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Instant "Chrome OS" with openSUSE and Firefox
Was skimming the Web last night and stumbled on a page talking about browser benchmarking. The author apparently decided to get best results by running only the Web browser and no window manager or desktop environment.
I was thinking, this would be a quick and easy way to emulate a Chrome OS type experience with any [...]
Choosing a browser: What do you look for?
What do you look for in choosing a Web browser? I have a set of criteria that are important to me, but my criteria for choosing a browser may be quite different than yours, though. I'm interested to know what other people look for in a Web browser, and what features may not be that [...]
Posted in Browsers, Linux.com, Open Source, openSUSE Also tagged Browsers, extensions, firefox 15 Comments
Opera Using GStreamer, Pushing Ogg
Opera recently released an alpha of the coming 10.5 release, which includes quite a few improvements and new features. One of the things that most users probably didn't notice is that Opera is now using the GStreamer media framework.
Even though the Opera browser isn't open source, the company is doing some good work to push [...]
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Become a Firefox Test Pilot
Want to help the Mozilla Project produce the best Firefox possible, but have no developer skills at all? Can you point? Click? Read instructions? Then you’re ready to suit up as a Firefox Test Pilot. Crashes not required.
If you’ve ever felt like you want to give back to the Firefox project, or if you feel [...]
Google Takes on HTTP with SPDY
Google Chrome has been dominating the headlines this week, but what might have escaped notice is Google taking a crack at the "tubes" of the Internet itself. As part of Google's "let's make the Web faster initiative, it is working on SPDY (pronounced "speedy"), a protocol that's supposed to improve on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol [...]
Official and Unofficial Google Chrome Extensions
If you like Google Chrome’s speed, but miss the extensibility of Firefox, you’re in luck. The Chrome team announced the developer program around Chrome Extensions recently, and unveiled part of the site that will eventually serve as the official mothership for Chrome add-ons. If you can’t wait until then, we’ve got a round-up of resources [...]
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