Quote from: z.u.o.o.m on September 08, 2008, 01:26:47 AMhmm, chrome crash on me first time round. hehe.will have to try again later. you got installer.app proggy for the iphone??
hmm, chrome crash on me first time round. hehe.will have to try again later.
Is this the future of the internet? Surfers will be able to walk through their favourite websites as if they are characters in a computer game with the launch of the world's first 3D browser in Australia today.(http://jaimezheng.googlepages.com/3dspace.jpg)[SIZE="1"]Virtual world ... a MySpace profile is converted into an "apartment" using ExitReality's 3d web browser__________________________________________________ __________________________________ [/SIZE]Melbourne-based software developer ExitReality has created software that can be quickly downloaded to computers and that converts standard two-dimensional web pages into virtual rooms.Individual web users are then shown as avatars (virtual people) in the same way as people are featured in virtual games.ExitReality founder Danny Stefanic said users of the software, which ran in tandem with popular browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox, would be "blown away" by the rendering of traditional two-dimensional web pages as full interactive 3D environments."It is the entire web in 3D -- making 40 billion virtual worlds -- and it will instantly transform 2D content into 3D," Mr Stefanic said.Websites such as YouTube are transformed into movie theatres while social networking pages like MySpace are turned into virtual lounge rooms.[SIZE="4"][READ FULL STORY][/SIZE]
Firefox 3.1 beta 1: Damn, this thing is fast! PDF Print E-mailSoftwareBy Christian Ziberg Wednesday, October 15, 2008 17:27Article IndexFirefox 3.1 beta 1: Damn, this thing is fast!Page 2Page 1 of 2 First Look Review – Installing and running Firefox 3.1 beta 1 is a revealing experience. Just like Chrome reminded us a few weeks ago, the basics of a browser matter. While Microsoft is figuring out new proprietary features for Internet Explorer 8, Apple, Google and Chrome have been working on the browser foundation and made their software much more nimble. The speed improvements that have been made in less than a year are nothing short of amazing. We have been using Firefox 3.1 beta 1 for a day now and we have come to two conclusions: We refuse to go back to a previous version and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is in deep trouble. At first sightThe first public beta of Firefox 3.1 offers a handful of new features such as a 3D preview during tab switching, location awareness, better compliance with web standards and much improved JavaScript performance. Additional features planned for the beta 2 include a new privacy browsing mode, an Opera-like Speed Dial feature, improved private data deletion and URL bar tweaks. But clearly, if we trim the features down to what matters most, speed is the primary battle that is fought in the browser arena these days - and Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 sports dramatic speed gains. Chrome, Safari and Firefox are in a neck and neck race, while IE8 is left in the dust. In fact, the recent improvements leave us scratching our heads what Microsoft is doing right now. As it looks right now, IE8 could end up as the Windows Vista of the browser market – a software that holds the majority of the market, but has to give up market share with very little opportunity for defense.In reaction to Chrome and the recent JavaScript (JS) engine optimization in Safari 4 beta, Mozilla decided to add a few more weeks to the Firefox 3.1 development schedule. "We're watching other browsers as much as they're watching us," said Mike Shaver, Mozilla's interim vice president of engineering. The extra time will come in handy to tweak the JS and rendering engine and iron out new features. The first results of this effort are now visible in Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 (FF31) that delivers some of the planned new features, with more features being expected to arrive with the beta 2 (code freeze on November 4) and the final version that is planned to be released before the end of the year.A closer look: New Firefox 3.1 beta 1 features- JS speed gains: Mozilla claims JS speed gains of up to 40x thanks to an optimized engine called TraceMonkey. There is virtually no way to verify this claim in a real world browsing experience, but at least subjectively, sites like Facebook and Google Docs feel much snappier. Complex layouts render noticeably faster, courtesy of the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering engine. In a side-by-side comparison, Firefox 3.1 beta 1 eliminates many delays we are used to today when a layout is built in the browser window. Even complex pages are built almost instantly.Earlier today, our managing editor wrote that "the new Firefox plays in the same league as Google Chrome." And subjectively, I believe that this is a fair statement. In direct comparison, Chrome still seemed to have a slight edge on our system, but the difference was negligible. We here at TG Daily believe that there is true value in those speed gains as it makes your browsing much more efficient, reduces wait times and prepares the browser for future applications. This is by far the most noteworthy browser enhancement since the introduction of phishing filters.