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30 Jul 2010by ieblog
The latest Platform Preview Build includes two great interoperable features for working with the DOM – DOM Traversal and Element Traversal. These features provide web developers with simple, flexible, and fast ways of traversing through a document using the same markup across browsers. These f... continues
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How IE9 Platform Preview Feedback Changed the JavaScript Standard
16 Jul 2010by ieblog
When we first introduced our plans for Internet Explorer Platform Previews we said that “developers and people interested in standards and web development can try out new platform functionality and provide early feedback.” We are now getting such feedback on a daily basis and are using i... continues
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firefox home approved in the apple ap store
15 Jul 2010Firefox Home has finally been approved. If you've got an iOS device and you use Firefox, you'll want to rush to get this awesome FREE app that brings as much of the Firefox experience to the iPhone/iPad/iPod as is allowed by Apple.
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]
The CSS Corner: Better Web Typography For Better Design
15 Jul 2010by ieblog
Lost In Translation “Web design is 95% typography”. So much of the content produced and consumed on the web is text yet designers and users have been confined to a set of compatible fonts available across client operating systems. Escaping this typographical island has involved everythin... continues
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Caching Improvements in Internet Explorer 9
14 Jul 2010by ieblog
The network plays a crucial role in the overall performance of a web browser. The best way to improve network performance is to minimize the volume of network traffic by using HTTP compression and taking advantage of the browser cache. We’ve made a tremendous number of improvements to the way ... continues
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A GPU-Powered Shopping Experience with Amazon.com
6 Jul 2010by ieblog
A few weeks ago, we talked about the performance characteristics of our Flickr Explorer sample. We showed how hardware acceleration benefits real world scenarios such as browsing photos, and how easily web developers can build these types of applications. Recently, we released a new set of demos alo... continues
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IE9 Includes Hardware Accelerated Canvas
1 Jul 2010by ieblog
var ctx0, ctx1; var canvas0, canvas1; var wave = 1; var direction = 1; var timer; var HEIGHT2 = 100, WIDTH2 = 400; var count = 0; var currentX = 0, currentY = 0, lastX = 0, lastY = 0; var r = Math.floor(Math.random() * 255) + 70; ... continues
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firefox home submitted to the apple app store
30 Jun 2010Cross your fingers, friends. Mozilla just submitted Firefox Home to the Apple App Store.
Firefox Home is a free application that provides access to your Firefox desktop history, bookmarks and open tabs on your iPhone. Firefox Home enables access to the websites you need on the go by picking up whe... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]
Measuring Web Page Performance
28 Jun 2010by ieblog
We’re focused on making Internet Explorer 9 amazingly fast, and we want to help web developers make their sites fast as well. Enabling developers to accurately measure the performance of their websites is critical to making the web faster and enabling a new class of HTML5 applications. At Velo... continues
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JavaScript tests now available on the IE Testing Center
28 Jun 2010by ieblog
Our commitment to same markup includes script along with HTML, CSS, SVG, and the other markup that developers use to build the web. To make same markup real, the community needs a set of official tests to assess how interoperable and standards-compliant different browsers are with the latest v... continues
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Enhanced Scripting in IE9: ECMAScript 5 Support and More
25 Jun 2010by ieblog
Up to this point we have mostly talked about improved JavaScript performance in Internet Explorer 9 but we haven’t said much about any new or changed language features in the “Chakra” engine. Now, with the third Platform Preview, we can tell you about JavaScript feature enhancement... continues
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JavaScript: Same Code, and a Standardized Test Suite
25 Jun 2010by ieblog
Being all in with HTML5 means being committed to enabling developers to use the Same Markup on the Web, and that includes the same JavaScript code. The Chakra JavaScript engine in the latest Platform Preview release of Internet Explorer 9 includes significantly improved support for the ECMAScript (... continues
via [IEBlog]
"Login" is not a verb
21 Jun 2010
philgyford : "Login" is not a verb - I'm forever correcting this when I make other peoples' designs into web pages. Tags : top login grammar spelling languagevia [HotLinks]
TouchScroll, a scrolling layer for WebKit mobile [update] « Uxebu.com – th...
