Recently, NetBeans was not able to start up Mongrel automatically from a Rails project. I had to open up a console and manually start “script/server” - not what I expect when using an IDE.
I thought it was because of Rails 2.3.x - unsupported by Netbeans as I suspected.The actual reason behind it was the update to Ruby 1.8.7 in Snow Leopard!
Make sure to give that info to Netbeans via the “TOOLS” -> “RUBY PLATFORMS” window. Just delete your old Ruby record from the list left (don’t delete JRuby, though) and click the “AUTODETECT” button (red circled below):

After that, you’ll see the new Ruby 1.8.7 (see screenshot below). Click “Close” and voilá!

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Another quick note… In order to test my web apps with Internet Explorer 6 (yeah, a lot of Wintel users still browse with it!), I always had to use my Windows 2000 virtual machine. I knew it was available via CrossOver, but didn’t want to buy it… It was available via Wine, but I didn’t have the time to figure out how it works.

Now I found ies4osx — which makes is so easy to install multiple Internet Explorer (Windows) versions in OS X via Darwine:

Must have for every web designer developing on OS X out there!
(… and man, I know, this is not brand new stuff — but I just found it and thought I should share with you!)

Tags: internetexplorer mac osx ies4osx webdesign crossbrowser

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My MacBook Pro finally arrived! Delivered by TNT from the Netherlands in 13 hours… Now I have it!

After unpacking, I was just amazed by the Mac experience: Everything worked like a charm - and it looks sooo good

No dead pixels, no yellow patterns on the screen (LG-panel) and no overheating!

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After my MacBook Pro order on June 9^th, 2006, I was really looking forward to get in during the next week… Now it’s almost 3 weeks later and it still isn’t built yet in Cork, Ireland.

My dealer “MacTrade” said it was because of the 7200rpm-hard disk I ordered and that Apple is only delivering the 17″ models right now.

I guess I have to wait another week… or 2… or three… but waiting a month to get a notebook >2500€ is really not what I expect from super customer-focused Apple Inc.

(PS: It was the same with the last MacBook Pro Series.)

Update:I still don’t have my macbook. It’s more than 5 weeks now! Apple is simply not delivering to their channel partners (see heise.de here).

Tags: apple macbook macbookpro order ireland mactrade

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This is some news from the WWDC - prolly the most important for the web designers and the professional windows users:
Safari, Apple’s (former only Mac OS X) web browser, is available for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista!

It’s still a beta, but feature-complete… I immediatly restarted to Windows XP to give it a try - it works … okay…., fonts look smoother and more “anti-aliased” then with Firefox or IE7. Some sites don’t show text where it’s expected - hey, it’s a beta (see screenshots).
So in future, I don’t have to miss my favourite browser when I’m using windows (not a lot though)!

Oh, and: Of course the release of Sarafi 3 for Windows also means an update for Mac OS X Tiger!

I’ve put are some screenshots on Flickr… Some compare sites with IE7, one shows a youtube-video and… the successfull Acid2-Test in Safari !

And I’m very prod that the German Mac-online-magazine “MacNews” featured my screenshots

(3 pictures of the 6 available on Flickr)

Tags: safari apple microsoft windows wwdc

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