_HTML 5 + IE 8 = #FAIL

I am testing out HTML 5 for some time now and what it can do over conventional HTML 4.x.  It is pretty cool.  The way it is structured with new tags and able to play video.  Add in CSS3 and you can get a really great looking web site.

The thing about HTML 5 is that it is not new.  It has been in the works since 2007-ish, albeit that it is NOT finalized, it is further along than you would think.  The latest version of web browsers like Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and IE 8 support it…wait…IE 8!  IE 8 supports it?  Ah…that would be a NO.  Why?  Why not support it?  ALL of the other browsers do.  Microsoft’s answer is it is not finished yet.  But that never stopped them from supporting other technologies that no one ever adopted.  Is it because Google and Apple are the big proponents of HTML 5 and Microsoft is scared to come to the table?  Is it they are trying to come up with their own HTML?  What gives Microsoft?

Microsoft, the company that was on the forefront of all technologies is now holding back the web with in adequate browsers (don’t get me started on IE6 from the year 200) and not inventing and pushing the web like these other companies are doing.

Microsoft #FAIL

_New Theme…again

I installed Magaling theme before the new year.  I liked the look.  My plan was to modify it to have jQuery Tools to work with it.  What I wanted was a tabbed interface where instead of clicking on the “nav” links, they would be tabs and you would slide to the next page.

Well, jQuery Tools did not play nice with WordPress.  I got busy with the holidays and some other jobs.  So I abandoned the idea for now, and installed a new theme.

Modern Style is what this is called.

_WordPress 2.9 has been installed

Drew5.net received the 2.9 version of the renowned WordPress blogging platform.  Upgrading was pretty straight-forward, just click the button and done.  I deployed a 2.9 site today as well (Richard’s Rwanda).

I have 2 other main sites that I am debating on updating, but I needed to hack them quite a bit that I am not sure I will.  Company intranet will be updated and a few other blogs I manage will be updated as well.

_WordPress for the iPhone

I am using the WordPress app for the iPhone. I wonder if I can add images? Looks like I can.

I can now manage my blog on the run…like I really need that.

_Farewell to First Social Media Site

I have been meaning to blog out about this for a while now, but quietly one of the first true Social Media platforms was killed off this week.  To quote DownloadSquad who quoted Obi-Wan “we felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced”.

GeoCities was known for it terrible home pages.  When I say terrible, I mean really bad.  But, before blogging and Flickr and Facebook this was the way you shared your information, your stories, your photos.  It took off for a bit but was pounced upon by other communities that did a better job.

Goodbye web 1.0 you will be missed but not forgotten.