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My idea is to create an application which will allow the same site to be browsed simultaneously in several different browser engines.
Navigating to a page in any of the browser windows will cause the other browser windows to follow the navigation.

Also one browser window can be chosen as the master (everything works here) and have any differences in rendering be automatically highlighted in the other windows.

Each set of browsers can then be tested with or without flash / js etc with an automatic log of the testing process kept to allow exact replays while issues are being addressed.

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The long awaited and much disputed BBC News application is available on your iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad free of charge via the Apple AppStore.

As you would expect from Auntie, I was quickly impressed with the overall user experience.

Those familiar with the Pulse news application will recognise the familiar carousel allowing a simple swipe to reveal other stories in each section.

Selecting a thumbnail neatly slides the story selections off to the left bringing in the full text from the right.

Twitter users who instinctively drag down to refresh content will welcome the integration of  the familiar gesture, allowing immediate updates for those too impatient for the automatic refresh.

From here you can easily move back to the thumbnails screen by poking the back button or use the familiar home screen swipe to the left or right to navigate through the other articles.

It’s nice to see the beeb keeping with it’s excellent accessibility record here providing text size adjustments via well placed buttons on the bottom right.

One should that this increases text size rather than simply zooming in, thus preserving readability and keeping the text sharp on non ‘retina’ displays.

Inset videos are identified by the now easily recognisable iplayer Tap To Play button.

Streaming is excellent on wifi and as it uses the already established iplayer wizardry tech availability and quality are second to none.

iPad users will recognise the influence of Pulse here too.

I love Pulse but the BBC news app is just more polished, though one must admit the BBC is only syndicating it’s own content so it’s much easier to make everything pretty.

Watching the embedded video is much nicer on the ipad as it happily plays in place rather than taking over the full screen.

Like Pulse, other article thumbnails can be ‘thumbed’ through with one hand whilst simultaneously scrolling the main article on the right.

Live streaming is every bit as sharp and beautiful to watch as the recorded video, though I did experience a few problems getting it working initially.

The app informed me that the content was unavailable outside the UK.

Sitting in a house in Merseyside one was a little confused.

However, if this should happen to you simply find an article with an embedded video and play that first.

After that live streaming works just fine.

**UPDATE**
Just had an update from Auntie, issues with live streaming have been fixed.

A must have app for every iWhatever owning Brit.

Well done Auntie! Click the button below to download the app!

In this case I find it hard not to. There is a good reason this film is seeing a lot of buzz in social media circle.

Director Christopher Nolan made his name with the unforgettable Memento (no pun intended) though he’s more recently known for the transformation of the Batman franchise from ponce and poppycock of the original films to the Dark Knight.

Thankfully however, Inception sees Nolan return to what he does best. A film with a solid concept, rich script and superb execution.

The special effects in this film are made more incredible by the fact that they enhance the experience without distracting you from the detailed script.

Too many films of late have sought to smack you in the face with the technical ingenuity of their CGI and green screen effects. Nolan where possible, preferred live action stunts instead.

The corridor fight scene for example was filmed in an aircraft used to simulate zero-g environments for astronauts.

Fitted out and decorated like a hotel corridor the actors were able to move in ways made otherwise impossible without wires or CGI. It’s hard to describe the difference this makes without using an analogy too close to the films core concepts to be comfortable…but….

In most films where such action sequences take place and the actor is replaced or wirework extracted something in your mind just knows its fake.

The actors don’t quite move naturally etc.

Given that the majority of this film is set in a dream state one might think they could get away with this, which makes it all the more satisfying that such effort was taken.

A good thing as such a cognitive script doesn’t need the mind distracted with awkward wirework.

A must see recommendation from me.

Bootnote: (Good to see the kid from First Rock From the Sun – Must be quite an athlete to do those corridor scenes)

For all us Javaphobes out there the PHP for Android project (PFA) was launched on 13/7/2010, the driving force behind which are the Linux specialists IronTec

Although you can download and install a build, as of this articles publishing you can’t package your php based app as an APK.

PFA say they’re busy working on this and hope to have it available soon.

I can’t wait to give is a try.

Of course there are other options available, PhoneGap and Titanium being the main contenders.

Users (I refuse to brand every Apple user a ‘fanboi’) all over the world have reported serious antenna attenuation fluctuations when bridging the two external antenna (Gray band around the phone), causing varying degrees of signal loss.

Facing growing media coverage Apple has announced a media conference this Friday 16th July provoking further fluctuations in the stock market as investors weigh up the odds of a full blown recall.

Should the recall come to pass it could cost Apple billions…literally.

Still a quick look at the 12 month stocks puts things nicely into perspective.

I think your shares are safe

I have to admit, unless I try really hard I can’t replicate the issue.

More to the fact, and which I believe I’m the first to mention; everytime I have a call drop due to signal loss my carrier credits my bill.

I’ve not hung up a call properly since the problem was discovered :0)

Thanks Apple

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