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How to Convince Someone to Switch Web Browsers
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Someone in the live chat room recently asked how they can convince a relative to stop using Internet Explorer. The answer is that you really can’t – and you shouldn’t. They use what they use because they like it. It’s a [...]
Safari 5
http://apple.com/safari/ This update contains new features including: Safari Reader: Click on the new Reader icon to view articles on the web in a single, clutter-free page. Improved Performance: Safari 5 executes JavaScript up to 25% faster than Safari 4. Better page caching and DNS prefetching speed up browsing. Bing Search Option: New Bing search option [...]
How to Change the Skins in Firefox (Personas!)
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Yes, I’ve recorded thousands of videos for YouTube over the years. I’m considering changing some things up soon, including wearing a Fez hat! The Fez is just so cool. Maybe I’ll add an 8-bit tie or some LED suspenders. I could [...]
What’s a Browser User-Agent String?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed A Browser User-Agent is information that your browser passes along to websites when you visit any particular web page. It’s benign information – mostly about the browser itself to help optimize your experience. There are tons of different web browsers available [...]
Google Chrome for Mac OS X
Apparently, Google Chrome Will Have Extensions by May. That’s great news for those of you on Windows – even if you’re not running Google Chrome as your default browser, it’s only getting more powerful (and a viable alternative to either Firefox or Internet Explorer). However, Google Chrome has yet to ship for Mac OS X. [...]
Can you Paint Graphics in your Web Browser?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’m still struggling to find an image editor that I can really fall in love with. I’ve tried pretty much everything out there. I want it to be powerful, but simple at the same time. In some cases, all I need [...]
Ten Reasons to Try Safari 3.1
Safari 3.1 is out. I’ve been using Safari 3.x as my default Web browser for the past few weeks, and aside from a few client quirks (I’m not necessarily thrilled about its tab or window management) it’s been working quite well. In fact, so well that I have no issue in recommending that regular folks [...]
Speed up Firefox
Mitch Bartlett from our chat room gave me a few “about:config” tweaks to help speed up Firefox, but I’d be interested in learning what y’all have experienced with these settings… content.interrupt.parsing – true content.max.tokenizing.time – 2250000 content.notify.interval – 750000 content.notify.ontimer – true content.switch.threshold – 750000 nglayout.initialpaint.delay – 0 network.http.max-connections – 48 network.http.max-connections-per-server – 16 network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy [...]
Favorite Firefox Add-on?
Nathan Havemann has a favorite Firefox add-on. What’s yours? Been watching for awhile now, and I would like to recommend a handy little app provided by Firefox Add-ons. This nifty little Firefox add-on is called “mouse gestures“. It’s an add-on that I can’t live without, and it has simplified my life on the web tremendously. [...]
Maxthon 2.0 Problems
Maxthon 2.0 is out of beta, and I still feel that it has a long row to hoe before it’s anywhere near as stable or configurable as Maxthon 1.x was for me. There are a few frustrations that keep me from recommending it over earlier versions. I’m confident these issues can be addressed quickly, but [...]
Safari on Windows? Yawn.
Along with friends, I’ve been tuning into the “live” WWDC coverage. MacRumorsLive has been doing the best job out of all the fan sites, even though it’s not a rich experience (so to speak)… Leopard shipping in October. Basic version, $129. Premium version, $129. Business version, $129, Enterprise version $129. Ultimate version, $129. How could [...]
Maxthon Script Error
If you’re running into script errors in Maxthon, especially when trying to view SWF or FLV files directly, you’re likely running into a limitation imposed by Microsoft on third-party browsers using IE’s engine. I was asking Jeff about it tonight, as he was asking me to look at a new (forthcoming) build of Maxthon – [...]
Open Source Web Browser
Scott Gilbertson kindly interviewed me for his article: More Firefox Bloat- Say It Ain’t So, Mozilla. I offered so much more than a single sentence to his original query, so I thought I’d pass along the discourse (and my own self-correction) here: I’ve got Mozilla’s perspective as well as some outside open source people, but [...]
Safari on Windows
It’ll crash if you look at it wrong, but at least we’ll soon have Safari on Windows (no thanks to Apple). Get Swift if you’d like to take a look, but don’t hold your breath for an amazing experience. It’s going to take a year or so before Swift gets stable enough to use as [...]
Freedbacking Internet Explorer
Sorry I wasn’t able to get this up until now, but I promised I’d have it here within a day of publishing last night’s report (Internet Explorer Feedback). The IE team has responded to my feedback on their latest beta. Can’t say I’m happy with their answers, but I’m extremely impressed with their transparency, honesty, [...]
