Category Archives: The Web

Mozilla Fennec Alpha 2 released (running on Linux, MacOS X and Windows)!

Posted on 2008-12-24 by Niels R.

As the title says: go grab a copy of Mozilla Fennec for your platform and start testing your websites in it! Or start building addons… Builds running on Linux, MacOS X and Windows (as XULRunner application). Lots of fun guaranteed! … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome 1.0 Stable is released!

Posted on 2008-12-12 by Niels R.

Indeed, Google Chrome is out of beta! You can download the 1.0 release by updating your current installed version or by downloading it! Not all users are convinced that Chrome is ready to be called “stable”. Check out the official … Continue reading →

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The silver light of the moonlight (or something like that)

Posted on 2008-12-03 by Niels R.

Not that the install base of Silverlight is so big, but it might still be nice to have a working browser plug-in for non-Windows platforms. The brave developers of the Mono Project have released a beta version of Moonlight 1.0, … Continue reading →

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Firefox Add-on: Download Statusbar

Posted on 2008-11-03 by Niels R.

One of the best features that Firefox has to offer is the fact that you can expand it’s functionality almost without any limitations. I’ve a new favorite add-on: Download Statusbar. This little nifty thing shows your download in a bar … Continue reading →

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New features in Google Analytics

Posted on 2008-10-23 by Niels R.

At the eMetrics Summit in Washington, D.C., Avinash Kaushik, the Analytics Evangelist of Google unveiled the new functionalities that represent a major upgrade to Google Analytics. They are (with more details in the full article): Advanced Segmentation, Custom Reports, a … Continue reading →

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Flanders is getting its own domain extension

Posted on 2008-10-22 by Niels R.

The Flemish government is starting the procedure to register a Flemish domain extension. Seems that it’s still unclear what it shall be: .vla, .vln, .vlaanderen or .fla? One thing is sure, it won’t be .vl because 2 letter domain extensions … Continue reading →

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An IMDB API (or the lack of…)

Posted on 2008-10-21 by Niels R.

After a quiet death I want to recreate an old project of mine (called MovieDepot). An essential thing to get it fully compliant with the Web 2.0 hype I need a decent IMDB integration. Possible candidate(s) is(are): TRYNT Movie IMDB … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.1 Beta Leaves IE in Ashes

Posted on 2008-10-20 by Niels R.

ChannelWeb has reviewed the page rendering/loading speed of FireFox 3.1 Beta. Seems that IE 8 Beta bites the dust big time! No word of the load/startup time of Firefox 3.1 itself. That’s always the thing IE users complain about if … Continue reading →

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Firefox Mobile aka Fennec Alpha 1

Posted on 2008-10-20 by Niels R.

Mozilla Links and Ars Technica have spended some time with the first alpha release of Mozilla Fennec. Mozilla Links article Ars Technica article Fennec Aplha 1 release notes

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DailyMotion HQ

Posted on 2008-10-17 by Niels R.

Nice way of presenting the difference between SD and HQ: http://www.dailymotion.com/HQ GarageTV can only follow this if we move to a new platform (quickly :p).

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