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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Firefox to Track User Data?

By | May 14, 2008 | 8 Comments

How does it sound? I’ll start with a quote from John’s Blog which should explain everything:

So we asked ourselves what we can do to help unlock some of this latent potential — and started thinking about whether there’s a project we can do at Mozilla that does a few things:
Collects & shares data in a way that embodies the user control & privacy options which are at Mozilla’s core.
Enables everyone — from individual researchers and entrepreneurs (both the social and capitalist types) to the largest organizations in the world — to take usage data, mix it up, mash it up, derive insight, and hopefully share some of that insight with others.
Helps move the conversation around data collection and web usage forward, to help consumers make more informed decisions.

It seems obvious to us that there’s lots to be done here, and lots that we can do, if we can work with our broad community to figure it out.

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Impressive Wall Animation

By | May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments

This is not something what I usually post, but it’s worth a watch. Continue Reading

Opera Mini 4.1 Released

By | May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments

Opera Mini 4.1It’s here. The new Opera Mini 4.1 Final was just released. Developers made more than 150 changes since Beta and they even don’t need to release Beta 2.

What are the changes since Opera Mini 4.0? Continue Reading

Internet Explorer, Opera Mini Gains. Firefox and Safari Loses (April 08)

By | May 13, 2008 | 3 Comments

2008 April Browsers Market Share ResultsAfter some strange results, for example: huge Internet Explorer gains and other web browsers drops in the market share, HitsLink made some changes. Yes, it’s time for the “fixed” 2008, April market share report.

After Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 release, IE increased its market share by 0.03% (from 74.80% to 74.83%) for a first time since October, 2007. Continue Reading

18 Funny Search Queries

By | May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment

Let’s forget new releases today and have some fun. I’ve decided to post some “interesting” search queries which people were using and found this site (FavBrowser.com).

safari users compared to internet explorer
What’s the difference?

internet vs safari
And the winner is… Internet? Continue Reading

Opera Mini 4.1 Almost Released

By | May 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

Opera Mini 4.1According to Per Thomas post in Opera Mini Blog, the new Opera Mini 4.1 will be released in next week.

As he said, team managed to do more than 150 various changes and bug fixes (since Beta) which is really an impressive number for such a small (but features rich) piece of software.

We are waiting…

Lost Firefox Bookmarks?

By | May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

Lost Firefox BookmarksHave you lost your Firefox bookmarks? Don’t panic yet. There’s a great tip by FirefoxFacts which could help you to recover them. As it says

What they were not aware of is that you may not have totally lost your Firefox boomarks at all.

If you think that you’ve lost them, feel free to check this article. It might be able help you.

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Firefox Security? Here We Go Again

By | May 8, 2008 | 4 Comments

Firefox SecurityIt looks like there are some issues with the Firefox 2 Vietnamese Language Pack 2.0. According to bugzilla.mozilla.org, file contains malicious code. Language pack author PC was infected with the virus so it can’t directly affect you. However, you will still see banner ads.

I wonder if anyone from Mozilla is *really* running some checks before releasing add-ons and/or language packs to public…

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Opera Dragonfly Hits the Streets

By | May 6, 2008 | 7 Comments

Opera DragonflyAfter a lot of waiting, Opera Dragonfly Alpha, Firebug competitor is finally released. You can try it by downloading Opera 9.5 Beta 2 (after installation is completed, go to Tools > Advanced > Developer Tools).

How is it different from Firebug? Continue Reading

Opera Mobile 9.5 Browser on HTC Touch Diamond

By | May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

Oslo, Norway – May 6, 2008 – Opera Software today announced that HTC will be shipping a new mobile handset – HTC Touch Diamond – with Opera Mobile 9.5 browser pre-installed.
The HTC Touch Diamond handsets run the Windows Mobile operating system.
With the Opera Mobile browser, the HTC Touch Diamond will offer a rich online experience with access to the full Web.The handsets are expected to ship in 2Q 2008.
Opera Software is paid per unit sold in accordance with the software licensing agreement between Opera and HTC.

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HTC Touch Diamond