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Tuesday October 07, 2008
05:10
Digg: Firefox Mobile to be Released in a Few Weeks
» ‎ Firefox

In an interview that started with Mozilla CEO John Lilly explaining how he runs the company to San Jose Mercury News reporter Pete Carey, it was revealed that the first Firefox Mobile alphas could be released in “a few weeks.”
Monday October 06, 2008
12:30
Download Squad: Firefox Mobile Alpha coming in "a few weeks"
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Internet, Windows Mobile, Mozilla, Mobile Minute, Browsers

Mozilla CEO says the first Alpha version of Firefox Mobile will be available in a few weeks. That's pretty exciting. But I wouldn't read too much into it at the moment.

It's not clear exactly what devices or operating systems will be supported by the early Alpha. Pre-alpha releases of the browser, code-named Fennec, are already available. But at the moment, they only run on the Nokia N810 internet tablet. The N810 is a pretty cool little device, but it's not as ubiquitous as say, Windows Mobile or Symbian powered cellphones.

Mozilla does plan to make a Windows Mobile version of Firefox Mobile available. I just don't know whether we'll see that version in a few weeks when Fennec hits alpha.

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05:00
Download Squad: Nodobe Viewer adds bloat-free document display to Firefox
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Internet, Office, Productivity, Mozilla, Browsers
I've been using Foxit PDF instead of Adobe Reader for ages. I'm not a big user of PDF files, so I don't need whatever it is Adobe jams in to the 90-some-odd megs of disk space the new version consumes.

Vuzit's online document viewer is a nice service, but I want single-click document handling. I don't want to download a file, open a new tab, browse to Vuzit, then browse to and upload my doc.

The Nodobe addon does exactly what I want, adding a new option Firefox's right-click menu. Find a file you need to open, right click it, and Vuzit's online viewer will display it in a new tab.

My one complaint is that it doesn't add an option to the download dialog, meaning it can't handle attachments from my Gmail. OpenItOnline, my document handler of choice, does provide that functionality.

Those with privacy concerns will want to read Vuzit's policy first, just to be on the safe side. I like to err on the side of caution with my docs, so anything really important I'll still be reading offline. For manuals, spec sheets, and the like, the Nodobe Viewer is a great alternative.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
03:40
Digg: Google Chrome: Turn Firefox into a Google Chrome Clone
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Last month Adam showed you six Firefox extensions that enable Chrome's best features, but today reader Asian Angel takes it a few steps further and creates an almost identical-looking Chrome clone using 10 Firefox extensions and one theme.
Saturday October 04, 2008
12:00
Download Squad: Create Printed Paper Sleeves for Your Burned CDs and DVDs
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Productivity

The 'net is a great place to get your hands on music and movies, but if you're like me you sometimes have difficulty remembering to label the disc or its container.

Liquid Mongoose has created a clever web app that will create a custom paper sleeve from any AOL Music album page or Netflix DVD page. All you need to do is drag the bookmarklet link to your Firefox toolbar or add it to your favorites in IE.

Visit the page of the album or movie you want to sleeve, click the bookmark, and go to file -> print preview. Voila! Just make sure your page is set to print at 100% and not fit to page, or the sleeve may not look correct after folding.

CD sleeves contain album artwork and details and a full track listing, while DVDs print a cover shot, synopsis, and rating information.

The template doesn't print fold lines, so you'll want to check out the tutorial video at the bottom of the Liquid Mongoose page. It's a pretty simple operation, and very easy to master. Full props for the application, but the LM logo is a little unsightly. I'll be GIMPing it out until it looks a little better. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Friday October 03, 2008
08:00
Extremetech: Problems with Firefox; Best Hard Drive for Gaming
» ‎ Firefox

The tips come from the forum and are picked each week by yours truly. Our troubleshooting guide for technology.
Thursday October 02, 2008
14:00
Extremetech: Top Tip: Problems with Firefox?
» ‎ Firefox

So recently both firefox and i.e have not been working properly. to make this short i know my internet is working fine..still works some what the same as it use to except for some a couple of problems. so far ive noticed that it wont load facebook, myspace, etc. and when it comes to search engines i cant seem to search for anything. accessing daily visited sites (emails,bank, forum, etc.) still work fine.
Tuesday September 30, 2008
15:40
Digg: Is Your Website Compatible with all browsers ?
» ‎ Firefox

