By Cyrris , 1st September 1:37 pm
Updated 19th September - With new screenshots of updated theme.
Those who know me will also know that I have been a rabid Firefox supporter for a couple of years now. I’ve been using it as my primary browser since well before it reached 1.0, and since giving IE the flick I’ve never looked back. I was happy with the 1.0 release, and I was also content with the changes and polishing done for 1.5. I hadn’t played with the first beta of 2.0, so today is the first time I’ve been dabbling with the new changes, and while I appreciate the thoughts behind them, I can’t help but feel they’ve been somewhat poorly implemented - especially the new user interface. Now, what I am really hoping is that all of my worries are simply a case of unfinished business, and they’ll all be cleaned up for the first release candidate or the final product. But if not, then I have some serious doubts that Fx 2.0 will be enough to still be worth switching to for the IE users who will soon be comparing IE7 and Firefox - it’s not as clear cut as the previous matching between Fx and IE6.
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By Cyrris , 24th August 12:26 am
Cinematic effects are cool. No two ways about it. Things like motion blur and depth of field can make a game look pretty darn good. That said, there is a time and place for everything, and with all these new graphical toys that developers have to play with these days, I think they need to make sure certain effects aren’t used just for the sake of using them. Bloom was overused in Age of Empires 3. It looked great but I found myself squinting sometimes because of the lack of contrast it caused in certain areas of the map. Realistic? Yes. Helpful? No.
What’s not realistic or helpful though, is the following use of the Depth of Field effect.
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By Vermouth , 18th August 1:16 am
Well, considering I used to be a hardcore Windows PC-only kind of guy, I guess it would make sense to write a column on my first weeks using my brand new Macintosh laptop. That’s right, I finally did it, after months of thinking about getting a Mac and considering getting a Mac, I finally did buy a Mac. No I’m not one of those guys, those switch guys you’ve seen on TV. I’m not abandoning the PC. I still love PC games and Macs just aren’t affordable for serious gaming. Just because I’m not inclined to switch however doesn’t mean that my first Mac hasn’t been a very pleasant experience.
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By Kelmon , 11th August 7:37 am
What a difference a few days makes. On Tuesday night I was about ready to take Apple to task following the highly anticipated keynote address of the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2006 that’s happening in San Francisco this week. There were a number of good reasons for this but waiting a bit longer has enabled me to both understand more about what was announced and also see the announcement for myself. At the end of things what we got on Monday morning (or night, depending on where you lay your hat) was mostly what we expected but without any real “blow your socks off” stuff. This article provides a summary of what happened and what interested or annoyed me.
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By Vermouth , 6th August 11:00 pm
I recently spent a bunch of time in the market for a new laptop to replace an aging machine that I had up running Linux. My old Pentium 3 had finally bit the dust, and it was time to trade up to a newer model. Not only that, but I was also switching operating systems from Linux to either OS X or Microsoft Windows. I bought myself a Macbook, which has been amazing. Shortly afterwards I helped my parents pick two shiny new Toshiba laptops. They were on sale at CompUSA for such a rate that I couldn’t steer them towards a Mac, as the price was just beautiful for a Core Duo machine. But I digress, this article isn’t about laptops it’s about operating systems.
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