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00:00 Title 00:08 Introduction 00:55 What is Thunderbird? 01:48 How is Thunderbird made? 04:03 The technical debt 05:59 The interface debt 07:45 The community 09:41 Changing the direction and perception 10:50 The current objectives 11:52 Why does it take so long? 12:52 The future of Thunderbird
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00:00 Title 00:08 Introduction 00:55 What is Thunderbird? 01:48 How is Thunderbird made? 04:03 The technical debt 05:59 The interface debt 07:45 The community 09:41 Changing the direction and perception 10:50 The current objectives 11:52 Why does it take so long? 12:52 The future of ThunderbirdThunderbird Live Coding #25Alessandro Castellani2023-09-04 | Join me during one of my usual mornings spent coding Thunderbird. Help me fix bugs, take a look under the hood, yell at me for not being smart, and learn how you can also contribute to Thunderbird.
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00:00 Title 00:09 Introduction 01:11 The New Folder Pane 02:32 Density Variations 04:49 Folder Pane Header 07:13 Local Folders and Tags 09:03 Why all these Changes? 12:42 An Honest Message 15:16 Electron? Yuk!
#thunderbird #design #newAkira UX - Development Vlog #12Alessandro Castellani2023-01-07 | Let's code Akira and talk Open Source, watch me struggle and try to figure things out.
#akira #live #codingAkira UX - Development Vlog #11Alessandro Castellani2022-12-29 | Let's code Akira and talk Open Source, watch me struggle and try to figure things out.
#akira #live #codingDesign a new Address Book for Thunderbird 115Alessandro Castellani2022-10-05 | Join me during one of my usual mornings spent designing Thunderbird. Help me fix bugs, take a look under the hood, yell at me for not being smart, and learn how you can also contribute to Thunderbird.
#php #tutorials #codingAkira UX - Development Vlog #10Alessandro Castellani2022-10-01 | Let's code Akira and talk Open Source, watch me struggle and try to figure things out.
#akira #live #codingAkira UX - Development Vlog #9Alessandro Castellani2022-09-28 | Let's code Akira and talk Open Source, watch me struggle and try to figure things out.
:: Timestamp :: 00:00 Introduction 00:33 Create a simple navigation menu 00:59 Create other pages 01:38 Shared menu.php 02:38 Create the router
#php #tutorials #codingThunderbird Live Coding #24Alessandro Castellani2022-09-21 | Join me during one of my usual mornings spent coding Thunderbird. Help me fix bugs, take a look under the hood, yell at me for not being smart, and learn how you can also contribute to Thunderbird.
:: Timestamp :: 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Update the strings 00:45 Create a new variables.php file 01:06 The include method 01:55 The require method 02:37 Include VS require 03:50 Don't close the PHP tags 04:12 The echo short tag
:: Timestamp :: 00:00 Introduction 00:19 Lesson topic 00:25 Define your first variable 00:40 Use the echo() method 00:55 Use the print() method 01:14 Differences between echo and print 01:28 Displaying PHP errors via the php.ini file 03:02 When to use print() instead of echo()
:: Timestamp :: 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Overview of the series 00:45 Is PHP worth learning? 01:44 Required setup 02:22 Initial index.php file 03:10 The phpinfo() method 04:01 Print strings with the echo method 04:18 index.html vs index.php 04:43 HTML boilerplate in PHP 05:23 What would you like to build?
#wordpress #wpcli #tutorialEasiest Windows Development Setup - WordPress, Laravel, NodeJS in 3 minutesAlessandro Castellani2022-05-16 | Take a look at how you can configure a fast and easy local development environment on Windows where you can build WordPress sites, Laravel application, or any other server side apps.
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::Timestamp:: 00:00 Intro 01:48 No PWA support 02:45 Standalone Profiles 04:31 GSUITE compatibility 05:45 Settings and UI 06:44 Ignored by the Industry 08:48 Personal opinionAkira UX - Development Vlog #8Alessandro Castellani2021-11-21 | Let's code Akira and talk Open Source.
