Archive for May, 2009
Opera – Jon Von Tetzchner (Interview), Part 3
ITPro.co.uk:
“On the day Opera celebrates its 15th anniversary, we feature our third and final part of our interview with the browser company’s chief executive Jon Von Techzhner.
In it, he explains Opera’s popularity in eastern European countries and the strength of the Opera community there.”
Opera – Jon Von Tetzchner (Interview), Part 2
ITPro.co.uk:
“In the second part of our three part interview, Opera’s Jon Von Techzhner gives his views on Opera’s one web philosophy, explaining why he thinks mobile phones will be the most important device for providing internet access worldwide.”
Windows 7 RC Improves Internet Explorer 8 Experience
With the recent Windows 7 RC Release, Internet Explorer 8 received a pleasant improvement to its reliability on Win 7.
Basically, when one of the IE8 tabs crashes/hangs, user gets a choice on what to do with it (see screenshot). Continue Reading
Mozilla Considers Updating Policy
After the recent NoScript / AdBlock Plus battle (which is over), Mozilla Extensions Blog has proposed an update to its policy:
“Changes to default home page and search preferences, as well as settings of other installed add-ons, must be related to the core functionality of the add-on. If this relation can be established, you must adhere to the following requirements when making changes to these settings:
- The add-on description must clearly state what changes the add-on makes.
- All changes must be ‘opt-in’, meaning the user must take non-default action to enact the change.
- Uninstalling the add-on restores the user’s original settings if they were changed.
These are minimum requirements and not a guarantee that your add-on will be approved.”
The author of NoScript (Maone) already agreed to these statements and released an update to its extension.
EU Schedules Microsoft Antitrust Hearing for June
Electronista writes:
A date has been set for Microsoft to defend itself against European antitrust charges, Reuters reports. Between June 3rd and the 5th, representatives for Microsoft are expected to testify in a closed hearing before the European Commission, elaborating on the outlines of a written response submitted on April 28th. The company was originally ordered to reply by March 12th, but was granted two extensions, first to April 21st and then the 28th.
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War Breaks out Between AdBlock Plus and NoScript
Well, there is not much left to add actually, here is an article from NeoWin
A quiet war has broken out between the authors of AdBlock Plus and NoScript and money is on the table. Both are trying to outdo each other by disabling each other’s functionality.
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Or just head over to AdBlock Plus author post: Attention NoScript users.