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And so the real race begins. Yesterday, Opera software announced via blog post that their post Opera 9.5 builds are passing the ACID3 test. Cool!
But alas, the Webkit team - who really have a great track record of being successful with bleeding edge, one upped them by not only passing the test, but releasing the code. So behold, this is Webkit nightly for Windows, build 31368 from 2008-03-26.
We know that Safari 3.1 doesn't and Opera 9.5 won't pass ACID3. We know IE8 is a long way off. We know Firefox 3 is still pretty far from it too. But now we have browsers that can do it. The the big question is, who will have the first stable general release that does it? Safari 3.2? Opera 10?
It's an exciting time in web development, and I hate to admit that I think it's largely due to IE8. If the IE team steps it up, some of themes technologies have the potential to reinvigorate the web. No serious e-commerce site would alienate all IE users - even today, they make up 80% or so of internet users. But as things progress here, we're likely to start seeing some incredible things in the next few years.
Update: A bug in ACID3 was apparently noticed as a result of the Webkit team's work. This awesome detailed blog post from the Webkit site chronicles the final steps of the adventure. Note that the "animation smoothness" criteria is subjectively, and that the team is apparently giving themselves a fail, but nothing that they think they are "faster than all other browsers". Congrats again, Webkit team. Well done!
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Jenn and I bought our first house. It's an awesome house located only about a mile from where we currently live. I'm really psyched to move in. We close on Sept 20.
This makes three properties for us. The goal is to replace this house using profit from one of our condos in about 3-5 years. And then one day, retire and live on the income from renting all of our properties.
In the meantime, though, it will be nice to have the extra room!
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The "codename" for Flip Lite 2 is, and has been for some time, "Red Squirrel." Well, the development version - meaning the post-2.0 final code, which will be split away today, is now called "Rivet Boy." Why Rivet Boy? Because I just learned that my grandfather's first job at Emerson electronics, where he eventually became the lead New York salesman, was .... you guessed it.
A rivert boy - a lost art, apparently - used to rivet the tubes into the wooden frames in the first TV sets. Can you imagine such a thing today? A TV in a wooden box? A 13 inch back and white screen? It's obscene.
Anyway, Red Squirrel will be forked out of FL-devel today, and Rivet Boy will be born. Long live Rivet Boy.
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>> ACID3, Safari 3, Opera 10, Take 2 2008-03-27 10:34:51
And so the real race begins. Yesterday, Opera software announced via blog post that their post Opera 9.5 builds are passing the ACID3 test. Cool! But alas, the Webkit team - who really have a great track record of being successful with bleeding edge, one upped them by not only passing the test, but releasing the code. So behold, this is Webkit nightly for Windows, build 31368 from 2008-03-26.
We know that Safari 3.1 doesn't and Opera 9.5 won't pass ACID3. We know IE8 is a long way off. We know Firefox 3 is still pretty far from it too. But now we have browsers that can do it. The the big question is, who will have the first stable general release that does it? Safari 3.2? Opera 10?
It's an exciting time in web development, and I hate to admit that I think it's largely due to IE8. If the IE team steps it up, some of themes technologies have the potential to reinvigorate the web. No serious e-commerce site would alienate all IE users - even today, they make up 80% or so of internet users. But as things progress here, we're likely to start seeing some incredible things in the next few years.
Update: A bug in ACID3 was apparently noticed as a result of the Webkit team's work. This awesome detailed blog post from the Webkit site chronicles the final steps of the adventure. Note that the "animation smoothness" criteria is subjectively, and that the team is apparently giving themselves a fail, but nothing that they think they are "faster than all other browsers". Congrats again, Webkit team. Well done!
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>> House 2006-08-21 16:14:10
Tags: House
Jenn and I bought our first house. It's an awesome house located only about a mile from where we currently live. I'm really psyched to move in. We close on Sept 20. This makes three properties for us. The goal is to replace this house using profit from one of our condos in about 3-5 years. And then one day, retire and live on the income from renting all of our properties.
In the meantime, though, it will be nice to have the extra room!
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>> Rivet Boy 2004-05-21 10:54:10
The "codename" for Flip Lite 2 is, and has been for some time, "Red Squirrel." Well, the development version - meaning the post-2.0 final code, which will be split away today, is now called "Rivet Boy." Why Rivet Boy? Because I just learned that my grandfather's first job at Emerson electronics, where he eventually became the lead New York salesman, was .... you guessed it. A rivert boy - a lost art, apparently - used to rivet the tubes into the wooden frames in the first TV sets. Can you imagine such a thing today? A TV in a wooden box? A 13 inch back and white screen? It's obscene.
Anyway, Red Squirrel will be forked out of FL-devel today, and Rivet Boy will be born. Long live Rivet Boy.
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