Comments for Peter Upfold http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog My personal site and blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:43:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Un-hide the ‘http://’ in Firefox 7 by Martin http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2011/09/28/un-hide-the-http-in-firefox-7/comment-page-1/#comment-134644 Martin Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:43:06 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/?p=1351#comment-134644 Nice one, thanks. Another one of those "improvements" that becomes an annoyance. Nice one, thanks. Another one of those “improvements” that becomes an annoyance.

]]> Comment on My Resolution to iOS 5 “Waiting for items to copy” Sync Issue by Wil Robbins http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2011/10/21/my-resolution-to-ios-5-waiting-for-items-to-copy-sync-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-134638 Wil Robbins Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:56:38 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/?p=1366#comment-134638 THANK YOU THANK YOU

]]> Comment on A guide to files and folders on Linux by Yura http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2006/07/18/a-guide-to-files-and-folders-on-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-134637 Yura Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:26:46 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2006/07/18/a-guide-to-files-and-folders-on-linux/#comment-134637 Nice description - thanks a lot! The more I dig into Linux, the more I understand how better it is comparing to Windows :) However, GUI in Windows is still better in general :P Nice description – thanks a lot!
The more I dig into Linux, the more I understand how better it is comparing to Windows :)

However, GUI in Windows is still better in general :P

]]> Comment on Multiple operating system Thunderbird syncing by Rosanna http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2006/09/13/multiple-operating-system-thunderbird-syncing/comment-page-1/#comment-134613 Rosanna Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:52:44 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2006/09/13/multiple-operating-system-thunderbird-syncing/#comment-134613 It's wonderful when you can find a guide explaining exactly what you were looking for - and this is just that. Thank you very much! It’s wonderful when you can find a guide explaining exactly what you were looking for – and this is just that. Thank you very much!

]]> Comment on A guide to files and folders on Linux by Nelson http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2006/07/18/a-guide-to-files-and-folders-on-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-134612 Nelson Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:04:49 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2006/07/18/a-guide-to-files-and-folders-on-linux/#comment-134612 Mate, solid guide! Exactly what I'd been looking for. Clear, compact description of the core directories and their purposes. Cheers. Mate, solid guide! Exactly what I’d been looking for. Clear, compact description of the core directories and their purposes. Cheers.

]]> Comment on New Year, New Site Design by Maarten http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2012/01/02/new-year-new-site-design/comment-page-1/#comment-134608 Maarten Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:46:58 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/?p=1415#comment-134608 Yeah I did know forms are anonymous. Never thought about the spoofing part. Might rethink about it to not use a form. But I think it looks pretty nice though. And on the other hand, my site isn't that popular so I don't get that many hits. Compared to lots of sites that do have forms that are popular. But learned something new again. What cms you running the new site on? Amalia? Cheers!! Yeah I did know forms are anonymous. Never thought about the spoofing part. Might rethink about it to not use a form. But I think it looks pretty nice though. And on the other hand, my site isn’t that popular so I don’t get that many hits. Compared to lots of sites that do have forms that are popular. But learned something new again. What cms you running the new site on? Amalia? Cheers!!

]]> Comment on New Year, New Site Design by Peter http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2012/01/02/new-year-new-site-design/comment-page-1/#comment-134607 Peter Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:46:07 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/?p=1415#comment-134607 Hi Maarten, That's a good suggestion, but I actually have a few reasons why I prefer not to use a contact form on my site: <ul><li>Email contact forms, as I am sure you know, are often abused - they are hit frequently by spammers trying to send email. Asking users to email me from their own account, rather than anonymously through the form, means that anyone who wants to email me has to use an actual email account!</li><li>Again, because the contact form is anonymous, it is much easier to spoof an email; an attacker could claim to have any email address they wanted in the 'From' field. A real email sent to me will likely have SPF and DomainKeys headers, as well as the path the email took to reach my account, that I can check to give me a greater degree of confidence an email is really from that person!</li><li>Right now, a human being has to decypher the scheme I use for the email addresses on that page to send anything in the first place. ;)</li></ul> For some sites, a contact form is the best option, because the priority is to make contacting as easy as possible. For me, my priority is to ensure that my server is not used to send abusive or unwanted email to my email account! :) Hi Maarten,

That’s a good suggestion, but I actually have a few reasons why I prefer not to use a contact form on my site:

  • Email contact forms, as I am sure you know, are often abused – they are hit frequently by spammers trying to send email. Asking users to email me from their own account, rather than anonymously through the form, means that anyone who wants to email me has to use an actual email account!
  • Again, because the contact form is anonymous, it is much easier to spoof an email; an attacker could claim to have any email address they wanted in the ‘From’ field. A real email sent to me will likely have SPF and DomainKeys headers, as well as the path the email took to reach my account, that I can check to give me a greater degree of confidence an email is really from that person!
  • Right now, a human being has to decypher the scheme I use for the email addresses on that page to send anything in the first place. ;)

For some sites, a contact form is the best option, because the priority is to make contacting as easy as possible. For me, my priority is to ensure that my server is not used to send abusive or unwanted email to my email account! :)

]]> Comment on New Year, New Site Design by Maarten http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2012/01/02/new-year-new-site-design/comment-page-1/#comment-134606 Maarten Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:52:46 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/?p=1415#comment-134606 I have a suggestion though. Instead of mentioning your email adress on your site, I would suggest using a contact forum. Like I did :) https://feedmebits.nl/index.php/about-me/contact-me I have a suggestion though. Instead of mentioning your email adress on your site, I would suggest using a contact forum. Like I did :)

https://feedmebits.nl/index.php/about-me/contact-me

]]> Comment on New Year, New Site Design by Maarten http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2012/01/02/new-year-new-site-design/comment-page-1/#comment-134603 Maarten Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:37:00 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/?p=1415#comment-134603 Hey Peter!! Looks awesome!! :D Great work! Hey Peter!!

Looks awesome!! :D Great work!

]]> Comment on Specially Optimised Mobile Site by New Year, New Site Design « Blog « Peter Upfold http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/2011/03/08/specially-optimised-mobile-site/comment-page-1/#comment-134602 New Year, New Site Design « Blog « Peter Upfold Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:37:13 +0000 http://peter.upfold.org.uk/blog/?p=1199#comment-134602 [...] a Little Bit More Responsive I have previously promised to always give exactly the same page to any request to this site, regardless of which browser you’re [...] [...] a Little Bit More Responsive I have previously promised to always give exactly the same page to any request to this site, regardless of which browser you’re [...]

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