If you didn't know that these are web browsers, don't you think that the title of this post could also be the title of some Xbox game or a sci-fi movie from the '70s or something?
Anyway with that said, I'm not quite sure how I feel about the points in this article. Why? Well, I've been a loyal Firefox user since I got a new computer about 4 years ago. It just blows away IE in every conceivable way. I love that, as the article describes, it's possibly the best example (outside of maybe Linux) of open-source software with a community ethic that really works. This is something we've been reading about a lot in LIS 2000.
However, when I tried out Chrome after downloading it by accident a while ago (apparently you can download it if you download Skype at the same time), I was astounded by how fast it was. Thus, I feel I'll be using Chrome in the future (at least somewhat). I also don't know if Chrome can capture the market share of Firefox or IE.
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
My Crazy Life
Well, I just wanted to let you all that I got a new job earlier this week. I know what you all are thinking and no, I'm not asking for sympathy. Everyone in the program is busy, often to an insane degree. I am, however, feeling more than a bit overwhelmed at the moment. Today was my second day and to say the least, this month will be very busy for me. Thankfully, I'm off tomorrow and though we have a busy weekend ahead of us (including a wedding on Saturday; yep, our friends are getting married on the 4th), I think I should have enough time between tomorrow and Sunday to finish up my work for both this class and LIS 2000 as well.
And speaking of LIS 2000, I participated in my first Skype session today. It was a conference call to talk about the group presentation we have to do for that class during our on-campus session in Pittsburgh in a few weeks. I have to get a mic set up to be able to participate fully in the next session, but it was still cool to use it for the first time. When I downloaded Skype (which was a bear to download, BTW; I had to download the full version since the original executable file I downloaded didn't work and then I had to change the extension to .exe to get it to open, but hey it worked), I also unwittingly downloaded Google Chrome, which I'm using for the first time tonight. I really like it a lot so far. I don't know if it'll eventually replace Firefox (I can't stand IE) as my default browser, but so far so good. It seems very intuitive and easy to use.
Also, back to 2600, when do you all think we'll get our grades for the last few assignments?
And speaking of LIS 2000, I participated in my first Skype session today. It was a conference call to talk about the group presentation we have to do for that class during our on-campus session in Pittsburgh in a few weeks. I have to get a mic set up to be able to participate fully in the next session, but it was still cool to use it for the first time. When I downloaded Skype (which was a bear to download, BTW; I had to download the full version since the original executable file I downloaded didn't work and then I had to change the extension to .exe to get it to open, but hey it worked), I also unwittingly downloaded Google Chrome, which I'm using for the first time tonight. I really like it a lot so far. I don't know if it'll eventually replace Firefox (I can't stand IE) as my default browser, but so far so good. It seems very intuitive and easy to use.
Also, back to 2600, when do you all think we'll get our grades for the last few assignments?
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