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Microsoft Makes Standards Mode Default for IE8

By Liam, March 3, 2008

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Microsoft today announced that, contrary to earlier plans, Internet Explorer 8 would default to its most standards compliant rendering mode. Early reports from the company’s Internet Explorer team stated that IE8 would default to a rendering mode identical to the standards support of IE7, with support for a meta tag placed in the header of the web’s source that could switch standards mode on. Now, plans have been reversed, with the engine’s most standards complient mode on for all web pages, and legacy support available for those who wish to avoid having to troubleshoot bugs that may appear in standards mode.

This decision appears to have been made in accordance with recently published Interoperability Principles from the company, in a push to become more standards friendly (see section II.) According to Internet Explorer’s General Manager Dean Hachamovitch,

Microsoft recently published a set of Interoperability Principles. Thinking about IE8’s behavior with these principles in mind, interpreting web content in the most standards compliant way possible is a better thing to do.

A public beta of Internet Explorer 8 is expected to be released later this month.

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Let’s Preview: Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista

By Liam, March 3, 2008

There’s not much of an incentive to using single-network chat clients these days. Why restrict yourself to one service or run multiple clients in a cavalcade of memory-hogging when you can use a multi-network client like Pidgin or Trillian? Questions like these, while not necessarily the bane of a given service’s existence (the number people who will use AIM 6 on purpose is a staggering number to us geeks,) are questions that, if answered, could result in a considerable boost in use of that client. Of course, one of the most cost-effective methods of attracting new users is to add eye candy. This is precisely what Yahoo! has chosen to do in a version of Yahoo! Messenger exclusively for Windows Vista. Using Windows Presentation Foundation, they’ve loaded it up with all the fancy effects, from drop shadows to transparency. Though this is only a preview, it serves as a good preview of the interface and that’s what’s important (to me, Mr. Superficial.)

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The buddy list is actually somewhat barren; most of the features of the current client haven’t been replicated in the new one. The three buttons on beneath the avatar are, from left to right: add contact, contact detail slider, color changer, and buddy list search. The arrow next to the window controls opens the main menu, which contains every command not in another area of the UI. The status menu is below the user’s name and allows custom statuses to be typed in. Custom statuses will be added to…
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Report: MacBook Air in short supply

By Nick, March 3, 2008

Immediately after its MWSF unveiling, the MacBook Air was panned by many in the Mac community for what it was missing (ports, a removable battery, etc...).

That might not be such a big deal to buyers.

Ars Technica reports that the MacBook Air seems to be selling well, and is hard to come by in some areas.  While some are not sure if the shortages is because of high demand or due to supply issues, Ars did note that “according to the Apple Store sales rank widget, the MacBook Air has been the top selling Mac since before the middle of February, outselling the MacBook, the iMac, and the MacBook Pro—this, despite week-long shipping delays.” And for what it’s worth, last time I visited the Apple Store in San Francisco, I couldn’t play with one for even a few seconds because people were taking them for a spin the entire time.

If you’re looking to buy one, Apple has a handy availability checker for the MacBook Air. Now if only I had $1800 to burn… raspberry

I’ll say this much: it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the MacBook Air has sex appeal. I know, you’ve drooled over the MacBook Air in the commercial. And if you’ve gotten a chance to play with one in person, I’m sure your response was similar to that of The Today Show--that is, all out MacBook Air love-fest! Me? I’ll stand by my initial take on the Air: it may not set the…
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Welcome to the new Deep Thought!

By Nick, March 2, 2008

You can, of course, still view all articles, if you prefer.

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Quick Pick: Secrets

By Nick, March 2, 2008

The idea of an application exposing hidden Mac OS X features is nothing new. There have been countless such utilities since OS X’s inception. However, a new preference pane called Secrets takes this concept to the next level. While most secret feature enablers stick only to the applications included with Mac OS X, Secrets goes beyond that, by allowing users to access hidden features in third-party applications such as NetNewsWire and Adium. Additionally, users can submit their own hidden feature hints. Cool.

Since most applications require a relaunch before the hidden features take effect, a “relaunch” button would be nice, as would the ability to revert to defaults in case something goes wrong.

Secrets is still in beta, so keep in mind that you could run into some bugs. Also, if you don’t know what you’re doing, you could cause issues with your OS. But if you’re game, visit the Secrets site.

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