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0 IE10 for Windows 7 finally arrives

Published on 7^th March 2013 by Jon Scaife in Web Technologies.

Another item that we’re a bit late to cover is the arrival of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 (and Server 2008 R2). As with past releases, older OSes are being left behind with no support for Vista or XP, which are stuck on IE9 and IE8 respectively. If you have Windows 7 we recommend… Read more »

0 Install a spellchecker for your browser

Published on 20^th February 2013 by Jon Scaife in Web Technologies.

Let me start with an admission: I’m one of those pedants on Facebook who likes to correct your spelling, punctuation and grammar. Some of you will think this is perfectly reasonable, whilst others will probably want an explanation. If you are one of the latter read on. The simple fact is that as a social species… Read more »

0 HTML5 spec finished and published!

Published on 18^th December 2012 by Jon Scaife in Web Technologies.

At long last, the W3C has published the final HTML5 specification. DIY Media Home is already written coded in HTML5, but the finalisation of the specification means that HTML5 compliance is no longer a moving target for either us, or the browser makers. Hopefully all the main players will provide fully HTML5 compliant browsers soon. … Read more »

0 Internet Explorer 9 — Better than many expected?

Published on 21^st March 2011 by Jon Scaife in Web Technologies. Updated 3^rd October 2011.

Just a quick post, it seems that Microsoft have finally made a reasonable web browser, or at least the folks at Tom’s Hardware seem to think so. I’m still looking forward to Firefox 4, and hoping Mozilla will deliver a 64bit version as promised, but a bit of competition from the (still) dominant player in… Read more »

1 The case for x64 browsers?

Published on 19^th September 2010 by Jon Scaife in Web Technologies. Updated 4^th December 2012.

I’ve recently been using Firefox 4 64bit prebeta, also known as Minefield. I thought it would be interesting to compare various browsers to see if this supports my feeling that Minefield is the fastest browser I’ve used. The conclusions are quite interesting. I will continue to update this table as new versions are released

0 Playing downloaded FLV’s

Published on 21^st December 2009 by Jon Scaife in Codecs, Misc Media Software, Misc Software. Updated 5^th October 2011.

I recently had a problem with 2 PCs which appeared to be configured identically, but whilst one would play a FLV downloaded from youtube, the other would fail. Some other FLVs played OK on both systems. After much further investigation I discovered that the activeX version of flash player on 1 of the PC’s was… Read more »

0 Unattended IE7 & IE8 during Windows XP setup

Published on 7^th August 2009 by Jon Scaife in Windows. Updated 16^th June 2012.

Over the years I’ve created quite a few unattended Windows installation disks. One of the toughest problems to solve has been how to install Internet Explorer 7 (and now 8 ) during setup without causing post-setup problems. The problem is caused by the way the installation routine creates files in the dllcache which get over-written… Read more »

0 How to launch HTML based programs fullscreen

Published on 7^th August 2009 by Jon Scaife in Web Technologies. Updated 16^th June 2012.

I was asked recently if I could copy a teaching resource from a CD-ROM onto a laptop computer. This particular program is mostly HTML with some embedded videos. There were 2 problems with running it from a local shortcut. 1. Internet Explorer security warnings 2. The full-screen window is launched by a parent browser window… Read more »