By Cyrris , 28th April 8:38 pm
It has been quite a few months now since Microsoft released the first Beta for Internet Explorer 7, and Vermy took a look at it. I never tried it myself - the most important part of IE7 for me is the CSS compliance, and the IE team had said that this would not be fully implemented until Beta 2. Well, now we are there, and Microsoft has delivered as promised. As an avid Firefox fanatic, switching to IE7 for regular use was never really on the cards. Rather, the reason I want IE7 to be good is because I want everyone else to hurry up and ditch IE6. As a web designer, that browser is an absolute pain in the rear, and the sooner it is relegated to the status of Netscape 4, the better.
So, we know that the CSS support is now mostly up to scratch, and with a long-term commitment from Microsoft, it should stay that way. So my main focus is what the IE team has done to make the user experience better, and I have to say that they have definitely come a long way.
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By Holliday , 6th February 10:10 am
A couple times a week I push back the musical assault on my ears and tune into a couple of podcasts. One that I’ve been listening to since launch is the PC Gamer Podcast. As the name implies it is from the editors of PC Gamer Magazine and covers the week in PC gaming. The main speakers are the host, a quick shooting Dan Morris, and D.J. Stapleton, the more laidback assistant editor. While it started off pretty diverse the discussions have shifted onto a political plane more often than not. Perhaps it is because there is a lot of “the politics of gaming” events floating around recently, or it might be Morris’s rather evangelical crusade against gaming critics. However, somehow over the past month or so my perception of gaming has been bouncing all over the place.
In a recent podcast Morris reacts to an article in The Toronto Star headlined “Fatal crash linked to videogame”. You guys may have heard about this. A cab driver was killed when he collided with two teenage boys’ Mercedes Benz. A copy of Need For Speed was found in the car. Since Need For Speed is about street racing and the kids were street racing the game apparently caused the crash. But I am not going to go down that road we’ve seen far too many times already.
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By Holliday , 26th January 4:13 am
Some of you may remember this: I Hate Booth Babes.
Last year right before E3 I expressed my distaste for the “booth babe” philosophy at gaming conventions. Well perhaps I wasn’t alone in hoping that the industry was above this. It appears that this year’s E3 will actually ban booth babes. That is not to say models cannot be hired to wander around a company’s booth, but they will have to be properly clothed this time. According to the E3 handbook for 2006, “nudity, partial nudity and bathing suit bottoms” are banned from E3. Hefty fines are in place to actually enforce this rule as well.
The full chunk from the handbook also hints that people will not be able to get around the letter of the law: “Material, including live models, conduct that is sexually explicit and/or sexually provocative, including but not limited to nudity, partial nudity and bathing suit bottoms, are prohibited on the Show floor, all common areas, and at any access points to the Show. ESA, in its sole discretion, will determine whether material is acceptable.” So no one will be argueing “Sir, that is a Thong not a bathing suit bottom”.
The E3 officials have also stated that these dress code rules were always “in effect” at previous shows, however, there was no fine or enforcement ability in previous years. I am not entirely sure why they would bother to point that out because it makes them seem like they are fine with letting their laws be broken year after year.
Am I pleased? Actually yes. I think its great that the industry is at least trying to grow up. With all the heat gaming has been getting lately from poorly written game laws to game controvery I think we should not feed the beast any more than we have to.
By Plagiarize , 8th December 2:27 am
I’ve spent a few weeks now playing around on Nintendo Wi-Fi connection and have picked up all the games so far available that work with the system, and as such here are my thoughts on the service that come based on real world experiences.
Mario Kart is kind of a thing of mine. I was one of those crazy people that jumped through hoops to race online with other people with Double Dash on the GameCube through the use of the broadband adapter, tunneling software on the PC, and a separate utility that would tell me if anyone else was looking for a game.
Obviously compared to that, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection is a charm, but there are certain problems with it.
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By Plagiarize , 21st October 12:28 am
There are a series of products. It is well recognized that over indulgence in them can lead some people to become more aggressive. I think most people realize that these products are more harmful to children, yet many parents turn a blind eye to it, adults buy these products on children’s behalf, and children manage to buy them by themselves.
There have been plenty of crimes where, it could be argued that if not for these products, the perpetrator wouldn’t have committed them. Attempts have been made to ban them and control them with varying degrees of success, but the problem remains.
The insidious marketers and corporate monoliths that make and advertise them, make them look cool and appealing. Their advertising often appeals to the very children that they claim they aren’t trying to draw in. Whenever anyone dies or kills as a result of their products, they sidestep all blame.
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