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.

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Improve Your Firefox New Tab Page

By | June 15, 2009 | 5 Comments

While speed dial can be helpful to access your frequent visited web pages, a Firefox extension called “New Tab King” has another vision.

Instead of a blank page or speed dial, it will show you your most visited web sites as well as recent closed tabs, bookmarks and frequently accessed shortcuts.

Download New Tab King

FavBrowser.com Twitter

By | June 15, 2009 | 0 Comments

TwitterWell, after a couple requests, I have decided to join Twitter as well. It’s a great and quick way to communicate.

I have decided not to post all the news there, so your account won’t be spammed with messages from me :-)

In any case, it’s twitter.com/favbrowser

More on Opera Freedom

By | June 14, 2009 | 8 Comments


With all the hype building around Opera Software, there are hundreds of comments all over the internet, guessing what it will be. While some of speculations include: new widgets platform, cloud computing related technology, etc. there is one which makes more sense than any other (at least in my point of view):

Mike (@mydigitalself) (at TechCrunch)
“If you take a step back and look at the evolution of the social web, our content is fast becoming an integral part of the web, and our content is stored on devices – mainly laptops and phones.

Now imagine that your device, rather than being a consumer of the web and having to explicitly push data up to the web, becomes PART OF the web.

I think that Opera may just create a P2P web that easily allows you to share your content with anyone or on any site. Your device effectively becomes a web site.”

Any other ideas?

Opera: How to Remove Search Engine from Speed Dial?

By | June 14, 2009 | 8 Comments

Opera: How to Remove Search Engine from Speed Dial?It’s actually easier than you thought.

Go to:
Tools > Preferences > Search
Select search engine which is used in your speed dial (Ask.com, if default)
Edit > Details > uncheck “Use as Speed Dial search engine”

Opera 10 Beta 2 Confirmed

By | June 14, 2009 | 4 Comments

If you were wondering on whether the next Opera 10 version will be RC or Beta 2, Jon Hicks from Opera Software has “confirmed” Beta 2.

During the video on YouTube, he said: hopefully by the time beta 2 comes out, will see a much more complete skin…

Also, according to Opera 10 timeline, it says:
Beta – New Features

Meaning that Beta 2 might bring even more new features.

2 Years of Web Browsers

By | June 13, 2009 | 3 Comments

I can’t believe it started 2 years ago, the 13th of June, 2007. Who could ever thought that random thoughts during insomnia could transform into something what FavBrowser.com is today…

I would like to thank you for reading this blog, writers, web browser makers, for your comments, ideas, criticism, suggested articles and support. With continuously growing user base, you have made it a reality.

And just to remember our old days, here is a list of all FavBrowser.com logos + concepts; from the day it began… Until now. Continue Reading

Safari 4 – Over 11 Million Downloads in 3 Days

By | June 12, 2009 | 2 Comments

Apple Inc. has released a press statement today which claims that the latest Safari 4 web browser was downloaded more than 11 million times within first 3 days.

Just for a record: Firefox 3 was downloaded more than 20 million times within 7 days and Opera – 4.5 million times in 5 days.

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Opera Freedom = Mozilla Jetpack?

By | June 12, 2009 | 21 Comments

In case you haven’t heard yet, Opera Software is planning to launch/reveal their latest project called Freedom (at least that’s what the URL suggests).

Although it’s too early to speculate, especially when there is so little information revealed so far, we can still check few things while waiting. Lets begin with the logo.

Mozilla Jetpack
Opera Freedom = Mozilla Jetpack?
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Firefox 3.0.11 Released

By | June 12, 2009 | 0 Comments

The latest Firefox 3.0.11 version has been just released and fixes a total of 67 bugs and eliminates 9 security issues. As usual, you can get it by clicking “Check for Updates” in Help menu or just download here.

EU Responds to Microsoft’s Browser Move

By | June 12, 2009 | 0 Comments

As Microsoft started to talk about a possibility to ship Windows 7 without Internet Explorer in Europe, The European Commission responded to this move:

“In a statement, regulators said that the move seems a step backward in the retail software arena, but said it could be more positive in the new PC market, which is how 95 percent of consumers get a new version of Windows.”

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