Archive for November, 2005
Firefox 1.5 released
Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
YES!!! The long awaited sequel is here. Get the official update of Firefox. It’s available on Windows, OS X, Linux and some 20 odd language versions. 20 times 3 makes 60, not? See all versions.
This release comes with a revamped preference panel, tabbed browsing enhancements, loads of bugfixes, faster back- and forward, … in […]
Posted in News, Utilities, Internet, Firefox, Browsers, General | 8 Comments »
Animated shorts
Posted on Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
I love ‘em! Especially the CGI kind. Having some experience with 3D apps, I know how time- and resource-consuming it is to make a perfect animation. Not to mention the skills needed.
(Allright, stop-animation with clay is harder. Sorry Gromit. But I hear … they’re also turning to computers to speed up the workflow. Heresy, I […]
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{Canvas} demo
Posted on Monday, November 28th, 2005
If you’re viewing this post with a release candidate of Firefox 1.5, take a look at the below <canvas> demo.
For now, you can only walk through a maze from a first person perspective. But it runs smooth and looks pretty impressive.
See the “3D Walker” demo on Canvascape
PS: It is rumored to work on Safari […]
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Exploring the earth from your couch, part 2
Posted on Friday, November 18th, 2005
Imagine yourself sitting down on your couch in front of your television, as usual. A drink in one hand, the TV remote in the other. Don’t worry, the chips are within reach. Within the press of a button, or two. You spin up a three dimensional globe and with the directional buttons on your remote […]
Posted in Apple, Google Earth, Utilities, MSN Search, ThinkLemon, Development, General | 2 Comments »
Google Analytics… *Big Yawn*
Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
So 48 hours after launch the site is at least reachable. But still no data to analyse. Thus no comparison. A vague memory begins to boil up, I have never, ever, seen any Urchin report before. Although previously encountered hostingproviders offered them…
(I’m starting to see a trend here…)
It’s beginning to look like, as we say […]
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Disruptive technology, the Firefox way
Posted on Friday, November 11th, 2005
No this isn’t about Firefox taking over the world. It’s about taking over my ‘browsing experience’.
Just moments ago I was minding my bussiness perusing stuff on the internet. When I suddenly was confronted with a popup. A popup? In Firefox??? Yes a popup, pleading me to restart Firefox… No thank you, I’m not […]
Posted in Development, Firefox, Browsers, General | 3 Comments »
Firefox: “The choice of criminals”
Posted on Thursday, November 10th, 2005
If I may quote the ‘Alternative browsers pose challenge for cybersleuths‘ article by C|Net:
Internet Explorer hides nothing from police and other investigators who examine PCs to discover which sites the user has visited, according to a class held Wednesday at the annual training meeting of the High Tech Crime Investigation Association. Investigators know the location […]
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Happy Birthday Firefox
Posted on Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
A year ago, to the day, Firefox 1.0 was launched. So I guess a ‘happy birthday’ is in order.
In the past year this little app shook up the browser world. Among some of the things accomplished are, in no particular order:
Grab a larger than 10% marketshare. Exceeding the ‘promise’ made at launch.
Wake up […]
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Extend Firefox Contest
Posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2005
The Mozilla foundation kicked off a competition for Firefox extension developers (to be). So if you have an idea for an new extension or upgrade your existing one, take a look at the extend firefox contest.
Do so before January 6, 2006. And it’s not for eternal fame only. There are some nice prices to be […]
Posted in News, Development, Firefox, Browsers, General | 1 Comment »
Yahoo! Local Maps Beta
Posted on Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Yahoo! Maps is offering a Beta version which is based on Flash! - shock & horror - What were they thinking?
I do like it. It’s snappy, looks good and simply works. (hearing that MS?) Go see the Yahoo! Maps Beta for yourself.
For instance check out the ubiquitous “Pizza in Redmond” sample. Hover […]
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