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Navigator 9 for Linux came out with some very interesting features that gives it a new shine. To start, there is no need for a formal installation, it can be executed from a terminal just like the ioswiftfox browser.
Navigator 9 URL correction attempts to automatically correct incorrect entries, like changing kabatologycom to kabatology.com or cmo into com.
Navigator 9 introduces a side bar feature called Link Pad, it is an alternative to bookmarks and it serves to save links you’ll immediately want to revisit. Links can be saved with a simple drag and drop.
Another major feature is the Mini Browser that is integrated in the sidebar and displays a second website simultaneously with the display in the main window. Its like browsing through two websites simultaneously with a scalable frame that permits you to increase/reduce the size of the mini browser.
Navigator extends Firefox’s Tab browsing feature and makes the tab inherits the history of the window pointing to the tab thus opening a link in a new tab will give the new tab the same history as the source tab for a more seamless tabbed browsing experience.
Get Netscape Navigator 9 for Linux
Update;
Netscape 9 for Linux is based on Mozilla technologies, this makes it compatible with most of the Mozilla add-ons. Themes or extensions that work with Firefox 2 also go with Netscape 9 for Linux.
You can beautify your Netscape browser with the beautiful themes that go with Firefox 2, even though some Netscape features like the mini-browser or Link Pad would not show-up (no icons). So customize your theme to Show both Text and Icons and the missing icons would be replaced by simple text.
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For Linux mobile internet users, Vodafone, Mobile communications provider has released version 1.0 of it’s Mobile Connect Card Driver for Linux. The driver supports the use of GPRS, UMTS and HSDPA, as well as SMS transmissions.
Linux users especially Ubuntu, Fedora and Suse user should have no more trouble supporting other cards.
For more details get, the installation guide. Presently , the driver supports the Option GlobeTrotter 3G+ EMEA (PCMCIA), Huawei E220 (USB) and Huawei E620 (PCMCIA) cards.
Vodafone is already working on the version 2. Get ready made packages for your Linux distro on Vodafone’s developer portal
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Ubuntu announced today the release of the beta version of Ubuntu 7.10 codenamed “Gutsy Gibbon”. This cutting edge version of Ubuntu includes the freshly new Gnome 2.20, and also comes with Compiz Fusion by default. Compiz Fusion brings in 3D desktop effects and improves the usability and visual appeal of the system. More»
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France’s Internet Service Provider(ISP) Orange adopts OpenID. The news is a recent one and comes straight from the Digital ID conference in San Francisco. It simply says, Orange the big French ISP with over 40million subscribers around the world adopt the OpenID registration standard. This is a major move by the French operator to lower the cost of password or account management by embracing the Open Source OpenID registration/classentification standards.
So what is OpenID all about? More»
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Adobe recently announced the release of the latest version of the PDF viewer Adobe Reader. The Adobe Reader 8.1.1 for Linux and Solaris features a new user interface, improved launch time, single document interface mode, always available search toolbar and supports multimedia-enabled PDF documents. More»
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