Check this out to see if your website is compatible with all the popular browsers out in the internet. Firefox , Chrome , IE , Safari. Most likely you may find an error or 2. Check out how to FIX IT also!
14:40
Digg: Mozilla posts Firefox 3.0.3 update (with a new bug)
» ‎ Firefox

Following the Firefox 3.0.2 update last week, Mozilla has posted another update yesterday. Firefox 3.0.3 eliminates a bug in the browser's password manager that refuses to fetch previously saved passwords in forms.
13:59
Boing Boing: Reuters sues academic for making a Firefox plugin that lets you annotate and reference articles
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Espen sez, "In a move leading me to suspect they have hired laid-off lawyers from RIAA, Endnote (owned by Reuters) has sued GMU and Dan Cohen for the latest version of Zotero (a Firefox plugin that lets you save, annotate and academically reference articles you find online). This is an amazingly stupid market move: Suing an academic for making software for other academics because the software allows you to convert styles (which in turn were freely contributed by other academics) - when your main market is academics."
For my part, I’m going to refuse to use Reuters’ software in future, strongly discourage graduate students from buying EndNote, and try to get this message out to my colleagues too (at least those of them who aren’t using Zotero or some BibTex client already). If I taught any classes where Thomson printed relevant textbooks, I would be strongly inclined not to use these texts either. I encourage you to do the same (and, if you’re so minded, to suggest other possible ways of making it clear to Reuters that this kind of behaviour is intolerable in the comments). People have argued that the music industry has screwed up badly by suing its customers – whether that’s true or not, makers of academic bibliography software should be told that suing universities for what appear to be entirely legitimate actions is not likely to do their reputations any good.
GMU sued for Zotero (Thanks, Espen!)
13:00
Download Squad: eBay launches browser-based price comparison tool
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Internet, Browsers

Online auction site eBay has launched a a new tool that makes it easy to find out how much an item is selling for on eBay even when you're visiting another site. It's called Browser Highlighter, and here's how it works. You download and install the tool, and then when you're searching for items on selected sites, a "compare on eBay" button will appear. Click the button and a window will pop up over the web page you're currently reading with a list of eBay items matching the term you were searching for.

Browser Highlighter doesn't work with every site on the web. But it does work with Google and Yahoo! search pages, Google and Yahoo! shopping pages, Amazon, and Nextag. Say for example, you're searching for an iPod. You can search Amazon for iPods, and see a list of items matching your query on Amazon. Then you can click the compare on eBay button to see if you can find a better deal on ebay before making your purchase from Amazon.

The plugin also comes bundled with the Skype browser extension that lets you click any phone number on a web page in order to initiate a call with Skype. This plugin's been available as a separate download for a while. While you can uninstall the Skype plugin once it's installed, there does not appear to be a way to opt out of installing it in the first place if all you want is the Borwser Highlighter.

Browser Highlighter works with Firefox and Internet Explorer and is available for Windows only. eBay plans to release a Mac version that works with Safari soon.

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12:00
Download Squad: Easily create HTML email signatures for your favorite webmail service
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, E-mail, Freeware, Browser Tips, Browsers
Does it frustrate you that even though you can add HTML links in the content of your email when creating it in Gmail, you can't add an HTML link to your signature? It sure frustrates me. Many webmail services have very limited signature editors, making it difficult to create a compelling signature.

If you would like to use more than just plain text in your signature for your webmail account, give WiseStamp a try. WiseStamp is a Firefox add-on that gives you a rich text editor to create your email signature, and gives handy links to instant messaging services or social networks that you can add in to personalize your signature further. WiseStamp supports Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL Mail, and Hotmail.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Monday September 29, 2008
22:50
Digg: 11 Free Firefox 3 Themes You Probably Never Use Before
» ‎ Firefox

There are lots of free download able extensions, add-ons, themes etc available on the internet for firefox and there demands are increasing every day. As we have already published a post about Firefox add-ons. In this post, I am listing down 11 Free Firefox 3 Themes You Probably Never Use Before.
18:10
Digg: Firefox 3: 8 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do
» ‎ Firefox

The latest version of Mozilla's popular open-source browser enjoyed one of the most successful launches in software history, with a record-setting 8.2 million downloads the first day it was available.
12:40
Digg: Firefox Minefield: Faster Than Chrome
» ‎ Firefox

f you are not happy that you can’t get to try a native chrome, arguably the fastest browser out there; give Firefox Minefield a shot. Even though it’s an early Alpha build, under the hood, it has the fastest javascript engine out there.
10:00
Download Squad: 14 Extremely Useful Firefox Addons
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Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mozilla

My affinity for Firefox comes as much from the fantastic community of addon developers as it does from the program itself. Now, I'm sure you will have heard of some of these before: good Firefox addons tend to spread like wildfire. I hope I've managed to include some that you might have missed.

