Curious little bug in my Gmail. When using the labs feature that shows an Android icon for friends who are on chat on Android phones...their name disappears.
The curious part: hover your mouse over the name, and an "Invited" and a beamed note appears on the right...smells like a social music service is coming.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
IE9 Beta - Battle of the "chrome"
Before Google's Chrome browser was released, "chrome" meant something different. In browsers, it meant the borders and widgets around the web page itself.
I've heard a lot of chest thumping by Microsoft regarding how much IE9 gets out of the way. So, I did a comparison of the chrome myself in the picture below. Check out the red line I drew.
From left-to-right, the browsers are:
Guess what? They're right. Not only is more of the page visible, but also the title of the page and other controls have disappeared. I am a dedicated Chrome user at the moment, but I may have to rethink my loyalty.
I've heard a lot of chest thumping by Microsoft regarding how much IE9 gets out of the way. So, I did a comparison of the chrome myself in the picture below. Check out the red line I drew.
From left-to-right, the browsers are:
- Internet Explorer 9.0.7930.16406 (Engadget review, Lifehacker review, RWW coverage)
- Safari 5.0.2 (with one tab open, as two tabs adds even more chrome)
- Chrome 6.0.472.59
- Firefox 4.0b6.
Guess what? They're right. Not only is more of the page visible, but also the title of the page and other controls have disappeared. I am a dedicated Chrome user at the moment, but I may have to rethink my loyalty.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Import and Manage Your Photos
This isn’t everything, but a good sample.
Three techniques:
Traditional
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Sync
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Cord-Cutter
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Overall | It stinks, but this is how most people do it today. | Complicated and not adaptable, but if you can set it up then you can get the best of both worlds. | Where most people will end up in the long run, but requires faith in Internet-based services. |
Store | Computer Memory Card External Hard Drive | Picasa + Picasaweb (pricing) Live Mesh + Skydrive (25gb) Windows Home Server Dropbox | Facebook Flickr MobileMe Picasaweb |
Backup | Mozy Carbonite | Apple Time Capsule Network attached storage Amazon S3 connectors | Backupify Local archive |
Share | Email attachments Burn and mail a CD Upload then share: Facebook, Flickr, Kodak Gallery | Picasaweb Windows Live Spaces | Links, anywhere |
Edit | Adobe Photoshop Apple iPhoto | Windows Live Photo Gallery Picasa | Picnik Photoshop Express Aviary |
Import | Camera import software Windows import tool | Same as Traditional | Eye-fi card |
Home printer Costco Wal-Mart Walgreens …local photo guy | Best of both worlds | Picasa: Walgreens, Shutterfly, American Greetings Flickr: Snapfish …or download and upload to Costco, etc. |
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