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Google Chrome Frame. Have you seen this, have you heard about this? If not, it’s all right here for you.

Microsoft slammed it, Mozilla has come out and sided with Microsoft in slamming it. Ordinarily I’m supportive of Google’s projects, but this seems odd to me. It’s one of those things that might have looked better on paper than in practice.

Of course, my reasons are different from Microsoft or Mozilla’s. They’re saying vulnerabilities may be doubled, it may be creating a sort of browser soup, and confusing the user and muddying the internet. Sure, possibly.

What I’m going to do is defend Google against themselves. Are you ready? Here’s what I think: It should NOT be Google’s job to patch Internet Explorer or any other browser.

It’s not their browser. It’s not their browser. It’s not their browser.

It’s definitely not their job. If Microsoft doesn’t care enough to make a quality product, Google shouldn’t concern themselves. I thought that’s what Chrome was about, anyway?

You don’t see Microsoft putting out plug-ins for Mac OS X or Linux that make those operating systems behave like Windows. You don’t see Aston Martin putting their engines in Ford Explorers.

I think it’s admirable that they want to try and help people who use Internet Explorer, but the best thing they can be doing is working on their own browser.

Speaking of which, why not drop this Google Chrome Frame crap and, I don’t know, release Chrome for OS X?! You want to help people out, Google? How about releasing your browser for us Mac and Linux people instead of wasting your time on Internet Explorer.

You’re using a modified version of Apple’s own web engine anyway. The least you can do is release your browser on its engine’s native platform.

ThrottleTube

I never really thought about it until now, but I have a sneaking suspicion that YouTube throttles the download speed of some videos.

Why?

Have you ever waited as a 2-minute-length video slows to a crawl while loading, only to go to another video, perhaps 9 minutes in length, that loads almost instantly?

You go back to that 2 minute video and it still doesn’t seem to want to load.

This isn’t a rare occurrence. However, it’s not necessarily often either, and at some points in the day if I go back to that slow-loading video it may load quickly.

There should be no reason for this. All aspects of a website should load at equally the same speeds.

I’m not exactly trying to prove anything, and I’m not even sure how one would go about testing it. I do think it’s worth pointing out, though, because any sort of throttling where the internet is concerned, I believe, is quite simply wrong. Google/YouTube should know better.

I’m a desktop background junkie.

I love collecting desktop backgrounds. Or wallpapers. Which ever you prefer to call them. One of my favorite places to go is InterfaceLIFT.

Not only do they have an incredibly varied selection of backgrounds, they have themes and icons as well. I suggest taking a look around.

Another thing I like to do is a Google search for desktop backgrounds along with whatever resolution I’m searching for, such as “1440×900.” That way you can hit the “Images” section and find whatever you need without actually visiting any websites.

You never know what you might find. I just discovered this render of New York by doing a search for new york +wallpaper +1440×900.