Patrick Havens on August 5th, 2008

Aurora seems a popular name.  Besides the fabled Jet, its also a Web Browsing experience cooked up by teh development arm of Mozilla (the creatots of Firefox and Thunderbird).  In it web browsing becomes a seemless interactive and collaborative experience.  Watch the video and tell me.  Do you have the same security concerns and wonder [...]

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Thank you for what support you have given. Thanks to positive linking and approval in Social Media sites. This site has thousands of visitors a day viewing different articles.
Patrick Havens on December 13th, 2006

Ever since the latest version of the Google Toolbar for IE came out, Firefox users have been asking when they’ll see the same new features in their favorite browser. Well, we’ve been hard at work on a new version of the Toolbar for Firefox — Google Toolbar 3 Beta — that lets you access your [...]

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Patrick Havens on December 12th, 2006

I had posted a while ago that the Mozilla Organization was asking for video ads to be used for TV spots once they got enough money together (and chose some good ones).  Well I just read that time has come:
After last years full page ad in the New York Times, the folks at the Mozilla [...]

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Patrick Havens on October 23rd, 2006

preed’s blah-blah-blahg: The Anti-release
[...] We know everyone’s excited for the 2.0 release. We are too. But give us 24 hours, so we can make sure that your first experience with Firefox 2.0 is befitting of everyone’s hard work on this major release. [...]
Well it looks like the official release will be in less then 24 [...]

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Patrick Havens on September 11th, 2006

I am glad that Microsoft is finally going to throw a nail into that coffin that is Internet Explorer.  They have stated that ie 7 will be a forced security patch for WindowsXP (actually pretty soon).  The main reason I’m commenting on this now… besides suggesting people download and try firefox, you won’t go back… [...]

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Patrick Havens on September 8th, 2006

I’ve been using a great firefox plugin lately called Stumble Upon, which leads you to interesting sites depending on your tastes.
The site here it a simple Trace flash proggy. As you move your mouse you draw, creating some interesting pieces… It’s apretty good way to waste a few minutes… well if you’re tired.

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When Microsoft’s open source lab offered to help the Mozilla foundation with getting Firefox to run well on Vista, reactions ranged from skeptical and suspicious to surprised and excited. But in fact, the two teams have already been quietly working together. In this thread, Mike Schroepfer wrote “we are already in contact with your team [...]

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There aree so many extensions out there that at times I’m sure you’ve thought “wait why isn’t there one about this?” You kind of know how to do what you want… but you’ve no idea how to put together na extension. Well someone heard you.
Here’s the Firefox/Thunderbird Extension Wizard.
And here is some info [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 9th, 2006

Google Browser Sync
Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser sessions. For more info, please visit our FAQ.
Please note: Google Browser [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 5th, 2006

I never meant this website to be focused only on one browser but today I’ve noticed something. In Internet Explorer the site is broken. If you view source, you’ll see there is a lot there. But it stops at the edge of a video in display. At issue is the fact [...]

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