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Wed, 6 Jun 2007

3:17 PM - First thoughts on Netscape 9 beta

Well so far I actually like Netscape 9.  Its Firefox with a polished UI that takes up less space.  It can import bookmarks from IE on Vista flawlessly.  It did not ask to import Firefox bookmarks.  This is a big flaw in the software since I can't migrate from Firefox which is my primary browser.  I hope this is corrected before the release.

about:mozilla works. 

It seems to be faster than Firefox 2.0 for some reason.  Scrolling, page loads and things are a bit peppier. 

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4:49 PM - Dreamweaver CS3

I downloaded a trial version of Dreamweaver CS3.  I've been using various versions of Dreamweaver since around 2.0.  I'm impressed with Adobe's rendition.  I was a bit worried about the acquisition, but Dreamweaver CS3 is very fast, and offers new AJAX components.  If you are currently using Dreamweaver 8, it may still be worth it to get the speed increase and AJAX stuff.  Its a big improvement over MX 2004. 

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5:09 PM - Netscape / Mozilla Deveoper Center

Many years ago, one of my favorite resources for learning about web technologies was developer.netscape.com.  They had thousands of articles on basics to enhanced DHTML tricks.  When AOL acquired Netscape, a good share of that information was removed.  The Mozilla project was given the documentation is in the process of migrating it to a new home. http://developer.mozilla.org/

Someone posted this link in response to a slashdot post I made.  The old version is available here. (temporary)

I also used to use a Microsoft resource that merged with MSDN some time ago. 

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5:14 PM - A bright spot

Caryn and I have had mixed feelings about our apartment.  In many ways its superior to anything we had in Kalamazoo.  It has a washer and dryer, fireplace, built in microwave, and dishwasher.  There's even a storage room/furnace room that we have access to.  However, a good share of these things have severe problems.  Our storage room has a serious mold problem due to a leaking air conditioner upstairs.  The complex painted it once and fixed some falling ceiling but never really solved the problem.  The microwave turns off, requiring the power cord to be pulled to reset it.  We just gave on this one and hooked up our own microwave.  (its twice as powerful anyway)  Finally, the worst offender is the washing machine.  It has destroyed the flooring in our laundry room as it moves randomly.  It rams the wall.  It rams the dryer.  It leaks.  It makes the worst sound ever.  Its a GE product.  Today, the apartment complex finally decided that they were sick of hearing us and will replace our washer.  I'm so happy.  We were always behind on laundry simply because it got worse on the second and third loads.  By the forth load in a row, it would be spitting out water and running around in a circle.

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