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anu replied on October 29, 2009 11:56 to the idea "Offer a private version of Get Satisfaction" in Get Satisfaction:

Have to agree that having a private or white label version of GS would be immense - The idea of folding GS into an an internal offering to help a company communicate better with its employees, would be a hit - right now I'm trying to find ways of providing better engagement mechanisms within the HR sector, and could see GS working really well.

anu replied on September 16, 2009 16:34 to the problem "Lovely on Mac, poor rendering on PC" in typekit:

Nope - many fonts still very ugly under Windows 7.

Typekit guys - what about a "works on windows" tag ?

anu replied on September 09, 2009 13:36 to the problem "Lovely on Mac, poor rendering on PC" in typekit:

OK - but doesn't it make sense for the typekit guys to list out the fonts they currently provide that will render well on Windows ?

[edited to add - Ah - just logged onto typekit, and there's been a change to actually show the rendered fonts on screen before selection. Or has it always been like that ? In any case, it's easy to see what renders well and what doesn't, so that's great]

Anyway - I'll keep an eye on typekit, and if and when these issues are resolved (ie a large set of fonts that render well under both are provided), I'll more than likely re-subscribe.

anu replied on September 09, 2009 13:11 to the problem "Lovely on Mac, poor rendering on PC" in typekit:

ClearType is enabled by default in Vista and Windows 7. In both cases, fonts are rendering very poorly (using FF3.5 and IE8) regardless of whether ClearType is enabled or disabled.

And I acknowledge that it may not be a Typekit issue, and thus beyond the ability of the Typekit team to fix.

But the issue seems critical to me, and so should be highlighted, and a list of fonts that are 'Windows-safe' should be created - otherwise...what's the point ?

anu replied on September 09, 2009 12:43 to the problem "Lovely on Mac, poor rendering on PC" in typekit:

Any news on a real fix ? My 30 day period is running out soon, and even though I really like typekit, I don't see much value in using it if a substantial number of the fonts won't render correctly on Windows.

anu replied on August 25, 2009 23:16 to the problem "Lovely on Mac, poor rendering on PC" in typekit:

Have to agree - when using Pill Gothic 600mg, the difference is remarkable.

Firefox 3.5 on OS X - font looks great.
Firefox 3.5 on Vista - font looks horrible.

I'm pretty much a noob when it comes to fonts, but this seems like a showstopper issue - if the fonts don't render well under Windows, then their use is savagely curtailed.

Is there a way to improve the rendering for browsers running on Windows ? Is there a list of fonts that are 'Windows-safe' ;-) ?

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anu replied on September 08, 2008 14:08 to the question "Finding and editing an old transaction" in FreeAgent Central:

Hmm..didn't notice the drop down to select expenses for a person ! Got it now - thanks

anu marked one of Ed Molyneux's replies in FreeAgent Central as useful. Ed Molyneux replied to the question "Finding and editing an old transaction".

anu asked a question in FreeAgent Central on September 07, 2008 19:59:

Finding and editing an old transaction

I've got a transaction from back on October 07 that I entered some months ago when on the 30 day trial. It's coming up on my balance sheet, but I can't find a way to edit the actual transaction (I need to represent it as a capital asset). How can I get to the original entry and edit / remove it

anu marked one of Ed Molyneux's replies in FreeAgent Central as useful. Ed Molyneux replied to the problem "Problem on people page".

anu reported a problem in FreeAgent Central on September 05, 2008 14:11:

Problem on people page

On the people page, I'm getting this string for name: "link_to(user, edit_user_path(user)) %>", and I can't click on any of the rows to edit

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