Copyright © 2010 Darryl Browne 2010-07-30T07:27:03+0100 2010-07-30T07:27:03+0100 http://www.i-com.net/blog/ Leading Manchester SEO, SEM and web design agency blog. http://www.i-com.net/blog/ http://i-com.net/images/icom-net.gif http://www.i-com.net/blog/ Leading Manchester SEO, SEM and web design agency blog. I-COM International blogmaster at i-com dot net Darryl Browne Darryl Browne en SEO, SEM, Web Design, Web Development 1440 http://www.i-com.net/blog/google-chrome-eula-86/ Yesterday Google released a beta version of their web browser named Chrome. The early feedback is generally positive, praising the speed at which pages are rendered which is in part down to the webkit rendering engine that you will find in Safari and more so down to Google's own brand new JavaScript V8 engine.The engine was developed open source and as a stand alone which means that it can and probably will be ported into other browsers, especially given the early benchmarks which show it performing up to 10 times faster than its nearest competitor.Critiscisms of the browser include its lack of an ad blocking plugin and interestingly its EULA, specifically; 11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services. 11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services. 11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions. 11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license. Perhaps this is just standard Google EULA stuff, but its there in black and white that Google can pretty much do what they want with information submitted through the browser. Do you trust Google with your information? and more importantly, do you trust it with whomever they may sell it on to? As a browser I can see good things happening for Chrome because of Google's standing in the world and the quality associated with that. But the Big Brother approach ruins what would other wise be a fantastic browser. Internet 2008-09-03 00:00:00 http://www.i-com.net/blog/google-chrome-eula-86/ http://www.i-com.net/blog/what-is-the-opposite-of-the-htacess-qsa-flag-67/ Normal procedure for using mod_rewrite is to translate friendly url's into something your underlying server technology can interpret. Something like:RewriteRule ^blog-blog-title-(14)\.html$ blog.php?id=$1 [L]But recently I had to do the process in reverse which seemed straightforward:RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=14RewriteRule ^blog\.php$ blog-blog-title-14.html [L]But when the rule was invoked, this happened:blog-blog-title-14.html?id=14mod_rewrite was attaching the query string automatically, assuming this was the behaviour I was looking for. After spending a long time Googling various things to try and find an answer (and finding precious little to help me, even on webmaster help forums such as ExpertsExchange) I came up with nothing. It's almost as if nobody had attempted this before.After some intensive really obscure searches I managed to find the not so straightforward solution which I could not find anywhere in the Apache docs. The solution is to stick this string (I have no idea what it does or why it works, but it does) after your mapped url:${pages:%1NULL}?Example:RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=14RewriteRule ^blog\.php$ blog-blog-title-14.html${pages:%1NULL}? [L]This little string is nowhere near publicised enough nor is it easily searchable on Google, so I hope that I can help to spread the word by mentioning it here. Web Development 2008-08-06 13:26:32 http://www.i-com.net/blog/what-is-the-opposite-of-the-htacess-qsa-flag-67/ http://www.i-com.net/blog/all-developers-work-for-microsoft-10/ Anyone who has spent any significant amount of time developing websites will be familiar with the ongoing crusade of patching and hacking around Internet Explorer 6 issues. The amount of development time this consumes can be quite significant and we'd rather have more time to spend on new innovations and pushing your website onto the next level. If you take a step back from the "required" nature of implementing fixes so your website will look nice in this browser you will realise that you're actually working for Microsoft indirectly by enabling people to carry on using this outdated piece of software. Many people use Internet Explorer because they simply aren't aware of alternatives or don't want to break away from a piece of software they know so well.This creates a problem for web developers where we are fixing bugs Microsoft created because if we don't, those users think that our product is broken. They are blissfully unaware that the fault lies with the very browser they are using and the only reason most modern websites display correctly is down to the various hacks and work-arounds we implement specifically for that browser. Public awareness of this needs to be increased so that the web can move forwards. This will save your local web developers many hours of unnecessary stress and allow them to spend more time making your web experience more interactive and engaging. So tell your friends, your family and passersby on the street that not only are there are alternatives, but that they are simple to use and often have extra functions that you don't  get with Internet Explorer 6. If you want to upgrade your web browser, try one of the following free alternatives: Internet Explorer 7 Safari Camino Firefox Opera Web Development 2008-05-13 11:34:58 http://www.i-com.net/blog/all-developers-work-for-microsoft-10/