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Guidelines for Building Touch-friendly Sites

20 Apr 2012
by ieblog
In Windows 8 Consumer Preview, IE10 enables fast and fluid multi-touch experiences on the Web. Most sites work fine with touch in IE10 with no changes to the site. This post provides four simple guidelines to ensure your customers who use touch can most effectively use your site. We’ve written... continues
via [IEBlog]

Nevada County GIS

17 Apr 2012

nelson : Nevada County GIS - Remarkably good web site; standard software? Tags : nevadacounty california realestate gis maps
via [HotLinks]

Apache mod_spdy

17 Apr 2012

nelson : Apache mod_spdy - Google makes a new release of the optimized web protocol Tags : spdy optimization web apache
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SymbolHound

15 Apr 2012

nelson : SymbolHound - A search engine that lets you search for punctuation, etc Andy Baio : SymbolHound - coder-centric search engine that searches punctuation Tags : search web code
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Retina.js

13 Apr 2012

nelson : Retina.js - A hack for hi-res images for high density displays Tags : graphics javascript web
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IE 9.0.6 Available via Windows Update

10 Apr 2012
by ieblog
The April 2012 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer is now available via Windows Update. This security update resolves five privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user visits a specially crafted Web ... continues
via [IEBlog]

Using Media Queries in Sass 3.2

9 Apr 2012

simplebits : Using Media Queries in Sass 3.2 - Very handy features for Responsive Web Designing coming in the next version of Sass. Tags : sass res
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Streetbook

7 Apr 2012

nelson : Streetbook - In depth story about the role of social media in the Arab Spring protests Tags : tunis egypt facebook protests politics arabspring socialmedia
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env-js

6 Apr 2012

carlfish : env-js - Javascript emulation of a web browser, so you can run browser-targeted scripts in a pure Javascript environment Tags : programming javascript rhino
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Online Portfolio von Jan Ploch

6 Apr 2012

simplebits : Online Portfolio von Jan Ploch - Ingenious use of browser's scroll and background images. Tags : portfolio design
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Adaptive Web Design

6 Apr 2012

simplebits : Adaptive Web Design - A new book by Aaron Gustafson on crafting rich experiences with progressive enhancement. Tags : aarongustafson books
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Get Out There and Make Something

6 Apr 2012

simplebits : Get Out There and Make Something - Got quoted in a Smashing Magazine article by Michael Aleo regarding designers creating their own products. Tags : smashingmagazine quote article
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Pinned Sites in Windows 8

3 Apr 2012
by ieblog
The Windows 8 Start screen is the best place to find and stay connected to all your favorite apps and content. App tiles are alive with activity and show you fresh and tailored content so you know what’s new in your world. We’ve written about Internet Explorer 10’s Metro style bro... continues
via [IEBlog]

Launch Options for Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8

26 Mar 2012
by ieblog
IE10 is a new browsing experience built in lockstep with Windows 8 to give you all the advantages that Metro style applications offer. We built that experience by extending IE’s underlying architecture to provide a fast, fully hardware accelerated browsing engine with strong secur... continues
via [IEBlog]

Speed and Mobility: An Approach for HTTP 2.0 to Make Mobile Apps and the Web ...

26 Mar 2012
by ieblog
This week begins face to face meetings at the IETF on how to approach HTTP 2.0 and improve the Internet. How the industry moves forward together on the next version of HTTP – how every application and service on the Web communicates today – can have a positive impact on user experience, ... continues
via [IEBlog]

IndexedDB Updates for IE10 and Metro style apps

21 Mar 2012
by ieblog
The Internet Explorer team along with the broader Web community has continued to make improvements to the IndexedDB specification. IndexedDB is a W3C Working Draft that enables you to store, search, and retrieve data on the user's device, even when Internet connectivity is disabled. IndexedDB is a... continues
via [IEBlog]

WebSockets in Windows Consumer Preview

19 Mar 2012
by ieblog
In Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Server Beta, IE10 and all other Microsoft WebSocket client and server features now support the final version of the IETF WebSocket Protocol. In addition, IE10 implements the W3C WebSocket API Candidate Recommendation. WebSockets are stable and ready for developers t... continues
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Media Capture Prototype: Improved Support for Real World Web Apps

16 Mar 2012
by ieblog
Today we updated on HTML5 Labs the previously released Media Capture prototype to better align it to the latest W3C editor draft. The HTML Media Capture working draft continues to evolve alongside related discussions in the Web RTC workgroup, and... continues
via [IEBlog]

Spring into St. Patrick’s Day with HTML5

16 Mar 2012
by ieblog
Shamrock art

Another holiday brings us another opportunity to celebrate it with you. We’re pleased to mark the transition into spring as well as St. Patrick’s Day with Irish Spring, a new hardware-accelerated HTML5 experience that shows the benefits of Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Iri... continues
via [IEBlog]

Enhanced Protected Mode

14 Mar 2012
by ieblog
Every release of Internet Explorer includes new security enhancements to help keep you safe as you browse the Internet. The new Enhanced Protected Mode in Internet Explorer 10 helps keep your data safe even if an attacker has exploited a vulnerability in the browser or one of its add-ons. There is ... continues
via [IEBlog]

