resizeMyBrowser

resizeMyBrowser is a handy little tool for interactive media designers and developers. It allows you to resize your browser to standard sizes. Fantastic. Check it out.

 

Happy (belated) Birthday Firefox!

Mashable has written an article that brought it to my attention that yesterday was Firefox’s 6th birthday.

I personally am an avid Firefox user. Some might say I am a Firefox snob. I have been using Firefox for at least the past three years and have never been happier with a browser.

There is rhyme to my reason though, I promise. Firstly, and most importantly, Firefox sticks to the W3C web standards which makes designing for the web so much easier! It’s one less browser that I have to fix bugs in. *cough*IE*cough*. I’m a huge fan of the ability to customize. StumbleUpon is both my hero and my downfall to distraction.

I really do believe that if the world switched to Firefox, it would be a much happier place. Opera can hang out too… and maybe Safari.

Happy freakin Birthday Firefox.

 

Facebook Facelift

Epicenter (I know… reference them all the time… I love Wired!) recently posted and article about the new Facebook redesign.

By now, I feel as though most people I know have switched over.  At the moment, the change is voluntary, going site-wide in early 2011.

My question to all of you (that’s right… the WHOLE INTERNET!) is what do you think? In the past, Facebook’s changes have been controversial. Many people simply don’t like change. Additionally, there have been so many privacy issues in the past that everyone gets their panties in a bunch every time a change is made. This time, thankfully, I have not heard of any privacy issues.

Personally, I kinda like the changes. I like that there are more faces visible on FB when I go to my page. I like the new design, although it took me a minute to find out how to update my status and comment on someone else’s wall. In the past I’ve been on the fence for some, and against other changes. This time, I’m not hating it.

Also- Google is starting a competing social network!? What? This is the first I’ve heard of that. I say good luck Google. You are awesome, and I love you, but I think FB has the market. Not even Myspace’s trendy new vibes could compete.

Mashable Web Design Awards

This semester I’ve been learning about web design.

Mashable posted this article showing a few really awesome websites.