Browser comparison?

I have already finished Level 3 in Save the Cave and will start the fourth one ASAP! I'm very excited about it. I'd like to let my readers know that I did the first browser test in Save the Cave with the latest versions of all major browsers except Internet Explorer. Here are the results:

Chrome 12.0.742.112: Perfect
Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1 and 5.0: Perfect
Opera 11.50: Everything but the cursor image works
Apple Safari 5.0.5: No sound, all the other graphics work

I am using Chrome to view my results in Save the Cave, because Chrome is the browser that I always use. Of course, it's going to work perfectly in Chrome.

I am excited that Save the Cave works perfectly in one of the most popular browsers today! Firefox is used by many people and I hope that since Save the Cave so far works in Firefox 5 (it also works in 4 as far as I know), I'll get more people playing it. I mentioned Chrome first because this is a Chrome game, but Firefox... I'm impressed.

And Opera is pretty much perfect, too. It's just that the cursor that I used doesn't work because Opera doesn't support cursor:url. But the sound and all graphics work perfectly in Opera.

Safari doesn't support playing "OGG Vorbis" files in HTML5, but that's really okay. It's mainly a Chrome game. Maybe sometime I'll make it compatible with Safari right now.

So there you have it!

Angry Birds is out on the Chrome Webstore?

I knew it--I knew it! I knew that Angry Birds was coming to the Chrome Webstore some day. I actually thought of it myself.

Well, here I am playing "Poached Eggs" (the first episode in Angry Birds). In my previous post, I warned you not to let games keep you away. If you are a developer, I suggest that you try to avoid it. I got it for free. :D

I just had to download it. It's too addictive. :)

Tip of the Day

Hey, I must say something that is relative to developer subjects. Switch to Google Chrome.

Chrome is a great browser. I'm serious. It's found here.

A tip.

A review on Google Chrome

I just downloaded Google Chrome 11. To be exact, 11.0.696.57. No, I don't use the beta version, but I do use Google Chrome as my default browser. It's my favorite browser, and it's also becoming more and more popular. It's fast, and different than ever. I have used it since version 3 or 4.

This post describes my opinion so far on Google Chrome:

Google Chrome is one of the best browsers ever made. It is very fast, and uses a very fast JavaScript engine (V8). The logo is pretty good, the design is something you wouldn't expect. I like how the tabs are at the top of the window instead of where tabs are always placed. I like the simple design. I am pleased with the HTML5 and CSS3 support of Chrome.

However, Chrome could use some more HTML5 and CSS3 support. Chrome should also run Flash a little better than it does (I'm saying this even though I dislike Flash). It needs to deal with HTML5 audio and video better than it does right now.

Another thing? Chrome has a "Developer Tools". When it comes to creating sensitive data with localStorage or form validation with JavaScript, Chrome allows you to remove elements (only for the page session) with Developer Tools. Say, if you added an external script to your page that validated the form, somebody could simply go onto the "Developer Tools" and remove the scripting. That's why you should use PHP for validation.

On the bright side again, I like the Web Store. I have only downloaded one app (Onslaught! Arena), but I like how they have apps and extensions that can be useful and fun. My guess is that Chrome got this from Apple's App Store. :D (That doesn't bother me.)

Google has placed some time into designing this browser. My vision of Chrome's future is that it may become a popular browser. Thanks, Google, for your awesome browser. I really like it.

Get the browser at chrome.google.com.