Building Firefox for Windows 8 Metro

29 Feb 2012
A number of people have been asking how we intend to build Firefox for the Windows 8 "Metro" environment, and whether or not it would be a separate product from Firefox for Windows 8 "Classic" environment. Here's where we're going with this: Windows 8 Consumer Preview introduces a new programming p... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

Firefox Flicks Take Two

27 Feb 2012
Remember Firefox Flicks? It was nearly seven years ago that Chris Beard and I launched that program. Well, we're doing it again. Take a look at the new teaser trailer and then get involved.
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

movable type 5.12 help

23 Feb 2012
This blog has been hosted at mozillaZine for most of its life and before that I was a regular mozillaZine-er. I'm attached to this place for nostalgic reasons but I'm about to move on because of a change in the MT install. With a recent update, the "Accept Comments" checkbox changed from being a "do... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

Mozilla as a Role Model

23 Feb 2012
Rather than squabbling and pointing figures at competitors saying "but they do it", tech giants should see Mozilla as a role model. It didn't wait until public pressure mounted and the government forced its hand. Mozilla stepped up and heeded the FTC's request for a way to give control back to the c... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

et tu, VLC?

18 Feb 2012
So I decided to see what VLC 2.0 has to offer.

Guess what that big red button *doesn't* do. C'mon people, it's not that difficult.
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

LibreOffice update

18 Feb 2012
I'm not going to apologize for complaining about the terrible, awful, horrible, no good, very bad experience I had when I decided to give LibreOffice a try. It was abysmal and improving that experience should be a top priority for that team if they care about expanding LibreOffice beyond the few Lin... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

LibreOffice, Really?! Really?!

14 Feb 2012
I read an article on the Web somewhere that there was a new LibreOffice version. It's been several years since I gave OpenOffice a try and I've been interested to see what OpenOffice had evolved into, so I thought, "Hey, maybe they've improved some. I'll install it and see." Here is what happened.... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

Firefox in 2012

12 Feb 2012
I've updated the Firefox strategy and roadmap document with our plans for the Firefox Desktop in 2012. It's going to be an amazing year with lots of exciting projects and products from Mozilla. I've been with the Mozilla project for almost 14 years and I say with confidence that if we exit 2012 hav... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

John Battelle: What Commons Do We Wish For

4 Feb 2012
John Battelle has a very thoughtful and thought provoking article on the future of the Web that outlines a plan for ensuring that the Internet continues to be a commons and that it not devolve into a collection of walled gardens. At Mozilla, we're working to build that "open" and "independent" Web ... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

Bing and WebM

4 Feb 2012
I know this isn't news, but it makes me happy every time I see it (Yes, I'm a web geek.) Those of you who use Bing or have looked at it more than once know that they put beautiful background images on their search page. Those images have little highlighted nodes with information and trivia about the... continues
via [Asa Dotzler: Firefox and more]

Here's the new feed URL!

Update your feedreader: this feed has now moved to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1/cat:all/sort:updated/format:rss
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LANA TURNER HAS COLLAPSED!

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ONLY GOD AND THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE KNOW ABOUT YOUR PORNOGRAPHY COLLECTION

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THIS BOOMERANG DOES NOT WORK!!!! IT IS STICK-SHAPED

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WARNING: BONERS LOOSE IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT

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MOMS! Click here for a basket of cuddly kittens wearing American flags!

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FOR THE LAST TIME: AN ELF IS WORTH MORE THAN AN ORC BUT LESS THAN A UNICORN

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MY MOM WAS ALL "YOU'RE NOT TAKING THE CAR" AND I WAS LIKE "FUCK YOU HITLER"

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HOW CAN THEY BE SWEET *AND TART??? (ASKING JEEVES)

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Parallel JavaScript

19 Sep 2011
by
Intel Labs has a new project out Parallel Extensions for JavaScript, code named River Trail. River Trail brings the processing power of Intels multi-core CPUs and their vector extensions to web applications. With River Trail it will finally be possible to stay in the browser even for more compute ... continues
via [Gemal's Psyched Blog: Mozilla]

Contributor Best Practices

27 May 2011
by loucypher
Cross-posted from David Boswell's blog. We had a great conversation at yesterday’s Contribute Group meeting where around 20 people from across Mozilla shared ideas and experiences about bringing new people into the project. I’ve pulled those notes together into a contributor best pr... continues
via [Spread Firefox blogs]

Summary of Firefox 4 Launch Parties in India.

20 May 2011
by vineel reddy p
Hey all, I am happy to share with you that community members from various cities participated and hosted the Firefox 4 launch parties in India.
here are a few that reported untill now: read more
via [Spread Firefox blogs]

Join the mozilla.status.net groups ...

28 May 2010
by 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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Addon development is back

11 Feb 2010
by
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 2009
by
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 2009
by
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 2009
by
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 2009
by
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 2009
by
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]

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