Kraken Benchmark Tool
Following the launch of the new Kraken javascript benchmarking tool from Mozilla I decided to run the tests on the browsers installed on my system. Here are the results (and as you might have guessed, IE8 doesn’t come off well)
Tag: software
Suggestions Wanted: PDF Reader software for Windows
I have no interest in bloated Adobe Reader, and Foxit Reader has lost all my support following their move to trick users into installing crapware toolbars. If you’ve got a suggestion for the best option for a lightweight PDF reader, I’d love to hear about it.
Aesthetics: Open vs Microsoft Office
I’m not usually one to chastise an open source product compared to a proprietary one, but it’s hard not to notice the aesthetic differences when looking at Open Office beside Microsoft Office (2007 version).
Can someone recommend an Evernote alternative?
I’m getting somewhat frustrated with Evernote, partly due to frequent CPU hogging, increasing bloat, and poor application changes over time. If you can recommend an alternative I’d be most grateful.
Steinberg announce Cubase 5.5
At the recent Musikmesse conference Steinberg announced Cubase 5.5, a free update for registered Cubase 5 users (which makes me happy).
Best Audio Tagger: TagScanner
If you’ve got a large library of music, it’s important to keep it well organised!
With TagScanner you can easily ensure that your music is tagged correctly and displays decent cover art. At a price of FREE, you can’t go wrong!
Skype F me in the A once again
An attempt to purchase services from Skype go awry yet again. Why do they make things so difficult!? Business Control Panel sucks
10/GUI on Vimeo
A remarkably interesting look at the possibilities for fundamental changes in the way we interact with computers.
WordPress 2.9 just around the corner
All you WordPress fans will be glad to hear that the frequently updated and marvellous WordPress is soon to release a new update, WordPress 2.9. I’ve had a look at the beta on a test install and there’s a few really nice features. Image Editing Yep, they’ve introduced an image editor – something that will, […]
Microsoft Silverlight doesn’t support Chrome
One of my infrequent browsing sessions with Google’s Chrome resulted in me discovering that, strangely, Microsoft don’t deem Chrome worthy of Silverlight support.