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Enum based ComboBoxes in GXT

Working with GXT is interesting. You combine utter frustration and time wasting with incredible breakthroughs that make you say ‘I could have never done that so easily in another framework.’ In a way all frameworks are like this I suppose.
My most recent problem/breakthrough was around enums. The particular app in question uses GXT in the [...]

Bond, James Bond : Really Google?

Running some sample translations for a demo I came across this fun one. Type ‘Bond’ (upper case B counts), select English as source, Japanese as result.
Voila : 007
Shaken, not stirred.

Things to dislike about the RicaVision SideShow Remote

RicaVision SideShow Remote Arrived

For all 4 of you that have ever read anything on this site you’ll know I am a bit of a Distributed A/V : SmartHome freak and part of that quest is creating a remote control system with an extremely high WAF(Wife Acceptance Factor). I thought I had that set with my Phillips Pronto and room based content switcher but then Microsoft introduced SideShow and the first devices started appearing in glass cages at tradeshows.

Devices with color screens, Media Player control and easy navigation.