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Launch of Firefox 3…and the unfortunate death of Firebug

If you haven’t been paying attention to the interwebs lately, this has been a big week for the browser wars. Opera 9.5 launched as well as Firefox 3.  I have been a fan of Firefox for a long time and recently have become a huge fan of the extension Firebug for it.

In my current work environment we are building Java web applications and while I can and do run them locally, it can take a while to put the build up, take it down, modify it and put it back up. Since most of my work is front end focused I spend a lot of time in Firebug testing things before taking the build down to update.

When Firefox 3 launched on Tuesday, I diligently downloaded and installed it. I played around with it a little and saw that Firebug wasn’t updated for it yet. So I packed it away and pulled out Firefox 2 and got back to work. Then I started having tabbing issues. I have had to restart my PC three times because my tab button on my keyboard stops working in Firefox 2. Additionally, if I am in Firebug’s CSS live editing window  and highlight a property it automatically deletes the property when I tab out. Becoming increasingly frustrated I dug around and saw they now have Firebug updated for Firefox 3 but in a beta format (although is it beta 3). so like a good little boy, I installed the new extension and booted Firefox 2 back up.

One of the beautiful things about Firebug is the ability to turn on and off various properties. However in the new beta on Firefox 3 this is causing the entire browser to crash. So here I come Firefox 2, wait what is this…the new beta is incompatible with Firefox 2 BUT deletes the old version on install. Come on guys, if you are going to not be functional, you can at least not touch my previous install.

By the way, what is with Firefox 3 not importing all my bookmarks from Firefox 2 on install? It captured my IE and Opera ones, but ignored the ones I actually use.

Majestic

I have been intrigued by HDR photography for a while and wanted to experiment with it. I have tried converting single image raw files with limited success, but here is my first bracketed photo attempt at HDR.

This is the relatively new movie theater in Waukesha, WI. I loved their old schoolish neon sign and thought it would be a great subject. I am definitely going to return for some other angles and go later at night.

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Quotes

I wish more people would follow these rules. Life is about experience, yet so many of us work so hard to shut ourselves off from the experience.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. - Buddha

Of course it goes without saying that even this comes from Buddha, it to should be subject to its own logic and only be taken once experienced.

“New” toy

I found this at the local thrift shop for $4.99. Probably a little
over priced but it works well mechanically and I should know next week
how the film is. It is a 1948 Universal Roamer I. Never considered a
good camera, it is best known as the camera to take the McMinnville
UFO photos in the 1940’s.

Greg Tarnoff
www.artryst.com

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