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Mar 17, 2009

Rethinking Tabs In Firefox 3.2

Like many other features in the software world, we seem to have weared out the tabs. Oliver Reichenstein proposes a browser design, inspired by media management, such that the need for tabs is reduced. Tabs, when overused, get unusable. [Continue]

Nov 17, 2008

We Need Firefox Inside!

How do I convince these sites that I do use Firefox? It gets called something else because of some stupid reasons, but it is really Firefox and nothing else. Every time I visit hotmail or orkut or some site which thinks that it is doing something so special that it needs to warn users about their browsers, these messages that make a mockery of my setup. [Continue]

Aug 29, 2008

Ubiquity Makes It Task Based

I have been buried under a rock really deep to miss the Ubiquity news. Though late, I have gone through the video and the tutorial, like a passionate Web user, and I think it is excellent work. And exciting too! [Continue]

Jan 11, 2008

Firefox Still Not Popular With Corporates

So Eric Lai reports (via slashdot). The article cites some people suggesting that this is so because Firefox does not woo the corporates into using it. I wonder if that will help. [Continue]

Dec 24, 2007

Weave - Taking Mozilla Beyond The Browser

Mozilla has announced Weave, which I think is the first true step by Mozilla to go beyond the browser. One important area for exploration is the blending of the desktop and the Web through deeper integration of the browser with online services. We’re now launching a new project within Mozilla Labs to formally explore this integration. [Continue]

Oct 16, 2007

Mobile Firefox - Browser Or Platform?

Mozila has decided to make Firefox mobile. I was waiting to check the response to this, as nowadays I get as skeptical as excited about news from Mozilla. I think even others are wary of some of the disadvantages of today’s Firefox. [Continue]

Aug 17, 2007

How Firefox Is The Culprit

Do you know why firefox is blocked? Because it infringes on rights of web site owners and developers. How, you might wonder! [Continue]

Aug 8, 2007

Is Firefox Losing Me?

Are the downloads of Mozilla Firefox indicative of its users? Apparently not (via Larry Dingan). There is an admission that only 50% of the users who download actually end up using it. [Continue]

Jul 21, 2007

Pyro - Desktop Inside Web

Pyro Desktop is an interesting project I was fiddling with for some time. It is a novel approach in the whole desktop v/s web tussle. Pyro uses Mozilla Firefox as a platform to build your desktop. [Continue]

Jul 20, 2007

Alexa Sparky For Firefox

Alexa’s Toolbar has been exclusive for Internet Explorer for a long time. Finally they have made it available for Mozilla Firefox as Sparky. Amit Agarwal notes that it is more of a status bar though. [Continue]