Want to Know More About IE8? You’ll Have To Wait!

December 7th, 2007

Miscellaneous

Here are Firefox Projects, we like to keep an eye on the competition almost as much as we like to track Firefox itself.   As we gear up for Firefox 3.0, it looks like Microsoft wanted to remind everyone not to forget about their browser, Internet Explorer. 
At a recent Mix ‘n Mash event, it looks like [...]

The History of Web Browsers

November 18th, 2007

Miscellaneous

As great as the Firefox web browser is, it hasn’t always been around.  Back in the early days of the internet, you were probably using early versions of Netscape Navigator or even Internet Explorer.
Sometimes its fun to take a look back over the history of these web browsers and truly develop an appreciation for where [...]

IE7Pro to Add Bookmark Syncing

September 7th, 2007

Technology

Back in June I talked a bit about how to improve Internet Explorer 7.0 with IE7Pro.   If you still use Internet Explorer, IE7Pro does a great job of bridging the gap between Firefox/Opera and IE7.  
Features currently available with IE7Pro include:

Tabbed Browsing Management
Spell Check
Inline Search
Super Drag Drop
Crash Recovery
Proxy Switcher
Mouse Gesture
Tab History Browser
Web Accelerator
User Agent Switcher
Webpage Capturer
AD [...]

Has Microsoft Finally Learned Their Lesson?

July 20th, 2007

Technology

For close to two decades now, the arrogance of Microsoft has been astounding.  For a long time, the company could do no wrong, and their corporate approach to their products was proof of this. 
With Microsoft’s tremendous advantages in resources and employees, there is no reason they couldn’t have continued to excel.   The problem is they [...]

Microsoft Outlook Module Available for iGoogle Page

May 10th, 2007

Technology

I was not surprised to finally run across a Microsoft Outlook module for the iGoogle homepage, but once I installed it, I was surprised to see this:
Apparently, like many other Microsoft products, you can not view their iGoogle module without using Internet Explorer (or using the IE Tab extension in Firefox). When will [...]

Disabling Internet Explorer Add-ons

January 8th, 2007

Technology

One of the changes in Internet Explorer 7.0 is the new Add-ons you can get for your browser, which were designed to be comparable to Firefox’s Extensions. Unfortunately, they aren’t quite as simple to remove.To manage or disable IE7 Add-ons, go to Tools, Manage Add-ons, then click Enable or Disable Add-ons.
From this screen, you [...]