I've ranked just over a dozen addons that I find to be particularly useful - even to more casual Firefox users.

1. Cybersearch - Customizable Google searches in my Awesome Bar? Yes, please! It also supports keywords so you can enter things like "ds firefox addons" and limit your search to a specific web site (like Downloadsquad, for example). Enter a comma separated list of URLs to search a group of sites.

2. LastPass - I used to use KeePass, but I just like LastPass better. It did a great job of importing (and then removing) my Firefox stored passwords, and its secure password creation tool makes using different passwords on new sites a snap. The web interface is a great way to manage my logins and groups.

3. FEBE - As with anything else on your computer, it's never a bad idea to back up your Firefox install. FEBE will back up everything - extensions, themes, bookmarks - or just what you choose, and you can set up an automated schedule. It's also got integrated Box.net support, which is actually a fairly nice way to roll-you-rown manual Firefox syncing.
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04:00
NewsForge: Save a Web page for later with Read It Later extension
» ‎ Firefox

At first sight, the Read It Later (RIL) extension looks redundant -- after all, you can use Firefox's own bookmarking functionality to save Web pages for later reading. But dig deeper, and you'll discover that it offers enough nifty features to make it a must-have tool for most users.
00:00
Ars Technica: Hands on: SkyFire browser brings Gecko to Windows Mobile
» ‎ Firefox

The new SkyFire web browser uses server-side prerendering with Firefox's Gecko engine to bring a desktop-like web experience to mobile devices. Ars puts SkyFire to the test and discusses some of the underlying technology with the company's senior director of product management.
Read More...
Sunday September 28, 2008
19:43
Boing Boing: Hyperwords.net
» ‎ Firefox

I'm interested in what people think of this browser approach and Firefox plugin, Hyperwords, now in version 5.0

There's both a user-driven version, demonstrated above, as well as a client-side version that turns every word on a website into a hotlink. The former seems like a great way to be carrying a little toolset with your cursor everywhere you go. The latter seems like a great way to build a giant hypertext community around a book Finnegans Wake or even the Torah.
Is this a dimensional leap for web browsing, just another plug-in, or somewhere in-between?
16:00
Download Squad: Use Google to search your bookmarks with plugin from searchmybookmarks.com
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Web services, Google, Freeware, Browser Tips, Search
Have you ever wished you could apply the power of Google's search algorithm to the bookmarks you have stored in Firefox? If you're okay with uploading your bookmarks to a relatively unknown site, you can do just that.

Searchmybookmarks.com has a Firefox extension you can install that will upload all of your bookmarks to their server. Then, when you visit the site, you have the option of searching just your bookmarks, searching your bookmarks and the rest of the web (but giving preference to results from your bookmarks), or just searching the web.

In my brief testing, the site is clearly still in beta, as some obvious search queries that should have returned many results from my bookmarks returned no results at all when searching only my bookmarks. Yet, if I chose to search both my bookmarks and the rest of the web, those same results I was expecting the first time around came out right on top of the result set.

If you were ever sure that you had something bookmarked, but couldn't remember where, searchmybookmarks.com might just be able to help you find it.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Saturday September 27, 2008
23:40
Digg: IE8 Performance vs. Google Chrome and Firefox
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With Microsoft making headway towards the gold build of Internet Explorer 8, the Redmond company has to face an ugly truth. Performance-wise, with emphasis on JavaScrip performance, the software giant is getting ready to release a browser inferior to what is already available from rivals Google and Mozilla.
18:52
Slashdot: Thomson Reuters Sues Over Open-Source Endnote-Alike Zotero
» ‎ Firefox

Noksagt writes "Thomson Reuters, the owner of the Endnote reference management software, has filed a $10 million lawsuit and a request for injunction against the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia's George Mason University develops Zotero, a free and open source plugin to Mozilla Firefox that researchers may use to manage citations. Thomson alleges that GMU's Center for History and New Media reverse engineered Endnote and that the beta version of Zotero can convert (in violation of the Endnote EULA) the proprietary style files that are used by Endnote to format citations into the open CSL file format."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
12:10
Digg: Browser Speed Tests: The Compiled, Up-to-Date Results
» ‎ Firefox

