For Better Performance, Don't Use AJAX in Views
Get the most out of (and into) your page cache: Leave AJAX disabled in your Views, especially with exposed filters.
Ground Zero Master Planner Daniel Libeskind's Web Site Launched on Drupal 7
We received the go-ahead from Studio Daniel Libeskind to take their web site live a few weeks ago, but it was presenting here at Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit that we realized we should mention it to the world.
Definitive Guide to Drupal 7: Correction
There is an important correction to be made to the top-selling Drupal book, the Definitive Guide to Drupal 7.
Agaric is Not Hiring (but for you, we might make an exception)
Agaric, as a worker collective, does not have bosses and employees. We have skilled, hard-working teammates coming together to figure out and do ... everything.
First Annual May First People Link Membership Meeting
Congratulations to the new leadership committee for May First People Link!
In Chicago? Don't Have a DrupalCon Ticket Yet? But You're Reading This on a Weekend?
Update: Ticket taken. But if you want to come, please read below the fold.
See Permissions' Machine Names (and much more) with Xray Module for Drupal 7
With Drupal 7's third and final release candidate unleashed on us all this morning, it is long past time to help the #D7CX movement with a seasonal offering of our own.
+1 to Ending comment-to-subscribe on Drupal.org
As starving authors we at Agaric don't have a lot of cash to burn right now, but we've thrown $25 in the project to make it possible to subscribe to drupal.org issues without commenting. (On top of whatever we donated when this request for funding went out a year and a half ago).
Drupal Work Collectives
Agaric proposes the creation of a new kind of workplace, essentially a Drupal commune, but really more like an open source free software idea & brainstorming commune, kind of along the same lines as an artist's or writer's colony.
We're Writing a Book!
Yes it's true, for the past few months we've been hard at work with a lot of other co-authors on The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7.
Agaric Backs Community Coworking Center in NYC
Thinking it would be a great place to work a day or two while in New York City for clients or DrupalCamps, Agaric dropped a few dollars in the Kickstarter fund for New Work City: Community Coworking Center for Independents in NY.
Agaric Sponsors Modulecraft for the Building of Drupal Shared business, Development, and Training Tools
For community shared business, development, and training tools, Agaric throws a little sponsorship at modulecraft.
Agaric Provides Very Minor Assist in Readying Insert Module for Drupal 7
Benjamin Melançon of Agaric helped with a patch for the Drupal 7 version of Insert module.
Agaric?
What the word agaric means and why Agaric took it for our cooperative's name.
Designed to Life
Functionality designed to your life is the Agaric Design signature. Utilizing open source, free software from around the world, Agaric Design websites are impeccably crafted with a modern, sophisticated and understated spirit.
The Story on Agaric
I've always had a passion for good design and healthy coding, even back in the days of owning a web site cart in downtown Natick. Back then, my business partner and I made all natural HTML roll-up web sites and, as an incentive for customers to wait in line, we baked Drupal into different flavored designs.
I recently switched from Mac OS to Elementary, a Linux distribution focused on ease of use and privacy. As both a user experience designer and free software supporter, I am taking screenshots and annotating them all the time. After trying out several different tools, the one I enjoy by far is Ksnip.
Installation
Install ksnip with your preferred package manager. In my case I installed it via apt
sudo apt-get install ksnip
Configuration
Ksnip comes with quite a few configuration options, including:
- Location to save screenshots to
- Default screenshot file name
- Image grabber behavior
- Cursor color and thickness
- Text font
You can also integrate it with your Imgur account.
Usage
My favorite part of Ksnip is that it has all the annotation tools I need (plus one I hadn't thought of!).
You can annotate with:
- pen
- marker
- rectangles
- ellipses
- text
You can also blur areas to remove sensitive information.
And my new favorite tool, numbered dots for steps on an interface.
KSnip Features List - https://github.com/DamirPorobic/ksnip#features
About the Creator
I'm enjoying Ksnip so much that I reached out to the creator, Damir Porobic, to learn more about the project.
I asked what inspired him to create Ksnip and here's what he said,
"I switched from Windows to Linux a few years ago and missed the Windows Snipping Tool that I was used to on Windows. All other screenshot tools at that time were either huge (a lot of buttons and complex features) or lacked key features like annotations so I decided to build a simple Snipping Tool Clone but with time it got more and more feature so here we are."
This is exactly what I found as I was evaluating screenshot tools. It's great that he took the time to build a solution himself and freely share it for others to benefit from.
As for the future of Ksnip, Damir would like to add Global Shortcuts (at least for Windows), tabs for new screenshots, and allow the application to run in the background. There is also a growing list of feature requests on GitHub.
Ways to Help
The biggest need is with development. Damir and his wife are expecting a baby soon so he won't have as much time to devote to the project. He is available to review and accept pull requests though.
Also, the project could benefit from additional installation options via Snap, Flatpak and installers for MacOS and a Setup for Windows.
Lastly, use the project, rate it and review it on AlternativeTo.net and other tech comparison platforms and if you can spare a few bucks, donations are always appreciated.
