Though it was live for a few hours this weekend, I missed the opportunity to try it out as they took it down after I checked my blogs. MSN Virtual Earth finally went officially live (Beta) this morning and I have to say that it is impressive. Read the rest of this entry ...
I made the move to WordPress 1.5.1.3 today. It seems to be a little nicer in the administration area and some important security holes were fixed. Probably the biggest change is the move to themes. I'll spend the next week or so creating my own theme to match my main site. Until then, enjoy the captcha-free commenting...
Today I learned a bit about Microsoft's early attempt at a markup language for vector graphics: VML. I was surprised to find out that IE 5 and 6 both support it, yet (as far as I know) no one uses it on the web. At the very least it is a great solution to the rounded corners problem that's been mentioned on the IEBlog and here. Incidentally, the IEBlog post above has a VML example that turned me onto it in the first place. Read the rest of this entry ...
A Good Idea six years ago. A Good Idea now.
Unlike six years ago where there were only 2 major Web Browsers out there, today we have 3 major browsers out there for Windows: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera. For MacOS, there is Safari. For Linux, there is Konqueror. All are freely available. Now even though Internet Explorer is arguably the most-behind in support of web standards, it is still (by far) the most popular browser. Does anyone believe this has nothing to do with the fact that it is bundled with the most popular Operating System?
IE may have won Browser Wars I. I wonder how it will fare for Browser Wars II...