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Adobe Flash Player 10.1 abides by the host Browser’s “Private Browsing” mode

By • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Filed under: Ubuntu, Windows

Windows, Linux, Mac: Upcoming Adobe Flash Player 10.1, still a beta 2 pre-release, will introduce many new features like the Windows-only H.264 video hardware acceleration support. In this new version flash will accept without objection your wish to browse in the private mode, it will automatically clean-up your flash history once you terminate the session.

How to run Opera Mini browser on your Computer

By • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, and Linux: Opera Mini, the mobile version of the Opera web browser is certainly one of the best mobile browsers out there. Unlike Mozilla’s Mobile browser, Fennec, Opera Mini does not have builds for your computer, so you can’t get to test it before loading it into your smartphone, unless you use a […]

Opera and Firefox Downloads in Germany Skyrocketed after Warning against Internet Explorer

By • Jan 21st, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source

First came the warning from the German, Australian, and French governments respectively against Internet Explorer, then came the rush to get safer web browsers like Opera and Firefox. The graph above (from The Register) is very explicit, in Germany alone, Firefox got 300,000 extra downloads in just four days.

Opera 10.5 Pre-Alpha For Unix/Linux Drops Qt Libraries

By • Jan 1st, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Last week Opera 10.50 pre-alpha was released for Windows and Mac platforms, the Unix version was still in the making and got into the wild yesterday. Opera 10.5 pre-alpha for Unix is now QT libraries non-dependent, so Unix platforms can rclasse Opera without having to install these these libraries;

Opera 10.5 pre-alpha with Improved UI released [Mac and Windows]

By • Dec 22nd, 2009 • Filed under: Opera-Browser, Windows

[Screenshot updated] Two days back I presented an unofficial or “back door” version of Opera 10.50 pre-alpha with “Private tab”. Today the official version is out with Private Tab/Window browsing confirmed (“you can open a new Private tab or Private window that forgets everything that happened on it once closed”.) but with an overall new […]