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Firefox 3.5 and the Evolution of the Browser Toward HTML5

2009-07-01T10:05:00.005-04:00

Firefox 3.5 introduces a wealth of new features which represent a huge step forward for developers and the introduction of important HTML5 functionality in the #2 browser.Here are some highlights:Implemention of the W3C standard Geolocation API.HTML5 audio and video tags.Downloadable fonts support.Improved CSS support, including text-shadow and moving to the standard opacity property.Native

Firefox 3.5 (Release Candidate 1)

2009-06-17T12:32:00.009-04:00

Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 1 is here.At the time of this posting, I was still getting Beta 4 as the download. Here are the RC1 download links:Firefox 3.5 RC1 MacFirefox 3.5 RC1 WindowsFirefox 3.5 RC1 LinuxI've been trying to run various iterations of 3.5 for some time with mixed results. The last iteration, Firefox 3.5 Preview, had issues with my places database and filled my hard drive with

Google FINALLY releases Chrome Mac Beta

2009-04-01T09:05:00.001-04:00

http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/Seems that they've moved the tabs to the bottoom of the browser window to throw off the Safari UI team. Drawing from Safari's extraodinary tab innovation, they made it so only a 3 pixel by 3 pixel square in the top left corner is active for dragging tabs around. For the coup de grâce, completely eschewing process isolation, if a tab's process dies

2008 Election Results from Google

2008-11-03T21:38:00.000-05:00

Can Haz ColorZilla?

2008-06-26T12:44:00.004-04:00

Yes you can!I have been waiting for the excellent ColorZilla extension for Firefox to update for quite some time now and was bummed that even though Firefox 3 had gone final that it still hadn't been released. After some digging today I found out why. The ColorZilla extension was rev'ed and the FF3 compatible version is ColorZilla 2.0.Download it here:ColorZilla 2.0More from the developer:Alex

Firefox 3 RC2 now out

2008-06-06T12:07:00.001-04:00

The latest release candidate has shipped. The URL for the download is the same as before:http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.htmlMore info:Firefox 3 (Release Candidate 2) Release NotesMozilla Wiki - Releases/Firefox 3.0rc2

State Of Ajax from Google I/O

2008-05-29T11:23:00.003-04:00

| View | Upload your own[I'm cross-posting this from my Tumble Log because I think it's such a great presentation.]Slide 146 is Epic: “Time spent trying to get the bastard to work in Internet Explorer.”

Firefox 3 RC1 out

2008-05-17T12:16:00.003-04:00

Looks almost exactly like Beta 5 as far as I've been able to tell after about a day's use. Appears to be quite stable.Download it here:http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.htmlMore info:Firefox 3 (Release Candidate) Release NotesMozilla Wiki - Releases/Firefox 3.0rc1Slashdot coverage: Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now

Firefox 3 Beta 5 released

2008-04-03T22:57:00.010-04:00

Source: Firefox 3 Beta 5 WelcomeFirefox 3 Beta 5 has arrived and it looking good and running stable. Still no sign of offline application support, though I haven't really had time to dig for it.Download the latest Firefox 3 Beta here.

Oracle LIKE vs. SUBSTR evaluation

2008-02-07T17:14:00.000-05:00

You learn something new every day. Today after a fair amount of testing, I discovered that...SELECT *FROM MYTABLEWHERE ID LIKE 'STRING%'...is about about twice as fast asSELECT *FROM MYTABLEWHERE SUBSTR(ID,1,STRINGLENTH) = 'STRING'YMMV.

Top 5 Podcasts Redux

2008-01-24T23:15:00.000-05:00

TWiT has been a bit weak lately, so it's slipped down on my list.Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!EGM Live* - a new addition for me and now a regular fixture.Slate Political GabfestThe Economist (iTunes link)TWiTHonorable mentions:PTITWiLWindows Weekly

LinkedIn Photo Update

2008-01-24T13:37:00.001-05:00

As a follow up to my previous discussion on my dilemma as to what photo to add to LinkedIn, I finally have a photo that I deem professional enough to include on that network (above).My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dshaw [connect to me]Follow-up to: LinkedIn site design updates

Moving a Subversion Repository

2007-12-04T14:32:00.001-05:00

Steps for moving a subversion repository on a Windows box. In my case, it was from one disk to another. Most the posts that I've read are about moving the repository to another system altogether. Checkout some of the reference posts listed below if you need more info on that.STEP-BY-STEP:Creat a dump file. (NOTE: You can specify a file path for the dump file. We had run out of disk space and

