I mentioned last week in the Thoughts: Chrome Not Importing Fx Settings post that Chrome opens a new tab just to the right of the current tab. I clicked on a link in an email and Chrome opened this link in a new tab right next to my Windows Live Mail instead of the end of the tab bar. I am sure this is possible with Firefox 3 with one of the tab extensions, but it is nice to see Chrome does this by default. Turns out, the Tabs Open Relative extension does just that. So when opening a link…
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Within less than a week of the release of Chrome, comes a couple Firefox 3 Themes based on the new browser by Google. The first theme Chromifox features the sky blue colour scheme as well as the compact navigation bar (combined stop/reload buttons and no ‘Home’ button) while still preserving Firefox 3’s Bookmark Star. Also reproduces the same tab aspect and rounded menus as Chrome. Note: The title color bar is going to vary depending on your OS (Blue for Windows, Orange for Linux and Grey for Mac). The other theme, Chrome Package is a very good reproduction of the…
FIREFOX/GECKO Fx 2.0.0.16 > 3.0.1 MU – Status: Released Major Update will allow current Fx 2.0.0.16 users to auto-update to Fx 3.0.1 Does NOT include ja-JP-mac builds (coming with Firefox 3.0.2) Current Schedule Final Release: August 25th Fx 2.0.0.17 & Fx 3.0.2 – Status: Pending Release to Beta Schedule Code freeze: August 26th Builds start: August 27th QA starts: August 28th Release to beta channel: September 9th Final Release: September 15th Firefox 3.1a2 (Shiretoko)/Gecko 1.9.1a2 – Status: Released Schedule Code freeze: August 26th Builds start: August 27th QA starts: August 28th Release to beta channel: September 4th Final Release: September…
In response to my pleas as to what the heck the meaning of the Gates-Seinfeld Shoe Store Commercial, comes a an explanation from AmericaWantsToKnow.com: Explaining the Seinfeld-Gates Microsoft ad Thanks for the tip ExtremeInk
Meet G-Fox the newest mascot created by Mozilla Online, a subsidiary of Mozilla China. News Source: Mozilla Links
Editor’s Note: Starting this week, the weekly Release Recap posts will be posted on Saturdays. Just Released Firefox 3.1a2 – Friday, September 5th Schedule this Week None Future Release Note: MU Releases are special releases which allow users to upgrade to the next major version (e.g. Fx 2 to Fx 3) automatically without having to manually download and install the newer version. Firefox 2.0.0.17 – September 16th Firefox 2.0.0.17 > 3.0.2 MU – TBD Firefox 3.0.2 – September 16th Firefox 3.1b1 – Early October 2008 Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 – TBD Shredder (Thunderbird) 3.0b1 – September/October 2008
Firefox 3.1 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering engine. Firefox 3.1a2 New Features: Support for the HTML 5 <video> element Initial support for web worker threads You can now drag and drop tabs between browser windows New selector to create areas of Aero-style “glass” in XUL Support for CSS 2.1 properties: ::before and ::after, and white-space:pre-line Support for CSS 3 properties: -moz-border-image, word-wrap: break-word, text-shadow, box-shadow and column-rule Performance improvements and new preference values for color management profile support Suggested Readings: Firefox 3.1a2 Release Notes The “Firefox 3.1 For Developers” article Mozilla Links: Firefox 3 Alpha 2 reviewed Download…
Could come someone kindly explain what the heck this Microsoft Commercial featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld is suppose to be about? It makes about as much sense as an episode of Seinfeld! I am guessing it could be something to do with Windows 7, but really don’t have a clue… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz6amk3P-hY] ETA: Just saw a shorter version on The Discovery Channel the other night. Found via Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog
Charlie Gavin (Blank Pixels) has compiled a simple four-item list as to What Makes Firefox So Great. With all this talk about Google’s impending “revolutionary” web browser and it’s potential threat to Mozilla’s best selling (er… open-source) web browser, I think it’s time to go back and take a look at what made Firefox so great in the first place. A direct descendent of the Mozilla Application Suite (and the only current surviving member) Firefox has been favored by geeks — and most everybody else — since it’s initial release in 2004. Here are Charlie’s reasons: It’s Reputation It’s Competition…
Wow, I have to say I am impressed at the number of comments I have received on the Google Chrome post. Further it has been a while since this blog has gotten this much traffic. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about what could cause Chrome not to recognize I have Firefox and import my settings. My first thoughts were may be because I am running a Nightly Build version of Firefox 3 (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3pre) Gecko/2008090306 Firefox 3/3.0.3pre ID:2008090306). However it may have to do with the version of Firefox, based on these comments from PatrickD,…