Digital Art : How to paint a dragon
July 31st, 2010 by PhoenixqFirefox 3.6.2
November 11th, 2009 by PhoenixqFound out today that the new release for Firefox 3.6.2 Beta was released last night.
Some really nice features, apart from the obvious things like faster loading times.
Features worth noting
Firstly the tabs now open next to the right of the tab you are on rather than at the end like we are used to I can see why they did this (to save you scrolling), but I am not sure if I am to fond of this change.
Along with this change there is also a really nice theme and history feature, this has been added to combat Google Chrome doing the same thing, so you can now have a most visited dash board and theme the site to a style you would prefer without installing add-ons.
The final feature I think worth noting is the ability to create favicon links, much like you would with a Pc or Mac you keep icons along the OS bar (where “start” is) well the new Firefox does this now, so you could have your Gmail, and standard websites open be default from the minute you start up the browser.
After thoughts
I think all round the change is a plus, and again I am impressed with the ideas they are bringing to the new versions. I can’t find a date for the set release on the Mozilla site. Thought you can download the Beta version here:
SQL Server – Using CASE and WHEN
October 13th, 2009 by InfiOne of the more common problems facing a web developer these days is giving information in a useable format to the client. You might have done a fantastic job of writing some bespoke server side code for (as an example) an online competition or a booking system etc. but when it comes time to handing over the results to the client… they dont want to see 1′s and 0′s (or Trues and Falses) tied to a column name such as “[Prize Selected]” or “[Agent Works From Home]“.
Sure if you are delivering the results in an excel file or something you can change it all manually before you hand it off to the client… but why on earth did we spend all that money buying a full licence for SQL Server 2005/2008 if we have to do stuff like that ourselves?
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