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• Apple's Software Update continues to bug me!

  So now it seems that Apple's own software can't figure out how to describe Safari.   Let me have a stab at writing that method.... protected string WhichDescription() { switch(GetOSType()) { default: return "A pointless browser";... Posted Apr 24 2008, 09:17 PM by tomasmcguinness with | with no comments Filed under: Web, Apple, Humour, Safari

• Flock....Alive and kicking and worth checking out

  I remember seeing a piece on the BBC a couple of years ago, before FireFox, about a group of open source developers working on a new browser, one designed to promote the sharing of information and centred around the concept of blogging. This browser was... Posted Mar 16 2008, 04:17 PM by tomasmcguinness with | with no comments Filed under: UX, Web, Review, Internet

• Internet Explorer 8 makes its first appearance

  So, it's finally here! You can download it here . I'm downloading it as I write this blog article. There are two new features that, along side "standards" compliance, Microsoft have added to the latest version of the internet browser... Posted Mar 05 2008, 10:25 PM by tomasmcguinness with | with no comments Filed under: IE, Microsoft, UX, Web, Internet

• Getting free SMS messages from anywhere.. Well, sort of.

  Anyone who has a mobile phone will no-doubt have access to a free service from which you can send free text messages to any mobile within your own country. At least, that's my experience with both Vodafone in Ireland and T-Mobile here in the UK. Since... Posted Sep 04 2007, 05:43 PM by tomasmcguinness with | with no comments Filed under: Vodafone, Design, Web, Technology, Nokia, MIDP, Java, Eclipse

• Microsoft's new SilverLight technology...(okay, it's not really new)

  It may just be an existing technology, but at least it has no longer got that stupid WPF/E name! SilverLight (okay WPF/E) is a presentation technology designed for delivery of interactive media over the internet. It's a special subset of the XAML... Posted Apr 24 2007, 10:17 AM by tomasmcguinness with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, IE, Microsoft, WinFX, Web, Apple, Firefox, WPF, Safari