Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on July 16, 2006 by CyberNet.

Everyone was wondering how Mozilla planned to market Firefox 2.0 and it looks like they have revealed how. They have started the World Firefox Day and want to put your name in the new Firefox 2.0 that is scheduled for release this fall. All you have to do is enter in your name and email address and then enter your friends name and email address. If they download and install Firefox before September 15, 2006 then both of your names will be included on the digital Firefox “wall”.

Here are some quick things I thought were interesting from their FAQ’s page:

• This started yesterday, July 15, because it was Mozilla’s birthday.
• You can only nominate one friend so you need to make sure that they aren’t using Firefox.
• There will also be a wall at the Mozilla headquarters, and they plan on bringing it with to conferences and such.
• They are still working on the details of how to display it in Firefox 2.

Even non-Firefox fans have to give Mozilla credit for their clever marketing plan. The problem that I have is that I don’t know many people that don’t have Firefox .

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This article was written on July 09, 2008 by CyberNet.

Virtual desktops are one of those things that have been around for ages, and they have been an integral part of the Linux operating system for a long time. It wasn’t until Apple released Mac OS X Leopard last year that a virtual desktop system, which Apple calls Spaces, shipped with an operating system other than a Linux distribution.

Just because Windows doesn’t include a virtual desktop manager doesn’t mean that you can’t get them. In fact there are several third-party applications that will get the job done, and most of them are free. There’s one free program for Windows called 360Desktop that puts a new spin on virtual desktops.

What it essentially does is extend your desktop so that it is ultra-wide, and it will feel like you have three or four different monitors attached to each other. You can pan across your desktop moving icons and windows around as you so wish. In the end you’ll have a 360 degree desktop that can wrap around from one end to another:

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Here are some of the things that I like about the program:

• The navigation window shown in the upper-right corner of the screenshot makes it easy to move around the desktop. Normally the desktop preview portion is minimized so that it doesn’t get in your way while you’re working, but it can be activated by clicking the red 360Desktop icon on the scrollbar.
• It shows little program icons on the desktop preview indicating where you’re running applications are located.
• Clicking an application on the Taskbar will take you to where it’s located on the 360Desktop.

With all of that being said there are still some things that need to be worked on. For example, there are only a handful of panoramic backgrounds currently available, but it will support custom photos soon. 360Desktop is still in the early stages, and I suspect that it will get better over time.

My question to you is whether a program like this is something you’d prefer to use over a real virtual desktop application. Do you like having your virtual desktops separated into different blocks, or is it nicer when it’s one seamless desktop like 360Desktop offers?

Get 360Desktop [via Lifehacker]

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This article was written on June 20, 2008 by CyberNet.

The other day we showed how you could get the Firefox 3 Vista theme on XP, or vice versa. Well, there is a theme out there for those of you who want to grab the Firefox 3 theme for Mac as well, and it works pleasantly well on Windows. The checkboxes, scrollbars, and buttons all take on a native Mac appearance.

I’m not sure if many of you will want to use the Mac theme on Windows because it doesn’t exactly fit in very well. Although it’s possible that you’re using a theme or mod (like this one) to make Windows look like a Mac, and this Firefox theme would help complete the look you’re shooting for. I suspect that this theme will work on Linux as well, and I’m sure someone will confirm this in the comments.

This theme is still experimental, which means you’ll need to login to the Mozilla site before being able to install it. If you don’t have a login you can use a generic one that I’ve created over at Mozilla:

• Username: firefox@cybernetnews.com
• Password: cybernetnews

Note: If someone decides to be funny and change the password just let us know. Since we have full control over the email address we can change the password back at anytime.

Get the Firefox 3 Mac theme for Windows

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It looks like the sly fox is ready to make its worldwide debut a few days early. In typical Mozilla fashion, a complete build of Firefox 6 is now unofficially available for your downloading pleasure, three days ahead of schedule. If you’re looking for a major facelift to the desktop edition, you won’t find one here — most of the new features aren’t cosmetic. Perhaps most visibly, you’ll find the domain name of the page you’re parked on highlighted in the address bar. On the Android side, version 6 makes much bigger promises, like a “fresh visual style in Chrome Gingerbread,” enhanced image scaling, and, perhaps most importantly, it’s “faster and uses less memory.” We’ve downloaded the desktop version of the browser ourselves, and we’ve found the release quite snappy. If you’re not afraid of a little pre-release downloading, you can catch the (desktop) fox at the source links below. And as per usual, please let us know how it’s treating you.

Firefox 6 breaks out ahead of schedule, gets official August 16th originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on June 05, 2008 by CyberNet.

Greasemonkey is one of the extensions that I know many of you are waiting to get upgraded before making the jump to Firefox 3. If that’s the only extension you’re holding out for then I’ve got good news for you… there’s a pre-release version of Greasemonkey that was assembled a few weeks ago (May 19, 2008), and it’s completely compatible with Firefox 3. You can install the latest Greasemonkey 0.8 RC here.

The new version includes some enhancements and, as you can see in the screenshot above, a hip new icon. The release of Greasemonkey 0.8 RC was originally announced in this forum, but after looking around a little bit I noticed that there was an even newer version available. So I recommend directly downloading this latest release if you’re using Firefox 3.

The main developer, Aaron, hasn’t been heard from in a little while. He’s the one that has control over what gets posted to the official Add-ons site, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed that the new Greasemonkey will be stumbling on to there any day now. In the mean time you can use the Release Candidate.

Greasemonkey for Firefox 3 Download (Release Candidate)
Thanks Max for the tip!

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