Published on July 2nd, 2010 by admin. Filed under Uncategorized | No Comments
Firefox has won a legion of users and programmers due to security, speed and new features. From time to time Mozilla release beta versions of their browser. These versions are earning the name of Minefield, that doesn’t have perfect stability, factor that makes it true Minefield.
The Minefield is a browser and interesting for developers, because it brings the power of the new version. Although it is not yet stable, developers can use the news from Mozilla to create new applications and content to the browser. The latest version of Mozilla Firefox Developer Preview drew much attention because it brings some significant changes as well, both Visual and performance.
Attention! Version for Testing
Minefield shouldn’t replace your default browser and we recommend that you don’t access e-mail accounts or database using this version. Minefield is not recommended for everyday use, because there are still some holes and flaws in the program code.
Renovated GUI
If you constantly track the Internet, must have seen the articles about Firefox 4. If you haven’t read, you might be surprised with some modifications that Mozilla is planning. One of the great news is that you can use the tabs at the top.
In addition to this novelty, Mozilla has added new menu in the latest version of Minefield (temporary name that will be changed in the final version of the browser).
Centered on a Button
This can be noticed to centralize many functions in the Minefield button that after the official release will be called Firefox. But if you don’t like it, access the “Customize” option in Minefield button and click “Menu Bar”, as has always been used in Mozilla browser.
Add-ons Manager
Add-ons are exposed in a separate tab called “Add-ons Manager” and not in a popup window as formerly. The sidebar menu greatly facilitates access to any add-ons, themes and plugins, shown separately and with information.
Lightness and More Speedy
One of the long standing and brutally attacked by its critics has always been the memory consumption of Firefox. But after using this version, you will feel the real difference. Browsing speed has also changed and became faster. This is mainly due to the use of Direct2D, a feature that speeds up the loading process when there are images and various elements on a webpage. This tool doesn’t mean a weight to the browser, because it works perfectly on any machines, even with old computers.
WebM
With the current version of Minefield, is already possible to make videos on YouTube using WebM together with HTML5. The browser already comes with codec enabled; but the user needs to perform some steps on YouTube itself to access videos with the new codec. Check out:
Access YouTube.
Perform your search. Preferably international contents search (the term “Trailers” results in various compatible videos), because there are not many videos converted to HTML5 yet.
Append “&webm=1” to the end of the URL.
Click the desired video.
Published on November 4th, 2008 by admin. Filed under Free Software, SEO, Web Browser | 1 Comment
SEObook’s Rank Checker leaves a lot to be desired even considering the fact that it is a free program.
Description: Check your SEO rank in 3 different search engines.
Compatibility: Firefox 2 and Higher.
Necessary Info: Rank Checker is a plugin for Firefox that advertises that it will check the rank for websites in 3 different search engines. There are a few things that it does well but its main feature is a flop.
It has a nice but relatively basic interface which allows you to input your domain and then input as many keywords or keyword phrases as you would like. You can also save the entire list to check them again later. Nice feature because no one wants to have to type each and every key word in every time they do a rank check.
Rank Checker’s main function is to check rank for the domains that you specify and it does this with 3 search engines. It seems to check Yahoo well but Google and Windows Live don’t seem to do very well with this program if they show up at all. I have a ranking on the first page of Google with some of the keywords that I checked… And they came up as having no ranking at all. To me that earns it about a 1/3 ranking…
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Conclusion: It does a good job of checking yahoo so use it for that. But if you want to check your rankings for Google, (doesn’t everyone???) I recommend that you look for another piece of software. Rank Checker can’t do it.
Rank Checker: Download free software HERE.
The Free Downloadable Software Fan
Published on October 30th, 2008 by admin. Filed under Free Software, Web Browser | No Comments
Today’s free software title up for review is Mozilla Firefox. Firefox is a free web browser like Microsoft Internet Explorer but much better. It has tons of add-ons and ways to customize it, but it is great just straight out of the box.
Description: Killer web browser
Compatibility: Linux, MacOs 10.4 and higher, Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Server 2003
Necessary Info: Firefox, like Internet Explorer and others before it, is a web browser. These days, web browsers are our window to the world and what you are reading this with.
There is currently a battle raging over which browser is going to be King. Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer are both fighting to become the king and Internet Explorer is losing ground. According to http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp, Firefox currently has approximately 42% of the browser market share while IE has approximately 51%. Yes there are others that take up the remaining 9%.
Firefox is an open source program and anybody can donate their time and/or effort to help the cause. And that is part of what makes Firefox so cool. You have a ton of add-on programs that you can use for purposes such as
- Blocking ads
- Checking SEO rankings
- FTP (File Transfer protocol)
- Download management
- Bookmark management
- Change the appearance
These are capabilities that Internet Explorer just doesn’t have.
Firefox is also more secure against spyware because it automatically tells you when there is an update so the program is almost always up to date and protecting you against the latest web vulnerabilities.
In short, Firefox is a great browser that is more customizable and more secure than the competition.
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Conclusion: Quit wasting your time and get it now!
Download free software here.
Thanks,
The Free Downloadable Software Fan
