Downloading Kubuntu

For the last 3 days I have been downloading Kubuntu and now there are about 5 hours left. There are 2 reasons why I want to try out Kubuntu.

1. I am always looking for new distros to install on my spare partition.
2. I am hoping that the new X server and *buntu's good hardware support means that my widescreen monitor will work at its default resolution of 1440x900.

So I will do a small review tomorrow.

To IE or not to IE

Before I begin
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Pixelframe was once upon a time chugging along just fine and I was ready for a release about the 15th of April. Then along came the world's Favourite Browser and my life ( atleast the Pixelframe dedicated process ) has become worth dropping to /dev/null. I am so^googol sick of Internet Explorer. It took me one week to get the client working. The client has only 4 user generated actions.Now it seems like it will be two weeks to get Settings to work. Maybe I should just release Pixelframe and fix the IE bugs in a maintenance release. After all no webmaster worth his salt uses IE.

Here's the problem:
EVERY action triggers some error, if I am lucky only one, normally a dozen, due to some unsupported or badly implemented property. But it would have been fine in any decent browser. In IE it means doing the following

1. Click on the Yes button for 'Do you want to debug?...'.
2. Say which debugger you want even when their is only one.
3. Kill the Microsoft Frontpage installer.
4. In the debugger again select a debugger, when the only option is script debugger.
5. See what the problem is and click break.
6. Quit and again say Yes to are you sure you want to quit.
7. Rinse and Repeat for every error.

As you can see this will slowly push any web developer of the edge. Which means I spend barely half an hour on making it to work on Internet Explorer. More than that and you will find me in the cuckoo pot. These things make me wonder if its worth writing a web application if the world's most used browser won't even support it properly.

I need a good dose of antidepressant with a dash of music...

Back in Business

I forgot to post, my computer's back for 2 days now and Pixelframe development is back on track. I have given up on the max-width property in IE, because no matter what expression() I use, it doesn't work.
As for the settings page, the style isn't getting applied, but most of the Javascript errors are ironed out. ~2 days left for it to be ready. Need to start writing the themeing docs.

Depressed

I just got a call from the computer guy. Due to a shortage in the specific component required to repair my motherboard, the repair is indefinitely delayed ( atleast another week ). Which means Pixelframe is postponed indefinitely and I am gonna brush up on reading some computer books.

Its so depressing not having a hard disk to save stuff on and things like that

Colourcode is on the front page

Not only did ColourCode get submitted to DZone, it got on the Front Page today.

Its got 279 views and 203 clicks.

Thanks to everyone who voted

Knocked Out

My computer isn't going to be repaired atleast till next Sunday. So I am stuck just reading CSS Mastery and browsing the web. Everything is delayed. And Pixelframe still has bugs which I haven't worked on.

For my next app I want to create a simple gravity simulation. Basically their are rods and dots and you can connect two dots with a rod and build structures, all while gravity pulls down. Just to actually practically use vectors.

ColourCode got DZoned

My syntax highlighting program, ColourCode, has been submitted to DZone.

Its amazing when a 16 year old's crap app get posted there.

Thanks a lot Satish Talim of Learning Ruby.