Back when Firefox 3's final release candidate dropped, we ran some tests to compare its page-loading, memory use, and technical timing to Internet Explorer 7, Opera, and Safari for Windows. Then Google Chrome arrived, so we pit it against the betas for Firefox 3.1 and Internet Explorer 8, and shared the results.
Friday September 26, 2008
09:30
Digg: Mozilla Chief Promises Mobile Firefox Before 2010
» ‎ Firefox

In a new blog post, Mozilla chairperson Mitchell Baker noted that she saw have an effective product in the mobile space”, which may indicate that Mozilla won’t ship a mobile browser by 2010. She added that “that is not the case at all” and that Mozilla “will ship well before then.”
Thursday September 25, 2008
16:19
Slashdot: Alarm Raised For "Clickjacking" Browser Exploit
» ‎ Firefox

Shipment Date writes "ZDNet's Zero Day blog has some new information on what looks like a scary new browser exploit/threat affecting all the major desktop platforms — Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Adobe Flash. The threat, called Clickjacking, was to be discussed at the OWASP conference but was nixed at the last minute at hte request of affected vendors. From the article: 'In a nutshell, it's when you visit a malicious website and the attacker is able to take control of the links that your browser visits. The problem affects all of the different browsers except something like lynx. The issue has nothing to do with JavaScript so turning JavaScript off in your browser will not help you.'"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Wednesday September 24, 2008
14:00
Download Squad: Iron: Chrome for privacy fanatics
» ‎ Firefox
Filed under: Windows, Google, Open Source, Browsers
If you want to use Google Chrome but are concerned or have questions about Google's policies for collecting usage data, you might want to give Iron a try.

Iron, developed by German software company SRWare is Chrome stripped of all the user ID information that gave the German government cause for concern.

I don't speak German, but the guys at the Incomplete-News Project have helpfully published an English translation. According to them, Iron is essentially the Chromium source code, with the following modifications:
- No unique user-ID
- No user-specific information is sent to Google
- No alternative error messages
- Crash information is not sent to Google
- No Google updater
I personally don't have a problem with having my search data transmitted to Google (as I'm sure it is in Safari and Firefox with my search bars now), but I do understand the concerns about data-collection potential.

I downloaded Iron, and other than featuring the same squished blue logo that CodeWeavers uses in its version of Chromium on the default tab page, everything worked exactly as expected.

XP and Vista users can download Iron from SRWare's site.
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Tuesday September 23, 2008
23:10
Digg: Chrome Fades As Users Return to IE, Firefox
» ‎ Firefox

Chrome's share of the browser market is fading as users who abandoned Internet Explorer and Firefox start to return, an Internet measurement company said today.At the end of its third week of availability, Google Inc.'s Chrome accounted for 0.77% of the browsers that visited the 40,000 sites tracked by Net Applications, down from a 0.85% share.
15:30
Download Squad: Firefox 3.0.2 Beta Available for Download
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Mozilla, Beta, Browsers

Firefox users looking to stay up-to-date can download the beta version of 3.0.2 from Freeware Files . Though Mozilla has release notes posted, I was unable to find a link to the download itself on their site.

The update addresses several security issues, bugs, and rendering issues, and new SSL Extended Validation roots have been added (if you've seen your address bar turn green, it's likely from a EV-enabled SSL host). Check the notes for a complete list of fixes, and stay tuned to Download Squad for the official download link once it's available.

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14:00
Download Squad: MediaScrape Aggregates News Videos from Around The World
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Internet, Video, News, Web services

News buffs will want to bookmark MediaScrape.com, a Canadian site that aggregates video news reports from a host of international sources.

Feeds from AP, Reuters, BBC News, CBC Television (Canada), ANI (Asian News), and many others are available for viewing. Since MediaScrape is all about news for the visually inclined, there's also a Google map view that geotags videos. Clicking a marker on the map pops up a thumbnail and link to the video.

Video transcripts are also available, a welcome feature for writers needing to reference a report. Registering gives users the ability to customize MediaScrape's feeds to include only their preferred networks, regions, and topics.

