| Is Anyone Else Having This Problem With Firefox Tabs? |
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In the new version 3.5, one of my tabs will pop into its own new window. Randomly. Or so it seems — I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why. It’s really annoying. Sheesh. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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Comments (0)June 30, 2009
| Firefox is Getting a Bit Plump |
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When downloading Firefox 3.5 (twice) this morning, I noticed that it’s 10.2 MB, about 33% larger than 3.0.11. I like the New Tab button. I haven’t, as yet, tested the Private Browsing feature. Nor have I tried to see how much speedier this version is. I will, once I get some time. Anyway, here’s a more in-depth review. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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June 29, 2009
| Firefox 3.5 Available Tomorrow |
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Firefox 3.5 will be released tomorrow, June 30, reports PC Magazine. According to Mike Beltzner, Director of Firefox at Mozilla Corporation, “the cumulative number of direct from our website Firefox downloads should surpass 1B [that's a billion, folks] shortly after we ship Firefox 3.5.” Link via Lifehacker. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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June 17, 2009
| This Video Was Very Painful To Watch |
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I’m so close to the forest that I can’t see the trees anymore. I can discuss market share among the top 5 browsers, highlight their strengths and weaknesses, and tell you which one I’d use under certain circumstances. But I’m atypical. (I know, I know.) Here’s what’s normal: a bunch of people in Times Square thought Google was a browser. And Yahoo. AOL, too. [sigh] |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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June 16, 2009
| This Is Cool. I Just Don’t Know What To Do With It Yet. |
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Opera, the browser people, have introduced a service that turns your PC or laptop into a Web server so that you can share your files and images with other people, stream your MP3 files, host a Website, and more, without uploading anything to the Web. It’s called Opera Unite. I managed to share a folder living on my USB flash drive with 2 colleagues at Jenkins. After I told Opera Unite which folder I wanted to share, it created a URL that I emailed to them. They clicked on the link in the email and could view, but not edit, the files. They didn’t need to install Opera to look at the files, either. Interesting. But is this something I want to add to my digital toolbox? I’m thinking yeah, but I need to play with it some more. (It’s still a bit wonky. After an hour I started to get a weird proxy error and couldn’t even view my own files.) I also have to read the intro and an article written by one of its developers. Anyway, until I get access to Google Wave (and I’m not holding my breath, either), this is the next best thing. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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June 9, 2009
| Safari 4 Is Out Of Beta |
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I’ve upgraded on both my Mac and office Windows-based laptop. I like it, but it’s going to remain my #3 browser after Firefox and Chrome. Link via Lifehacker. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 20, 2009
| Up To Their Old Tricks |
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OK I lied. I downloaded IE8 and installed it today. I had hopes that it would go quicker than IE7 — which cost me 25 minutes of my life plus 2 reboots — but noooooo:
There you have it: 30 minutes, plus 2 restarts. Sure makes Firefox’s 7MB file/5 minute install look reeeeeeal attractive, non? I need to play with IE8 to see how good it is. But right now I’m in a pissy mood because of the install, so I’ll wait. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 19, 2009
| IE8 Will Be Released At Noon EDT Today |
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Here’s the announcement from Microsoft, which includes the link for the download. Given their recent problems with downloads, I wish you good luck if you try to get it. (No way I’m going to download it any time soon.) I wish Microsoft good luck as well, given that their browser market share has eroded of late. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 9, 2009
| Microsoft Finally Decides To Cut Down On Lawyers’ Workloads |
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After more than a decade of legal battles with the U.S. Justice Department and the EU, Microsoft has rather quietly decided to give everybody what they want: Windows 7 will allow you to uninstall Internet Explorer, as well as other apps such as Windows Media Player. Finally. Hmm … Is that the clinking of champagne glasses I hear over at the DoJ? Nope. At least not for Christine A. Varney, nominated by President Obama to be Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust: “For me, Microsoft is so last century. They are not the problem.” See? Even the government realizes that the desktop isn’t the issue any more. So who do they have in their sights now? Google. Sure hope all those Obama campaign contributions work out for them. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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March 4, 2009
| It’s Opposite Day For Web Browsers |
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The WSJ (sub required) reports that the desktop and mobile browser market shares are like weird mirror-images of each other, to wit: “New figures released Sunday by NetApplications show that Apple dominated global Web browsing from mobile phones in February with the iPhone, with 66.4% of all Web surfing from mobile devices occurring on the Apple device. Microsoft accounts for about 6.9% from handsets running its Windows Mobile operating system, according to NetApplications. That’s nearly a perfect reversal of the balance of power in the Web browser market overall , which mainly consists of Internet surfing on personal computers. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer in total accounts for 67.4% of Web browsing, while Apple’s Safari accounted for a little over 8%.” When you consider that 2/3 of the people on the planet have a cell phone, I’d rather be Apple than Microsoft. I know, I know — not all of ‘em have an Internet-enabled smartphone. But that’s where the future is. |
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Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
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