Check me out on Tumblr!
Hey peepz, check out my micro-blog on Tumblr!
http://konstantino.tumblr.com/
Design: iPhone “Stars” Wallpaper
Here’s a neat little wallpaper of the iPhone I whipped up in Photoshop. The iPhone image is from apple.com and the overall design is inspired by a banner seen in the upcoming WWDC (Apple’s world wide developers conference).
Safirefox: Choosing one Browser
If you were to ask me which browser was my favourite two years ago, I would say Firefox. It’s a beautiful browser with limitless customization. You can change the way it looks, add extensions to increase functionality, and it has a solid package throughout.
That was two years ago, though, and I was a Windows exclusive user. Today I run Mac OS X. I used to use Safari, then I began switching between Firefox for Mac and Camino. One of the problems that has plagued Firefox for Mac is that it doesn’t feel like it belongs on your computer. It feels like a port.
With Firefox 3, a lot of that changed.
Firstly, the user interface started to look a lot better. It fit in with Leopard’s UI. On top of that, it used up substantially less memory and added a lot of great new features that browsers like Safari and Camino just can’t compete with at the moment. (Heck, Camino still can’t even move tabs around).
Because of how cool Firefox 3 has been, I’ve found myself in a struggle to pick one default browser. Safari is amazing for what it is – a solid, native, sleek and simple browser that belongs in the OS X environment. On the other hand, Firefox offers easy bookmark organization, a smart address bar, scrollable tabs, as well as the themes and extensions that made older versions of Firefox so great. Sounds like Firefox is the clear winner, right?
I wish I could say that. Even with the amazing GrApple themes from Aronnax (which make Firefox look almost exactly the same as Safari), Firefox still lacks the native feeling that Safari has always had in OS X. Firefox 3 makes great efforts to do this, but it’s foundation stops this from happening. At first glance it looks perfectly fine, but as you begin to use it you start realizing that the contextual menus look off, the toolbar hiding transition isn’t apparent, and many of the form widgets just appear to be imitations.
While my current default browser is Firefox, just 15 minutes ago it was Safari. Two days ago it was Firefox again. I just can’t choose! I’ll tell you one thing though, they’re both great browsers and I’m happy with both. Now if Firefox and Safari were one browser, I’d be a very happy camper…
Hey, sorry I’m late!
Hey guys! So I guess I should be a little sorry for my absence, but let’s be honest; you don’t read this blog anyway. I love to blog though, despite my lack of posts in recent months. Today I’m here to tell you I will begin trying to regularly blog again. What does this mean for all of you? Awesome stuff, and by the pound.
I don’t want to talk too much about my personal life because quite frankly, my life is about as entertaining as a dead squirrel on the road. You look at it, feel sorry, and walk away – never to see it again. If you’re lucky you’ll hear a thing or two though. People need to see a few dead squirrels in the world sometimes, just so they know how bad our drivers are.
Am I making sense? I’m pretty sure I’m not. So I’ll check back on you guys later. Or, you know, you guys will check back on me.
