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May 11

Compare and contrast: Firefox 10 vs. Internet ...

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The domain of web browsers has always been packed with competition and intense challenge of providing the most to the user. Generally, most of people mean Internet Explorer (IE) as a browser because it has carved a niche among users as a synonym of internet browsing. However, now the scenario has changed after other popular browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome were introduced to dilute the IE market share.

This article is an effort to make you aware with the pros and cons of two leading web browsers, Firefox 10 and Internet Explorer 9. It is an evaluation of both these browsers:

Interface

While looking simultaneously at Firefox and IE 9, undoubtedly IE 9 has an attractive interface. The icon-only interface looks really modern and less space occupying. Nothing can match its ability to express while you are using it for small displays but it will look stretched on a larger display. On the contrary, Firefox makes a better choice for a larger display. The interface adopted by Firefox speaks volumes about its suitability for a larger display with its tabs that have their own space.

Few more features make Firefox a browser with better interface while placed against IE 9. You get a better bookmarks toolbar for bookmarking with which you can drag and drop. So far IE 9 hasn’t come up with an equivalent feature.

Performance

There is a very narrow margin while looking at the performance of the two browsers. Nevertheless, some obvious things come out when you look at them with an expert eye. IE 9 is found to be smooth and quick in loading web pages however, the same couldn’t be said about the Firefox. The same continues while opening new tabs as Firefox takes a little more time than IE 9.Add-ons

Add ons is the area in which IE 9 has lot of scope for improvement. It is a feature that is continuously disregarded by IE. However, efforts have been invested to make it advanced with the reset button to disable all add-ons and customization.

On the contrary, Firefox has been continuously focusing on this area to make add-on management, user friendly, lucid and more beneficial. The add-on site of Firefox is something from which others can learn. Its improved in-built add-on manager can cure many of the issues that has come up while managing add-ons with your browser.

Security

Being an open source web browser, Firefox is not very reliable as compared to IE that offers plenty of security features that are easy to configure and tweak. Security zones have been classified by Microsoft as ‘Internet’, ‘Trusted sites’, ‘Local intranet’, and ‘Restricted sites’. Each of these categories can be customized to suit the requirement of a particular user. So undoubtedly, IE 9 has better security features than Firefox.

Wrap up

After looking at the above stated features and benefits of both the browsers it is not very difficult to reach a conclusion regarding the best available browser today. In all the three aspects, Firefox is giving a tough contest to IE 9. Although Firefox 10 has not incorporated many changes in design as compared to Firefox 9, nevertheless some of them are really impressive. Improvements as bug fixes, an auto-hiding forward button, better extension management, CSS3 capabilities improvement and others are some that has put it ahead of the rest.

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Apr 27

Easily Use Skype With World Of Warcraft

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Once you get a chance to actually speak with someone you’re running around WoW with the whole game seems to change. I’m not a huge Raid or Guild guy, (although I hope to be someday when I grow up), but I do have some friends that I run around with. At one point someone suggested we get Ventrilo (aka Vent) so we could easily chat while questing or banging around in the BG’s. Chatting in real time is also essential for Arena. Essential!

Up to this point we’d been chatting by phone (embarassing, I know) but since it was typically later in the evening the minutes were “free” as in a “Night and Weekends” type of cell plan. But it was annoying and not really practical. It’s not easy to keep a phone on your should for an hour or two, or three. Our speaker phones really stunk as well. So we were looking at Vent. It was cheap. A buddy had a friend who had an accout and that guy made us a channel for us to try it out. So we ran for an hour or so using Vent and it was okay but not great. The voice quality really was pretty bad, the interface was overly complicated for our needs and overall it just seemed to be a bigger pain in the butt than necessary. But it was better than using our phones.

Then, out of the blue, someone asked, “Umm…would Skype work?” This was one of those moments that you feel really dumb when someone else suggests something so fantastically obvious that you should have seen before. Skype! Of course! If you’re not familair with Skype then stop what you are doing and go get it now (at Skype.com). This is a free service (totally free – no credit card, no nothing) that lets you call and talk with people via your computer. The call quality is crystal clear, the interface is drop dead simple and it works perfectly with World of Warcraft.

