The big news today is the release of Google’s new web browser, Chrome. The big ‘selling point’ for Chrome is it is faster because of the way it handles the tabs. Unlike Firefox, IE, Netscape, Opera, etc. where the browser is one huge process, Chrome allocates a process to each tab. So if there is a problem says JavaScript is hung-up in one of the tabs, only that tab will go down, not the entire browser. However, something doesn’t seem to make sense here. The screen shot below of my task manager was taken with Chrome open with 6 tabs,…
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Labor Day Holiday NO WEEKLY UPDATE MEETING TODAY Next Meeting 2008-09-08
Just Released Major Update: Firefox 2.0.0.16 > 3.0.1 – August 25th Schedule this Week Firefox 3.1a2 – Early September 2008?? 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 2008
Just the thing to sooth your nerves after dealing with Vista… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOyIRUFDHkU]
Mac gets “banished”… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYfSqOotv50]
Umm…okay…this one is a bit odd… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRfAWK2aoHA]
Not the news PC wants people to hear… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0PSPALFUhM]
Mozillian Alex Polvi who was responsible for the Firefox Crop Circle and the Firefox 3 Robot Build fame is leaving Mozilla. However, he is not leaving without one final contribution. The Foxkeh Dance, celebrating 10 years of Hampster Dance and 10 years of Mozilla, Alex has recreated the Hampster Dance but with Mozilla Japan’s Mascot Foxeh. See The Foxkeh Dance in its full glory (Warning: turn down volume first). Source: Mozilla Links
As mentioned in today’s Weekly Update Meeting, there is newly revised TBird 3 Milestone Schedule. The most noticeable about this new schedule is that does not include the final milestone, the release and the code freeze for the last build does not occur until January 2009. I was kinda hoping to see TBird 3 be released around the same time as Fx 3.1 this December, but based on this schedule this is not going to happen. Here is the current TBird3 Milestone Schedule (subject to change): 3.0b1 String Freeze — September 2, 2008 3.0b1 Code Freeze — September 9, 2008…
Very shortly the first Major Update to Firefox 3 should start rolling out. Like any other update users should get notification within the next 24-48 hours. What it sooner? Go to Help, Check for Updates. Users will be presented with a screen similar this: Click for full-size Keep in mind this updates is optional and you are presented with three choices: select Later if you don’t want to decide now; Firefox will ask again in 24 hours select Never if you don’t want to accept this upgrade offer; we might send you another offer again in the future, but it…