Mr Olovsson

This is the last Google Chrome-related thing I will post for a...

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:19:14 +0200

This is the last Google Chrome-related thing I will post for a while :)

inky: If You See Something (via midoriw)

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:18:39 +0200

inky:

If You See Something (via midoriw)

neme: I'm trying to understand the DOM-crap

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:46:09 +0200

neme: I'm trying to understand the DOM-crap
neme: but I'm writing "DOOM" all the time instead of "DOM"

It seems like this is how Google Chrome will look like…...

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:47:00 +0200

It seems like this is how Google Chrome will look like… We’ll see tomorrow if it’s true (I personally hope not)

On the Google Chrome browser

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:06:30 +0200

marco:

I’ve been out of town (and completely disconnected) all weekend. Apparently I missed a lot, including the announcement of a Google web browser called Chrome with a cute explanation comic.

What it is:

a Google web browser

using the Webkit renderer

with some in-house innovations, including the interface, the Javascript engine, and some cool sandboxing and multiprocessing architecture

Why they’re doing it:

Google currently pays Mozilla and Apple for embedding Google search boxes into Firefox and Safari, respectively. By stealing some users from those browsers, they’ll be potentially saving millions of dollars per year.

They’re a web-app company. It would be nice to also be a player in the browser business, since the browser is the environment in which every important part of Google’s business runs.

They’re minting money and have thousands of employees but no apparent long-term strategy or direction, so they’re really good at launching side projects.

This could be a massive ad-targeting-information mine. (See final point below.)

Why this could be good:

The web browser is the center of many computer users’ lives, but we can still only choose between a handful of mediocre choices. Competition is welcome.

Webkit’s a great renderer — much better than Gecko (Firefox’s).

The architectural ideas are very promising and could make for a very solid browser.

Why this could be bad:

Google has historically been very bad at interface design.

Google could use this to strong-arm their own markup or features into the browser marketplace by releasing features (or entire apps) that only work on Chrome, much like Microsoft did with Internet Explorer, VBScript, and ActiveX. Of course, since nerds are blindly in love with Google, it will be OK when they do it.

This will strain Google’s relationship with Mozilla, which currently goes something like this: Mozilla desperately needs Google to survive, but Google doesn’t need to care much about Mozilla.

Google is an advertising company, and they already collect vast amounts of personal data on everyone to target ads at us. Being the browser vendor will expose them to much more personal and behavioral data than they’ve ever had. Even if they claim that they won’t collect or use this data now, how long do you think a public corporation that would hugely profit from it will restrain itself from tapping this goldmine? There’s only so far that “do no evil” will take a public corporation in the advertising business.

I’m very curious about how this will turn out. This could be just what the browser business needs. Or it could fizzle out as yet another irrelevant, unpolished, unfinished Google side project.

That explains why you have to move your finger in a circle to...

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:24:31 +0200

That explains why you have to move your finger in a circle to move through songs. You are really winding the tape.- QuintusHalls

inky: NEW ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED (via aco)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:00:08 +0200

inky:

NEW ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED (via aco)

rogeraberg: swissmiss: How to be a good client

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:07:05 +0200

rogeraberg:

swissmiss: How to be a good client

soxiam: Playing with Multi-touch on Vimeo (via Vimeo) i think...

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:05:26 +0200

soxiam:

Playing with Multi-touch on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

i think it will be super weird to control the dvd interface on multi-touch screen while watching “minority report”.

matthewb: Jonic Linley on this possibly leaked MacBook Pro...

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:48:34 +0200

matthewb:

Jonic Linley on this possibly leaked MacBook Pro ad:

Damn that’s convincing.. If it’s a fake then it’s a fucking good one.. I mean REALLY good..

Looks fairly convincing, but then there’s this. Either way, yes please.

Update: Ah well, still impressive for completely created in Photoshop.

Do want

dannygarcia: This is more annoying. Happens (sometimes) when I...

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:48:02 +0200

dannygarcia:

This is more annoying.

Happens (sometimes) when I click to zoom, scroll, the click to un-zoom. Eh.

Even more lol

lol

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:33:10 +0200

lol

How to Draw Anything (in 1 Step)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:08:21 +0200

How to Draw Anything (in 1 Step):

sujay:

I, personally, can not draw a horse to save my life. I can’t imagine a situation where the difference between my life and death depends on my ability to draw a horse, but still, it’s haunted me for years.

livejamie: Best. Video. Response. Ever.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:23:30 +0200

livejamie:

Best. Video. Response. Ever.

Trying to learn myself vectoring images :< (original was...

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:17:00 +0200

Trying to learn myself vectoring images :< (original was maybe 400px wide, mine is 1900px)

JennyG: meme!

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:32:03 +0200

JennyG: meme!
Tindra: THIS IS FLYING CAKE, I MUST BLOG ABOUT IT
JennyG: Man
JennyG: that almost made sense

Google Image Ripper v.0.2.4

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:44:16 +0200

Google Image Ripper v.0.2.4: I’ve been looking for something like this :D

Is there some kind of pattern that explains why some icons in...

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:54:00 +0200

Is there some kind of pattern that explains why some icons in the dock gets a shadow, and some don’t?

I don’t mind that they’re using over 9000 light-sources… But it’s a bit annoying that some icons isn’t like the others.

Edit: Thanks to Dasch, my desktop looks a little bit better today than yesterday :)

marco: I absolutely love this graphic in Vimeo’s recruiting...

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:50:00 +0200

marco:

I absolutely love this graphic in Vimeo’s recruiting post.

I wish I had a tiny bit more knowledge, didn’t have school to go to and lived in USA… I guess I’ll have to wait some years first :<

Also: The graphic is spot-on.

sujay: Countries That Don’t Use the Metric System

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:48:46 +0200

sujay:

Countries That Don’t Use the Metric System