18 Jun 2010
philgyford : TouchScroll, a scrolling layer for WebKit mobile [update] « Uxebu.com – the Ajax and JavaScript Experts - Re-implementing scrolling for WebKit Mobile web browsers. Haven't looked at the code yet, but the demo seems good. Tags : top webkit scrolling javascript css webdevelopment... continuesvia [HotLinks]
pdf.js
17 Jun 2010
Simon Willison : pdf.js - pdf.js. A JavaScript library for creating simple PDF files. Works (flakily) in your browser using a data:URI hack, but is also compatible with server-side JavaScript implementations such as Node.js.via [HotLinks]
Mongrel2 is "Self-Hosting"
17 Jun 2010
Simon Willison : Mongrel2 is "Self-Hosting" - Mongrel2 is “Self-Hosting”. Zed Shaw’s Mongrel2 is shaping up to be a really interesting project. “A web server simply written in C that loves all languages equally”, the two most interesting new ideas are the ability to handle HTTP, Flash ... continuesvia [HotLinks]
Lifehacker's guide to silencing vuvuzela horns with an EQ filter
16 Jun 2010
Andy Baio : Lifehacker's guide to silencing vuvuzela horns with an EQ filter - related: @the_vuvuzela on Twitter, Vuvuzela radio, or browse the web like you're at World Cupvia [HotLinks]
Apple - Support - Discussions - missing faces/places after event import ...
16 Jun 2010
philgyford : Apple - Support - Discussions - missing faces/places after event import ... - Differences between Aperture's importing from iPhoto Library and from its iPhoto Browser. Tags : top aperture iphoto mac osx macosxvia [HotLinks]
Dealinium - jSlideTouch for Ipad & Iphone/Ipod using jQuery for content s...
15 Jun 2010
philgyford : Dealinium - jSlideTouch for Ipad & Iphone/Ipod using jQuery for content sliding - Sliding content in a fixed-size element left/right or up/down on web pages on iPhone, iPad etc. Tags : top iphone ipad javascript css webdevelopment scrolling gesturesvia [HotLinks]
EPUBReader - Read ePub just in Firefox
14 Jun 2010
deusx : EPUBReader - Read ePub just in Firefox - "EPUBReader is a Firefox addon which let you read ePub-files just in the browser. You don't need to install additional software! If you click on a link to an ePub-file, you are normally prompted by the Firefox "save as" dialog. W... continuesvia [HotLinks]
Emend: Make the Web a little better
13 Jun 2010
deusx : Emend: Make the Web a little better - "Emend (verb), to improve by critical editing. From the Latin emendare, “to free from fault.”" Tags : emend nifty editing writing webdevvia [HotLinks]
Apple - Support - Discussions - Import iPhoto Title as Aperture Version ...
11 Jun 2010
philgyford : Apple - Support - Discussions - Import iPhoto Title as Aperture Version ... - Importing iPhoto library into Aperture and hanging on to your photos' titles. (I used the iPhoto Browser, not Import iPhoto Library, although this can cause Faces and Places data to be lost.) Tags : top ... continuesvia [HotLinks]
10 years @ Mozilla
28 May 2010Today marks 10 years of continuous full-time employment working on Mozilla. I still can't believe I get to work with so many amazing people. It's pretty much the best job ever. Thank you to all the Mozillians that have made this such a wonderful decade. A special thanks to Mitchell Baker, our C... continues
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Join the mozilla.status.net groups ...
