Developers’ Selection

Cuil, which can be found on http://www.cuil.com, claims to be a refreshing wind in the land of search engines… A new way of searching, which should be more easy for users, because search listings are automatically categorized.

This all sounds very good, so we thought we’d give it a try… The Cuil-website looks very modern, and seems to be a little inspired by the Google page. The makers of Google always have chosen for a Spartan look for the landing page, trying to set as few links and words as possible on it. (Some weeks ago there was lot to do in the press about Google not willing to place an extra link on the landing page).

Cuil has about the same philosophy about that; displaying as less words and links as possible, the homepage is a black background with a logo and about 3 links. (of which the about-pages was actually not a link, because it didn’t work and showed us a 404-page).

But never mind, a search engine is meant to search, not to tell a fully illustrated history about itself. So we gave the search function a try…

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Each year again, a huge number of people organizes several events in Second Life to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Every time again you’re amazed by how many people participate, and what they accomplish. One of the most “visible” events is the one the group “Heroes” organizes. They build an entire scenery, several sims large, in which events are held.

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Runescape… who doesn’t know it? The popular browser/java-based game, in which your avatar needs to complete quests in a magical/medieval environment. Although, that’s what the developers intended. Many players in Runescape don’t do any quests, but call themselves “skillers”. And that is probably the most successful way to become a rich man in Runescape, although it takes patience. But hey, that’s not what this post is all about :) (Maybe a future one will.. who knows)

We want to let you know that the High Definition version of Runescape has become available for all, and is out of beta. Now both free players and members can enjoy runescape on full screen, and in a wonderful interface. In my opinion, the game now finally has made the necessary step to attract lots and lots of players.

(Go to read more to see the Youtube movie)

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More than a month they were ahead of schedule when the Wordpress team launched version 2.6 today. Developers’ Selection works with Wordpress 2.6, and two new features in particular made us very happy.

First of all you can now select multiple options, by using the control key. This is easier than having to do them all one by one. Also the possibility to add a caption to an image is a nice new feature.

All new features are pointed out in this movie we found on the wordpress site: