebits:

Yes, it does! – Philippe Dame, on October 21, 2009 01:32

A comment on the idea "Screenshots of Web Pages (full length)" in plasq:

There is a feature to capture a full web-page (auto-scrolling beyond what's visible)? I wasn't able to find it. – Philippe Dame, on September 04, 2009 20:45

Philippe Dame replied on July 15, 2009 19:31 to the problem "Can't open Logos & Badges" in Get Satisfaction:

Ah! Clicking anywhere else does work. Thanks.

Philippe Dame marked one of Eric Suesz's replies in Get Satisfaction as useful. Eric Suesz replied to the problem "Can't open Logos & Badges".

Philippe Dame replied on July 15, 2009 19:23 to the problem "Can't open Logos & Badges" in Get Satisfaction:

No luck at 3:22 PM EDT
http://screencast.com/t/2zqfTsw4u

Philippe Dame reported a problem in Get Satisfaction on July 15, 2009 18:51:

Can't open Logos & Badges

The Logos and Badges area does not expand in the Company Details area of the Admin area. I'm using Firefox 3.5 on Mac. No JavaScript error appears.

Philippe Dame started following the problem "Cannot hide dock icon for Adobe AIR apps on Mac OSX" in Adobe.

Philippe Dame shared an idea in Apple on May 21, 2009 13:29:

Better Firewall Traversal

Why not allow connections to be brokered through a server to ensure firewalls don't get in the way? If not, study what they do at Skype! When I can't connect with someone on iChat, Skype works.

When a connection can't be made, the lack of error messages doesn't help either.

Philippe Dame shared an idea in Evernote on May 21, 2009 13:26:

More web templates for shared notebooks

More display options would be nice for publicly shared notebooks. It's pretty limiting right now. Even a simply expand/collapse listing would help. The unreadable previews of text in the right column aren't that handy.

Philippe Dame shared an idea in plasq on May 21, 2009 13:24:

Fill Tool or Filled Shape

How about adding a filled rectangle or a fill tool? It's useful to create a clean space behind some text so it's easier to read. It's already very nice how the text stays on top.

Philippe Dame shared an idea in plasq on May 21, 2009 13:22:

Posterous upload support

How about adding more options for your screenshot upload? I would suggest a site like Posterous.