Essential Firefox Extensions List

2007-11-28T12:40:00.000-05:00

I have been configuring several computers and one of the first things I do is tweak my Firefox installation. Here is my list of the extensions I cannot live without:CustomizeGoogle - (also CustomizeGoogle.com) Force Gmail and Gcal to always use https://.Firebug - For javascript debugging and page inspection.del.icio.us buttons - I use del.icio.us constantly (del.icio.us/dshaw). I tried the new

HTML 5 - Adding semantics to the web

2007-11-01T18:17:00.000-04:00

The W3C and WHATWG released Draft 1 of the new HTML 5 spec today. More at:HTML 5 - W3C Editor's Draft 1 November 2007HTML 5 - Working Draft — 1 November 2007What is HTML 5?HTML 5 is a new version of HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 addressing many of the issues of those specifications while at the same time enhancing (X)HTML to more adequately address Web applications. Besides defining a markup language

Top 5 Podcasts

2007-10-15T11:36:00.000-04:00

Some weeks I'm able to listen more than others, but these are the podcasts that I never miss:TWITWait Wait... Don't Tell Me!EGM Live* - a new addition for me and now a regular fixture.Dance Department - my weekly fix of euro dance music.The Economist (iTunes link)Honorable mentions:PTISlate Political Gabfest

LinkedIn site design updates

2007-09-30T12:39:00.001-04:00

LinkedIn finally folded to pressure from all the other Web2.0 social networks and added the obligatory profile photo. They also made some minor layout changes, but the addition of photos is a big deal. I have profile photos in all of the social networking sites, but since LinkedIn is a "professional network," I definitely want to use a photo that's a bit more professional. None of these images

I finally beat Puzzle Quest!

2007-09-30T12:00:00.000-04:00

It took me several weeks to finally get strong enough to win the final boss battle. The game itself is fairly short, but getting powerful enough to hold you own against Lord Bane is another story.If you don't have a DS, and you have an Xbox 360, then you should definitely check out the port to Xbox Live.

Firefox Extension Clean-up Round-up

2007-08-21T11:46:00.001-04:00

I had way too many extensions vying for space on my status bar so I'm going to uninstall some and disable a few more.Uninstalled Extensions:Google Calendar Notifier - works fine, but I never use it. It's the extension that started this cleansing.Download Statusbar - yet another addition to my status bar extension. It was actually disabled, but it's time for it to go.Disabled Extensions:

Productivity - Meet Launchy

2007-08-12T11:58:00.000-04:00

Meet my new friend, Launchy. It's an ultra simple launcher with a great user interface and it's incredibly efficient at getting you in and out to the application you want to work in. The hardest part of using this application is remembering that it's there and remembering to take advantage of it. To activate it you simply press alt-space and a sexy little dialog box opens in the center of your

Safari Beta 3.0.3

2007-08-03T15:54:00.001-04:00

Safari Beta 3.0.3 came out on August 2nd. Download it from Apple if you don't have it yet, or simply use Apple Software Update.From Surfin' Safari[More safari on dblog.]

SecondRotation - Ebay your tech toys... without Ebay

2007-08-03T12:40:00.000-04:00

For those of us that have a lot of tech gadgets lying around, SecondRotation might be nice alternative to trying to make sense of the Ebay ecosystem. I have friends that are really into Ebay, but personally Ebay has always seemed more trouble than it's worth... both for buying and selling. SecondRotation presents an alternative to recycling and eco-disposal too, that might put a couple bucks in

Joost review

2007-08-03T11:46:00.000-04:00

Once again, thanks to InviteShare I was able to get an invite to another private beta. (I'll definitely be putting iTync on when we get out of alpha.) Anyway, I downloaded, installed the app and created a new account. First impression was that I couldn't reduce it to window mode and move the window around easily. If I watch video on my computer, I don't want it on my primary monitor. I don't mind

The Onion's Internet Crash Coverage

2007-07-20T18:39:00.001-04:00

Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash

Pownce on InviteShare

2007-07-20T14:26:00.000-04:00

InviteShare is frikken awesome. I was able to get on Pownce in about 30 seconds. Invites get sent out so fast that I couldn't even get my invite sent by in time when I tried to give back to the community.Thanks guys. Good call Arrington. I wish this had been there (or I had known about them) early in the Gmail beta.Now I just have to convince my luddite friends to join yet another social network.