You can hold conference calls up to 25 people (all free) pretty darn easily. For the record I’ve only been on with 4 other guys, or 5 of us in total, at once however it was crystal clear…just like the 5 of us were all sitting at the same table. Depending on your computer or laptop you don’t even need a headset as the stock microphone and speakers work totally fine (at they do least on my laptop). If you’ve got an extra $15 or so laying around go grab a basic headset (they are cheap on Amazon.com) and you’re all set.

Now many high end guilds may require that you have Vent and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s not expensive and everyone has to be on the same page somehow, right? But if you’re banging around questing, or running Battlegrounds or the Arena with a few buddies just use Skype. It’s wicked simple and it works great. Thanks!

Bill spends way too much time running his Druid around the Battlegrounds and adding to his website at WoWDruid.com. Bill shares tips and tricks on running Druids in the World of Warcraft.

Jan 08

Wyse Extends Mobile Cloud Computing Leadership ...

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SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, launches version 1.2 of its market leading mobile virtualization app, PocketCloud for Android. The free app brings performance enhancements for all Android devices, with an emphasis on new user interface features and speed built on the new Android 3.0 APIs.

“We listened carefully to their needs and created this version of PocketCloud, making it a great combination with Android 3.0 tablets that will have even more of them leaving their laptops behind.”

Since January 2011, a multitude of Honeycomb powered tablets have been announced with Motorola’s Xoom leading the way. Google designed Android 3.0 specifically for tablets in order to provide one of today’s best mobile computing experiences for both consumers and enterprise users. Wyse similarly redesigned PocketCloud to take advantage of Honeycomb’s tablet-oriented capabilities and provide the best remote access experience on Android tablets.

Version 1.2 is packed with updates including a Honeycomb-inspired interface that takes full advantage of the larger screen, with new layouts, navigation and user interface elements. Tablet-optimized version 1.2 also launches with the Auto Discovery feature out of beta, which makes setup using the PocketCloud Windows or Mac Companion as easy as logging in to a Web page.

PocketCloud is one of the most popular productivity applications in the Android Marketplace with nearly 800,000 downloads across mobile platforms. This is just one of many planned updates to PocketCloud aimed at enriching the user experience with Android devices.

“The goal at Wyse is to thrill our customers with features and usability that make a real impact on how they live and work,” said Daniel Barreto, GM of the Wyse Mobile Cloud Business Unit. “We listened carefully to their needs and created this version of PocketCloud, making it a great combination with Android 3.0 tablets that will have even more of them leaving their laptops behind.”

PocketCloud for Android is a free app that lets users access and control their home PC or Mac from anywhere over Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G. PocketCloud works for both Android smartphones and tablets.

Download PocketCloud now at: market.android

To learn more about Wyse PocketCloud, please visit www.wyse.com/pocketcloud/

About Wyse Technology

Wyse Technology is the global leader in Cloud Client Computing. The Wyse portfolio includes industry-leading thin, zero and cloud PC client solutions with advanced management, desktop virtualization and cloud software supporting desktops, laptops and next generation mobile devices. Cloud client computing replaces the outdated computing model of the unsecure, unreliable, energy-intensive and expensive PC, all while delivering lower TCO and a superior user experience. Wyse has shipped more than 20 million units and has over 200 million people interacting with their products each day, enabling the leading private, public, hybrid and government cloud implementations worldwide. Wyse partners with industry-leading IT vendors, including Cisco®, Citrix®, IBM®, Microsoft, and VMware® as well as globally-recognized distribution and service partners. Wyse is headquartered in San Jose, California, U.S.A., with offices worldwide. More information can be found at www.wyse.com or by calling 1-800-GET-WYSE.

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Dec 24

What Do Windows 8 Tablets Need to Catch On?

