As a Web developer, I have had a growing hatred towards the impossible-to-please Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. I find it astounding that a Web browser has remained in such existence for 10 years, but it seems like many corporations just haven’t wanted to risk upgrading to superior, and actually safer, Web browser. What has plagued IE6 to this day is the gross list of incompatibilities it has with standardized practices in Web designing and development. Web developers have always had to include IE6 conditional tags with alternate instructions in order to appease IE6 users – to put it blunt, this has been a pain in the ass. In fact, when I launched GeekGold, I decided to just forget about IE6 compatibility and I have yet to take the time to look at a BrowserShot of an IE6 rendering – I just don’t care.
Well, after a great number of campaigns in hopes of killing IE6 by third parties, it seems like Microsoft has joined the fight! Apparently 12% of the Web is still being browsed by the archaic IE6, with China taking responsibility for most IE6 activity. If you are still using IE6, please, please, upgrade! I would like to take the time to talk you into using a superior browser such as Chrome or Firefox, but if you are using IE6, I really don’t care if you stick with Microsoft. Just upgrade!!
Check out new IE6 Countdown website from Microsoft!
I can honestly say that I have never thought of using Microsoft PowerPoint as an image creation tool until today. Many of the websites that I have created have used Thesis (a high-quality and easy-to-manipulate theme for WordPress) and with that, I have been exposed to one of the greatest Web design/publishing blogs on the Internet. Today, guest blogger Kiesha Keasley, posted a great article on how to use PowerPoint to create high-quality Web graphics.
Basically, PowerPoints provides a good number of auto-shapes, text styles, image styles (shadows, reflections, rotations, weights, etc) and alignment options in an easy-to-use interface. It is difficult to rival Adobe Photoshop in many instances, but I find that when it comes to alignment and text, PowerPoint actually might be better!
I created the image below in less than 2 minutes using some auto-shapes, text and weight tools.
Check out the the full article over @ DIY Themes
The folks over at Gizmodo posted a browser speed test article this weekend comparing the latest and greatest Web browsers across a variety of tests. While Safari was left off the list all together, beta versions of Chrome, Firefox and Opera were included with their stable counterparts and Internet Explorer 9.
Google Chrome and Opera handily defeated both Firefox submissions and Internet Explorer in all tests except memory usage, where Firefox creamed the competition. Overall, the soon-to-be-released Google Chrome 10 came out on top with the stable Opera 10 a close second when factoring all tests.
What is your browser of choice? Check out the poll on the right!
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