Gmail, the free e-mail service provided by Google, is full of great features. Users are given plenty of storage space, the ability to instant message other gmail users, and access to googledocs, Google’s free online alternative to program suites like Microsoft Office or iWork. Unfortunately, along with these great features come some not-so-great ones. The toolbar along the left-hand side is crowded, advertisements take up precious screen space, and a variety of other little annoyances can make the gmail experience less pleasing to the user. The solution: a simple plugin for both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox called Minimalist Gmail. Here’s how to install it:
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Microsoft Releases New Plug-in To Enable H.264 Support in Firefox on Windows 7
Microsoft has released a new plug-in that lets Firefox take advantage of Windows 7′s native H.264 support. Firefox at the moment doesn’t support H.264 but Windows 7 does. The plug-in scans for HTML5 video tags and passes the video to the Windows Media Player plug-in for playback.
Firefox 4 beta 5 lands with Hardware Accelerated Graphics and New Audio API
Mozilla has released Firefox 4 beta 5 for download. Mozilla has selected 08/31 dated build candidate as beta 5. The latest beta of Firefox has hardware acceleration using Windows 7’s Direct2D APIs, multimedia and security features. It also has a new Audio API for visualizing audio that exposes raw data within the multimedia file of HTML 5. Developers can also change the user experience by using the new APIs.
Mozilla Releases Fennec Alpha (Firefox Mobile) for Android 2.0+ and Nokia N900
Although an alpha build of Fennec was available for download for Android 2.0+ devices since a few months, it wasn’t really the most stable pieces of software. Today, Mozilla have officially released the alpha version of Fennec for Android 2.0+ and Nokia N900. It features much of the features that we’ve come to love in the desktop version of Firefox. It’s loaded with features such as awesome bar, Firefox Sync, Add-ons support and much more.
Firefox Home for iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad now available in App Store
The much hyped Firefox Home app, which was under heavy focus as to whether it will be published in the App Store or not by Apple, has finally been released. It’s a cloud based app which lets you access your bookmarks, Firefox history and open tabs on your computer ( it works with the Firefox Sync extension ). It’s an interesting and unique idea, seemingly inspired by the desktop/mobile syncing capabilities of Android.
Google provides browser add-on to opt-out of Google Analytics
A huge number of websites ( including this one ), use Google Analytics to track Internet traffic as well as traffic patterns. A large set of data can be gathered based on user’s location such as location, OS version, browser version and much more – although the user can not be personally identified. Even then, Google has decided to release a browser add-on which lets users opt-out of Google Analytics. This seems like a move in reaction to steadily rising privacy concerns about online services and websites such as Facebook and Google.
Download Firefox Fennec for Android 2.0+ (Alpha Version)
One of the best Internet browsers for the desktop, Firefox is now available for Android, though it’s just an Alpha version and still in its development stage, but it’s worth a shot!
Read eBooks on your PC, iPhone and Android with iBis Reader
Ibis reader is a free eBook reader for mobile phones, laptop, tablets and netbooks which helps you find the best books online. You can get hold of your favorite books and read them anywhere on your laptop or mobile device and keep them in sync on all your gadgets.. The best thing about iBis reader is that you don’t have to install anything on your PC or mobile phone. All you have to do is open iBis Reader website and look for the best books available on there site or upload eBooks from your PC or mobile. All this is possible thanks to HTML5.
Firefox Mobile for Android launching at the end of the year
So that’s how Firefox looks on Android?
Look at the picture above. I am pretty sure you’re asking yourself: Why the hell there desktop version of Firefox is running on the Android platform? What ever happened to Fennec? But don’t have any doubts, this is fully working actually. FireFox mobile is already available for the Nokia N900, and other Maemo based devices, as well as for Windows Mobile phones.