Archive for July, 2015

Mozilla Complains About The Windows 10

By | July 31, 2015 | 1 Comment

Mozilla Complains About The Windows 10Now here is an interesting piece of drama before the weekend begins. As you might know, Microsoft has started pushing Windows 10 to all the user’s around the globe. However, it looks like Mozilla is not particularly happy with the way software giant is handling updates.

In an open letter, Mozilla’s CEO, Chris Beard said that “the Windows 10 upgrade experience strips users of their choice by effectively overriding existing user preferences for the Web browser and other apps” and that they have tried to work things out but it did not result in any meaningful progress. And this is why they have decided to go public. In addition to that, he claims that it is now much harder for people to use the third party apps and change the default.
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Surfy Browser Receives A Minor Update

By | July 30, 2015 | 0 Comments

Surfy Browser Receives A Minor UpdateOn a slow news day.

Today, one of the most popular web browsers for Windows Phone has received a minor update, bumping the version number to 5.18.3.

The latest build brings bug fixes for the HTML5 games that were not installing properly.

As far as Surfy features go, it includes passcode protection, desktop like tabs, data savings, voice search, YouTube downloader, searchable history and more.
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This Is Microsoft Edge RTM (Screenshots)

By | July 29, 2015 | 1 Comment

This Is Microsoft Edge RTM (Screenshots)RIP IE.

Just like a lot of you, we have received a Windows 10 update notification on our machines today, and as a result, I took an opportunity to provide you with ten screenshots of the final version of Microsoft Edge.

Below you will find the awesome dark theme, site annotations, download manager (which lacks “Save target as”), customizable start page (with or without rss feeds) and more.

There is even a setting to stop using Adobe Flash.
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Firefox 40: Idea Town Is Coming

By | July 28, 2015 | 1 Comment

Firefox 40: Idea Town Is ComingAugust 11th is the date.

While Microsoft has user voice page, it looks like Mozilla is trying different approach with a new program called “Idea Town”, which will allow Firefox users to test new browser features and give feedback.

As stated in the GitHub page, “Idea Town is an opt-in platform for Firefox that facilitates controlled tests of new, high-visibility products in the general release channel. Idea Town will allow us to make informed and user-tested product decisions quickly and without compromising user privacy or experience.”
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Outlook.com Updated, Now Supports Microsoft Edge Calling

By | July 27, 2015 | 0 Comments

Outlook.com Updated, Now Supports Microsoft Edge CallingJust ahead of the Windows 10 launch, which is happening on July 29th, Microsoft has updated their Skype client on Outlook.com, which enables (for the first time) to take audio and video calls using Microsoft Edge web browser.

However, the good news does not end there. In addition to the audio and video call functionality, Edge users can now also mute Skype alerts and notifications on the Outlook.com web site. While these features are far from game changing, one has to wonder what exactly is Microsoft cooking or are close to finishing, considering that the original Windows 10 launch date was supposed to be October.

Opera Mini Disappears From The Windows Phone Store

By | July 27, 2015 | 0 Comments

Opera Mini Disappears From The Windows Phone Store Yes, again.

We are not exactly sure what is going on with either Microsoft or Opera but it looks like Opera Mini has disappeared again from the Windows Phone store, for a third time this year.

The good news? Opera Software is aware of the issue and are working with Microsoft to fix it.

Personally, we’d love to know exactly why this keeps happening.

IE Mobile: Microsoft Fails To Fix A 6 Month Old Vulnerability

By | July 25, 2015 | 0 Comments

IE Mobile: Microsoft Fails To Fix A 6 Month Old VulnerabilityDetails are now published online.

Now here is something that does not exactly help the “buggy and old” IE public perception. Back in November and earlier this year in January, Microsoft was notified about the 4 security vulnerabilities that affect both Internet Explorer for desktop as well as smartphones and never bothered to fix them.

In fact, the software giant has now stated that they failed to do so because “there were no attacks reported”, hence they did not bother to do so, not to mention that Internet Explorer will also be replaced with Microsoft Edge later this year.
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Mozilla: Firefox OS Will Be The Most Customizable OS Ever

By | July 23, 2015 | 0 Comments

Mozilla: Firefox OS Will Be The Most Customizable OS EverComing in November.

Recently, Mozilla has ditched its low end phones approach and committed to new releases every 6 months. Now, the open source organization has revealer more details about the next major release: Firefox OS 2.5, promising for it to be the “most customizable, secure, locally relevant and empowering Firefox OS experience yet”.

As announced in the blog post, the upcoming build allow users to view and customize the source, making it super easy to add or remove any changes you want (see the video below).

In addition to that, Firefox OS will also support Firefox like extension mechanism, which will enable to add or remove user interface features or enhance phone capabilities.
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Microsoft Gives 10 Reasons To Use Edge

By | July 22, 2015 | 1 Comment

Microsoft Gives 10 Reasons To Use EdgeWith the upcoming Windows 10 release, Microsoft has started releasing waves of marketing videos that aim to familiarize people with the new operating system and get them to upgrade (for free).

One of such videos is all about the true Internet Explorer killer, Edge. What is it all about? New features and marketing fluff as some of these advertised things have excited for quite some now, such as the reading mode. As far as the video rundown goes, it also talks about the Cortana integration, which we are yet to see if it will be available to everyone worldwide. Anything else? Yes, but it has been known for ages: Reading lists, inking support and so on.
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Firefox 41 Will Download Symbol Fonts Even When Disabled

By | July 21, 2015 | 1 Comment

Firefox 41 Will Download Symbol Fonts Even When DisabledWill ship in September, 2015.

If you are a web developer, then Font Awesome or other symbol fonts should sound familiar to you, especially of some of your visitors have complained about the troubled icons. As for everyone else, here is a neat new feature that should ensure better compatibility and web site rendering.

Have you ever seen small rectangles instead of icons? If so, then you are one the affected people and starting with Firefox 41, the issue should be fixed once and for all as updated browser will downloading web page fonts despite the setting.
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