I just clicked through the MS site and watched all the video demos, and I must say, I'm confused. I thought microsoft wasn't going to fix a lot of IE7 bugs. The Expression suite seems to support standards based web development. Also it seems there is support for full alpha transperancy in png images. Will microsoft make IE7 more standards compliant afterall??
I myself being predominately a developer looking to get into design am somewhat impressed by the Graphic Designer videos. I recently went through the Total Training videos for Illustrator CS2 and it seems that microsoft is introducing some interesting ways of doing things that might allow someone like me to have a better chance at grasping design.
I know a lot of people like making M$ jokes, myself included. And I am the last person to support them. In fact, the suites integration with all things microsoft makes me sick! However, if the new suite of applications turns out to be as good as they look, maybe it will be beneficial in the long run, for the entire market.
I've been using POP to access my GMail account for a while now. I use a little free open source program called FreePOPs. This little program can grab anything from Yahoo! mail to Hotmail. It can even send RSS feeds as email messages to your desktop. I'm not even going to use GMails POP access because it might not always be free, or it might have ads appended to it. Although FreePOPs doesn't do anything with SMTP, I've just been using my ISP's, since they don't rewrite the From header like Google does.
Not only does the MX1000 use the same system (that is it can be recharged on its base), but it also uses lithiom ion (actually lithium polymer) batteries instead of AA. So the battery life should be better. Not to mention you have a battery charge indicator right on the mouse so you should have fair warning before it dies on you.
Either way I'm hoping I can just swap this mouse in for my current MX700 in my logitech cordless keyboard/mouse set. That way I can use the same reciever that also connects the mouse. It is important to note that this mouse uses Fast RF technology like the MX700 and not Bluetooth like the MX900. Some gamers weren't happy with the performance of the Bluetooth model.
Technology Review had an article about the very same topic months ago. Surprised it didn't hit slashdot then. Well anyway, it is an interesting read as well for anyone who want to hear more.
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I just clicked through the MS site and watched all the video demos, and I must say, I'm confused. I thought microsoft wasn't going to fix a lot of IE7 bugs. The Expression suite seems to support standards based web development. Also it seems there is support for full alpha transperancy in png images. Will microsoft make IE7 more standards compliant afterall??
I myself being predominately a developer looking to get into design am somewhat impressed by the Graphic Designer videos. I recently went through the Total Training videos for Illustrator CS2 and it seems that microsoft is introducing some interesting ways of doing things that might allow someone like me to have a better chance at grasping design.
I know a lot of people like making M$ jokes, myself included. And I am the last person to support them. In fact, the suites integration with all things microsoft makes me sick! However, if the new suite of applications turns out to be as good as they look, maybe it will be beneficial in the long run, for the entire market.
I've been using POP to access my GMail account for a while now. I use a little free open source program called FreePOPs. This little program can grab anything from Yahoo! mail to Hotmail. It can even send RSS feeds as email messages to your desktop. I'm not even going to use GMails POP access because it might not always be free, or it might have ads appended to it. Although FreePOPs doesn't do anything with SMTP, I've just been using my ISP's, since they don't rewrite the From header like Google does.
Not only does the MX1000 use the same system (that is it can be recharged on its base), but it also uses lithiom ion (actually lithium polymer) batteries instead of AA. So the battery life should be better. Not to mention you have a battery charge indicator right on the mouse so you should have fair warning before it dies on you.
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Either way I'm hoping I can just swap this mouse in for my current MX700 in my logitech cordless keyboard/mouse set. That way I can use the same reciever that also connects the mouse. It is important to note that this mouse uses Fast RF technology like the MX700 and not Bluetooth like the MX900. Some gamers weren't happy with the performance of the Bluetooth model.
Technology Review had an article about the very same topic months ago. Surprised it didn't hit slashdot then. Well anyway, it is an interesting read as well for anyone who want to hear more.