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Video Interview (Firefox): Mitchell Baker and John Lilly Highlights

By Vygantas | June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment

Bit about IE, Chrome and Firefox on mobile devices.

Firefox 3.5 Commercial

By Vygantas | June 1, 2009 | 6 Comments

I am not sure if this is the official promotional video or just a fan made one, but feel free to check it.

Thanks to mabdul for sending this.

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June, 2009 – Internet Explorer Loses; Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome Gains

By Vygantas | June 1, 2009 | 7 Comments

By more than just a few requests, we are going to try something new this month, which is StatCounter instead of Net Applications. Let’s begin, shall we?

Internet Explorer continues its saga to the bottom, this time its market share fell by 1.46, from 62.09% to 60.6%

Firefox is likely to pass 30% mark this month. As for June, its market share increased by 0.93, from 28.75% to 29.68% Continue Reading

Web Browsers: Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista

By Vygantas | May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

The latest BetaNews test shows that Windows 7 RC does actually increase web browsers performance for 12% or more except for Safari 4 Beta which was the only browser to have better index score in Windows Vista than Win 7. Continue Reading

Mozilla to Update Firefox 3.5 Icons

By Vygantas | May 28, 2009 | 0 Comments

Opera Software is not the only one who is tweaking the look of their default web browser skin. Alex Faaborg from Mozilla has announced that they will update approximately 25 icons across all 4 platforms.

Windows: All Secondary Glyphs in the Main Window Continue Reading

Weekly Browsers Recap, May 25th

By Vygantas | May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments

Firefox and Windows 7 Jumplist Feature

By Vygantas | May 23, 2009 | 19 Comments

If you enjoy Interent Explorer 8 on Windows 7 due to all the quick access buttons (Open New Tab, Frequenst Visited Pages, etc.) and would like to have something similar Firefox, then we have a solution for you. Although upcoming 3.5 release won’t support Windows 7 Jumplist feature (maybe in Firefox 3.6..?), you can still “enable” it in your Firefox web browser.

How to do that? It’s actually very simple. Just install Winfox utility and you are almost ready to go.

As author explains: Winfox must be running to update your top fifteen visited sites. Currently has to be killed by using task manager.

The following software works on 32 and 64 bit machines and requires Firefox 3.0 or later.

Download:
Winfox – 32 bit (x86)
Winfox – 64 bit (x64)

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Introducing Mozilla Jetpack

By Vygantas | May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

Introducing Mozilla JetPack
Mozilla Labs has recently introduced a new project called Jetpack which can enhance your browsing experience. So what exactly is it?

Jetpack is a new Firefox extension which basically ads a new programming interface (aka API), where coders can now add simple features to Firefox web browser. It also requires JavaScript, HTML and CSS knowledge only. Continue Reading

How to Add WolframAlpha to Your Web Browser Search Engines List

By Vygantas | May 21, 2009 | 3 Comments

WolframAlpha has been getting a lot of buzz recently from all over the internet (no, it’s not a web search engine), so why not post about it here?

If you haven’t heard about it yet, it’s basically a “knowledge engine” with lots of valuable data. For instance: by typing “microsoft apple” you will see its stock price, dividend information, average returns and more:

How to Add WolframAlpha to Your Web Browser Search Engines List