May 2007, saw the introduction of a new tag and big topic, Ubuntu. The blog entries ranged from getting Ubuntu installed, odd little quirks, more oddities, getting Ubuntu to access my secondary drives and even testing Firefox 3 in Ubuntu. In other Ubuntu News: Dell, was the first major PC Manufacturer to announced they would start offering systems with Ubuntu and OpenOffice.org in lieu of Windows Vista/MS Office. Speaking of Windows Vista…Google will help you find a reason NOT to buy Vista (this still works too). Some one snapped a photo at a Best Buy of Windows Vista Stunning Feature….
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I was looking through my blog stats today and noticed my top post was Fx Wallpapers from last December. That post contained a couple Firefox Holiday/Christmas wallpapers with the old Fx 1.5 logo. A quick visit to Spread Firefox and I found a couple more holiday wallpapers by Jamey. The first two wallpapers incorporates the newer Firefox 2 style ‘globe’ logo (with either Firefox or Firefox 2) while the last wallpaper has both style logos. Click on the image below to be directed to the full size (1024×768) version (in a new Window). Looking for a Christmas Theme for Firefox?…
April 2007, included some big announcements from and involving Google. Google TiSP – Need an internet connection but fed up with the prices charged by the cable and telephone companies? Perhaps you are stuck paying for a satellite service with speeds only slightly faster than dial-up at three times the price. If you have a toilet that is connected to a sewer system, Google’s free TiSP Broadband internet service is for you. GMail Paper (beta) – With all the news going around about people’s GMail suddenly vanishing or discovering their accounts have been locked because they violated some obscure part…
March 2007, saw big changes for The Blog as well as Addons.Mozilla.Org (AMO) plus some new (and delayed) releases. After dealing with a broken theme only in Firefox (Oh ,the humanity!) for a couple days I ended up doing a major overhaul on the blog. I reverted back to a 2-column theme and created a new custom designed header. I also took the same design and used it to re-skin the blog’s FeedBurner headline animator. Also did some housekeeping with the categories. Nearly nine months later, there hasn’t been any problems with the theme thus far. Well one minor problem…
This ad was in response to the recent PC World Article which said Macs were the fastest machines when it comes to running Vista. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87lZa8EiEqc]
Reminder: Due to Day Light Savings time ending and my work schedule, I am not be able to get the meeting notes posted until the following Tuesday. Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.10 /Fx 2.0.0.11: Fx 2.0.0.10: released Monday – November 26th Fixed the jar: protocol bugs Fx 2.0.0.11: released Friday- November 30th Fixed <canvas> HTML element interface (.drawImage) bugs Fx3.0 m9/b1 – Released: Tuesday, November 20th Fx 3.0/Gecko 1.9 Beta 2- Tree Closes Tuesday – December 4th 11:59 PST There are currently 15 P1 blockers remaining. A quick status on a few of them: JSON…
February 2007 sure had a lot happening for such a short month. Add-ons and Google were some of the bigger topic during the month of February. Spread Firefox introduced their Add-ons Promotion Contest. I added four new reviews of my favorite add-ons for the promotion: Review: Download Statusbar – a much nicer alternative to the stock Downloads Window Review: FoxyTunes – this marvelous extension allows you to control your favorite media player right from Firefox. Later versions would add even more functionality Review: Splash – a more detailed version of my write-up from January Review: CoLT – that one extension…
January 2007, started with lots of tips and tweaks for Firefox: Security Component Error – A corrupted file in your Fx profile is the likely culprit of this fatal sounding Firefox error: “Could not initialize the browser’s security component. The most likely cause is problems with files in your browser’s profile directory. Please check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and your hard disk is not full or close to full. It is recommended that you exit the browser and fix the problem. If you continue to use this browser session, you might see incorrect browser behavior when accessing…
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Well this is a new record, two Firefox releases on the same branch in the same week. Today Mozilla pushed out Fx 2.0.0.11 to fix (for some) a major regression in the Fx 2.0.0.10 release from earlier this week. As is normal practice, most users will get an update notfication within the next 24-48 hours. Alternatively, users can get the new version by going to the Help Menu and selecting Check For Updates… or via getfirefox.com. For more information see the Fx 2.0.0.11 release notes.