Nicole Gagliardi

On September 2, 2008 Google Chrome was released. Many were instantly excited and a few of us were instantly annoyed because our first thought was “one more browser to check our web sites sites in”.

I downloaded it immediately to check it out. I expect much tighter and flashier design elements from the browser named “Chrome”, but instead it looks plain and boring. I don’t mind the minimalism, but I would like a little personality. Beyond the design though I am pleased with the features. I love how there is URL bar can also be used to enter a search and I definitely noticed that is very really fast. It opens in an instant and I haven’t noticed any delays when using the browser where I have to wait while it stops to “thinks” about what to do.

I’ve been developing a fairly complicated web site over the past three weeks and think it’s a good test for how Chrome interprets CSS. The bottom line is that the release of Chrome did not complicate the development at all. The only wierd thing I rand into was that the very first line of the stylesheet needed to be:

@charset “utf-8″;

If you had anything else in line 1, even a comment, the font-family you defined in the body tag for the web site would be ignored and your text would default to Times New Roman.

Download Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome

See the list of features for Chrome: http://tools.google.com/chrome/intl/en-US/features.html

I have no idea who this is, but I like what they say in their profile.

Read the second line: “Willing to work in Actionscript 3.0, C#/ASP.Net on RIA development.”

The keywords being “Willing to work in”. I love that because I can’t tell you how often I used to apply for contracting jobs and leave skills off the resume because I didn’t want people to know I had them, lest they might try to give me a whole project for that program. I hated doing it because if needed I am able to work in certain programs, but on a daily basis I don’t WANT to or I’m just not interested in getting good enough to do a whole project.

Being required to do what you aren’t good at is a huge problem in the technology field where many employees want to to do everything from designing and developing the web site to playing printer/copier/fax machine repair guy to powperpoint template maker… and by the way, if you could take out the office trash on Thursdays that means we can fire the janitor. Why? At best they can’t see the difference in the quality of the work when they hire the right person for a job versus when they have you do it, and at worst they are just plain cheap.

In case your wondering what skills often didn’t make the cut… Authorware because it is so outdated and Photoshop if I thought they would actually try to make me design something.

Next time I need to send a resume, or especially if I am posting on Monster, I’m putting everything in the skills bucket and using my “Willing to work in” phrase just like this guy. It’s no gaurantee the recruiters won’t call you for jobs you don’t want, but it might help.

If your on Adobe’s e-mail list you’ve been getting reminders about this for awhile… but like me you might keep forgetting to sign-up to view the announcement and need a little prodding.

Adobe will be showing off Creative Suite 4 during a special web broadcast Sept 23, 2008. Sign yourself up to attend at http://adobe.istreamplanet.com/.

POKE! POKE! It’s only 6 days away so do it now!