Apple has released it’s latest beta of Safari 3.0 for both Mac and Windows. It’s super fast, and pages look just like they do on my Mac. I tried out a fairly complex DHTML layout in both IE and Safari and you can really see the speed difference.
The font-smoothing is slightly rougher, though. Also, the interface and all pages appear slightly darker than on my Mac. I imagine this is do to the differing default gamma between Macs and PCs. I hope that Apple accounts for this in a future release and brightens things up a bit. There are adjustments for the font rendering in the preferences panel, and setting the anti-aliasing to “Light” does help a bit. There’s no way to turn it off completely. Read more...
I currently work at Redmon Group in Alexandria, VA. It’s a great company, with a lot of extremely friendly and talented people. It’s also in a great location – right on the Old Town, Alexandria waterfront. We do tons of really cool work for the web and for museums, most if it in Flash.
We’re looking for Actionscript gurus to build RIAs and museum interactive exhibits. If you live in the Washington DC area, know Actionscript 2.0 and can show some great work and code samples, please apply.
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It’s a great day for America everyone! Linotype has released a public beta of their stellar Font Explorer X font management software (think iTunes for fonts) for PC! It’s even got the Aqua look. Could this mean PC users will finally have a decent tool for managing their fonts? Oh, and it’s free too!
Piqs.de is a new German photo-sharing site that is launching with the Slideroll slideshow creator using Slideroll for Sites. We worked together to create a German language version of the creator, and have integrated into the new site to add some fun toys to this burgeoning photo community.
Slideroll for Sites is a B2B service that allows site-owners and webmasters to add slideshow creation to their web sites.
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Sploder is experiencing a huge increase in visitation, around 300% in the past month, and no signs of slowing down. People are having a great time, and building a strong user base, with penetration into MySpace and blogs all over the web. I’m adding new stuff and people are coming up with some pretty amazing games. I think online game-creation is one of the new frontiers on the web. I’m hoping to build all kinds of new game-types for the site, ride the wave, and see where it goes. Read more...
