Author Archive: Vygantas
Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.
Weekly Browsers Recap, August 22nd
- Run Internet Explorer 10 using Internet Explorer 9′s UI
- How a Bing-Firefox Deal Could Change the Search Landscape
- Firefox 7 Beta Puts Priority on Performance
- Firefox 3.6.20 security update now available
- Google’s Chrome ‘Related’ Add-On: Handy, But…
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Beta Channel Update for Chromebooks
- Dev Channel Updates for Chromebooks
- Opera at Gamescom 2011
- Opera’s weekly build: Certificate Unbroken
Adobe Promotes Google Chrome
Now here is something interesting I noticed today.
When downloading the latest stable version of the Adobe Flash Player, a checkbox appeared, offering me to install Google Chrome as well.
However, if you hit F5 several times, it will suggest you a different kind of software, making us wonder, how much such promotion cost for the Google (if any?).
Detect Which Browser Window/Tab Plays Music In The Background
So you have a web browser open with dozens of tabs when suddenly you hear an annoying sound and have no idea which of the sites does that.
Don’t worry. MuteTab, a Google Chrome extension, is here to rescue. Not only it detects sound from tabs but also allows you to mute background tabs altogether.
Unfortunately, it’s not yet available in other web browsers. However, if you are a Google Chrome user, give it a try.
View Facebook Notifications Without Visiting Facebook
Here is a fun Speed Dial Extension for the Opera web browser: Facebook Preview.
Basically, it allows you to view Facebook notifications without opening the page. However, it still requires uses to use the “Keep me logged in” option.
Offering three different display modes to choose from, it will surely attract some of the social network addicts.
Via my.opera.com
Microsoft Sends Mozilla A Cupcake
Orders more wholesale.
Continuing its sweet tradition, the software giant has sent a gift to Mozilla Corporation, congratulating them on the Firefox 6 release. What is that, you ask? A delicious cupcake.
Unfortunately for Mozilla, Microsoft has decided not to send a full sized cake, which would’ve been sent prior the rapid release cycle introduction. Still, a nice gesture nonetheless.
Via Neowin
Weekly Browsers Recap, August 15th
- Internet Explorer IQ Hoaxer Says He’ll Do It Again
- An infographic! If web browsers were wrestlers…
- Mozilla Brings The Sign In Button To The Browser Level
- Mozilla Wants a Browser to Control Your Phone
- How browsers make money, or why Google needs Firefox
- Building better web apps with a new Chrome Beta
- Dev Channel Updates for Chromebooks
- Google Chrome Dev Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta Channel Update
- Google Chrome Beta and Stable Channel Update
- Opera goes to China with Oupeng browser launch
- Maxthon Mobile Selected as the Default Browser for GalnetMIUI
[Thanks, asknobody]
Web Browser Backup: FavBackup 2.1.1 Released
With the release of Firefox 6, we are happy to announced the availability of FavBackup 2.1.1, which fixes a bug when backing up AdBlock data (as reported by DeoDomuique) and adds a few new web browsers support.
Changelog
– Added Google Chrome 15 Dev Support
– Added Firefox 6 Support
– Fixed Firefox AdBlock Backup Issues
Download Firefox 6 Final
Jumping ahead of schedule, Mozilla has uploaded the Final version of Firefox 6 web browser into their servers for you to download.
Although the official changelog is not yet available, Firefox 6 will include the following new features and enhancements:
Reduced startup times when using Panorama
Web Console usability improvements
Improved discoverability of Firefox Sync
Domain name highlighting in the address bar
A support for the latest draft version of WebSockets
EventSource / server-sent events and window.matchMedia support
… and more
