Only had it a couple of hours and it really does feel so much better than 8. I got a really cheap upgrade offer for $100 US inc Acdsee Pro which is so so, but getting a package as good as Canvas for that price is a steal. I know it’s troubled package much like a lot of the Ex-Metacreations software, but it doesn’t stop it feeling like a stonking package. Think the Adobe Creative Suite in a single program it’s scope is insane.
I’ll report back once I have some work done in it.
Being based on an old theme I needed to get with the program and widgetise the sidebar. This gives me much better integration with DA and Flickr.
You may or may not know that I am a big fan of Opera for Windows. I find it personally to be the best browser on the system. I am free tech support to my parents, so after some nasty spyware problems I shifted them over to it. I work day to day for a large firm doing web and graphic design and Internet Explorer is always a pain. I would say however that IE7 combined with Maxthon 2 is a magic combination and really the only way you should use IE at all. I don’t like Firefox much, but it is so much better than IE6 I am compelled to recommend it if Opera or IE7 doesn’t tickle your fancy.
I recently used a Mac for testing purposes and found the multi platform browsers to be seriously wanting. After a bit of testing I decided that I liked Shiira, it is the nearest thing to Opera or Maxthon I could find that ran like a real Mac app. Safari is too light for me and few people will pay for Omniweb. Shiira uses the same webkit engine as Safari, but with a vastly better interface.
IE6 or below is not supported by this website, MS promised PNG Alpha support for years and only IE7 now supports it so if you see my banner with a gray background you have a duff browser.
My lovely sister got me two Naruto games for my birthday. I’m really enjoying Naruto: Uzamaki Chronicles so the idea of a game this slick and close to the anime really appeals. If MS starts making hardware that is reliable I might get one.
Well after some humming and hawing I decided to retire some of the more dated design elements on the blog. I liked the zing, but it felt a bit primitive. I didn’t want to over Web 2.0 it with wet floors, so I took some inspiration from wallpapers and Korean MMORPG designs.
Enjoy :D
