TriNetre - Archive for October 21, 2005

(no longer updated)

So, here I am running this new super sekreet Flock (nope not that way, I really got an email 'invite') and scratching my head, trying to decide whether to admit that some 'developer releases' are just not for me.

Mind you, I am not someone who shies away from alpha products having used Firefox from its 0.1 days. Flock sure does have some extra features over a default install of Firefox but for someone who does not use del.icio.us and Flickr, what extra juice can it give? It plainly refused to recognise TriNetre XMLRPC interface by default (they say they know about the bug) but even if it did, I really don't see myself using another popup window to compose my post. I have no problem opening my MT admin interface and posting my posts in a normal browser window.

While clicking around, I noticed that using Flock referral, I can get a Wordpress.com account. Cool! At least this should be worthwhile, or so I thought. For someone used to the power of a locally installed WordPress, Wordpress.com just does not cut it (I know, I know, it was never meant to). I spent 15 minutes trying to decide on a simple no-nonsense template and just could not find one. You can't install a new theme nor can you edit the existing ones to suit your needs. Oh well, one account wasted. Sorry WordPress.com

By the way, if I ever lay my hand of the person who enabled SVG support into Firefox 1.5 series, I'll make him stand next to my laptop when Firefox is rendering SVG. At 76C cpu temperature, I have a feeling he/she will feel the heat!