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This is the Deco Pro tablet, it’s a pen tablet, so no monitor included, that connects to your computer and works with Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iPhone.
It’s a very slim tablet, with an ultra thin body at just 7mm, and an internal battery with up to 10 hours of usage. It comes in 4 different sizes, this one is the MW version, which offers a drawing area of 11” by 6”. The SW and MW version also come with additional Bluetooth connectivity. More to that later in the video.
It comes with 8 shortcut buttons, a scroll wheel, and a touch capacitive area that you can fully reprogram to fit your needs.
The pencil is pretty standard as all the most recent XP-Pen pencils coming with other products, it has the expected 8192 levels of pressure sensitivity, as well as a not that common 60 degree tilt feature.
But enough with the specs, as you can check them yourself on the website, let’s talk about how the tablet feels and works.
I used it on Linux, Pop OS v21.04, since that’s my main operating system, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it worked out of the box. XP-Pen offers an easy and well built application you can download from their official drivers page, which gives you access to the control panel in order to fully customize every single key of both the tablet and the pencil.
You will need to keep the app running while using the tablet, but that’s not a problem as you can minimize it to a system try icon. I decided to do some character design in Krita, but the Deco Pro works out of the box with any design application out there.
The connectivity is pretty awesome as you can use it with a single USB type C cable, which comes with adapters to fit your needs, a USB wireless receiver, or Bluetooth. All of these options work flawlessly and I never experienced any lag, stutter, or loss of connectivity.
Using this tablet was easy and familiar, no real learning curve or glaring issue came up after 2 weeks of usage, where I had to re-charge it only once with an average of 2 hours of usage per day.
If we want to be really nitpicky, I can probably say only a couple of negative things about this tablet. Personally, I wish the pen was a bit sturdier. It feels very light and even if I didn’t have any issue, I feel like I could crack it if I squeeze too much. I have a heavy stroke so it's mostly my problem. The other thing is that, even though I think the scroll wheel and touch area in the middle are great, I wish they would offer a touch capacitive tablet. It feels more natural to use your drawing hand for actions like rotate, zoom, and pan instead of using your other hand in a small circular area. Even after weeks of using it, I never felt comfortable with it.
That’s pretty much it, as I said, the negative feedback is very minor and mostly personal.
So, should you consider buying this tablet? Absolutely yes. This large tablet comes at around $160 US, which makes it almost a no-brainer.
So the final question is, how is this different from a Wacom tablet, and should you buy an XP-Pen tablet instead.
I own 2 Wacom tablets and one Wacom Cintiq display tablet, and if 3 or 4 years ago you would have asked me this question, I would have told you to go with Wacom, absolutely. Today, I’m not that sure.
The gap in quality, features, and product availability between competitors like XP-Pen is narrowing further and further, and as of today, I really can’t find any compelling reason to not recommend XP-Pen. So, if you’re an artist on a budget, someone that wants to upgrade to a larger tablet, or someone that it’s just starting to get into digital painting and you don’t want to burn your wallet, the XP-Pen deco pro is a great choice.
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#thunderbird #live #codingWordPress Starter Theme Setup - TailwindCSS + OOP + ReactAlessandro Castellani2021-05-25 | Join me while I configure a local WordPress website while I answer all your questions.
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#thunderbird #live #codingThunderbird Live Hacking #12Alessandro Castellani2021-03-25 | Join me during one of my usual mornings spent coding Thunderbird. Help me fix bugs, take a look under the hood, yell at me for not being smart, and learn how you can also contribute to Thunderbird.
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#thunderbird #live #codingThunderbird Live Hacking #9Alessandro Castellani2021-02-25 | Join me during one of my usual mornings spent coding Thunderbird. Help me fix bugs, take a look under the hood, yell at me for not being smart, and learn how you can also contribute to Thunderbird.