Lifehacker:
Firefox only: If your bookmarks bar has gotten out of control with dead links, duplicates, and empty folders, Firefox extension CheckPlaces will check all your bookmarks and even clean them up for you, automatically deleting anything unnecessary.The extension is extremely configurable, so you can choose what you want it to (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Revenue growth at Firefox-owner The Mozilla Foundation is slowing. Chairwoman Mitchell Baker said in her annual “state of Mozilla” letter that the foundation’s revenue—which it generates primarily from its deal to make Google (NSDQ: GOOG) the default search engine on its brows (Read More)
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from Google Reader:
Today we are posting our audited financial statements and tax form for 2008. We have also posted our FAQ. As in past years, I’ll use this event as an opportunity to review both our financial status and our overall effectiveness in moving the mission forward.FinancialThe financial highlights are:Mozilla remains strong financ (Read More)
Submitted by Loucypher
from Google Reader:
Google gave its first public demonstration today of Chrome OS, the operating system it’s developing for PCs (primarily cheaper netbooks). It presented the demo via webcast from its headquarters in Mountain View, and it looked pretty solid.Although there’s been some hope that Google might launch the OS in early 2010, Vice P (Read More)
Newest Webmonkey Articles:
“What if your browser was your operating system?”That’s the question Google is hoping to answer with Chrome OS, the open source operating system centered entirely around its Chrome browser. All your apps — e-mail, communications, docs, photo management — are delivered through the web browser, which sits on a lightweight Lin (Read More)
Wired Top Stories:
Serious work has begun on Internet Explorer 9, the next revision of Microsoft’s flagship web browser.That sounds like good news, right? After all, IE8 has its moments, but it isn’t exactly a cutting edge browser. Certainly, any improvement would seem welcome.Yet, judging by the reaction from the web develop community on Mic (Read More)
Engadget:
Sony Insider's got a tipster (one that's reportedly "very close" to the company) telling them that Sony is in heavy talks with Mozilla to port Firefox to the PS3. The tipster didn't know if any actual deal had been struck, but it's not terribly surprising considering the PS3's current built-in browser is less than awesome. (Read More)
Submitted by Loucypher
from Google Reader:
Help turn the open Web into a rich learning environment and explore new possibilities for using Firefox add-ons to support learning online, as part of the the Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation with support from the MacArthur Foundation.Designers, educators and software developers who (Read More)
Google Alerts - futurama:
Today’s stupid geek trick takes us to the unseen technical world beneath the surface of your favorite websites, and shows us how real geeks hide secret messages in the HTTP protocol headers. We’re talking Serious geek cred here.What Are You Talking About?The thing you probably don’t realize is that behind the scenes, your w (Read More)
Firefox Facts:
When multiple tabs in your browser are not enough, try splitting your browsing area instead. Split Browser, an add-on for Firefox, divides up the context area of the browser in many ways. Want an over the top example?That might be a little extreme, but it does help to point out that this extension will let you split your (Read More)
Computerworld:
Mozilla hat die dritte Beta von Firefox 3.6 veröffentlicht. Dies ist der letzte Milestone vor der Fertigstellung der neuen Browser-Version. (Read More)
Write to Done:
A guest by Everett Bogue of Far Beyond The StarsThere are millions of distractions that the modern day writer has to put up with in order to get their ideas out there. Twitter, Facebook, your feed reader, they’re all conspiring to distract you from getting your writing down on the page.Did you know, when you’re multitasking (Read More)
zlabs:
Buttons, whatever their purpose, are important design elements. They could be the end point of a Web form or a call to action. Designers have many reasons to style buttons, including to make them more attractive and to enhance usability. One of the most important reasons, though, is that standard buttons can easily be m (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Regular readers will know that my browser of choice has long been Camino. It’s that other browser built by Firefox-makers Mozilla, that runs on the Mac platform and is entirely open-source. I love it because it’s much lighter and faster than Firefox is, while being extremely compatible with just about all sites on the web. (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Internet Explorer 9 promises speed and standards compliance, Google could be toying with a data-only phone that's not really a phone, and Firefox tightens its code against rogue add-ons. Microsoft... (Read More)