Archive for June, 2008
Firefox v3.0 First Impressions
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 | Tech Help, Tech News | Comments Off
Browse Safe with Firefox 3
Firefox 3 was released yesterday to much fanfare. The first tallies are showing over 8 million downloads in 1 day. Of that total 269,901 were by Canadians.
Update June 19: Download total is now over 11 million, 320,000+ by Canada.
I’ve been using it for about a day, here are my initial impressions.
I don’t have any stats to back it up, but Firefox 3 seems faster. Pages come up fast, there is very little lag when switching tabs and so far the memory used by Firefox 3 is not growing by the second. Now I never had the memory issues some users of Firefox 2 have had, but, I regularly have 8-10 tabs open a time, often even more, and Firefox 3 so far seems to hang around 120-140K. Much like my old install of Firefox 2. This may be because I keep the amount of add-ons I use to a minimum, so I was never affected by the memory issues.
After installing Firefox 3 the first thing I noticed was the update interface. Thankfully Mozilla didn’t mess with the standard browser placement like Microsoft did in IE7. I also noticed that a new folder showed up on my toolbar. Firefox 3 adds a “Most Visited” folder. I’m not sure if i will use it yet, but could see how it could be useful.
I’m still learning & playing with all the new features in Firefox 3, and getting used to the new url bar, but, so far I like the new version. This is a required upgrade to all Firefox 2 users. I also strongly recommend IE users to take the plunge and give FF3 a try. I really think you will be impressed.
US Style DMCA Proposed in Canada
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 | Tech News | Comments Off
On June 12th the first reading of Bill C-61 took place in the House of Commons. This is a terrible bill that takes the power of copyright law out of the hands of lawmakers and into the hands of corporations. I’ve gathered up a few links to get you up to speed on the issue. You can read them here, here & here.
You can get a simple form letter to e-mail your MP here. After e-mailing your MP make sure to drop a copy of the letter in the mail, no stamp needed, to;
Your MP’s Name
c/o House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A0A6
Completing the process takes no time at all. Our MP’s need to know that Canadians will not stand for this loony law. Check out UserFriendly’s cartoon strip for a slightly humorous slant. June 16th & June 17th strips.
Who is a failure?
Monday, June 16th, 2008 | Life, Tech News | Comments Off
Everything that I had read said that Google had adjusted their algorithms to combat link bombs, also known as Google bombs. Turns out this may, or may not be the case.
Head on over to Google and search for the term “who is a failure?“. The #1 result should look like the photo below.
This story originally broke back in February. Perhaps this isn’t a true Google Bomb, and is just an unfortunate coincidence for Mr. Bush.
Wayback Machine Fun…
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 | Life, Tech News | Comments Off
I stumbled upon the Internet Wayback Machine today. It was great fun looking back a the early days of the web. Google, MSN, NBC, CBC have all come a long way since the static web pages that we were treated to in the late 90’s.
MSN then:
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