Peter D'Orsi » Internet

Picking a Domain

Peter — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:49:56 +0000

Shannon has been wanting to start a blog of her own, however its getting tougher and tougher to find a good, short and memorable domain that actually has something to do with her content. I heard about PickyDomains on an episode of TWiT and I am going to give it a shot, I have a lot of web projects I want to work on, so if this works out I plan on using them a lot. I will let you know how it goes.

Yahoo! Releases OSS Ajax and Design Tools

Peter — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:16:40 +0000

Today Yahoo! released the Yahoo! User Interface Library. This library is comprised of a number of dynamic HTML utilities and controls for building rich web UIs and Ajax applications. They are made available under an open-source license. In addition, Yahoo! released the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library. This collection of design patterns for Web interaction is intended to provide Web designers prescriptive guidance to help solve common design problems on the Web. Both are free in both senses of the word.

Google Desktop 3 extreme launched

Peter — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:14:24 +0000

Hot Features: – Share information with your friend’s right from the Sidebar – Floating panels on your desktop – Play multi-user games (Tic Tac Toe) – View personalized news, photos, and more on your desktop – Find your emails, files, photos, web history, Gmail, and more – Security: Lock Search – Advanced Sear

FireFox 2.0 (Alpha 1) Release Date

Peter — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:23:19 +0000

Most current activity on the Firefox 2 front is wrapped up in planning, scoping, and assigning tasks. Please see the features list and the planning documents linked therein for more information.

Next scheduled release date: February 10, 2006 (Alpha 1).

New Bookmark and History System
Tabbed browsing UI improvements & defaults
Extension Manager enhancements
Search Engine UI improvements (add/remove/options)
Visual refresh, “native theme” support
Platform patch uplift
In-line spell check
Instrumentation / exit surveys
Session saver
Branding & update systems
Fully integrated RSS functionality
Browser status indication
Offline mode detection & better use of cache
Pluggable Download Manager Anti-phishing

Gmail Chat

Peter — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:15:37 +0000

he NYT is reporting that Google will be blending Google Talk directly into the Gmail website tomorrow for a limited number of users. The new product will be called “Gmail Chat”.

The new program, called Gmail Chat, will let Gmail users exchange text messages with others without having to log onto a separate chat program, making instant messaging simpler and more integrated with the e-mail program.

From anywhere in Gmail, the user can see who is available to chat. The program will also allow users to store instant-message conversations.

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 Available

Peter — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:21:02 +0000

For those of you running Firefox 1.5, you can use the browser’s integrated update engine to upgrade to version 1.5.0.1. Here are a list of changes/updates in this release:

Improved stability.
Improved support for Mac OS X.
International Domain Name support for Iceland (.is) is now enabled.
Fixes for several memory leaks.
Several security enhancements.

The list mentions that several memory leaks are fixed and I can only hope that this is the case. Many people have reported of Firefox hogging 500MB or more of system memory. For the full list of security updates and bug fixes, check here.

Internet Explorer Beta 2

Peter — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:48:06 +0000

IE Beta 2 has been officially released by Microsoft to the masses. Lots of new (and long overdue features) such as tabbed browsing, better CSS and security.

MS also released a useful Developer Toolbar that lets you do some advanced things design websites and such.

Firefox 2.0 Features

Peter — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:51:21 +0000

From the developer’s own blog: New Bookmarks and History, Tabbed Browsing Enhancements, Improved Basic Content Type Handling, Web Search, Visual Uplift, Inline Spell Check and more! Check out the post for more details.

IE 7 Build 5299 (Beta 2) Screenshots

Peter — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:36:09 +0000

The JCXP forums have leaked new screenshots of the latest Internet Explorer build 5299, which is current the 2nd beta of the browser. IE7 is slated for release sometime in the upcoming year and judging by these screenshots it may be sooner than expected.

New Bugmenot plugin for Firefox

Peter — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:25:30 +0000

Bugmenot is a service that feeds you valid, anonymous login/passwords for websites that require free registration, like the New York Times. After a long hiatus, there’s a new version of the Bugmenot plugin for Firefox, which automates the process of reading the news while protecting your privacy. Link