28 May 2010by paulbooker
Hello Folks,
If your posting about the firefox browser or the marketing of firefox on OStatus federated networks like identi.ca , status.net ,.. then please join the mozilla.status.net groups ...
http://mozilla.status.net/group/spreadfirefox
http://mozilla.status.net/group/fire... continues
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maybe privacy isn't so hard
27 May 2010I said in a previous post that I thought privacy was hard and that getting it right for an organization like Facebook was a big challenge. I've changed my mind some after thinking more on the other bits I included in that post. So, if I was sitting down with the top brass at Facebook, what would... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]
a better web is winning
21 May 2010Another way to think about recent user data for Firefox and Chrome that I posted is to see them as allies for a better Web. Of course there's friendly competition between the browsers, but if you add up all of the Firefox1, Chrome2, Opera3, and Safari4 users, you come up with a pretty big number.... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]
for every new user of chrome, there are 2.5 new firefox users
20 May 2010Some people complained about my graphic in the previous post so I've tried again. I hope it's clearer than the last one.
And some other folks have asked more about the holiday dip for Firefox so I'll take a second to offer my best explanation for this and why Chrome doesn't see it. Firefox has... continuesvia [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]
firefox and chrome user growth
19 May 2010update: I've posted a much clearer graph here. I was watching the Google IO broadcast this morning and saw a cool slide showing Chrome user growth over the better part of the last year. They're rightly proud of going from 30 million users to 70 million users during that time. I grabbed a screensho... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]
mozilla t-shirt design
15 May 2010This is one of my recent Mozilla t-shirt / poster designs. What do you think?
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]
facebook privacy
7 May 2010This is a pretty awesome visualization: The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook So far I've been able to mostly keep up with the changes and "fix" my settings so this doesn't impact me too much. But I'm not your typical user and I'll bet many older users and most new users don't manage privacy contr... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]
go scribd!
7 May 2010"One of the best things about HTML is that it's universal." I couldn't have said it better and I applaud Scribd for embracing and pushing the Open Web forward. Thanks Scribd team! You just earned my business.
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]
Addon development is back
11 Feb 2010by
For a long time I simply just didn't have the time to do development on my addons. I've created 6 addons and some are fairly popular. Linky which is the most popular one just passed 620.000 downloads and has more than 35.000 active daily users. Linky enables you to quickly open multiple links. You... continues
via [Gemal's Psyched Blog: Mozilla]
Firefox on Playstation 3?
19 Nov 2009by
There's a rumor out that Sony is looking into bringing Firefox to the PS3 platform:
"We recently received a tip from a source very close to Sony who says that they have been in talks with Mozilla lately about possibly porting firefox over to the PS3. That said, our source made sure to point out th... continues
via [Gemal's Psyched Blog: Mozilla]
about:memory landed
4 Oct 2009by
I'm here at EU MozCamp 2009 in wonderful Prague, and just saw that the about:memory feature landed on trunk. I had the chance to talk to Vladimir Vukicevic, how implemented the infrastructure for it, and he told him that this is just an initial landing. The about:memory is not yet finished and it c... continues
via [Gemal's Psyched Blog: Mozilla]
Can this be done? Links in same tab, links from external apps in new tab
18 Sep 2009by
I'm trying to figure out a way to achieve this: 1) I want links to open in the same tab. So if I click on a link that has target=_blank or target=_new in my Mozilla Firefox I want them to open in the same tab. Popups I want to open in a new window. 2) I want links from external applications to ope... continues
via [Gemal's Psyched Blog: Mozilla]
Thunderbird can now auto config your account
28 Apr 2009by
A couple of days ago the first big part of the auto detection of mail accounts landed in Thunderbird. I've blogged about the feature before. This means that you no longer have to enter all of the technical information to add an account. Just enter your name, email and password and Thunderbird will ... continues
via [Gemal's Psyched Blog: Mozilla]
Open Source software in the public sector
24 Mar 2009by
Last Thursday the "Videnscenter for Software" held a conference on "Open Source software in the public sector." And Mozilla was represented at the conference. I've heard about the conference and learned that you could ask for a free pass for the conference. Instead of only getting the free pass, I ... continues
via [Gemal's Psyched Blog: Mozilla]
JPEG decoding will be 15% faster on x86_64
28 Jan 2009by
Just a quick note about a cool improvement that is gonna hit x86_64 builds of Mozilla Firefox soon: "Currently, JPEG SSE2 code is only Windows x86. I will add it for x86_64 platform. After adding it, JPEG decoding is 15% faster." More information in bug 475225
via [Gemal's Psyched Blog: Mozilla]
Introducing the Design Challenge
27 Jan 2009by graphicsguru
Introducing the Design Challenge
read morevia [Spread Firefox blogs]
7 untold secrets about me
16 Jan 2009by
The seven, perhaps unknown, things about Henrik Gemal. I was tagged by Fabien Cazenave who started to learn XUL by tweaking my Launchy extension. Cool! So here are the rules to this:1. Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
2. Share seven facts about yourself in the po... continues
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Tournage avec Paul Rouget de la démonstration de Firefox 4 Beta 2
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What? Shaping the future of learning right now. Drumbeat Festival 2010 will showcase people, ideas and projects making connections between learning, freedom and the web. Things like: A secure 'data backpack' where students control their own learning materials and credentials Libraries tr... continuesVirtual PC images
Drumbeat | People and projects making a better web.
