Having run Firefox 2.0 since its launch, I’ve been digging all the new features: Visual refresh: nice Phishing support: sounds good, haven’t had any alarms yet Search box improvements: pretty nice Session restore: very handy, especially if Firefox itself crashes Web feeds: haven’t tried it yet Inline spell checking: very nice, no need for Spellbound anymore Improved add-ons manager: kind of liked the old one better, but it’s functional But, my most favorite new feature is…Improved tabbed browsing. The close box on each tab took some getting used to. See the difference in these screenshots: Firefox 1.5 Tab UI: Firefox…
Niall Kennedy has published a great summary of feed publishing best practices. He covers a good deal of ground from the feed publishing side, especially useful for those just getting started.
I’m sticking with my original Flickr login as long as I can, not quite ready to meld it into my Yahoo identity. I’m not sure why I’m holding out, maybe just for fun, but reading the latest Flickr blog entry, it looks like the ride might be over soon: Note for old skool members: the new mobile site, sadly, will not work for you: we’ve made the transition to supporting Yahoo! ID login exclusively for mobile. The vast majority of our users are now using Yahoo! IDs, and many of the cool features we’re working on depend on fancy-schmancy, high-tech…
Installers are something that don’t get a lot of attention and that’s generally a good thing. No one ever talks about installers that “just work”. In this case, we have the Microsoft Zune software installation being reviewed by Engadget: We hoped installing the Zune software and getting our player running would be as seamless and painless as getting iTunes and an iPod running on your machine, since that is, after all, what it’s up against. … Unfortunately, the reality of our experience with the first version of the Zune software this afternoon is much like that of many version 1…
Exposed Walls Originally uploaded by schnaars. A friend from work is remodeling his house in Willow Glen (a cool older neighborhood in San Jose, for those not from the Bay Area). He’s doing a great job documenting the process with lots of pictures on his “Scott’s House” blog.