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Mozilla

Firefox 2.0 is out

Firefox 2.0 is out. If you haven’t already, go download, and while your at it, check out the new design (I love how the color scheme matches the logo, and still manages to look really great). If you already have it, then check here for more things to do regarding celebrating 2.0. Even Microsoft got […]

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Mozilla Software

raccettura’s Picks

I use a few extensions on a routine basis, so I thought I’d spend a moment just listing what I use, briefly explain them for anyone curious. I do quite a bit of web related work (hence the developer slant) as well as some Firefox/Thunderbird and extension hacking. For now I’ll just stick with Firefox […]

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Internet Mozilla

Report Broken Websites!

Since we started we have thousands of reports filed (many on the same sites, some invalid reports, and some just using the tool thinking it’s for tech support requests) reporting issues encountered on the web. This is awesome feedback (and a big thank you to everyone who filed a report). I’ve noticed several sites have […]

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Mozilla

MSNBC Problems?

One of the biggest complaints by Firefox 1.5 users is that MSNBC has some issues. From what I’ve seen, it’s improved over the years, but there are still some strange things going on. I just found the following after hopping through a few pages (some box went over the news text). Some may remember in […]

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Google Internet

Is PageRank Dead

Google essentially started in 1996 when Larry Page and Sergey Brin started work on”BackRub” and quickly morphed into the Google we know today. The premise of their search engine has been a mythological technique known as “Page Rank”. Which Google briefly discusses: PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its […]

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Mozilla

Firefox annoyances?

Here’s an interesting article about Firefox annoyances. Some valid points that I agree with, but some that show a lack of research or understanding of the product. The concept of “language packs” that was so prevalent on the Mozilla 1.x and Netscape 6.x / 7.x days seems to have been dropped in favor of “one […]

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Web Development

Moving towards standards

I’ve been a web developer for some time now. Since I entered High School, way back in late 1998. Since then times have changed, saw the bubble of free ISP’s who thought ads would pay for everything, to becoming a free ISP myself. One movement that’s really been large in my mind has been the […]

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Mozilla

David Hyatt’s right

David Hyatt seems to have generated some waves over his recent posts regarding Safari “bugs”. I must say he’s 100% right, and I applaud him for taking a stand. I’m a web developer for several years in one form or another. I’ve had a web presence for several years now. I started out just using […]

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Mozilla

Midas in forms

I’m working on a new Content Management system for MacVillage.net. To enhance it’s capabilities, I am turning to Midas. A perfect time to give a little edge to Mozilla users 🙂 I’ve been looking into this some info a bit. Sadly, there isn’t a ton of good documentation on it for a webmaster right now. […]

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Software

POP3 Mail Checker

Looking for a good Pop3 Mail checker for Windows, and for Mac OS X. Ideally, it should meet the following: Free (open source preferable, but not required) Unobtrusive unless it finds mail (then it should notify me) Fast, Silent, Low CPU/RAM Bonus if I could have it ask to open up a specified URL, rather […]