Get Your Firefox 1.5

As most people tripping around the blogosphere know, the Firefox 1.5 web browser was officially released tonight. If you already have Firefox 1.5 RC 3, then you already have the final version, but if not - go download your free copy now.

I guess this means that I have to start downloading the Firefox trunk builds if I want to be on the "bleeding edge"? For those of you who don't know, the "trunk" is the main line of development where new and untested features are included while the "1.8 branch" constitutes the stable line of code on which Firefox 1.5 is built.

§186 · November 29, 2005 · Firefox, Software, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Get Your Firefox 1.5 ·

Kahuna Coming

Just last week, I posted about how impressed I was with Outlook Web Access 2003. On slashdot today along comes the story that MSN Hotmail is going to undergo a much-needed Ajax facelift (called "Kahuna"). The screenshots look very similar to Outlook Web Access 2003 but with ads, so I'm sure most of the code is shared.

The update is going public some time in 2006, though phase 2 of the deployment, rolling out to 200,000 "technical enthusiasts", is starting today. Hey, I'm an "enthusiast" too...maybe I was 200,001st on their list...

This is good news, not just because Hotmail feels woefully outdated after using Gmail for a year, but I'm sure this means they'll maximize their user base and ad revenues (and avoid holy wars) by fixing the broken bits in Outlook Web Access when using browsers like Firefox and Opera. Those fixes should logically trickle back to Outlook Web Access 200x and this would strengthen the case for alternative browsers in the corporate environment.... Hmm, maybe it's not so "logical" after all 😉

§164 · October 11, 2005 · Ajax, Firefox, Opera, QuickLinks, Software, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Kahuna Coming ·

Microsoft (hearts) Ajax

My work environment has support for Outlook web access to our Microsoft Exchange Servers so we can access our email anywhere from Internet Explorer as long as we're connected to the corporate LAN. They recently updated the version of it and I was really impressed this morning when I needed to use it (so much so that I decided to write about it). Read the rest of this entry ...

§161 · October 3, 2005 · Ajax, Firefox, Opera, Software, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Microsoft (hearts) Ajax ·

Adobe and Mozilla: An Amicable Tussle

Via the Yahoo! SVG Developer mailing list.

Now that Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 is making its way to the more general public, an increasing number of people are wondering why they are not able to see some SVG content in the Firefox browser. Apparently the SVG examples on Adobe's SVG Zone are the biggest culprits, with a Mozilla representative stating that they are non-compliant, yet are rendered by the less-strict Adobe SVG Viewer. An Adobe representative has admitted that the SVG content on their websites are largely non-compliant, that they had been informed several months ago but have not been able to update the content to make it compliant. Read the rest of this entry ...

§154 · September 12, 2005 · Firefox, Software, SVG, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Adobe and Mozilla: An Amicable Tussle ·

Firefox 1.5 and Vulnerability

It seems that every tech website out there is simultaneously mentioning that Firefox 1.5 Beta was released and that there was a security flaw detected (PCWorld, ZDNet, Slashdot) .

Anyway, Mozilla released a workaround for this bug and it looks like that security flaw has also now been fixed. Look for this fix officially in Beta 2.

§153 · September 11, 2005 · Firefox, QuickLinks, Software, Technology, Web · Comments Off on Firefox 1.5 and Vulnerability ·

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