DISQUS

Exactly. It lets you ignore Outlook's dated interface for many search and filtering tasks. It's extremely fast as well.

I wish I could manage email threads (conversations) rather than just view them. They need some right-click action as well. But I'm sure that's all in the works.

Thanks again for the tip, Josh.

Rod,
I just discovered it today so haven't fiddled with it much. However, I can see using this as an extremely lightweight information repository that I can port around however I like. For example, you can use it strictly off-line by keeping a copy on your USB drive. Or for a online/off-line solution, you can keep the "master" on a web-server but work off-line with the USB drive. Then synchronize when appropriate. No PHP or SQL to deal with. I'm sure there are ways to use with a group as well, but haven't looked into it.

I ran MediaWiki for a while and it was great but then I rebuilt my server and haven't set it up again. This seems like it will be a nice replacement considering I was using as suggested above.

Also, the interface is quite impressive upon initial examination. Especially considering everything is contained in a single html file (assuming you have Java already installed - who doesn't?).

Very cool. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks for living on the bleeding edge!

PS.
Speaking of bleeding edge...have you seen this?
http://tiddlywiki.com/

My question isn't about the open source nature of the software platform but the hardware platform and modules. Will the "community" have access to the "source code" of the hardware; meaning a documented design (i.e. schematics)? Can I (or better yet) a qualified electronic hardware designer propose design changes and or new modules? This would enable the hardware to grow with the open source communities needs/desires.

That's what I would call open source hardware. The only company I have seen that's even close to this is Neuros:
http://www.neurostechnology.com/
http://www.neurostechnology.com/community

I guess that the only people that can answer this are the folks at Bug. We'll have to wait and see if/when they speak to this question.

Josh,
Have you found the part where they tell you if the community can modify/improve the hardware? Are they planning on releasing schematics? Is this really open source hardware?

Regardless, this is a very interesting project!

Is SolidWorks a democracy whose citizens are it's users? I guess we'll find out...

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This is by far the most useful new feature of 2007.

I've only been using this release for a month but most of the "improvements", as far as I can tell, were added to help newbies and not experienced users (i.e. Xpert this and that).

I agree with Kevin, not "if" but "when". Considering my past experiences with upgrades, I will wait as long as possible. I'm sure the new features are great but not worth moving from a relatively stable/robust platform to one which is sure to be much less stable/robust for AT LEAST the first several service packs.

Our department just upgraded to 2007 SP4.0. Even at this stage of "development", it is significantly less stable/robust than 2006 SP5.1.

Josh,
Thanks for running the contest but more importantly, for drawing my entry.
I can't wait to load it up with all the portable apps I can get my grubby hands on!

I like sun dresses and disc golf.