The open web is the most powerful communication tool in the history of humanity. It's the nervous system of trade, education, governance, activism and play. It allows a single idea to achieve global impact. At its core the open web is participatory, transparent, decentralized and generative. (... continuesPLURIBO: Instant summaries of user reviews.
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Toolbar Buttons is the single biggest button pack for Firefox, Thunderbird or Sunbird there is. You will find buttons that enable hidden functionality or is too many clicks away, but some of the best buttons are those unique to the extension, a number that is ever increasing. Over 100 buttons for ... continuesresizeMyBrowser - Web application
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Iran: Fünf Dieben Hände amputiert http://de.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idDEBEE66L0LC20100722 [from http://twitter.com/Parisi1/statuses/19922911528]Bespin Gallery
Bespin is a customizable text and programmer's editor that you can embed in your own applications. You can extend it and build on it in a million different ways with plugins. The Bespin Plugin Gallery is a central home to find additions that people have made to Bespin.Sarah Doherty » Huzzah! Social Media Toolkit Launched!
The Mozilla Social Media Toolkit is a set of tools that allows you to leverage social media to market Mozilla and Firefox in your region and beyond. The toolkit contains everything you’ll need from best practices, tips and tricks, to design assets for both Facebook and Twitter. Are you a Mozilli... continuesTighter security coming in Firefox 4 | The Download Blog - Download.com
One of the biggest fixes that's been implemented in the Firefox 4 beta repairs [...] a CSS sniffing history attack, where malicious code can gain access to your browser history by manipulating link appearance and style. [...] Mozilla's David Baron figured out how to solve the problem with ... continuesIngenieros.com - Líder en ofertas de empleo para ingenieros
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Faithless concert #Marbella. News update here http://bit.ly/aNFdM6 Pls RT [from http://twitter.com/nicchick/statuses/19915026765]HM Government - Petition to: encourage government departments to upgrade away...
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@krofdrakula in javascript? http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2010/03/ie7js-update/ [from http://twitter.com/friedcell/statuses/19830396510]CSS3 PIE: CSS3 decorations for IE
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Compare internet access plans with Netscape Internet Service. Look at low cost dialup features head-to-head.Clayton Stark – Enhancing the Web Browsing Experience - CrazyEngineers
The web has changed dramatically in the last 5-10 years, but the browser’s evolution hasn’t kept pace with the new online behaviors of the modern Internet. The “social web” is two-way and participatory, but browsers are still optimized for consumption of content, not self-expression and shar... continuesBrowser Wars
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The origin of the tag
I remember thinking that this would be a pretty harmless easter egg, that no one would really use it, but I was very wrong. When we released Netscape Navigator 1.0 we did not document the blink functionality in any way, and for a while all was quiet. Then somewhere, somehow the arcane knowledge of b... continuesVia Delicious.
