News: I’ve become a writer on Duncsweb

I’ve been posting comments on Duncsweb for a while now. I really like getting involved with what people post on there.
Today I was contacted by the owner of the site DuncanM and he asked me if I wanted to start writing on there, I accepted his offer and I am now part of the duncsweb team. I am very happy and honoured to be given this position, and I will continue to produce content for the site.
You can view my profile here.

My advice, is to be involved, you can't expect to be noticed, if you do nothing to get noticed. You have to be in it to win it.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to posting more content both on this blog, and on Duncsweb.

Steam Beta – My thoughts.

I was bored one day, and I thought that I should give the beta version a try, it was free so I wasn’t going to miss out on anything,
and if I didn’t like it. I could just go back to the original steam client.

Thankfully this was not the case.

It seems that the steam beta is a hit or miss kind of deal with some people. Personally I love it, but at the end of the day you either love it
or hate it.

I like the beta as it allows me to organise all of my games into specific lists, and categories of my choosing with ease, in the previous version of steam,
all of my games were unorganised and hard to find, with this new feature included in the beta. It makes my life so much easier.
Also it allows me to see any relevant game updates or releases at a glance, in contrast to the older steam client I had to right click on each game
just to see if there were any updates. It’s a nice user interface. The in game overlay and web browser have also been improved. Simple and easy to use.

Now onto what might push you away from the steam beta.
First of all, your not going to be able to chat to other players using the in game overlay, which I find annoying but not too much of a problem.
Secondly, some games might have a hard time working with the steam beta. This hasn’t been the case for me, but reading around on the internet,
I’ve found that some people have this issue. It is something you might want to take into account when trying the beta out.

My final verdict;

This steam beta is good for those who want to save time, and are looking for a much easier and better looking interface with better organisation.
If your worried about not having the chat and some games work then I would avoid it until the final release.

If you don’t like the beta, you can always revert back to the original steam client. You have to keep in mind that the new steam is in beta and will have the
odd issue from time to time.

 

Thanks for reading.

What do you think?

Hi there everyone.

I just want to ask what you think of my YouTube videos and my Blog here on Blogspot.

• What needs improving
• What am I doing right
• What do you want me to make a video on

I ask this of you as I need you to help me so I can help you. I always want to create content based on audience feedback.

If you have any video ideas send them to illage2@googlemail.com and I will get back to you. Keep in mind that while I do not respond to all the E-mail's I get I do read them all. So don't be offended if I don't respond to you straight away.

I am also holding a competition as well. If you think you make a better channel banner and a better video page banner than I have done, submit them to illage2@googlemail.com and I will use the Winner's designs.

Thanks for taking your time to read this blog.

Freeware Review - RocketDock

As you probably all know by now I've been using objectdock for a while, but before object dock came "RocketDock" which is the one I used to use on a regular basis.

So what is RocketDock? In simple terms it's an emulation of the Mac OSX Dock, but it's for windows. There are many dock applications out there for Windows.

Ok so on with the review.

Usability: RocketDock is very easy to use and set up in a matter of seconds. And it just works.

RAM usage: The RAM it uses is very little compared to other dock programs.

Stability: The software is in fact very stable, I've never had any crash issues with the software.

Support: The support for 32bit Operating systems is ok, however the software can be run on 654bit, and there is also support for Windows 7. So no matter what Windows Version your using you should be able to download and use this software.

Version: I am somewhat disapointed since the site hasn't made a new version since last year, and it would be a shame to see such a project abanonded.

Graphics: The minmise animation is somwhat ... disapointing compared to the minimise animation on ObjectDock. The RocketDock animation isn't as smooth.

Customisation: The large amount of Customisation on this dock will keep you busy for hours on end trying to find themes, icons, and docklets that all work together. It would have been nice to have the ability to package icons, themes and docklets in one installer (much like Objectdock) so it would save time.

Overall: A good dock program to start out with, it has a large comunity making icons and so on for it. However if your looking for something a little better I would go with ObjectDock.