Archive for September, 2008
Firefox Gmail Manager (Add-On)
Gmail Manager is a Firefox extension that allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Displays account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets.
Features
Manage multiple Gmail accounts
Receive new mail notifications
Support for Gmail hosted accounts Continue Reading
10 Tweaks to Love (and Hate) in IE8
Microsoft recently released Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8 to the public.
Although it’s still a beta, this version is said to be feature-complete. Many users have downloaded it, and reviews, as usual, have been mixed…
Read more on ZDNet
OmniWeb 5.8 Released
One of the shareware web browsers for Mac OS X has just received an update which includes new version of WebKit, few bug fixes and minor interface changes.
What’s new in this release?
WebKit
This release is primarily an update to the version of WebKit in use by OmniWeb. OmniWeb is now based on the same WebKit in use by Safari 3.1. This includes the latest security patches and features included with Safari 3.1.x such as downloadable fonts, CSS Animation, HTML 5 media tags and client side database storage. Continue Reading
Firefox 3.0.3 Released
As expected, Mozilla team has released a new Firefox version which fixes only 1 bug. The following bug caused users to have problems with password manager.
IE7Pro 2.4 Released
One of the must have Internet Explorer add-ons has received an update which includes few bug fixes, added grab & drag function and modified installation package.
Unfortunately, this update doesn’t include 64bit version.
Download IE7 Pro 2.4 (32bit version)
Firefox 3.0.2 and 2.0.0.17 Released
Mozilla Corporation has recently released Firefox 3.0.2 and 2.0.0.17 which fixes various stability and security issues. It’s always recommended to update your web browser to the latest stable release, so go ahead and do that.
Fixed in Firefox 3.0.2
Fixed several security issues.
Fixed several stability issues. Continue Reading
Camino 1.6.4 Released
A new version of Camino web browser is now released. The following release includes few changes such as improved-asblocking and Mozilla Gecko rendering engine upgrade.
Changelog:
Upgraded to version 1.8.1.17 of the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine, which includes several critical security and stability fixes.
Camino again displays expiration dates for Certificate Authorities in the Certificates window.
Camino no longer reads OmniWeb’s “password not saved” markers in the Keychain as valid accounts.
Improved ad-blocking. Continue Reading
Safari’s JavaScript Engine on Asteroids
Quite a while ago Opera updated their JavaScript engine. Then Firefox and Webkit (Safari) did that, after that Google Chrome and Firefox again, and now… Webkit’s (Safari) turn, introducing SquirrelFish Extreme.
So how fast is it? As this graph shows, it’s more than 2 times faster than the original SquirrelFish, an engine which was announced not so long time ago. Continue Reading
Interent Explorer 8 (IE8) Ice Sculpture
As photographer eyeliam says “It pretty much is a perfect analogy. It’s functional, rational and logical. But it looks like shit and I don’t get it.”
