Do you want to remaster the Ubuntu ISOs? Here you have the tool you’ve ever wanted :-)

In this release you’ll find a few minor bugfix but we’ve been working with a great guy (Alessio Treglia) to make UCK enter Ubuntu’s “universe” repository, we’ll keep you up to date about this wonderful goal!

Changelog:

* GUI:
* UCK version number fix

* Backend:
* uck-remaster script now outputs UCK version
for a better debugging
* minor fix to download-gfxboot-theme-ubuntu
(thanks to Alessio Treglia)

* Package:
* minor fixes to uck.desktop (thanks to Alessio Treglia)
* some license/copyright issues were fixed (thanks to Alessio Treglia)

Download Ubuntu Customization Kit 2.0.5.

Kevin and I released the new fantastic version of the UI Layout plugin for jQuery, changelog:

* RENAMED raisePaneZindexOnHover ==> showOverflowOnHover
* REMOVED "overflow: auto" from base-styles. Overflow must now be set by
CSS - unless applyDefaultStyles==true. No longer need "!important" to
set pane overflow in your stylesheet.
* CHANGED minSize default from 50 to 0 (still auto-limited to 'css size')
* FIXED bug in allowOverflow - now works with 'custom paneClass'
* EXPOSED two CSS utility methods
o myLayout.cssWidth( elem )
o myLayout.cssHeight( elem )
* NEW auto-resize for ALL layouts on windows.resize
* UPDATED auto-resizing of panes after a container-resize
* NEW flow-code to prevent simultaneous pane animations
* NEW options to add text inside toggler-buttons
* NEW options for hotkeys - standard (cursors) and user-defined


Hungry for new capabilities demos? check the powerful nesting and the droppable portlets demo

So now go directly to jQuery UI Layout official website for documentation, download and DEMOS!

You may already know that Kevin Dalman and I were working on a new jQuery UI Layout project, based on my FBBorderLayout now you have the layout system based on jQuery!

Some features:

• unlimited layout capabilities: 5 regions per layout - unlimited nesting
• simple to use: powerful but simple syntax is easy to learn
• dozens of options: every aspect is customizable, globally and by region
• total CSS control: dozens of auto-generated classes create ANY UI look
• extensible: callbacks, methods, and special utilities provide total control
• custom buttons: integrates with your own buttons for a custom UI look
• use any elements: use divs, iframes or any elements you want as a ‘pane’
• collapsable: each pane can be closed, using any UI animation you want
• hidable: panes can be completely hidden, either on startup or at any time
• resizable: each pane can be resized, within automatic or specified limits
• slidable: panes can also ’slide open’ for temporary access
• headers & footers: each region has unlimited headers or footers
• nesting capabilities: put layouts within layouts to create complex layouts
• demo mode: set applyDefaultStyles option for a fully functional layout
• compatible with UI widgets: intended to be used with other UI widgets
• and MORE

Visit jQuery UI Layout official website for demos, documentation and download!

I took this weekend to work a bit on UCK, port it to Intrepid and release it, here you’ve the changelog:

• initrd detection was updated to intrepid
• ISO mime type detection was updated to intrepid
• langlist was updated to intrepid

Now you can go ahead and download UCK 2.0.4!

After a long time I decided to remove the addthis plugin and switch to sociable because I wanted to make the social networks links more visible and also because I wanted to show only a few selected websites instead of many useless (due to the content of this blog).

There’s one thing I miss about addthis, it was unobtrusive javascript generated, I think it was nice.

Hope you like the choice, please tell me if you think I should add more social networks to the toolbar!

Subject says it all, here you have the official IDC note. Why was it canceled? None tells it.

I was there last year (or maybe 2 years ago, I can’t remember now) with a talk about UfficioZero and it was a good manifestation but… in the next months I saw a big commercialization of the initiative, with many sponsorship appliance requests (money guys, money) and I lost my interest in that.