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As the tablet market takes an increasing chunk out of the laptop market, Microsoft’s efforts to recapture the market depends on Windows 8. What we believe from leaks revealed so far, the tablets will be ARM based and feature a dual interface, with a traditional Windows interface covered by a Windows Phone 7-inspired user interface layer.

Unlike current Windows 7 tablets, this layer will be more than a mere launcher, and will contain actual applications designed for this “Immersive” user interface, with a PDF reader and a multi-tabbed Internet Explorer already being shown off.

Crucially, the applications will be full-screen, much like iPad apps.  We also believe Windows 8 will feature an application store which will feature applications written in various high-level development environments such as HTML5, Silverlight and .Net which are inherently cross-platform and cross processor.We also believe the tablets will feature tight integration with Windows Live, much like Windows Phone 7, giving all users for example 25 GB on Skydrive cloud storage, and requiring users sign in using Windows Live to access the app store.

All of this will create a relatively competitive product, but far from a guaranteed success.For this a few things are essential:

The first is the ability to run existing Windows Phone 7 applications, which should number in around 25 to 30,000 by the time Windows 8 launches.

The second is the presence of key applications in the immersive interface.  These would primarily be stalwarts like Office and Outlook, which could easily be borrowed from Windows Phone 7.

The last would of course be the ability to run standard Windows applications – a bigger issue than it appears due to the change to ARM processors and an issue which has not been resolved yet.

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http://technorati.com/technology/article/what-do-windows-8-tablets-need/


Dec 18

Predection Of Web Design Trend For 2013

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The current year has seen several new trends and changes in websites designs. Some designs are here to stay, and some didn’t stand the test of time. With Apple and Microsoft flooding the market with new and creative interface designs, these trends seem to have reflected on websites as well.

The present scenario focusses on interactive websites which offer a more engaging and interesting experience for users. Developers are now working on CSS3 and HTML5 to make the website more attractive as well as SEO friendly. Though one cannot be definitive about future trends, these are the ones that I presume would last through the of 2013.

1 – Responsive Designs.

It has become imperative to make your website accessible to all internet users, be it those on the desktop /laptop or those on the Smartphones/tablets The thing with all these devices are that they each have different screen sizes. Responsiveness refers to fluid designs for websites, which resize and adjusts itself to fit the different screen sizes of various devices. CSS has made it easier to add fluidity to designs.

2 Retro Style

The Old is back again. It’s hard to miss the entire design world sporting a more retro look. Even Apple seems to have adopted the same and quite creatively too!Check out the Skeuomorphic designs that they have come up with in some of their Apps.(Calendar,contacts, newsstands, etc.) A lot of web designs have drawn inspiration from these ideas and have come up with some beautiful retro themes.

3 – Metro Inspiration

Though the retro look seems to be the present rage, the metro look isn’t far behind. The Windows 8 interface is a perfect example of a metro design.

4 – Large UI Elements

Touch screens have become very popular, and since Smartphones are the best on-the-go internet access solution, a lot of users use Smartphones to browse through the net. Larger buttons improve user experiences on touch screens. However these large UI elements tend to slow down the site.

http://www.infobarrel.com/Predection_Of_Web_Design_Trend_For_2013

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Aug 25

BlackBerry OS 10 resembles Symbian/MeeGo a lot

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BlackBerry’s OS 10 has been the center of a lot of speculation and anticipation. since BlackBerry’s sales have plummeted over time, the company is under great pressure to produce products that will restore at least a part of its earlier glory. Recently at a media event in Cape Town, South Africa, Research in Motion for the first time allowed reporters to play around with their upcoming software update: BlackBerry OS 10. the hardware was an Alpha device, and had been code named as London. It was made obvious that the product was far from being complete, and was only meant to give a preview of the next generation of BlackBerry OS.

