Firefox 3 Beta 2 arrives
Firefox recently came out with the beta 2 of its much awaited Firefox 3 browser. It has been the hot topic for discussions and target for rigorous testing. I have been playing around with this beta version for the past few days and am genuinly impressed with the improvements. So here's some of the interesting features and improvements that i came across.
You can now resume downloads after restarting the browser or resetting your network connection (this was desperately missed in firefox 2 ).Virus scanning of completed downloads is a part of the enhanced security features in this firefox version.
This latest beta really does a good job of remembering surfing habits and quickly getting you to just the page you wanted. The Location bar auto-complete feature has also been further refined and now works on page titles, addresses and tags, underlining the matching elements. It actually seems to accurately associate other relevant sites you've visited and presents them as options.
The recently visited pages list actually allows you to jump to specific pages in a website say inbox of gmail or compose of gmail ( instead of just navigating to gmail.com ).
Tags, star button and the improved bookmarks toolbar together form another killer feature.
You simply star some pages and access the stared pages through the Places button on the navigation bar. The starring of pages is also useful while selecting a page from the suggested pages in the address bar.
Taggin support is also supported. SO you can easily associate keywords with your bookmarks to sort them by topic simply by clicking the star in the address bar and filling up the cool looking form.
You can simply drag an drop a tab onto the navigation bar to create a link to the page.
The Places bookmark organiser provides a quick getway to a neat classification of your surfing habits like recently visited. recently starred/ most starred etc links.
Some other features that make life simpler include
Easier password management: an information bar replaces the old password dialog so you can now save passwords after a successful login.
Zooming support : simply hold cntrl button and scroll to zoom in/out.
Find toolbar: the Find toolbar now opens with the current selection. and ofcourse improved speed / and memory efficiency (my firefox with 5 tabs open occupies just 60mb mem ) Firefox also promises even better looks and finishing in the final stable version, a big upgrade on the firefox 2 classy look ( still maintained in this beta version ).
So, my verdict is a big thumbs up to this version.
For people interested in the official release notes check out
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b1/releasenotes/
To download this beta version
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html
Pictures That Changed The Whole World ?
a gr8 link , chk this out
Pictures That Changed The Whole World ?
Hamilton arrives..... and how !!!
Lewis Hamilton, in only his sixth formula one race, won the Canadian grand prix this weekend and sparked spontaneous pit-lane celebrations that went beyond his McLaren-Mercedes team.
Hamilton, the first driver to start an F1 career in such a formidable manner, scrambled out of his silver and red car, thrusting his arms in the air. He then jumped to the ground, trotted to a barrier and jumped across to dive into the midst of his crew, hugging everyone in sight.
The 22-year-old Stevenage-born driver, who had already set a rookie record by winning podium positions in his first five races, led from start to finish to open up an eight-point lead in the drivers' championship.
So has F1 found schumi's successor ??
lots more to come this year ..........
PS : my bets for the championship are still on massa, hamilton or no hamilton.
lion vs croc...... must watch
hey,
here's my first video post.
its an awesome video of a fight between lions and guess what buffalo's with a crocodile thrown in for free.
real gr8 video and real rare, though ofcourse the video's taken by a amateur so not natgeo quality
but really worth a watch.
Lion VS Crocodile And Buffalo - For more funny movies, click here
joost invites
so thers a hitch in joost i forgot abt ....u need an invite to download it.......
and lots of people have been asking for invites ( dats gr8 since atleast i know ppl r reading my blog)...........
so anybody who needs an invite just enter your email id as a comment
PS: akash and nikhil i've sent you the invites, enjoy
joost is here
Joost is yet another web shattering service following the likes os youtube , kazaa n stuff.
Joost is sorta p2p platform that gets streaming television on your comp.For those that don't know, Joost is a new web venture that puts on demand video on the web. The service is free, and paid for by advertising that is interspersed within the shows you watch. I'd rather have Joost be free with ads than have to pay for it. The grand plan for Joost seems very cool. On Demand television without paying the cable company. The channels are specific to the content on them. For example, there is a Green Day channel, an Indy Car channel, and a Gaming channel. Currently there are about 25 channels to choose from (in india ) The interface is simple and clean and easy to navigate. In addition to the standard channel flipping methods you can also search for shows by name or type. Joost allows for full screen viewing or putting it in a window so I can easily watch have shows going while I do other stuff on my computer. The full screen is nice for putting it on my TV.
The worst fear in such video app's id the struttring of video. But i was amazed at the quality even on my average mtnl connection. just a few hickups once in a while ( mind you , u still need broadband & 512mb ram)
so thats all for now go ahead and enjoy.
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