Archive for February, 2006

New JSFL – Modify JPEG Imported Compression Quality (3 Functions)

Monday, February 13th, 2006

I was in need of this for a project that I am working on. I thought I’d share three really simple JSFL scripts that I wrote to modify bitmaps in your library.

If you want to set all of the bitmaps (jpgs) in your library to use their Imported JPEG data then you can use:
UseImportedCompression.jsfl

If you want to set all of the bitmaps (jpgs) in your library to not use their Imported JPEG data then you can use:
DontUseImportedCompression.jsfl

And lastly to modify the compression level of all of the selected bitmaps in your library you can use this:
SetCompressionLevel.jsfl

Hope you like and can use.
-Sarge

IE7 Beta 2 Review and Commercial (Video)

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Well, Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 has been out for awhile now. I installed it last week and gave it a go. Overall I was impressed with the changes from 6 to 7. I am a die hard Firefox user and went into IE7 ready to hate it. Something was strange though as I started using it… It felt so familiar even though I had never used it… Wait! It really IS familiar! Why? Oh – because it’s Firefox. I call IE7 “My little Fox in Microsoft clothing”. Sure there are differences but man…

It seemed pretty fast. I love the tabs and the ability to see all of the tabs visually (much like the Reveal extension for Firefox). The search and the fact that it was customizable ruled too!

I had one crash and minor UI issues. I have seen lots of people complaining about it but I really didn’t hate it. Definitely a step in the right direction – even if most of it was “borrowed”. I mean there are at times limits to new UI inventions.

For an excellent and in depth review check out Paul Thurrott’s review (with lots of screen shots).

The Commercial
Found this neat little commercial that some folks at MS seemed to have put together. I thought it was funny enough to share.

IE7 Commercial (WMV)

The Obligatory "We are the Champions" Superbowl XL Post

Monday, February 6th, 2006

Congratulations Steelers! You make me proud to represent Pittsburgh.

There were some excellent ads last night too. Check out Google’s video page dedicated to just Superbowl Ads:
http://video.google.com/superbowl.html