The OS is fully touch oriented, and there was no hardware keyboard present on the device. the interface was pretty similar to what we have already seen on the BlackBerry Playbook. the home screen is being said to be a cross between Android widgets, and Window Phone tiles. however it has been noticed that the new BlackBerry interface has some resemblance to the interfaces of MeeGo and Symbian mobile operating systems. the leaked screenshots have definitely highlighted the similarity between the keyboards of these operating systems.

The latest Symbian OS was released with Nokia Belle. another thing which is common between Symbian and BlackBerry OS 10 is a bar that appears at the bottom of the screen. These similarities are hard to deny, and even harder to rule out as coincidences. but the suggestion that BlackBerry chose to copy from operating systems which themselves aren’t doing so good is hard to digest.

There’s still some time before BlackBerry OS 10 reaches the public. we certainly want the new OS to succeed and pose some real challenge to the Android/iOS domination.

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Aug 18

Archos 97 Carbon tablet with Android 4.0 is now up ...

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Archos seems to have realized that there is a huge group of people that want affordable tablets that look good and work well. this is how the Archos 97 Carbon seems to have been born. It’s a 10-inch tablet, so it’s not really a competitor to the Nexus 7. it has the same aspect ratio as the iPad (4:3), same resolution as the iPad 2, 1024×768, it runs Android 4.0, and it costs only $250.

Not everything about it is perfect, though. The processor is only a single-core 1 GHz CPU, which means browsing performance and overall performance will not be the best, although it shouldn’t be terrible either. I expect the interface to work well with Android 4.0, and if they upgrade it to Android 4.1 it should work even better.

The Archos 97 Carbon also has 16 GB of storage and 1 GB of RAM, so it matches the similarly priced Nexus 7. MicroSD support is there as well, so that’s another advantage it has over the Nexus 7. There’s no mention of what type of GPU the Archos has, but they claim it decodes 1080p video, so you shouldn’t experience any problems when watching media.

It also comes with a HDMI-out port and a full USB port, which once again increases the connectivity options over the Nexus 7. There are two cameras as well, and, although I wouldn’t expect high quality, they should get the job done.

Archos is currently running a deal giving a $20 discount to the buyers of the Elements series tablets, which includes the Archos 97 Carbon tablet, so if you hurry, you might be ale to get it for only $230.

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Aug 10

Unofficial Jelly Bean ROM available for Dell ...

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The Dell Streak 7 when launched, was one of the first tablets to feature an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor but, had a relatively low resolution of 800 x 480 compared to other tablets on the market and came with Android 2.2, while other tablets on the market were coming with Android Honeycomb. Since it’s release, Dell have updated it to Android 3.2 Honeycomb but, by unofficial means, the tablet had Android 4.0 ported to it.

The Dell Streak 7 is now discountiuned and as it didn’t receive Android 4.0 officially, it’s very unlikely to receive an update to Android Jelly Bean through official means. Fortunately, developers over at TabletROMs have ported Android 4.1 to the Streak 7. CyanogenMod10 updates the Dell Streak 7 tablet to Android 4.1, gives the tablet a faster interface, improved search and a better keyboard. CyanogenMod10 also brings Google’s Answer to Siri which, when you ask the tablet questions it speaks the answer out loud to you.

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Aug 02

Review: Intriguing new Office suite hindered by ...

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Microsoft announced the new version of Office last week, then provided reporters and columnists with a tablet running the latest pre-release version of Windows 8 and preview of the new Office suite.

Office, with at least five applications and some seven related programs, has become such a behemoth that I haven’t had time to test it thoroughly. but I have used it enough to form some initial impressions. Foremost among them is that I like many of the new features, but find the latest Office disappointingly difficult to use.

like Windows 8, the new version of Office was designed with post-PC devices in mind. Microsoft officials said they revamped all the programs so they can be more easily used on devices. and the company completely redesigned two applications – the notetaking program and the Lync communications program – to make them run natively on the new touch-centric interface found in .