- HTML <video> and <audio> tag support: FF3.1 supports the open-source A/V codecs Ogg Vorbis and Theora, in addition to <video> and <audio> tags, part of HTML5 specification, that enable developers to tag audio/video content in pages instead of using JavaScript to launch video. You can test the marriage of two by visiting Wikimedia's gallery of human genitals.- Geolocation API: FF3.1 taps third-party services to determine and feed your location to sites that will then create personalized content, news and information relevant to your current geographical location. You will be able to set the extent of the geolocation feature. The Mozilla Labs add-on Geode is currently required for this functionality but shipping desktop and mobile version of FF (code-named Fennec) will include geolocation features by default. This is certainly a killer feature, but also a potential privacy nightmare, as explained in our Yahoo! FireEagle story. In our opinion, any service that transmits your location to services you have no control over should be used with caution.- Ctrl-Tab: There is a new Ctrl-Tab shortcut with SHIFT modifier that cycles forward and backward through open tabs.
(http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif)On Monday, Mozilla released the latest beta version of Firefox 3.1. This "Beta 2" version of the popular web browser adds a number of new features across all supported platforms including:- Private Browsing Mode- Faster JavaScript engine- Improved rendering- Support for new web technologies.But one feature unique to the Mac build is support for Apple's multi-touch trackpad which has been shipping in notebooks since January of this year. While Apple's Safari supports multi-touch gestures for common web browsing tasks (back, forward, resize text), support had been absent from Firefox. Experimental Firefox support for the multi-touch trackpad was first introduced in a pre-Beta build back in October by Mozilla's Edward Lee. The changes have since made it into the official Beta 2 released on Monday and is expected to be released with the final 3.1 version of Firefox. Supported gestures include ("Swipe" refers to 3-finger Swipe):- Swipe Left: Go back in history [press Cmd to open it in a tab]- Swipe Right: Go forwards in history- Swipe Up: Go to the top of the page- Swipe Down: Go to the end of the page- Pinch Together: Zoom out- Pinch Apart: Zoom in- Twist Right: Next tab- Twist Left: Previous tabMozilla warns that the beta version of Firefox is intended for testing use only. There's no known release date for the final release of 3.1Article Link: Latest Firefox 3.1 Beta Adds Multi-Touch Support
The major press outlets are abuzz this morning with news of a major new security flaw that affects all versions of Internet Explorer from IE5 to the latest beta of IE8. The attack has serious and far-reaching ramifications -- and they're not just theoretical attacks. In fact, the flaw is already in wide use as a tool to steal online game passwords, with some 10,000 websites infected with the code needed to take advantage of the hole in IE.Virtually all security experts (as well as myself) are counseling users to switch to any other web browser -- none of the others are affected, including Firefox, Chrome, and Opera -- at least for the time being, though Microsoft has stubbornly said it "cannot recommend people switch due to this one flaw." Microsoft adds that it is working on a fix but has offered no ETA on when that might happen. Meanwhile it offers some suggestions for a temporary patch, including setting your Internet security zone settings to "high" and offering some complicated workarounds. (Some reports state, however, that the fixes do not actually work.)Expedient patching or switching are essential. Security pros fear that the attack will soon spread beyond the theft of gaming passwords and into more criminal arenas, as the malicious code can be placed on any website and can be adapted to steal any password stored or entered using the browser. It's now down to the issue of time: Will Microsoft repair the problem and distribute a patch quickly enough to head off the tsunami of fraud that's about to hit or will it come too late to do any good?Meanwhile, I'll reiterate my recommendation: Switch from Internet Explorer as soon as you can. You can always switch back once the threat is eliminated.http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111811
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