So I’ve tried Chrome where I found that I consistently got DNS errors when loading pages. I refresh and it loads fine and I don’t mind the browser but it’s not Firefox.  This week I’ve been giving Safari a try, again it’s OK but not Firefox and I’ve noticed a few issues with it like accepting gifts in Facebook.  It doesn’t return you to the request page properly and when you browse back, it’s f’d up…shows incorrect tags on buttons, lists the wrong apps for buttons, etc.

Firefox never had these issues, even IE, while having more than FF, doesn’t have these little issue. So I rebuilt this past week with Windows 7, installed Firefox 3.5.1 and viola, Firefox has started having the EXACT same issues. Could it be my AT&T Uverse? Maybe, but not in the past have I noticed these issues but with Chrome. It almost seems that Firefox has made their changes for private browsing and whatever else they changed under the hood and added this annoying bug. I ended up logging into Facebook earlier using IE because it allowed me to rather than telling me there was a DNS error with Firefox for about 5 minutes straight. Oddly enough after I logged in with IE, it worked on Firefox with some delay.  Could it be Windows 7? Maybe but my laptop running FF 3.0.x has yet to show this behavior.

The newest problem seems to be with 3.5.2 and EXTREMELY slow page browsing. I load a video on YouTube and it keeps stammering as it tries to keep up. So I reset my router thinking maybe my connection was to blame (although speedtest.net didn’t seem to show it but could be lost packets somewhere) and the same thing. I tried to load the same page in IE and it works flawlessly. I’m not sure exactly what they’re doing with Firefox but it almost seems like Coke changing the formula while on top of the world. Firefox has slowly, and more recently, quickly started to make huge grounds on Internet Explorer but now at the height they seem to have stopped testing released code? I’m not sure, I’m just reporting what I’m seeing… Maybe others are seeing different results but when Facebook, Youtube and other popular sites are loading slow, it’s not good when the desktop browser is chugging along fine.

Again I’m a huge Firefox user and supporter but not if they’re trying to keep up with a fledgling browser and in the process have started to disregard the user experience. As for the testing, it’s already been published the security flaws in 3.5 so I’m wondering if this is the beginning of them being in the spotlight? What is that, now famous, quote? With great power comes great responsibility.

Coming Soon!  Love the first commercial spot I saw with Old Time Rock’n'Roll where they tie the guys up to the tree.   Unfortunately I can’t find the damn thing but… here’s a few others…

So here’s another…

The Official Trailer(?):

I’ve been pretty neglectful around here the past month and a half, mostly playing Left 4 Dead and keeping busy with other things.

Anyway, Valve has announced that the SDK is coming very soon as well as downloadable content and the other 2 maps for vs.  While I really want to play Dead Air and Death Toll in vs, I’m really excited to see the SDK coming soon!  This opens the door to user created content and some excellent mods that are already being worked on and just waiting for the SDK release including Dead Before Dawn from Darth_Brush.

A lot of the information can be found over at L4DMods as well as Left4Dead411.

Check out this video regarding the progress on the upcoming Valve release:

Here’s Darth_Brush’s intro to Dead Before Dawn

Metallica was announced as one of the finalists for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the 2009 class.  It’s only fitting that the band that has influenced Metal and hard rock the past 26 years be put in their 2nd year of eligibility.  The only thing that pisses me off is lars’ attitude about it and his comment about Dave Mustaine inducting them.  It’s not like Dave told them to piss off and went off on his own, they dumped him.  I’m not saying they didn’t have their reasons but why be a complete piece of shit about it?  I honestly don’t see a reason why Megadeth shouldn’t be inducted at some point as well.  It’s not like Dave didn’t help Metallica get established and get their contract.

Anyway, here’s the Lars comments…

There should be a nice YouTube video here but apparently the person that uploaded it decided to not allow external embedding so….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWqJgKz2KVA

Check out Black Water Rising on their myspace account!  Seriously, I don’t get overly excited about a lot of shit but this band just rocks the hell out of me!