How cool is iLife !?

[Ol!ver]

As some may know I'm currently giving the .mac trial a go and so far I'm not impressed. Anyways, I thought I'd use this chance to give iLife 08 a proper going over, seeing as it's meant to integrate well with .mac. IT'S BLOODY ACE !

I've created my first ever blog (admittedly probably not that good, but have a look-see anyways) in all of 10 mins. Loving it so far!

Blog is at www.ojhaslam.co.uk

 

[Ol!ver]

You hair looks interesting.

My week off, not had a shower let alone done my hair !

EDIT: I've had a shower now, that was taken early-on. Wanted to clear that up

 

[Ol!ver]

OOOooOOOoooOo Sepia!


Josh

I knew I'd regret it !

 

[Ol!ver]

I'll take it down if you want, invert on PS is always fun revealing people that want to be hidden with invert!

Josh

Nah it's fine. I'll just hunt you down and feed you to some pigs if it finds its way into one of those photoshop threads !

 

[Ol!ver]

Haha! I edited a post above with a question, should have put it in a new post really...

Josh

The domain is one I've had for a while for my email address. Just set it to forward to my .mac site.

 

[Ol!ver]

Why not change the DNS?
I did that for my .mac site - until I kinda found iWeb abit too limiting for my blogging needs. It's great mind you but I find blogger / blogspot more flexible than iWebs constant need to edit the template when I put a new page / post.

The photo gallery with 1 click is amazing tho : )

Cos you can't change nameservers etc when you're on the trial. Got to pay for that. If I end up subscribing that's what I'll do.

 

[Ol!ver]

Do it.

Nice and cheap at the right place.

 

[Ol!ver]

GoDaddy with dltv code, or domain.com with some codes from the Rev3 shows?

I used 123reg but whatever floats your boat.

 

[Ol!ver]

iLife is ok, the apps are pretty basic tho.
I had a quick look at iWeb and it seemed too basic for me, altho I mainly use dreamweaver etc. I used iPhoto for a while before I got photoshop.

I had a mess around with grageband aswell and it's pretty fun
I don't think I actively use any of it now tho.

It's a good set of apps to get you started on a mac tho, brilliant that you get it free with a new mac

I'd never do that blog if it wasn't as simple as it was. Dreamweaver is just too advanced for an introduction to web site construction.

 

[Ol!ver]

And Expensive? Unless your a stealing pirate!

iLife is simple and easy just to have a play aroound with.

Never even thought about that!

 

[Ol!ver]

I completely overlooked iLife until I was properly shown it.

For things I'm 'into' I use more advanced apps, but for dabbling in fields you're not au fait with, it's fantastic. iMovie is ****ing awesome in particular.

Bear in mind at all times that it is FREE with a Mac, and £55 for the ENTIRE SET of applications.

It's amazing.

That's it, for getting into the field it's ace. No doubt after a while I'll want something more advanced, but anything more advanced right now would be intimidating.

 

[Ol!ver]

I agree that they are good, simple apps for getting people into their respective fields who otherwise wouldn't be able to. For me though they are just a bit too basic.

Panzer

I think that's what we've all agreed on yeah. How much do all the Adobe alternatives cost? The iLife's £55 x what?

 

[Ol!ver]

Hehe fair point.

With the student discount it's x10. Without it about x40

Panzer

Point.Proven

 

[Ol!ver]

What's everyone reckon to the actual site anyway?

 

[Ol!ver]

Looks good, keep it up to date. Could be a handy resource!

Cheers matey. Seems to be getting plenty of hits considering it's 24 hours old.

 

[Ol!ver]

Too dark, also getting this on the HD-DVD post;

# Exception: TypeError
# Message  : contentDiv.getElementsByClassName("comment-manage-link").each is not a function

Using Safari?

When did you last look? Updated the colour scheme about 10 mins ago.

 

[Ol!ver]

Only does it in Firefox for me, but at least the site is usable to a degree in Firefox, is horrid and ridden with bugs in IE7. Can't click links, slow etc etc.

That can't be good. Anyone any ideas why?

 

[Ol!ver]

Nope, not a clue.


The colour scheme seems the same as yesterday after several cache flushes, sure you uploaded it?

Edit: Firefox source:



IE7 seems 'fine', not sure what the deal is tbh, it validates fine.

Definately uploaded, I'm getting the new one here.

Anyone else with IE want to give it a crack for me?

 

[Ol!ver]

Can't click the latest story in IE6 either.

Got the new colour now on my MBP though. Maybe make the text slightly darker?

All definitely works in Safari

Must be someone else with IE?

Cheers for the testing guys.

 

[Ol!ver]

How slow is .Mac hosting

Yeah it's not the fastest. I've got some space elsewhere, just trying the iLife and .mac integration.

EDIT: Just uploaded it to another host and it's no better.