Firefox 11 Alpha to Land December 20th; Will Bring Speed-Dial, Chrome Migration

On November 15, 2011, in Linux, by dipinkrishna

The first alpha release of Firefox 11 has been set for December 20th. Arriving just in time for xmas, the alpha release could see the debut of a number of goodies scheduled to ship in Firefox 11. These include: – ‘Web app’ support Chrome/ium settings migration Redesigned HTML5 media controls New tab page/speed-dial Improved look [...]

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Browser Round-up: Firefox 7 Beta 5, Google Chrome 14, and Opera 12 Pre-Alpha

On September 20, 2011, in Linux, by dipinkrishna

What’s been happening in web browser land over the past seven days? Let’s take a quick look… Google Chrome 14 – New Stable Release The latest stable release of Google Chrome – now sitting at version 14 – was pushed out at the weekend, adding: – Web Audio API allowing for various ‘fancy’ audio effects to [...]

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Chrome Now Second Most Popular Browser in UK, Same for UK Linux Users?

On August 1, 2011, in Linux, by dipinkrishna

With todays news that Google’s Chrome web browser has overtaken Firefox as the second most used web-browser in the UK I turned to OMG! Ubuntu!’s visitor stats for UK Linux users to see if, here at least, that trend is also reflected. Obvious proviso out of the way: this is not intended to be a like for like [...]

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Google Chrome OS hands on; we review Samsung’s first Chromebook

On July 16, 2011, in Linux, by dipinkrishna

It’s not often that a laptop fills a particular purpose gracefully, and Samsung’s first laptop running Google’s new Chrome OS does a pretty good job. However before you read on, you should first set your expectations. Laptops running Chrome OS, or Chromebooks as they’ve come to be known, aren’t designed to replace your main laptop or [...]

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Chrome 12 brings Unity Global Menu support – and here’s how to enable it

On June 9, 2011, in Linux, by dipinkrishna

Google released the latest stable update to their Google Chrome browser earlier, and it brings a couple of features exclusive to Ubuntu users… Google Chrome 12 comes with a hefty change log. Amongst which include the inclusion of hardware accelerated 3d CSS, the ability to launch web-apps by name form the Omnibox and the removal [...]

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‘Adwaita’ theme for GNOME 3 Chrome users now available

On May 30, 2011, in Linux, by dipinkrishna

GNOME 3 Chrome users can now match their browser to the rest of their system with the release of an ‘Adwaita’ Chrome theme by designer Garrett LeSage. The theme can be downloaded from the Google Chrome webstore, link below, and is compatible with both Google Chrome and its open-source sibling Chromium. chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oojbknijfmdmidgcgchmojbildmbdamm For full effect remember to enable use [...]

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