One thing I found a bit bothersome was the proliferation of Adsense ads. Video pages display two text blocks, and the video itself gets an ad overlay - you can close it, but it's an annoyance nonetheless.

Still, there's a ton of great news content to view and most of you are probably running Firefox and adblock anyway. If not, sites like this may convince you to install it.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Monday September 22, 2008
14:52
Digg: 8 hacks to make Firefox ridiculously fast
» ‎ Firefox

Firefox has been outperforming IE in every department for years, and version 3 is speedier than ever.But tweak the right settings and you could make it faster still, more than doubling your speed in some situations,
Sunday September 21, 2008
17:33
Slashdot: Mozilla Nixes Firefox EULA Requirement
» ‎ Firefox

Less than a week ago, Mozilla asked (and Canonical relucantly agreed, in development versions of Intrepid Ibex) that users be required on first use to agree to a EULA before using Firefox. This drew lots of criticism, and Mozilla agreed that the requirement was flawed. Now, according to a story at Groklaw, the EULA requirement's been done away with. From the Groklaw article linked: "Bottom line: Now, you can install and use Firefox without having to agree to a EULA. The services have been separated out. If they were opt in instead of opt out, I'd be happier, but this is acceptable to me. There may be further tweaks, I understand, but I think it's time to acknowledge that Mozilla is behaving very well indeed now and demonstrating a desire to get this right."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
17:33
Slashdot: Mozilla Nixes Firefox EULA Requirement
» ‎ Firefox

Less than a week ago, Mozilla asked (and Canonical relucantly agreed, in development versions of Intrepid Ibex) that users be required on first use to agree to a EULA before using Firefox. This drew lots of criticism, and Mozilla agreed that the requirement was flawed. Now, according to a story at Groklaw, the EULA requirement's been done away with. From the Groklaw article linked: "Bottom line: Now, you can install and use Firefox without having to agree to a EULA. The services have been separated out. If they were opt in instead of opt out, I'd be happier, but this is acceptable to me. There may be further tweaks, I understand, but I think it's time to acknowledge that Mozilla is behaving very well indeed now and demonstrating a desire to get this right."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
15:13
Slashdot: Google Goofs On Firefox's Anti-Phishing List
» ‎ Firefox

Stephen writes "While phishing is a problem, giving one company the power to block any site that it wishes at the browser level never seemed like a good idea. Today Google blocked a host of legitimate web sites by listing mine.nu. mine.nu is available as a dynamic dns domain and anybody can claim a sub domain. All sub-domains are blocked regardless of whether phishing actually occurs on the sub-domain or not. Several Linux enthusiast sites are caught up in the net including Hostfile Ad Blocking and Berry Linux Bootable CD."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
15:13
Slashdot: Google Goofs On Firefox's Anti-Phishing List
» ‎ Firefox

Stephen writes "While phishing is a problem, giving one company the power to block any site that it wishes at the browser level never seemed like a good idea. Today Google blocked a host of legitimate web sites by listing mine.nu. mine.nu is available as a dynamic dns domain and anybody can claim a sub domain. All sub-domains are blocked regardless of whether phishing actually occurs on the sub-domain or not. Several Linux enthusiast sites are caught up in the net including Hostfile Ad Blocking and Berry Linux Bootable CD."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Friday September 19, 2008
18:00
Download Squad: Google Chrome will eventually support add-ons and user scripts
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Google, Browsers

There are plenty of things that set Google Chrome apart from Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer. It uses a different rendering engine. It places tabs at the very top of the screen, not under the location bar. It has a single location/search bar. And each browser tab is treated as a separate process by your operating system. Another thing that separates Chrome from the competition? It's not as extendable... yet.

You can install add-ons for web browsers like Firefox that do everything from turn the browser into an FTP client to provide email notifications. And there are user scripts that will let you change the way you interact with web pages. Google Chrome doesn't currently support either type of extensions. But it will.

At the Web 2.0 Expo in New York, Google's Ojan Vafai indicated that Chrome wll support both eventually. But first, the developers want to make sure that add-ons don't cause the browser to become unstable. Firefox add-ons, for example, can bog down the application, making it take longer to launch and more likely to crash.

