Firefox 3.0

June 18th, 2008

This has just been released tonight, and already i’m posting about it(makes up for the amount of time I didn’t post for).

Now, I like Firefox, i’ve used it since MrBen told me about and and said I should, I listened and I have been very pleased with it.  3.0 is rather strange though, it has a lot of changes. We as a species, don’t like change very much, sure, litle changes like getting new clothes, or new colour schemes are acceptable, but changing the way something works? No, we dont like that.

Which is what i’m getting to, Firefox 3.0 is trying to change how browsers work, which is quite a challenge.  The hardest thing to get used to is the address bar. I’m not sure i like it, instead of you typing in the start of an adressand it coming up with the address you want, it searches the addresses of all the wites you’ve been on and puts that up as an option as well, which is rather confusing at first. I had to raid through all of them(instead of just type the full adres because i’m lazy). I decided that to make life easier for me, I should clear my history…which i did, and it does make it a bit easier but not much.

The one thing Do like is that they have a “most visited” drop down menu, where the sites you go on most come up, which should mean I don’t even have to type them in the address bar, which is great for a lazy git like myself.

I’m going to have to test drive it a bit more, but at this point, the jury is still out!

Cheezy

Sony PSP

January 8th, 2007

For Christmas my good ol’ mum bought me a Sony PSP. It is absolutely brilliant! For those who don’t know, this is Sony’s answer to the game boy, but better. Not only does it play games, but it’s an MP3 and 4 player. This seems to be Sony’s new thing, one piece of equipment, loads of different uses. It’s a nice idea, as it means that I don’t have to buy a new MP3 player(the Zen got broken) and I certainly do not need to buy an MP4 player(not that I would have).

Games Quality/ Screen Quality

The quality of graphics is surprisingly good, with so near PS2 graphics that sometimes you can’t distinguish. The movement on screen is really fluid. The screen is a decent size, taking up most of the face on the front. It’s just a nice size, better than the game boy screen size. it’s amazing how much detail can fit on it, it just amazes me

Control

In true Sony style the good old 4 button in a diamond shape have made the cut. What did surprise me was that they only put one analogue stick on it, when theres clearly space on it for a second. It is strange not having it there, but I can understand why its not, as theres only 2 “shoulder” buttons, when there 4 on the normal controller. The control within games is sharp, they’ve out a D-PAD on it as well, so for some games it’s easier to use that, eg, Tekken.

Overall

This is a brilliant piece of gaming kit, with wi-fi built in, multi player is a doddle, weight isn’t an issue as its actually light for what it does, and a decent selection of games with good graphics just wanting to be played on it, then Sony is defo onto a winner here. Still not as cheap as it should be in my opinion, but thats life. If you don’t want to buy it, play a friends, it’s worth it.