Posts Tagged with ‘firefox’

The blogosphere is abuzz around the latest initiative named concept series by Mozilla to find out what internet users actually want the internet future to be like. Sure, for Mozilla as the creator of Firefox the most important thing is how what we expect of our browsers - they really seem to want to make our browsing experience a perfect one (and I do hope they will succeed since even on their own every new version of Firefox [...]

I don't use Firefox.  Say what you like about me personally, but I'm a dedicated Mac user.  I get what I need from Safari, and Camino makes for a nice alternative when necessary.  If I was using a PC, Firefox would be top dog, but thankfully, I am not. 
With that said, Firefox 3 came out, and I wasn't about to throw a party.  I downloaded it and gave it a shot, but it didn't woo me.  However, when [...]

Every so often, one of these “not an app, but a feature” products surprises me. SurfCanyon is one of those feature products. Originally designed as a web site, they have relaunched as a browser plug-in designed to make your search results better.
SurfCanyon runs on top of Google, Yahoo, and Live searches (not Ask.com, though, or any of the search aggregators like Dogpile), unobtrusively. All you see is a small target icon next to a link in search results. If you [...]

With all of the increased competition coming from Apple these days, Netflix seems to have a strategy for 2008 that will move the movie rental service beyond serving DVDs through mailboxes across America.
Perhaps it is because of the modern-day format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray that Netflix is now looking to expand the ways consumers can access its library of video entertainment. Whatever it is, it will not only save movie lovers a trip to the store, but also [...]

I know that there have been many days when I wish I was a Hollywood celebrity just so I could have my own personal assistant to run all my errands, keep track of my appointments, and fetch me coffees. When I spotted three different services and apps designed to do at least a bit of that work for me, I rejoiced, hoping that a trend is in the air this year that will bring me the ideal artificial assistant.
The first [...]

In recent news, Mozilla has announced the launch of their new product: Weave. Mozilla wants Weave to be your one stop shop for your bookmarks, passwords and other data you'd like more control over online. Is the world ready for their dream of desktop to Internet fluidity?
I'm not sure this is the big step it's being made out to be right now. I think it is a step, and in the right direction, but it isn't the step - [...]

This recurring subject of the Windows-Internet Explorer bundle’s anti-competitive behavior, as was recently reported once more by the BBC, is, I must say, a very tired one.
Yes, it is true that Microsoft packages its Internet browser with its operating systems sold both off the shelf and as partially-subsidized software for most new PCs. And no, that is not the ideal scenario other software manufacturers – Mozilla and Opera, to name just a couple – favor. They would, generally [...]

Image searching has become somewhat of a staple among search engines. Google began offering it in 2001 followed by Yahoo! and even the image-only search startup Picsearch.
Be that as it may, little improvement has been made since then to the searching process or to the interface with which users must interact. When searching for images using any of the top 3 engines mentioned above, visitors must scan small thumbnails, then click to nagivate to a framed version of the page [...]

Slowly, but surely, people seem to be performing more and more tasks through the use of online web applications rather than with traditional desktop software.
For this reason, Mozilla Labs announced yesterday that it will be launching new experiments that aim to seal the gap between the desktop and web apps" as the line between traditional desktop and new web applications continues to blur."
The first application to surface from these experiments is Prism, formerly known as WebRunner, which is designed to [...]