Browsers
In Firefox 3 Bookmarks and browsing History are stored in SQLite databases. Like any other database, the SQLite databases get fragmented with time, added to that, your default history time span in Firefox 3.5 was increased from 9 to 90 days. These increase the possibility of having a bloated and cumbersome database which subsequently leads to a performance hit; slow access times -- that nobody wants. More»
Posted in Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows | 3 Comments »
Mozilla has updated its mobile edition of the Firefox browser for smaller non-PC devices like mobile phone devices and PDAs.
Fennec 1.0 Beta 3 is available for the Linux based Maemo operating system that powers Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets. The is also an alpha version for Windows Mobile. This beta 3.0 release focuses
on improving the user experience, bug fixes and performance. More»
Posted in Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows | 4 Comments »
Unofficial community-made Google Chrome browser extensions keep pouring in. I just came across the Session Saver extension which brings session saving and managing to Google Chrome. The Chrome extension is said to work in Google Chrome 3 and Google Chrome 4 dev builds. More»
Posted in Browsers, Open-Source, Windows | Comments Off on Google Chrome Session Saver Extension
Google Chrome Dev Channel version 4.0.201.1 now has a new feature: bookmark syncing. Add the flag: --enable-sync whilst starting Chrome, then move to Wrench -> Sync my bookmarks.
More»
Posted in Browsers, Open-Source, Windows | 1 Comment »
Thunderbrowse the Thunderbird add-on that transforms Thunderbird into a Web Browser with tabbed browsing – in the recent update from version 3.2.6.1 to version 3.2.6.2 fixes compatibility conflicts with Thunderbird 3 beta 3 and also adds support for Postbox, said to be a Thunderbird derivative
If you’ve got Thunderbrowse on Thunderbird 2 then go check for updates at Tools -> Add-ons -> Find Updates.
Now you can finally test Thunderbrowse on Thunderbird 3 beta 3. More»
Posted in Browsers, Email, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows | 2 Comments »
