Google Chrome

I just installed Google Chrome and am writing this post in it. It has a lot of interesting features like dynamic tabs and most viewed pages and recently closed tabs.  i had a look at a few websites that i know had issues in other browsers and rendered fine. it also loads much faster the any of the other top 3 browsers. Unfortunately the BETA is only available for Windows.  At first glance it seams to be a Feature rich browsers with a minimal interface.

Download it.

Safari Beta Public 3

Well about 2 hours ago Apple released the Public Beta of Safari Apples Browser. There are a number of cool features added, one worth noting is that it will now run on a PC

There benchmarks show it beating out IE7 Opera and Firefox in everything from Java, HTML, and Application Launch. Faster is always better.
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Google Gears: Offline Web Applications

Google has come out with Google Gears that will allow developers to create Off line Web Applications, that means a plug in to install to allow your computer to support this feature.

It will be interesting to see how people take advantage of these new tools, i could see some one using the client or users computer to do the muscle work for complex commands. Not to mention the ability for a developer who is on a business trip finishing up some changes last moment on the flight over to deliver the project to the client.
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Dreamweaver CS3

I was itching to see when Dreamweaver CS3 was coming out and came accross the actuall website. not i cant see a release date i do however see the option to pre-order. I must say that it is looking good! lots of cool features many of the ideas discussed in my Previous post here were covered.

The integraded Spry framework for Ajax also seams interesting, i would love to learn about it and how it can make simple aplications more interactice and intuitive.

Let us bow our heads in silence for our departed friend Adobe GoLive. you were always an option never really considered. your moving on could not have happened at a better time.

I can only home using Dreamweaver will be as exiting as its cracked up to be.

Key Features:

• Spry framework for Ajax
• Spry data
• Spry widgets
• Spry effects
• Browser Compatibility Check
• CSS Advisor website
• CSS layouts
• CSS management

Info on Spry

Also check out Adobe Creativelicense

Web Developer Extension

Here is really useful Firefox Extension. The Web Developer extension adds a menu and a tool bar to the browser with various web developer tools. You can check out page design turn off the front end of a page and see the raw bits in action. Very useful for learning new ways to go about designing a web page.

Check it out.

Apple iPhone e-mails on e-bay

Ok I’m not going to say to much about the apple iPhone. I’m sure every one knows how cool it is, about its accelerometers to sense movements, and how you can surf the net in a real browser, oh yea and how its the coolest iPod ever. But what i think is crazy is how some one out there has thought of taking a free g-mail service and then going on and selling that e-mail address for a large amount of money. i was looking around e-bay and found a few e-mail addresses for sale. Ranging from 0.79 – 299.99 for some creative names like Apple.IPhone.Store@gmail.com and this one seams to be the most popular selling at 299.99 Apple.iPhone.On.Sale@gmail.com

It would appear to me that people are bidding on this auction and not really looking into the fine print. the auction shows a lot of cool pictures of the features and even goes on the jazz it up with some fancy jargon:
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Php Redirect

This is really quite basic so there isn’t much to explain the header sends a raw HTTP header to the browser, the out come with this is a redirect.

< ?php header("Location: http://www.domain.com"); ?>

For more information on the header function see php.net.

If the world were more like Mozilla

Why can’t the world work the way Mozilla Firebox does? As some one that deals with the internet on a regular basis I like things that make it easy. And as some one who makes things for the internet I appreciate people doing things the proper way. Now I’m talking about coding and the differences between Microsoft and the rest of the free world.

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