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  • Posted at 12:35 AM on February 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply

    Live Bookmarking in Google Chrome 

    It hasn’t been too long since Google Chrome was made available for third party extensions. Chrome development team has been receiving a lot of complaints on how Chrome is yet to support RSS.  Even though the latest version Chrome is in its 5th version,  we still don’t know when the browser is going to fully support RSS.  As they have made Chrome third party extension compliant, development team released an extension called “RSS Subscription Extension“.  It allows you to browse through RSS feeds and it comes with four feed readers (Google Reader, iGoogle, Bloglines and My Yahoo).  The only thing that’s missing from this extension is that the ability to subscribe to feeds through your browser.

    Luckily there is another extension called “RSS Live Links“.  Which exactly provides you with the ability to subscribe to feeds through the browser, just like Firefox or Internet Explorer.  This was the thing that was holding me back from switching Firefox to Chrome.  Finally, there is a tweak-around.

    If you’d like to have your RSS live feeds in your toolbar, all you have to do is to create a folder name called “RSS Live Links” in bookmark manager. Further instructions are available at the extension page.

     

  • Posted at 6:26 PM on July 25, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Firefox 3.7 Default Theme Mockup Screenshots 

    Developers at Mozilla recently posted a wiki post about Firefox 3.7.  They posted couple of screen shots at Mozilla Wiki. Firefox 3.7 Windows Theme Mockup

    Personally I never liked how Vista looked even though I use it. You can click on the images to see them in full sizes.

    In my opinion, it looks a like a combination of other major browsers, Opera, Safari and Google Chrome.

    They removed the menu from the top bar and placed a menu and a setting icon next to internet search just like Google Chrome and Safari.  Apparently, this is going to affect how you get around in Firefox. They are becoming more similar to each other.

    Tabs are separated unlike the current version of Firefox, which I think it looks more like Opera.

    Here are the other two screen shots.
    Firefox 3.7 Windows Theme MockupFirefox 3.7 Windows Theme Mockup

    You don’t need to wait until Firefox 3.7.  BoneyardBrew developed a theme that’s just like the mock up.  You can head over to his or her Deviantart page to download the theme.

    BoneyardBrew

     

  • Posted at 12:02 PM on April 27, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Firefox 3.5 Beta 

    You might have been wondering what happened to Firefox beta releases? In case you haven’t heard about it, there have been delays on almost each beta release that Mozilla put up.

    3.5 Comes after 3.0

    Mozilla has released three beta versions of their next release which was named “Firefox 3.1″ until lately. They have recently proposed that Shiretoko would be renamed to Firefox 3.5. You can catch up on details at Mozilla’s Quality Blog. So as it has been approved by Mozilla, they have released a new beta version(only a prebeta) of next release named Firefox 3.5.

    Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 (Pre-Beta) is available at Mozilla’s quality blog. It’s a different installation which means it won’t replace your current  FF stable or beta version. Another Firefox will be installed. I have Firefox 3.0.8, Firefox 3.1 Beta and Shiretoko (Firefox 3.5 Beta 4).

    Firefox needs your help!

    If Mozilla doesn’t face any unexpected problems on this nightly build version, they are expecting an official beta release on April 28 before they move on to release candidates for Firefox 3.5. So in total, there will be four beta versions before RC versions. Mozilla needs your help. If you are a Firefox user and have some spare time, you can start using the latest version available and start letting Mozilla know about any bugs or problems you see with the version. This way there will be less delays.

    Stay Updated

    If you wish to stay updated with what’s going on with Firefox, you can get your latest firefox release by clicking on the first link above to stay updated with new features and versions. All events at Mozilla regarding Firefox releases and many more are posted at this Quality blog. You will be able to find some useful links there. You can also subscribe to this blog to stay updated.

     

  • Posted at 11:43 PM on March 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Safari 4 Beta 

    Hooray! A New Product.  Apple has recently released the first public beta version of Safari 4.  It was made available  to developers about six months ago.  On February 24, Apple released the first beta version of Safari 4.

    What’s new?

    Safari has always been there with their own twist on browsing the web.  Safari 3 is still considered one of the fastest browser.  There are a lot of new features, they actually put up a list called “150 features“. They are not all new,  only is 29 of them can be considered new for Safari 4. Some of these features have already been introduced by other browsers such as Firefox and Google Chrome.

    Safari team has borrowed couple of ideas from Google Chrome, first thing you will notice is the new look. They move the tab bar to top just like Google Chrome.  Here are some features you will notice with Safari 4.

    1. Windows Font Rendering:  Safari now use the standard rendering technique for its users. Which i think makes a lot of sense since they a lot of people who use windows use this software.
    2. Tabs on Top: Just like Google Chrome, they have the tab bar on top with their own touch of course.  More tabs you have less the tab size will be.  That’s the only difference.
    3. New Look :  Safari 4 for Windows doesn’t have that dark silver look. It is now more of a Windows application.
    4. New JavaScript Engine: With this new release, they are introducing a new javascript engine called “Nitro”. According to Apple, it’s 8 times faster than Internet Explorer 8 and up to 4 times faster than Firefox 3.1.  It is quite noticeable.
    5. Navigation: Almost all browsers have adopted this feature. When you open a new tab, it would show the thumbnails of most or recent visited websites.  I think it was introduced by Google Chrome.  Although, Safari is introducing this feature with its own unique way.  For instance, iTunes feature “Cover Flow” is now possible in Safari 4.
    6. Developer Tools: Safari is now an ideal tool to debug, tweak or optimize a web site.

    Eye Candy or Best Performance?

    I’d agree if they hadn’t change the way program operates.  First of all,  It’s noticeably faster. Second of all, some of those features are useful.  I think that product is going to grab a lot of attention and a lot of people will consider switching from IE, Opera, Firefox to Safari. Last of all,  Safari’s windows integration and standard font rendering are a plus for loyal windows users.

     

  • Posted at 7:50 PM on February 9, 2009 Permalink | Reply

    Event: Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 / Nightly Test Week 

    all-firefox-logo-3-1-betaIt’s been about five months since the first alpha version of Firefox 3.1 released.  As a beta tester, I received an email about the next beta release of Firefox 3.1 (aka Shiretoko).

    Firefox 3.1 (pre)beta is available to all beta testers. Well, everyone can download and check out this new beta version but it’s good to contribute. This version is only a pre-beta version which Mozilla aims to get some feedback and help from its users to fix the bugs.

    So if you wish to contribute to this beta version, please head over to the “Event post” at Mozilla Quality Site and follow instructions.  You can use Litmus for testing purposes.

    Also, if everything goes as it supposed go at Mozilla, they will be releasing Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 on February 18, 2009.

    Download Link for Firefox 3.1 Pre-Beta 3 (aka Shiretoko):

    ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-1.9.1/

    This event will stay opened until Friday, 13th.  So if you wish to contribute to this release, you can do it until Friday at 08.00.

     

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