Nope! Your " Calculator" widget did not ask me for any kind of confirmation at all. It just ran, said its nasty little message, and displayed "EVIL" on the screen. From the looks …

APC sells their fingerprint sensor/software bundle for US$30 (there are 7 other suppliers for PC under US$40) while the only one I found compatible with my Mac OS X is a SONY at…

Considering that fingerprint sensors can be defeated with technology as simple as candy (yes, candy), sticky tape, or your breath, I'm not sure I'd be too concerned -- passwords ar…

Like tooki said they are very insecure, more of a showoff thing than security. Why do you want something like this anyway?

Real fingerprint scanners are not fooled by gummi bears; in general it is not accurate to describe fingerprint scanners as 'very insecure' Even the poor scanners increase security…

rm199, unfortunately the "good ones" are far less available and less in the public eye than the run of the mill "gummi says you're you!" devices. And it's hard for the run of the …

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki Considering that fingerprint sensors can be defeated with technology as simple as candy (yes, candy), sticky tape, or your breath, I'm not sure…

the fingerprint sensor marker in the laptop market is growing exponentially so maybe APPLE being the "innovator" should have started adopting it in all PB and IB since last year …

Scanner or not somebody can just boot your computer with OS9 and get all your files.

Quote: Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker Scanner or not somebody can just boot your computer with OS9 and get all your files. FileVault, anyone?

Is this possible, can someone give me a really simple example? I want to rotate a PNG image by 90 degrees. Hope someone can help!

Not in CSS. I suppose you could do it in JS - would be horrifically slow though, I'd have thought.

Quote: Originally Posted by Diggory Laycock Not in CSS. I suppose you could do it in JS - would be horrifically slow though, I'd have thought. I don't want it to animate,…

If it can be done in javascript, I don't know how to do it. It can, however, be done server-side with php and GD Library or ImageMagick. If you have access to those technologies,…

You could also rotate it 90 degrees yourself, using an image editor, and store it as a separate file. This will take up a bit more disk space, but it is the fastest option from the…

Quote: Originally Posted by Millennium You could also rotate it 90 degrees yourself, using an image editor, and store it as a separate file. This will take up a bit more disk sp…

A widget? oh geez. I wrote the hula girl widget, and it's got tons of pictures in it. It's not like load time is an issue with a widget.

Quote: Originally Posted by moonmonkey I only need safari (webkit) support as its for a dashboard widget. The reason I wanted to use the same image is that there is lots and I d…

Quote: Originally Posted by registered_user A widget? oh geez. I wrote the hula girl widget, and it's got tons of pictures in it. It's not like load time is an issue with a w…

I second the recommendation for <canvas>. It basically plugs you into CoreGraphics, which allows transforms like this.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chuckit I second the recommendation for <canvas>. It basically plugs you into CoreGraphics, which allows transforms like this. That sounds…

Holy smokes that <canvas> tag is powerful. I feel like Zeus hurling lightning bolts from the top of Mount Olympus. Now to figure out how to make the rotate take place from …

Quote: Originally Posted by registered_user Holy smokes that <canvas> tag is powerful. I feel like Zeus hurling lightning bolts from the top of Mount Olympus. Now to fig…

Quote: Originally Posted by registered_user Holy smokes that <canvas> tag is powerful. I feel like Zeus hurling lightning bolts from the top of Mount Olympus. Now to fig…

Oh. To the original question: (when I first seen this I was going to suggest the following, but decided against it since there's no real unified way of doing it cross-platform - th…