Category: CoolTools

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AKFQuiz: Basic quizzing tool

freshmeat.net: Project details for AKFQuiz
“The AKFQuiz package lets you easily make your own quiz games or learning exercises. These can be used either with grquiz in a graphical environment (SVGAlib), with crtquiz on the text console, or with diaquiz in a GUI environment. There is also a line oriented variant, linequiz, which can be used as a backend. A CGI-variant can be installed on a Web server to offer exercises via the Web. A mkquiz tool that generates an HTML file for to use with the JavaScript akfquiz3.js is also included. Those can then be published with any Web-space provider.“

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RedHat Releases Open Source Version of Netscape Directory Server

Main Page – Fedora Directory Server
“Welcome to the Fedora Directory Server. The Fedora Directory Server is a robust, scalable open-source server designed to manage large directories of users and resources. It is based on an open-systems server protocol called the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).“

This could be used in place of commercial products like Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory. It is enterprise grade stuff, so it isn’t for the ‘I need an addressbook’ OpenLDAP crowd.

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Lucane: Simple OS Groupware

NewsForge | Lucane: Simple open source groupware
Need groupware that doesn’t require tedious installation and configuration, and is ready for use in a matter of minutes? Lucane can be deployed in no time, and is so simple to use that you don’t need to spend hours learning it. Lucane has a modular architecture and includes an impressive range of pre-made modules, including a multi-user calendar, an email client, instant messaging, a white board, forums, notes, shared folders, and an RSS reader. Users can easily add and remove modules to customise their groupware environment, and developers can create additional modules and plug them in Lucane.

Unlike many other groupware applications, Lucane does not require the PHP/MySQL combination. It is written entirely in Java, and comes with all the necessary components. This means you can deploy Lucane on Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X without installing additional software. Lucane relies on a database back end, and by default it uses the supplied and preconfigured HSQLDB engine. However, the application also supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.

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OCLC To Add Wiki To WorldCat?

Outgoing: WorldCat Wiki
“The idea is to have a Wiki that complements WorldCat. People could add reviews, cover art, comments, etc. and relate these to bibliographic records (maybe at the FRBR work-level too). We hope the system is flexible enough so that people do (good) things we’re not expecting. We’d like the Wiki to be available anywhere WorldCat records are.“

Picked this up via Library Stuff. Sounds like a great idea. Something to keep in mind for my FoLL article.

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Info On Tabbed Browsing in IE7

IEBlog : IE7 Tabbed Browsing Implementation
“My role has been to re-architect IE to support tabbed browsing. This work began last year and includes building a new frame (top-level window and chrome), sorting out how to host and switch between multiple instances of the browser, and managing communication between the various internal components“

Good insight on how tabs are being architected in IE7.