While you're waiting for Google to figure things out, there are always workarounds that let you install user scripts or block ads in Chrome.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
11:56
GrokLaw: Mozilla Comes Through!
» ‎ Firefox

Here's a screenshot of the latest language from Mozilla, and as you'll see, they absolutely have listened to the community's EULA concerns (if you click on the image, it gets larger). Instead of a EULA, the new page you get on install is a notices page with no "I agree" requirement, along with a link to an optional services agreement, and instructions there on how to avoid having to accept the services, if you don't want them. The notices inform you about the license being the MPL, that Mozilla's trademarks are theirs, not ours, and the link to the services offerings. I believe trademarks are important to protect, as you probably know from reading Groklaw.
I haven't closely analyzed the services language yet, but my concerns about the EULA have been addressed. Bottom line: Now, you can install and use Firefox without having to agree to a EULA. The services have been separated out. It they were opt in instead of opt out, I'd be happier, but this is acceptable to me. There may be further tweaks, I understand, but I think it's time to acknowledge that Mozilla is behaving very well indeed now and demonstrating a desire to get this right.
10:30
Download Squad: 7 Multi-Site Torrent Search Tools For the Swarthy Downloader
» ‎ Firefox

So, it's torrent booty ye be after? Well, matey, I'll be happy to share a list of me favorite places to find forbidden treasures.

Millions of torrents, thousands of places to look for them...What's a wayfarin' buccaneer to do? Why, search a whole pile of places at the same time, of course. After all, you're more likely to find gold with seven maps to the same pot than you are with just one.

Enough of the played-out pirate jargon already, on to the sites!

Simultaneous Searching

NowTorrents. Searches up to twelve sites at once. I like the file type tabs and health indicator, and they offer a Firefox and IE compatible search plugin.

uSniff. I wrote about uSniff before, and I use it quite often. I don't really search a lot of different sites, usually just Pirate Bay and IsoHunt, and they're both supported (along with six others). The interface is clean and responds quickly - the search box throws some people off, though. I don't understand why, it's giant, orange, and says "search" on it. They also have a search plugin for IE and Firefox.
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10:26
OSNews: Introducing SquirrelFish Extreme
» ‎ Firefox

Just three months ago, we announced SquirrelFish, a major revamp of our JavaScript engine featuring a high-performance bytecode interpreter. Today weâd like to announce the next generation of our JavaScript engine - SquirrelFish Extreme (or SFX for short). SquirrelFish Extreme uses more advanced techniques, including fast native code generation, to deliver even more JavaScript performance. Benchmarks can be found Squirrelfish Extreme benchmarks can be found on the "Summer of Javascriptcore" blog. As seen, it claims to be faster than both Squirrelfish, Google's V8, and the upcoming Firefox javascript engine, Tracemonkey.
04:49
Slashdot: Mozilla Is Eyeing Your Phone
» ‎ Firefox

Slatterz writes "Mozilla is planning to develop a browser for mobile phones by 2010. Mitchell Baker, chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, has been laying out her plans for the organisation over the next two years. Baker also committed to expanding the role of Firefox and building on its market share, while developing new browser technology such as the Aurora project. Mozilla has already stated that it is working on a mobile version of Firefox, but has never set a timeframe for release."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Thursday September 18, 2008
14:00
Download Squad: Google Chrome: Nearly 2 million US downloads in first week
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Google, Beta, Browsers
More than 1.9 million people visited the "thank you" page that pops up after you've downloaded and installed the Google Chrome web browser between September 1st and 7th, according to Nielsen. If that number doesn't sound impressive, let's put it another way: Almost 1.4% of everyone in the United States who went online at all during that week saw the thank you page. Not bad for a brand new web browser.

Of course, installing isn't necessarily the same as using. I'm fairly certain that a hefty number of people who installed Google Chrome were doing so just to check it out. Many probably played around with it for a few minutes and then ditched it to go back to Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, or whatever it is they used.

In other Chrome news, Google seems to have issued an update to the browser today. If you click the "about" button in the browser, a message will pop up telling you that an update is available. I have yet to find a changelog showing what's new in version 0.2.149.30. I'm guessing mostly bug fixes.

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11:00
Download Squad: Day One On Linux: What Would You Miss?
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Linux, Analysis
I've decided once and for all that I'm going to make a serious effort to make Linux my primary operating system. Am I dissatisfied with Windows? No. In fact, I'm quite happy with it. It's just time for a change, that's all.

This isn't my first attempt to switch. I've made several others before with various distros: Ubuntu, Mint, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva, Fedora, Slax...There's always been something early on that made me bail out and head back to my trusty old Windows XP install.

