MyVerbalOutlet

I am a web developer I spend a lot of time using web browsers. I primarily use Firefox 2.0.x as my main browser but I spend time in IE 7 and to a lesser degree Safari. Lately I have come to realize that the UI for IE 7 is not the monstrosity I initially took it to be when it first came out. Here is shot of IE 7.

I have found that the user experience of IE 7 is pretty nice. I really like having the reload and stop buttons to the right of the address bar. It makes me wish I could reorder the toolbar in Firefox. I like the compact toolbar in IE 7 and the way it compacts the menus into a button.

What I don’t like about the IE 7 UI is are the tabs.  They take up to much space they are big and ugly.  The current tab doesn’t stand out enough from the other tabs.

I wish that Firefox 3 would have learned something from IE 7 rather than just changing the toolbar graphics and layout slightly.

Until today I was using an unofficial Dilbert comic RSS feed to read Dilbert.  My unofficial feed shutdown with the notice that there is now an official feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/DilbertDailyStrip.  I am loving the official feed so far because the daily strips are in color.

It looks like Twitter is broken again.  I am not getting updates via the web site or rss.  I have been getting into Twitter more as people I actually know are starting to use it.

My iTrip Mini was unavailable and the place I ordered it from can’t get any more.  I poked around a bit and found another cheap Monster FM transmitter for $10 with free shipping from newegg.  I ordered two of them, one for me and one for my wife.  I really hope they don’t suck.

Last night my son had his first baseball practice of the season.  The park district isn’t getting off to a very good start this year.  They told the coaches our age group could practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a certain park but they did no more scheduling than that.  Our team ended up practicing off in a corner of the outfield on one of the diamonds.  We were in a high spot of the park and the wind was blowing steadily the entire time.  I thought my ear was freezing off.  When we were leaving my son got into the car and said his hands were numb.  I really hope we don’t have any more practices where it is that cold again.