new website up and running.

Now my site is back to the basic html. Last week, I finally had time to look at my web and got rid of flash programming. Three things prompted me to go back to the good-old html script.

First was the programming error/virus doing its rounds on Firefox and Netscape browsers that freeze the whole system when you open a web page with flash – my computer managed to get infected by it.

The next reason was the seemingly complicated way of uploading new pictures while using flash programs – an anti-thesis to what I wrote a couple of months back when I shifted to flash programming. What was simple and easy then, I found it ridiculously time-consuming now.

And the third one was the most important of all. I managed to find a way of showing huge files while securing them from downloading. It’s the main reason why I shifted to flash few months back. Flash photo gallery prohibits downloading of pictures (well, you can do a capture screen, but the resolution is not the same).

So now I can show bigger files, yet secure in my knowledge that they couldn’t be downloaded easily. I’m sure people will always find ways to get things from the web if they really want to, but I’m also sure my photos aren’t that desirable for them to spend time and effort.

I’m still uploading photos, but you can start checking them out now. The screen is huge, so no more squinting. The photos are 1000 pixels on the sides. Check out the Places section since I’m putting up more pictures fom Berlin.

I’m hoping to finish uploading most of the pictures in a few days. But you can start checking them out now. Have fun. Click.


SPECIAL MESSAGE TO TONY TING:

Tony, Alfred from P is looking for you. I saw that you checked out my blog while you’re in Doha, Quatar (I told you I know everything and can see beyond the veils of time and distance). Do email him or me. I hope that both of you and yan are having fun. Don’t eat too much sand my friends. And damn it, take pictures but keep that Ricoh GR-D away from the sandstorm. I don’t think they’re giving you a new one when you crawl back to their servicing office again.