The almost compulsory Google Chrome post
September 3, 2008 at 5:23 pm
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
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Google Chrome
Google Chrome was released yesterday for windows, and google have promised that Linux and Mac versions are in the pipeline. I downloaded it on my laptop and played about with it for around 1/2 an hour.
Initial impressions are that it is very fast and doesn’t seem to hang up on flash content quite as much as Firefox, rendering being very similar to Safari’s (being based off WebKit, this is to be expected), but I did not see anything really compelling that would make me switch to it when the Linux version comes out.
I’m sure that I will download the Linux version and play about with it when it finally makes it way out of the googleplex, but in this particular incarnation, I think that there is very little that it offers over firefox and safari - certainly nothing worth writing home about. Your opinion may vary from this depending on how important flash is to you, whether you run Linux, and whether you rely on Firefox extensions. Still it looks better than the IE8 beta in terms of memory usage.
Edit: Security vulnerability in Chrome has been found already.
As usual please post your thoughts on Google’s new baby below.
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New straw man poll available
September 6, 2007 at 6:20 pm
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I’m interested in what browsers people are using, so please answer the question below. Its for a good cause.
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To all those still using Internet Explorer
June 8, 2006 at 3:48 pm
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Please download and install firefox, the mozilla based browser. Then hit Ctrl-T to open a new tab. There are a number of benefits to using firefox, not least the tabbed browsing functionality, but also increased security, and the easy access to a search engine of your choice in the top right hand corner.
A handy hint is click on Tools –> Extensions then click get extensions. There are a large number of extensions available which can make your life easier. Personally I would recommend getting adblock, which cuts down the amount of advertising you see on sites. To get rid of adverts, simply right click on them and select the appropriate option. You will never see ads like that again.
If you are a web developer, check out the Web Developer extension, which allows you to muck about with css and html as well as change the size of the browser window to simulate different resolutions.
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A List of Firefox Extensions I am using
February 28, 2006 at 4:14 pm
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Firefox extensions
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Web Developer
Adblock
Filterset G Updater
Scrapbook
IE Tab
Fasterfox
View Rendered Source
Greasemonkey
Platypus
All in one Gestures
Tab sidebar
Restart Firefox
Session Saver
Time tracker
Foxylicious
Foxmarks
Digg this
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Use Firefox
August 24, 2005 at 10:52 pm
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...This web site uses standard web language as intended by Tim Berners-Lee , the inventor of the world wide web.
Web language is important because using it means that all types of “standard compliant” Internet software can display web sites the same way and no single software company will ever control the language the web uses.
Unfortunately Internet Explorer by Microsoft is not able to read all of the standard web language because they have forced web designers to use their own software’s proprietary language over the last ten years by dominating the “browser” market.
We think it is important to help reverse that trend and have decided to use the standard web language so unfortunately you may experience a degraded viewing experience using Internet Explorer.
Internet software should not try to use proprietary “browser language”, we owe it to future generations to ensure that “web language” prevails. That’s why it’s important to use a “standards compliant” web browser like Firefox. So that large companies like Microsoft can never take over the language of the web.
I like to use Firefox but there are many other W3C compliant browsers you could use.”
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Just over 1 Month to go
June 1, 2005 at 12:05 am
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Well, the time seems to have flown by, and the Wedding date is getting nearer and nearer. Thankfully most of the important stuff seems to be sorted now - the only remaining obstacle is to get everything paid on time and sorted so I can move into my new flat. Strangely enough I’m not feeling stressed about the whole thing, but I feel like I should be blogging a bit more and letting people know what I’m up to, in case they’re reading this.
Also, I have managed to get the stats working again, thanks to a more recent build of BAStats which works with 1.5.1 so I should be able to keep track of the people that come here. I’m thinking I may create a page which listes the most important stats about the site, which basically means how many people are using firefox.
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Create a New Firefox Profile
May 4, 2005 at 11:37 am
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How to make text smaller in Firefox
March 9, 2005 at 12:36 am
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...How to adjust size of Text in Firefox
- Ctrl + Mouse wheel will zoom in and out of text
- Alt + Mouse wheel will make the scrolling slower
- Shift + Mouse wheel will move forwards and backwards, like using the forward and back buttons
I will at some point get round to displaying some more tips on using firefox, and will also pass out the news about my forthcoming wedding, as well as blog some more about my faith. Its late though, and until I can think of something more to add to this post I should call it a night.
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How to make firefox tabs smaller
February 8, 2005 at 5:14 pm
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...How to make firefox tabs smaller… put the following in userchrome.css
@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* set default namespace to XUL */
/* Shrink tab titles by 10% */
.tabbrowser-tabs .tab-text {
font-size: 90%;
}
/* make inactive tabs hardly visible
|
*/
tab:not([selected="true"]) {
-moz-opacity: 0.5 !important;
}
tab
{
-moz-appearance: tab;
margin-top: 2px !important;
border-top: 2px solid !important;
border-right: 2px solid !important;
border-left: 2px solid !important;
padding: 1px 2px 1px 4px !important;
}
.tab-text {
margin: 1px !important;
}
tabpanels {
-moz-appearance: tabpanels;
border-right: 2px solid;
border-bottom: 2px solid;
border-left: 2px solid;
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Firefox
January 27, 2005 at 11:02 pm
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In case you haven’t heard - Firefox is about to take over the world - no really.
Seriously though, its an amazing product. Rather than rave about it here I’ll direct you to the main page at http://www.mozilla.org/ where you can download it.
Also if anyone wants to design a favicon for me, I’m willing to accept submissions, but only keep the best.
On another note “Ben Goodger has posted some screenshots of the new Firefox Options/Preferences window.”
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