Category: How-to

Phonegap Build changes

dislikeNice. The ever-developing world of IT… or, “how to create more work for each other”.

My Brain develops Apps using a framework called Phonegap. Quick development, easy coding, simple configuration. Until you need to update an exisiting app and you are suddenly faced with the changes that were implemented since the last build…
This time the App did not want to access the Internet anymore… at all! So, Google to the rescue, finding this document with some good clues. I needed #10, which starts out perfectly phrased: “This is sooo new and obnoxious, one can only have pitty on returning developers.” …
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Being a developer you have to love puzzles!

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Bereikbaarheid

LOGO-MyBrain-v2.1-150x90In principe ben ik altijd bereikbaar via het contactformulier op mybrain.nl, via de e-mail (info apestaartje mybrain punt en el), of via +31 346 750 600. Dit laatste telefoonnummer wordt doorgeschakeld naar m’n mobiel als ik op kantoor niet opneem, en als ik die niet kan oppakken, dan komt het uit bij de voicemail.
Laat een bericht achter, dan bel ik terug…

Mijn mobiele nummer (+31 617 456 125) is alleen voor Whatsapp, of als het zakelijke telefoonnummer echt niet bereikbaar is. Hier staat geen voicemail op, en als ik via het hoofdnummer al niet heb opgepakt zit ik hoogstwaarschijnlijk in een bespreking. Even geduld, ik bel terug bij de eerstvolgende gelegenheid.

Kortom, 5 manieren om My Brain te bereiken: website, e-mail, telefoon, voicemail of Whatsapp.
We spreken elkaar binnenkort!

QR-Code Anyone?

icons.mybrain.nl-qrcodeQR-Codes are all around… and My Brain finally compiled a separate script to generate these neat little two-dimensional barcodes.

http://icons.mybrain.nl/qrcode/

Enter the URL, selected the level of error-correction and the single-block-pixel-size. Just try it and enjoy!

If you like this functionality, also check out the implementation on ETEN en ETEN for promotion of the Apps; It generates QR-Codes, to visit the app-download page for a restaurant, but when you do so with a phone or tablet, you will be redirected to the correct App Store.
Want something like this for yourself? Just contact My Brain.

Fixing DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Error

Sometimes when using Google Chrome, you get an error DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN instead of the website. Nothing seems wrong with the internet connection, the website might even work in other browsers. Below are two methods that might help you to get rid of this error. Follow the below mentioned steps and you will be good to go:  Continue reading Fixing DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN Error

Silverlight won’t work on Chrome

browsersSince April 15, Chrome version 42, the plugins Java, Silverlight and others are blocked by default.

Google made a major change in regards to how plugins are handled by the browser. They made the decision to phase out so-called NPAPI plugins in the Chrome browser and Chromium this year. NPAPI plugins use an old plugin API from the Netscape days. Java, Silverlight and other popular technologies use this API to integrate into browsers such as Chrome or Firefox. Chrome supports a new API, called PPAPI, which is not affected by this move at all. Adobe Flash uses the new API in Chrome for example. Silverlight however, has still not been updated and needs some steps to get this to work again.

This is what you do to override the blocking of plugins in Chrome:  Continue reading Silverlight won’t work on Chrome