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Jul 10

ReKonq Web Browser 0.5 in Kubuntu



rekonq is a KDE browser based on Webkit.

…rekonq is a KDE browser based on Webkit. Its code is based on Nokia QtDemoBrowser, just like Arora. Anyway its implementation is going to embrace KDE technologies to have a full-featured KDE web browser.This software is the product of my playing to be a programmer , so the higher its quality is, the better I can play.. I’ve got lots of ideas to implement in it, so many features that I will like to have in my perfect browser . Anyway, rekonq is far from perfect. It needs a lot of love..Featuresrekonq will never have tons of features like (some) other browsers. Anyway, it…

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Jul 10

In Defense Of Photoshop - Smashing Magazine

The argument against Photoshop focuses on the effect of the final product. Photoshop can be used to create impeccable designs, but after hours of hard work, you end up with a static mock-up that is incapable of emulating the experience one gets when the design is converted to mark-up and viewed in the browser.

…t be afraid to collaborate. Outsource some of the work if need be.It shouldn’t be about the time it takes. Put in the time and make sure the client pays for it. Make sure to manage the client well to get a great end product. Reply 35 Joel July 29th, 2010 3:34 amI use, and have always used Photoshop to build web designs. I hear everyone raving on about Fireworks but I’ve never really used it.I would be interested in reading some decent articles about why Fireworks is better and how to use Fireworks to build web designs as I’ve only ever found it awkward to use (probably because it’s different to Photoshop).Anyone fancy linking me to some? :) Reply 36 Kenneth July 29th, 2010 3:34 amI’ve had very bad experiences with design firms that act like many of the commenters here have expressed: as though designing in Ps is High Art that some schmuck coder will just make into a webpage. I’m here to tell you that’s a fine way to get a bloated, crappy website that still doesn’t look like the pretty pictures you were sold….

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Jul 10

Legal action on Zombie Cookies filed in US court

Lawsuit filed in San Francisco district court after firms resurrected deleted browser cookies.

…A legal challenge has been launched in the US against a number of websites amid claims that they were engaged in “covert surveillance” of users.
The lawsuit alleges that a number of firms, including Hulu, MTV, and Myspace, used a Quantcast Flash application to restore deleted cookies.
Cookies are text files used by web browsers to store user data.
The lawsuit says that the application was creating so-called “zombie cookies” from deleted files.
Quantcast has not responded to a BBC News request for comment.
The term “zombie cookie” was coined after the issue of traditional browser cookies being undeleted by Flash was brought to light in a 2009 paper by US researchers.
The study found that more than half of sites surveyed used flash cookies to store information about the user, with some using it to “respawn or re-instantiate cookies deleted by the user”.
“Flash cookies often share the same values as browser cookies, and are even used on government websites to assign unique values to users,” the paper…

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Jul 10

IE9’s Stunning Text Rendering Quality

What a difference! Look at the rendering quality, readability, and positioning of the text.

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Jul 10

Apple Safari Update Activates New Browser Extensions

Apple has released Safari 5.0.1, which activates extensions. You can check the actual extensions here.

…Apple has released Safari 5.0.1, which activates extensions. They have some nice stuff lined up in their extension gallery, from Twitter, Bing, or Major League Baseball, eBay, Amazon, and eBay. It’s nice to see Safari catching up with Firefox…
Now they only need a few thousand extensions more to surpass them. You can check the Safari extensions here….

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Jul 10

Firefox 4 beta 2 puts Mac tabs on top

Considered to be stable and safe enough for daily use a fresh beta of Mozilla’s best-loved open-source browser is walking the streets and it’s looking sassy…

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Jul 10

Firefox Tab Candy: Simple, Yet Convenient

Aza Raskin has shared a Tab Candy concept for Firefox web browser, which essentially is as a hybrid of tab thumbnails and Fences. Here is how it

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Firefox Tab Candy: Simple, Yet ConvenientWritten by Vygantas Lipskas on July 27, 2010Aza Raskin has shared a Tab Candy concept for Firefox web browser, which essentially is as a hybrid of tab thumbnails and Fences.
Here is how it works:
While viewing all the tabs as small thumbnails, you group the tabs in categories, for example: work, home. While surfing work per say, you will only see tabs that are in this category.
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In case you are interested, there is an alpha version already, download it here.
Already hooked up? Gizmodo commentator has also posted a Tab Candy song for you to check.
Thanks to Nox for the news tip….

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Jul 10

Google Chrome 6 beta is about to hit internet

The beta version of Google’s next browser is expected to ship soon, as the developer-channel release of Chrome 6 has just seen a code freeze

…Chrome 5 added built-in support for Adobe Flash, and version 6 adds similar support for PDFs. An in-browser PDF viewer will ship with the next browser. PDFs can be viewed, searched and navigated in a tab, just like a web page. The PDF experience is also sandboxed like any other app, keeping things secure. Printing…

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Jul 10

Yolink Helps Web Researchers Search Behind Links

Article describing yolink, a technology that powers up search in a complete new and different way. Download the browser add-on, check out their new API, use their Google News feature, or embed their widget on your blog for better search capabilities.

…Do you like this story? This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: yolink Quick Pitch: Yolink is a next-generation technology that enhances search by extracting information from behind links and inside of documents. Genius Idea: Yolink wants to be a researcher’s best friend. How? By searching not just a page, but also the links contained within that page. This makes finding contextually linked information super simple. Yolink is available as a browser plugin (for FirefoxFirefox, Internet ExplorerInternet Explorer and Google ChromeGoogle Chrome), a desktop search app or a widget you can integrate with your own blog. The service is also an add-on to CraigslistCraigslist, WikipediaWikipedia and Google Patent Search.The Yolink team has also created a yolink Labs project that showcases just how powerful…

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Play Pac-Man in HTML5

Programmer Dale Harvey has created a playable version of Pac-Man using only web standards.To rebuild the same gameplay found in the arcade classic using browser-native code, he’s relying on local storage, HTML5 audio, Canvas and @font-face.

…I have a somewhat older machine, running Windows XP SP3 on Mozilla Firefox. I played it for about six minutes. At first the ghosts were running super fast and it was very challenging. After I died, the sound seemed to fall out of synch, then went out for a solid minute. It was a little annoying to be playing, then to hear the sound of a new maze starting, or your pacman dying at random times during gameplay. Also noticed the ghosts would remain blue into new mazes, and the ‘eyes’ would randomly choose not to go back to their starting position, but just become ghosts in random locations in the maze. I had a BLAST with this, as the errant behavior meant I could not necessarily count on previous experience. Really tops, and thanks for sharing….

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