13
Apr

Microsoft Expands Support for Web Standards

“Internet Explorer 8 has been designed to include three rendering modes: one that reflects Microsoft’s implementation of current Web standards, a second reflecting Microsoft’s implementation of Web standards at the time of the release of Internet Explorer 7 in 2006, and a third based on rendering methods dating back to the early Web. The newest rendering mode is forward-looking and preferred by Web designers, while the others are present to enable compatibility with the myriad sites across the Web that are currently optimized for previous versions of Internet Explorer.”

Full article here.

11
Apr

Adobe Photoshop CS4 - 64-bit only on Vista

Adobe is working on a new version of its Creative Suite, that includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and other applications for print and webdesign - Adobe CS4. The new version of Photoshop (Windows version) will support 64-bit memory addressing.

Why it will support just Windows (Vista)?

Well, Photoshop for Mac OS is written using older APIs that don’t allow access to all the latest Mac OS X features. To make a new version it will mean a total rewrite of the code and it seems Adobe doesn’t have time for that.

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