Borrowing a page from and Drive, Microsoft has built into the new Office its cloud-based , called SkyDrive. Once you install it, SkyDrive shows up in the file manager as a local drive. You can save documents there from each of your Office apps and then access those documents on other Internet-connected computers or devices.

in addition to SkyDrive, Microsoft has added other features to make the Office applications more socially connected or more useful on non-PC devices. from within Outlook, users can see if their Skype friends are online and can call them instantly. they can use Word as an , flipping pages in a document by swiping across a touch screen. they can present a PowerPoint slideshow to a at the touch of a button. and while giving a , users can draw on the screen to underline or circle particular points for emphasis.

Excel, meanwhile, has a new feature called Flash fill that automatically recognizes and separates discrete sets of data within a column of cells.

Microsoft also is offering a new way for consumers to buy Office. instead of having to pay a large one-time fee for the latest version of the suite for each of their PCs, they will be able to sign up for a subscription that allows them to install it on multiple machines and get future upgrades included in the cost.

A lot of these new features are compelling or welcome changes. but the new Office has a big problem it shares with the new Windows: Its interface is a mess.

in an attempt to make Windows more versatile and competitive in a world where touch-screen devices like smartphones and tablets are outselling PCs, Microsoft bolted a touch-based interface onto its traditional Windows desktop. the result is a confusing hybrid that forces users to repeatedly switch between the two incompatible interfaces – and constantly forces them to think about how they are supposed to interact with each.

Although the touch-based interface, dubbed Metro, was designed with devices like tablets in mind, it now serves as the home screen for Windows, forcing you to use it even on PCs and laptops that don’t have touch screens. Conversely, many Windows applications are still desktop applications, which means you may often find yourself in the Windows desktop – which was designed to be used with keyboards and mice, not fat fingertips – even when using a touch-based tablet.

in other words, the new version of Windows isn’t aware of context. It presents the same front no matter what device you are using and that front offers problems for both traditional and touch-based devices. and Office generally suffers from the same problem.

the five major – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook – remain desktop applications. they retain their confusing collection of menu commands and the ribbons of formatting icons that they had in previous, desktop-only versions.

Those commands are fine for power users and are easy enough to navigate on a traditional PC. but you’re not going to want to use them on a touch-based tablet. Microsoft has made little effort to streamline that confusing collection of commands for a touch-based interface or to provide a touch-centric way of interacting with these programs.

the one exception is when you tap or click on the file command. instead of a ribbon, you get a Metro-like interface with wide-columns, large thumbnails and large-font commands and options. It’s how you’d expect a Metro version of an Office application to look throughout. but in this case, it’s an interface that’s likely to be confusing and disorienting to desktop users, because it’s such a different way of interacting with the application than what you seen when you click on the other menu commands.

Microsoft obviously thought a lot about what Office should be able to do in the post-PC era. I just wish it had thought more about how users would interact with it.

More information: Troy Wolverton is a technology columnist for the San Jose Mercury News.

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Review: Intriguing new Office suite hindered by interface

Jul 26

Valve’s Gabe Newell Thinks Windows 8 Will ...

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@MayhemMatthew: well, according to Phoronix (for as much as you're willing to trust Michael ), he did have some negative comments about Windows 8 several months prior.  so yeah, that's probably what you recall.

As for his comments – I agree with Joel; I don't think Win8 will significantly tank the PC market… I just don't think it will sell well. There are some early-adopter types (i.e. everyone here) that like to have all the new shiny stuff and will buy it. but, if most feel as I do after trying it, they'll be telling their relatives and friends that there's no significant reason to upgrade from Win7. and, corporations won't touch Win8 with a 10ft pole – it's entirely consumer oriented.

Using the Win8 interface on a desktop machine is like running the Android interface on a desktop. Not… ideal. Or, as that Gartner analyst (who got his chain yanked back hard) put it: "bad".

It is particularly interesting to see these comments from Gabe though. as a former MS employee, he's always been a big promoter of their way of doing things. I remember back when the GldSrc/Source engine was evolving from Quake, they were yanking out OpenGL support and tying everything tightly to DirectX. it took forever, but now the pendulum has finally swung the other way.

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