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Entries from March 2008

Acronis TrueImage Rescues Another Computer, newsgroups post (comp.lang.clarion)

March 16th, 2008 · · General

Roger has posted his recent experience with using True Image (the Wikipedia entry) to restore windows after a bad installation experience.

Taking a squiz at True Image has convinced me I need to get myself hooked up. It’s not very expensive, and the peace of mind it seems to inspire (see the newsgroup post, this Whirlpool thread, or many other google-related linkages) would far and away cover any concern over shelling out.

So Acronis, I think you have another customer.

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Firefox 3 Uses Far Less Memory Than Other Browsers

March 13th, 2008 · · General

There’s a very cool post on the Pavlov.net blog, Firefox 3 Memory Usage.

There’s a lot in the post. Reducing Memory fragmentation, the Cycle collector, how image data is stored .. and lots more.

Down towards the bottom there’s a graph showing memory Megabytes over Time for IE7, Firefox 2 and Firefox 3. It’s a bit freaky. Firefox 3 has such a dramatic memory reduction. You would expect some benefit with a new version, but this is phenomenal.

What is also a bit wierd is the continual increase in memory (relatively) for IE7. Someone at Microsoft is feverishly coming up with a different graph. Or trying to reduce memory in IE8. Or perhaps they don’t care.

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Building The Content on Clarion Folk

March 13th, 2008 · · General

Over the next few days I will be building the content for the site. Some information is not in as of right now. It will take me a little while longer to get everything in place.

Thanks for the patience.

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Welcome to Clarion Folk!

March 12th, 2008 · · General

Welcome to Clarion Folk!

Clarion Folk is a place to find out all about Clarion, the best development tool on the planet!

To start, here are three very important points for you to read.

1. What Is Clarion?

2. What Can Clarion Do For Me?

3. Must Have Clarion Development Tools.

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