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Google code has just made it easy for you to add official Google Buzz buttons on your websites without no hacks. ‘Post to Buzz’ and ‘Follow on Buzz’ can be added to your web pages by simply placing a customizable javascript in your HTML, PHP, etc web pages, where you want the buttons to show-up, then reload your web page to make sure youdid it correctly. Test by clicking to see the posting box your users will see.
Official Google Buzz buttons are available here; buzz.google.com/stuff. More»
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The unsettled toddler at Mozilla that keeps playing with Firefox 3.7 interface has pushed a ‘Tabs on top’ option into FF 3.7 nightly – and that’s all for now. Right-click on the ‘Navigation Toolbar’ and enable ‘Tabs on top’ to move the tabs toolbar above the navigation toolbar, as shown in the screenshot above. To test drive this nightly, download it from Mozilla! Firefox 3.7 is still at its early stages of development, its advisable to install on non-productive systems.
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Ubuntu 10.04 ‘Lucid Lynx’ Beta 2 users can now enjoy the Ubuntu One Music Store from within the open source, cross-platform media player Banshee. You simply have to install this plug-in in a Terminal: sudo apt-get install banshee-extension-ubuntuonemusicstore and then launch Banshee. Now go to the Edit -> Preferences -> Extensions and enable ‘Ubuntu One Music Store’ plug-in. Now wait that Banshee be populated with music from the store.
via [Ubuntu One Blog]
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The bottom-line is when the Flash plug-in crashes or hangs, (in Linux it does so often), it won’t bring down your Firefox browser anymore. Firefox 3.6.3 codenamed Lorentz handles Adobe Flash plug-in like Google Chrome browser. YouTube fans, download and try this experimental beta release, you’ll quickly notice the difference – when flash goes down, Firefox stays up and you’ll be asked to reload the page (see screenshot above). More»
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After dropping Linux support, the Songbird team has gone back to work, cause it takes only hard work to change the underlying layout engine, from the Gecko 1.9.0-based platform to Mozilla’s latest platform release, Gecko 1.9.2 a.k.a Namoroka.
As the developers themselves note, “transitioning to a newer version of the Mozilla platform is a complicated process and a huge project in and of itself. ”
Right now Songbird 1.9.2-based builds are available to download, for testing. Nightlies are available here:
http://developer.songbirdnest.com/builds/xr192Integration/latest/
The developers hope to get enough testing and feedback before the release of Songbird version 1.8.0 ‘Orbital’.
via [Songbird Blog]
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