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Facebook and other ’social’ sites

Published on Sep 25th, 2007 in advertising, the web | 1 Comment »

It’s been a long time coming that I wanted to voice off regarding these whole social media movement, but until now there was no blog to do it. This comes right after reading the latest news on Facebook on TS’ frontpage…
Facebook is hot these days, as is social networking. But then again there’s no question [...]

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Firefox Passes Acid2

Published on Apr 18th, 2006 in software, the web | 1 Comment »

A development build of Firefox now passes the Acid2 Browser Test. This makes Firefox the latest Browser to pass the test; other Browsers which pass are; Safari, iCab & Konqueror. Opera 9 also passes, however as with Firefox both are non-final releases; that said, Opera 9 will be released well before the Firefox passing version [...]

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Firefox Myths Debunked - Part 2

Published on Feb 18th, 2006 in software, the web | 4 Comments »

As many of you are well aware, I (& many others) have taken issue with the Firefox Myths site. Rather than argue the issues with the author; who consistently never answers, ignores, or attempts to weasel out of such disputes (e.g. Ars Technica) I’ve decided to create a Firefox Myths Debunked post on the forums.
Here [...]

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Firefox / IE 7 News

Published on Jan 22nd, 2006 in microsoft, software, the web | 1 Comment »

Noticed over on The Burning Edge that several changes have been made to the tabbed interface;
* Close buttons on tabs, including background tabs (as long as browser.tabs.disableBackgroundClose is true & each tab is at least browser.tabs.tabClipWidth pixels wide).
* Make it easier to get back to the “parent tab” when you click a link that opens [...]

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Firefox Myths Debunked

Published on Dec 28th, 2005 in software, the web | 4 Comments »

Note - For detailed information on the authors intellectual dishonesty & deliberate misquoting of people (Myself included) please see my Firefox Myths Debunked post.
Noticed the site behind XP Myths has posted up a new article - Firefox Myths. Alas, while the former I think can be pretty useful in many instances this is not & [...]

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