Wednesday 16 January 2013

HTML5 Links


Below are some great HTML5 links I have found

Apples HTML5 page with links to some decent demos
http://www.apple.com/html5/

Mozilla developer network links to loads of HTML5 demos
https://demos.mozilla.org/en-US/

Googles HTML5 demo web site
http://www.chromeexperiments.com/

Loads of information and resources on HTML5
http://www.html5rocks.com/en/

Microsofts Internet Explorer demo page with some demos of HTML5
http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

Examples of HTML5 features including some great resources
http://beta.theexpressiveweb.com/

Sunday 6 January 2013

Google search results error with AVG

While using Google search in the Chrome browser I received the following error message:
TypeError: Object #<Text> has no method 'getBoundingClientRect'


Clicking OK removed the message and allowed me to continue as normal, then I received the error message again a few moments later. I managed to find that the error would occur when moving the mouse cursor over particular adverts on the right hand side of the search results, I then realised that these adverts had an AVG related icon on the left of the title which when you hover over an AVG dialog would appear regarding the safety ratings. To fix the error I turned off the AVG safe search option in the 'Google Extensions' options.

Friday 4 January 2013

Most popular browsers

I have just been looking at the stats for this blog and I was surprised to see which browser was the most popular. Here are the stats for the top 5.

  1. Firefox 34%
  2. Internet Explorer 24%
  3. Chrome 16%
  4. Safari 16%
  5. Opera 3%
The reason why I was surprised is that years ago I used Firefox because it was a great alternative to IE, since then I found that IE caught up and then Chrome was released which I now consider the best browser for the Windows OS. I also used Opera for a short time and was impressed with some of the features included with the browser. The reason why I liked Chrome over IE, Firefox and Opera is that it runs really fast. I can see that Firefox users dislike IE and will eventually move over to Chrome and Chrome and Safari will become the top browsers.

Wednesday 2 January 2013

LG OLED Super thin TV

LG have released the next generation of TVs with a 55 inch screen that is only 0.16 inch thick!!! OLED stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode and is more efficient than existing LED/LCD TVs, but currently the new TV will cost over £6000 ($10,000), however it is predicted that costs will drop like previous technology and will become affordable by 2015. OLED is currently used in other devices with smaller screens like the Sony PS Vita. I imagine Samsung will release a similar model in the next few weeks.