These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/01/08 … please enjoy:
Exclusive: Hands-on video with the 3G iPhone | CNET
n easily the largest scoop CNET.co.uk has ever had, two days ago our mobile phone editor Andrew Lim was invited to Taiwan, along with a select group of other journalists from around the world, for a sneak preview of the 3G iPhone.
Helvetica Serif | The Serif
FontFont have announced that they are to release Helvetica Serif, following the discovery of drawing of that typeface by Max Miedinger. The sketches which were discovered by Miedinger?s granddaughter have been redrawn to create the digital version shown
CIA demands UK halts interrogation tactics | The Register
A human rights lawsuit filed on behalf of prominent US government agencies - including the Central Intelligence Agency and the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base - has been filed in a European Court. The lawsuit, which plaintiffs also sent to Foreign Minister Davi
Gmail Custom Time | Gmail
Just click “Set custom time” from the Compose view. Any email you send to the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient’s inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by selecting the appropriate option.
RAPIL - a slap in the face for hackers and virus writers | Sophos
An exciting day in SophosLabs. After long and arduous efforts, we announce our new beta technology offering to defeat the hackers, which we are currently referring to as RAPIL (Recognition and Analysis of Potentially Intruding Lifeforms).
Come back for more links tomorrow!!
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Update1 - Okay, so it seems to have some troubles with certain buttons on my site, as well as with Gmail chat. From what I can tell, Gmail is set to the “Older Version” mode, with no way to change back. Also, no javascript buttons/rollovers seem to work for me. Interesting.
Update 2 - It appears to have to do with Javascript, although I don’t know what yet (I’ll have a post when I do). I’m currently on the latest version (JRE 1.6.0_05-b13) and it says it’s enabled. Oddly when using the “Emulate IE7″ mode, it causes everything rendered in IE8 to work again, although Gmail looks a bit funky now (see image below). Very odd…
Update 3 - Installed on my Vista system and the problem remains. I’ve now decided that it’s not a problem with Javascript, but perhaps just an issue in how Internet Explorer 8 renders certain code (other sites with issues don’t use Javascript). Now, the weird thing… my new updated design passes both the “Valid CSS” check and the “Valid XHTML 1.1 Strict” test… and it is completely broken in IE8. I’m going to hope that there is just a problem with the program, and not something perhaps worse (web designers having to re-design sites for IE6 and IE7 know what I mean). Screenshots below. Let’s hope my next IE post is good news!
I’ve arrived back in NE after a drive from Hell. I’ve never seen roads so foggy in all my life! I’m honestly just glad to get back to somewhere with a decent internet connection. There’s no way GMail should take more than 60 seconds to open up. Ugh!
