Something Superb » Google http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog A superb weblog. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:43:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 YouTube Updates Video Player http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/2009/03/05/youtube-updates-video-player/ http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/2009/03/05/youtube-updates-video-player/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:23:36 +0000 kgrube http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/?p=171 Today YouTube rolled out an update to their ever popular video player allowing embedded videos to be played in HD instead of having to click on a video and watch it on the YouTube site.   The new update adds a button between volume and fullscreen that is context sensitive to HD videos.  This also seems to fix the bug where videos would play incorrectly when swapped to HD.  The video below is an example of the new player. (Escape from City 17 by the Purchase Brothers.)

Each little update like this adds some chunk of functionality that feels as though it should have been there all along. Previous updates include widescreen, overlays, refined colors, etc. One more step on the way to Google taking over the world.

]]> http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/2009/03/05/youtube-updates-video-player/feed/ 0 Google Chrome is Sad To See You Go http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/2008/09/03/google-chrome-is-sad-to-see-you-go/ http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/2008/09/03/google-chrome-is-sad-to-see-you-go/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:00:02 +0000 kgrube http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/?p=62 With all the recent news about Google’s new browser, Chrome, bloggers have been comparing its start up times, memory usage, JavaScript speed and that our Google overlords own everything we do. But no one has compared its error and uninstall messages.

Google tries to be "hip"

It doesn’t really want you to uninstall it, giving the browser a bit of personality:

Please don't!

Please don't!

Well, Chrome, when you stop crashing I’ll reinstall you again on my NetBook.

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]]> http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/2008/09/02/google-chrome-live/feed/ 1 Google Introduces New Browser, Chrome http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/2008/09/02/google-introduces-new-browser-chrome/ http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/2008/09/02/google-introduces-new-browser-chrome/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:25:04 +0000 kgrube http://somethingsuperb.com/weblog/?p=42 in the past couple of days the blogosphere has seen numerous posts of people who’ve received a comic book in the mail from Google introducing their new open source browser called Chrome.  Google has since publicized their comic.   The browser is set to release today in over 100 countries.   TechCrunch has the first images of the new fledgling browser. Sometime today, this new browser will be released to be torn apart by the open source and blog communities.  One of the main draws for this browser over previous implimentations is its JavaScript support and speed.  Google has been developing a new JS engine called ‘V8′ that is meant to speed up script speeds.  Another new feature is that each tab will be ‘sandboxed’ so that if a malicious code on one tab borks your browser you can just close it.   Chrome will also use an address bar similar to that of FireFox 3′s “awesome bar” called ‘omnibar’.   This last feature is the one that I am most interested in.

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