xwissen.info - web log

i want a matchmaker!

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:51:00 +0100

the script from b3nn0 only started a connection.
the things i changed:

added a vpn start and stop button in the launcher
added a stop script which stops if the game is closed or the script is launched
changed the start script to kdesu or gksu for an easy start
works now with and without the launcher
uses nohup, because the launcher froze, if a process was not finished
gets js(jquery) working to start the script, because i found no docu of the browser object and methods

in the meantime b3nn0 created a stats script for all users with a patched launcher. it is a lot of fun to develop it together, but i still hope a matchmaker will come and not only an easier way to connect and find other players. ps: it is a really good game. for ~15€ it is a great deal and some patching and mod/sdk will also come. one of the owners wrote that a matchmaker or something similar will come in next 1-2 weeks. link: manuel/up-to-date download

seo for a21glossary

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:18:00 +0100

checks if a uid for a21glossary is set and gets the information from the database. i normally have the title-tag in page.headerData.5. change it, if you have another id. code for typoscript:

[globalVar = GP:tx_a21glossary|uid > 0]
page.headerData.5 = TEXT
page.headerData.5 {
  cObject = CONTENT
  cObject {
    table = tx_a21glossary_main
    select.selectFields = short
    select.where = deleted=0 AND hidden=0
    select.andWhere = uid={GP:tx_a21glossary|uid}
    select.andWhere.insertData = 1
    renderObj = TEXT
    renderObj.field = short
  }
  wrap = </span>Sitetitle - Glossar -  <span style="color: #339933; font-weight: bold;">|</span><span style="color: #3366CC;">
}
temp.meta = TEXT
temp.meta {
  cObject = CONTENT
  cObject {
    table = tx_a21glossary_main
    select.selectFields = longversion
    select.where = deleted=0 AND hidden=0
    select.andWhere = uid={GPvar:tx_a21glossary|uid}
    select.andWhere.insertData = 1
    renderObj = TEXT
    renderObj.field = longversion
  }
}
page.meta.description < temp.meta
[end]

new page and browser

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:49:00 +0100

my new page is online! over the last years the updates slowed down and without cms it was not so simple and fast to write something. now i can focus on the text like editing it and puting it online when its finished. all contents are now under the cc license. you can copy it, but if you share or edit it you need to do it under same terms and you also need name the author. read here for more details. if some contents or downloads get a different license like bsd or gpl, you will see a notice. i tried to use modern web technologies and without js. only e-mail encryption and the canvas background remain in js because of performance issues. css3 and html5 are present everywhere. some browsers still have problems left adapting to all the new stuff. known problems & specialty's

opera
- box-shadows are different to other browsers
- performance of some animations are bad
- background-color and font-color of website texts are sometimes displayed wrong. i can't figure out why & when it happens.
- nowrap has a problem in animations
- css popeye has sometimes transparent lines
firefox
- width cant animate with transition
- css popeye has sometimes transparent lines
- box-shadows are animated and rendering & running of all animations are smooth. very nice!
chomium
- text-rendering is very slow. it will also re-render at the end of an animation
- the contact form borders look bad
- hover title have a strange shadow on scaled objects
rekonq
- contact form borders look horrible
- works really good. really surprising
internet explorer - i really don't care, ie10 looks good from available attributes
all browsers support different css attributes in transition

videos

shadow world in css

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:28:00 +0100

one small shadow is normally no problem, but often you need different shadows like box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px 10px #333, 0px 5px 10px 5px #336, 0px 0px 5px inset;. multiple shadows can create in nearly all browsers big performance problems. letters are not written in their dedicated textareas or input fields as well as the mouse might freeze etc. but there is a possibility to use a lot of shadows for one element. you can use a canvas element. on this site a canvas element works in the background (take a look into the source code) and uses a different count for every browser. it helps to solve another problem too, I will explain more about that later. in opera browser over 200 shadows are active and no problems appear at all. if an animation starts it runs with the best possible performance. all browsers have different shadow and some rendering issues (take a look at the screen shots). firefox has a nice shadows but you see its color areas if the shadow is too big. Shadow doesn't need a direct element, a box with 0px/0px can already drop a nice shadow. chrome/-ium have shadows with better antialising but a bigger core. It is also possible to drop a shadow with no direct element. opera behaves more like real light. it is only possible to drop a shadow with a direct element and the blur area is always very small. you can use multiple shadows to gain a better result. if you look at opera screen shot, you see a white area. I needed an element and border-radius to create a round shadow in css animation/transition. try out my 404 page for real big animation with css and a small one by the random log section of the side. where are ie informations? nowhere, i use linux and on this page i dont worry about ie. i know ie supports box-shadows, canvas, no text-shadows and old filter shadows, that makes everything into shadow. ps: this was my first entry, its hard to find a style. this will maybe take some time. but if you have trouble to understand something, write me via the contact form and if you found a mistake or have something to say (comment) use contact form too.