So for anyone who played Portal, this is an interesting development. Three french programmers who liked the game but thought it was too short decided to make an addon to the game. Hence Portal Prelude was born. I have been really impressed with it and would highly recommend anyone who liked the original check it out. It is set to be released on October 10th. It is totally free, assuming you already own portal as it uses many resources from the original Portal.
Google released a browser yesterday called Google Chrome . It is supposed to be one of the most standards compliant browser yet. Which on the surface seems really cool, having website standards helps web designers ensure that their site looks correct in every browser. Unfortunately having a single “standards compliant” browser is useless. Unless all browsers follow the same standards google chrome is just another browser with a different set of rules that have to be accounted for in design. I still have to write my html to look good in firefox (because everyone should), IE 5.5 (ok seriously guys?), IE 6 (…), IE7 (a step in the right direction), Safari (for those not cool enough to custom build a PC), and now Google Chrome (Standards compliant = awesome, a whole new browser to try to code for = crap). I just finished redoing a website to look good in Google Chrome, testing it in IE and firefox along the way, and when it was finally done, it looks different in all three browsers. so now I have to back track to the last test when it looked right and figure out what went wrong.
While I aplaud Google for their contribution to the Standards Compliant community, I still find the need to test and tweak for another browser frustrating.
Google Chrome can be downloaded here:
http://www.google.com/chrome
It’s been a while since my last update… and I dont really have an excuse since lots has happened. We went to new hampshire on vacation three weeks ago, which was a blast. Lots of fun on the beach. I skinned my knee up pretty badly thought, and it still hasn’t completely healed. I’ve been looking for a job for the next year since I am not going to be going to school. I’ve had a few places that I thought I was going to work, but so far none have turned out. So I’m still looking. Jim N Nicks said that they could help me out with some more shifts in the meantime. So I’m about to leave to host.
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