Now, I'm not blaming Linux. It's more to do with my comfort level with the programs I have installed. Certain apps that I've been using for ages in Windows aren't available in Linux, and that's held me back. For me, it's always been Photoshop (CS2 in Wine has never worked very well for me).

Recently, however, I've been testing out so many other similar apps that I don't think I'll notice it missing this time. I'm getting comfortable with GIMP's UI, and I can always use Drpic.com for really quick edits.

Which brings me to the larger point: how much does your OS really matter any more? I use Firefox and a handful of addons and a number of web apps now, so switching ought to be relatively painless. So far, the only thing I've missed is being able to install a Windows app to review it for DownloadSquad, and VirtualBox will take care of that soon enough.

What about you? Could you switch to Linux and not miss a beat, or are there still some apps you just can't live without on your desktop?Permalink | Email this | Comments
09:40
Digg: Mozilla to remove Firefox EULA
» ‎ Firefox

Ubuntu users who couldn’t stand the idea of a EULA (End User License Agreement) for the popular Firefox Web browser are going to get their way. The Mozilla Foundation’s chairperson, Mitchell Baker, has agreed to entirely remove the Firefox EULA.
Wednesday September 17, 2008
20:00
Download Squad: Gmail - pimp your inbox to create personal knowledge database
» ‎ Firefox

Filed under: Internet, News, E-mail, Productivity, Google, Search

Steve Rubel wrote an excellent post about taking your Gmail to an extraordinary new level -- using it as a searchable database by harnessing its rich filtering capabilities and imbuing it with tags. Rather than just using it as an email inbox, you can hit pay dirt if you stretch it to be your personal data mining system.

Here's how. First, forget about using the cumbersome label feature altogether. You will be using the filters and tags instead. As you will be sending yourself emails to seed your database, you will need to set up a filter so these emails are auto archived and marked as read and don't junk up your inbox.

When you find information you want to add to your database, you will email it to yourself (Rubel uses Ubiquity, a Firefox add on) with a special tag you add to the prefix. For example, youremail+mortgage crisis@gmail.com, if say you wanted to have access to a great article on the housing melt down. The email won't hit your inbox, but you can find it doing a search by its tag.

Then, to make your tags easy to find, use Gmail Quick Links, a Gmail Labs feature which bookmarks common Gmail views. This allows you to create a shortcut to any bookmarkable URL in Gmail. You need to enable this feature in your Gmail settings, found under the Labs tab.

If you live in your Gmail, this might be a great option for you to bookmark and search massive quantities of information all from the comfort of your home on the web, your inbox.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Download Squad: Giftag puts all your wishlists in one place
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Filed under: Fun, Internet

If you're into stuff like most of us are, you probably have a few online wish lists. I have two Amazon wish lists, and one each at Crate and Barrel and Target left over from my wedding. When people want to buy me something, they often ask where they should look.

Giftag is one way to eliminate that problem. In stall the simple Firefox add-on and use the button added to your toolbar to add things to your list. It is very simple.

Surf over to your favorite online gadget source, pick out what you want and click the Giftag icon. You are prompted to highlight the area of the item you want. A section at the bottom of the screens gives you options to add the item to different lists and include information like quantities or comments.

Once you have assembled your list you can share it with friends by entering their email addresses. With Christmas coming up this could be a very useful way to steer people in the direction of what it is you really want.

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07:48
GrokLaw: The Latest on the Firefox EULA Matter
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Mitchell Baker has posted on her blog a notice that Mozilla will let us know today what solution they've come up with for the Firefox EULA dispute:
Firefox without EULAs - Update
We're still working on this. There's been a bunch of helpful feedback. We appreciate this. We think we've integrated the feedback into something that's a good solution; different from out last version in both its essence and its presentation and content.
We've come to understand that anything EULA-like is disturbing, even if the content is FLOSS based. So we're eliminating that. We still feel that something about the web services integrated into the browser is needed; these services can be turned off and not interrupt the flow of using the browser. We also want to tell people about the FLOSS license - as a notice, not as as EULA or use restriction. Again, this won't block the flow or provide the unwelcoming feeling that one comment to my previous post described so eloquently.
We expect to have the materials that show this plan posted tomorrow morning.
So that sounds promising. I don't think the EULA content was FLOSS based, actually, and I'll show you why I

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