Today is Firefox 3 Download Day - go and get it! ...if it's out. At the moment I'm still getting the page for FF2 and RC builds of 3.0... Hmmm.

Oh and in case you're wondering why I've disappeared off the face of the internet, it's because I have none at home at the moment (moving house). So there you go.

So, the first beta of IE8 is out... Looks no different to IE7 but apparently it passed the acid test and it's standards compliant!1!11 WOW!!1! So obviously I had to try it and review it just like I did for IE7.

Well first of all I can't spot any of the old CSS bugs (OMG I can't have been looking properly, seriously) but there are a few general bugs. If you view this site in it, the title of the page or blog entry kind of jumps when you hover over the navigation. Also, dropdown menus can't seem to decide whether they are as wide as the text inside them or as wide as the CSS says they should be. It seems if you click the menu, it is the correct width (i.e. that of the CSS) but if you click inside another field, it goes back to the width of the text inside.

Other than that, I couldn't find anything majorly wrong. I highly doubt I tested it fully, but still: could this be the end of IE hacks and having to make a separate stylesheet for IE because it interprets everything differently? Well, that certainly seems like an exciting prospect. The only thing I wonder is why Microsoft haven't done it before now.

Oh, and it has a handy "emulate IE7" button which is good only really for cross-browser checking... Can't easily install more than one IE on a computer so that's kind of useful. :P

I have nothing very interesting to say, so I'm going to talk about the weather and other random bits and pieces no one really cares about.

• It's raining.
• A chav just went past my house and spat on the floor (as they do).
• Safari for Windows still won't work for me. I upgraded to the latest beta but it still crashes when I try to open it. Apparently this is the same problem as with iTunes for Windows or something and it involves older processors not understanding some instruction or other. Meh, not buying that - works fine for people with older processors than me. is FINALLY working. With the upgrade to 3.0.2 I can use it, but half my bookmarks don't work. Grrr.
• I think there will be a storm soon.
• I am going to Florida in just over 2 weeks! :D :D :D WOOO. The last time I went to the US was when I was 1, which obviously I don't remember, so I'm thinking of it as my first time. The boyfriend's family are very kindly taking me, so thanks to them :)
• ...it's still raining.

This entry brought to you by boredom and the number 7.
(10 points for you if you get the reference there, heh)