New Feature: Whitespace color/alpha blending (transparency)
Eclipse 3.3M4 introduced a cool feature called “Show invisible whitespace characters” (see 3.3M4 News). Unfortunately some of us find it a bit too visible.
Let’s make Eclipse a better place to live, right? I have created a patch that makes the visibility configurable via preferences page:
Continue reading to download this feature (three patched plugins for Eclipse 3.3M4).
Eclipse Community Awards nomination
Eclipse Community Awards nomination is open for last 10 days. The awards will be presented on March 5, 2007 at EclipseCon 2007. The Eclipse Community Awards are to recognize and thank the individuals and technologies that make Eclipse such a vibrant robust community.
Here is the latest list of Individial Award nominees with a few remarks.
More is not better: Eclipse Quick Switch Editor revisited
One thing that netbeans does well is to support multiple rows of tabs for opened editors. Eclipse on the other hand makes these tabs just as unusable as Firefox after having more than 10 pages/editors open. I think it is possible to improve the usability. But how?
Apple CEO Steve Jobs Unveils iPhone
Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduced an eagerly anticipated iPhone with a touch-screen that combines features from the popular iPod music player.
Read the story and watch the video at CNN Money.
A lot of pictures available at engadget. Look for the keylock at the first pic - how cool is that?!?!?
From unknown and unverified sources (IM chat, thanks Raul!):
iPhone is less than a half-inch thin — less than almost any phone on the market today. It comes with a 2-megapixel digital camera built into the back, as well as a slot for headphones and a SIM card. The phone is 11.6 millimeters thick with a 3.5-inch-wide touchscreen and a 2-megapixel camera. The device integrates functions of Apple’s popular iPod music and video players and has 4 or 8 gigabytes of storage.
Shipping in June
8GB model - $599
4GB model - $499
