First, this isn’t really new news, the Thunderbird 2.0, Alpha 1 release has been out since July 27th. However, I been so busy testing, playing and but sadly NOT crashing FF 2.0, I’ve put Thunderbird on hold. Since I made Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 my default browser tonight (more on this soon), I decided to go ahead and get Thunderbird 2.0, Alpha 1 setup on my system. So, what’s new with Alpha 1? I wondered that myself so I took a look over at the Rumbling Edge’s Notable Bug Fixes and notice there are a few items.The most notable though…
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Found this article tonight on the mozilla links blog. Mozilla Japan is presently holding a contest to name their new mascot (pictured below). While the mascot does fit well into the Mozilla as well as Japan’s Anime themes, I just think they are going to have a hard time having anyone take this seriously. While you’re at the site, check out the user comments and you’ll understand where I am coming from… Be sure to check out my follow-up post Update: Mozilla Japan’s New Mascot Permalink
Earlier this week information about the prices for Windows Vista and Office 2007 started leaking out. My favorite source for Technology News, CyberNet Tech News first posted this information last Sunday (August 27th) with their article: Windows Vista and Office 2007 Prices. A couple things to keep in mind…first, unlike Windows XP, there four versions of Vista (not counting upgrades) and second those prices are a rough conversion based on the Canadian Prices posted on the Microsoft site. However, a couple days later, CyberNet via the Longhorn Blogs posted the prices for Windows Vista as they appeared on Amazon.com: Vista…
While mozillaZine has not made an announcement yet, CyberNet Tech News has, Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 is out! A couple interesting changes in Beta 2, the new default theme or visual refresh is in place now. Also noticed a couple minor changes with the tab bar. After opening a certain number of tabs you will get arrows on either end to scroll through your open tabs. However, I much prefer the drop-down tab list (see below) over the arrows. Also, the session restore has been setup now to automatically restore where you left off in the event of a crash…
Per the Mozilla Developers Calendar, Firefox 2.0, Beta 2 was suppose to be released today after being delayed the last 3 weeks. So far there is no news from Mozilla. However, a quick Google News Search for ‘Firefox 2.0 Beta 2’ came up with an article from InfromationWeek: Barring more bugs, Firefox Beta 2 will release Thursday, Mozilla Corp. developers reported after a weekly status meeting held Tuesday. “[We are] on target to release Thursday, Aug. 31st assuming no stop-ship items [are] discovered,” the meeting’s online minutes read. For Mike Schroepfer’s sake (see the State of the Firefox) let’s hope…
If you have a high speed connection and some time to kill, check out the Mozilla Museum, a collection of pictures of Mozilla painted by Vincent van Mozh. There are tons of great Mozilla themed graphic, especially at this page (Warning: high speed connection recommended!) Here a few samples below:
Over the past few days there been some interesting news and outrage about Windows Vista’s Boot Up sound. I first learned of this outrage via CyberNet News, Vista Will Not Let You Disable the Startup Sound: “Microsoft may not give me the option to disable the startup sound in Windows Vista though. Why would they do such a thing? Robert Scoble had the pleasure of talking with Steve Ball, program manager for the Windows Audio Video Excellence team, who gave a reason for this decision: “A short, brief, positive confirmation that your machine is now conscious and ready to react….
According to CyberNet News, Mozilla has released the 2nd Release Candidate (RC) for Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 (quite the release name). As it is stands now and this could likely will change, the official release of Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 is scheduled for Wednesday, August 30th. CyberNet also indicates a possible release date for the final version of Firefox 2.0 on October 24th. However, they don’t declare where they got this piece of information as the Mozilla Developer’s Calendar only goes up to Firefox 2.0 RC1 on September 19th (and even that is subject to change). More information to come…
CyberNet News take a look at Dell’s Homepage from 1996. I do love the author’s closing thoughts, Looking back really makes you appreciate the 3GHz machines that we can buy now at the 233MHz prices from back then! The price/technology difference is incredible. I remember back in 1994 I upgraded my then desktop (the thing literally was the size of a small desk) computer from 1 to 2 MB of video RAM and 4 MB to 8 MB main RAM. The video upgrade wasn’t too bad about $25, but the main RAM for those 4 MB cost me $256!!! All…
From CyberNet Tech News. Simple yet effective, in many ways similar to what Bank of America has done for their online site with SiteKey.