A Comment on the Animated GIF Creation Software

My first animated GIF software is UnFREEz, but the final GIF animation is slightly pixellated. Next, I installed GIMP 2.6.5, then I installed Beneton Movie GIF. However, the final GIF is slow. I unistalled UnFREEz and Beneton Movie GIF and downloaded two GIF-related software packed in their respective ZIP archives. However, their features are worser than other animated GIF software. I searched for others of that kind, but most of them are shareware or demoware. Later, when I was searching the Web for making GIF animations, I found that my GIMP has the power to create animated GIF images, but the resulting animation is still slow.
If you want to create animated GIF images, please rely on GIMP because it is a free multi-purpose image manipulation software and not on shareware or demoware of its kind because for a number of reasons.
I am now a GIMP and freeware addict for now on. I can't believe that freeware programs are as powerful as the shareware counterparts.

Plurk Emoticon Update

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Plurk Emoticon Database Update: March 21, 2009
New Emoticons Added:

= (blush) [requires 25+ karma]

= (eyeroll) [requires 81+ karma]

= (cry) [requires you must invite 10+ friends to join Plurk]

If you still want to use these emoticons even if you not reached the specific requirements for these, follow the directions in my first post. However, this direction is subject again to the rules, also in my first post.

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Adobe Photoshop vs. GIMP: In Terms of Disadvantages

My computer formerly has an Adobe Photoshop CS2 trial version, but I let it finish the trial. Later, I tried installing Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended crack, but only one component has been installed: Adobe Version Cue CS3. I have uninstalled these software because they must be activated if their respective trial periods end. Nwo I have installed the latest stable version of the GNU Image Manipulation Program for my Windows XP SP3, meeting the former's system requirements.
Now I searched over the Internet for the features and cons of Adobe Photoshop and GIMP, so I want you to compare these software in terms of disadvantages in order for you to tell what do you like to install one of these software. (As of their latest stable version)
DISADVANTAGES OF ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

• Costly for a residential user
• Does not support Unix and all Unix-like OS except Mac OS X
• Take more disk space whenever your installation choice is full or custom
• Installation and uninstallation is longer and can be subject to errors
• Does not support all vector graphics formats
• For a newbie, the many features can be confusing
• System requirements are higher
• Shareware, 30-day trial starting from first use
• Downloading of trial version takes hours to complete
• Must be activated if you are concerned about cracks and keygens
  

DISADVANTAGES OF GIMP

• Does not support all RAW image formats unless plug-ins for them are installed
• The user manual for the latest version is under development
• To run GIMP in a different language, you must endure the long process of changing the system language (the language I'm referring is not related to computer languages)

DISADVANTAGES OF BOTH

• Do not support Mac OS X Snow Leopard, as well as the two newest OS under the Windows family
• May slow down if multiple images are opened

RECOMMENDATIONS
I recommend GIMP for residential users because it's freeware and easy to use, but I recommend Adobe Photoshop for business use. If you want to work with RAW formats and vector graphics, GIMP is the most preferred. If you are a Linux or BSD user, then you will fall in love with GIMP. Nevertheless, GIMP is the most versatile image editor around because of its great features.

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Videos by ABS-CBN still show up on YouTube (?)

According to the Wikipedia article on the criticism of top online video sharing provider YouTube, the Philippine television network ABS-CBN dislikes its videos to be uploaded to YouTube. A sentence in that article says that "Philippine TV channel ABS-CBN also does not allow its videos to be on YouTube." does not make a very clear sense, the evidence is this video by YouTuber Kenyotic:



Bonus:
Q: Will ABS-CBN take down all of its videos on YouTube and why?
A: Please comment on this post to get your answer.

The Pushdown Effect (Part 2 of 3)

This time, let us discuss why pushdowns occur in most sites "Powered by _____Wiki" (as described in Part 1).

Let us gather an example site, Bulbapedia. Because it is "Powered by MediaWiki" (MediaWiki is written in PHP), ads and the resulting pushdowns are displayed except for the main page and special pages without Adblock Plus enabled. Below are parts of a screenshot of the Bulbapedia page on the Pokemon Mantine displaying the pushdowns:

This s-pushdown on the top has no ad.

This s-pushdown has an ad. It "pushes" the category links down.

Another screenshot of that page has no ads and pushdowns because of my Adblock Plus:
NOTE: THESE SCREENSHOTS WERE TAKEN OF JANUARY 29, 2009.

Without Adblock Plus enabled, pushdowns are possible in most websites "Powered by MediaWiki" and only a very few websites "Powered by other wikis other than MediaWiki" has some of these pushdowns. Google provides more than half of the ads that cause those pushdowns.

Next month: How about the pushdowns on Wikia, another website "Powered by MediaWiki"? What is the REAL truth about pushdowns? Stay tuned!