Archive for August, 2006

Internet Explorer 7 RC 1 Released

Aug 28th

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As the headline says, Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1 (IE7 RC1) for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP 1 and Windows XP/2003 x64 versions. Feature-wise there’s little that significantly new. In this respect both Firefox and Opera (browsers) gallop along miles ahead of IE7 with each new Beta adding on a new feature.

However IE7 RC1 now includes an uninstaller to remove any previous Beta build installed. And also supports for languages other than English. The final version will support whatever languages Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Vista support. besides the inevitable bug fixes, IE7RC1 includes several More >

Putting The Yahoo into Yahoo!

Aug 19th

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Via Digg I learned that clicking the exclamation point in the Yahoo logo elicits a yahoo yodel voiced by Wylie Gustafson, a country singer. Just make sure you speakers aren’t turned too high. And if you may want to save the Shockwave file used. Good entertainment!

Remember ultrafunk Popcorn, a light text-only email client? It used to be free. Then the developer decided it was shareware that supported only a single account. And then the software vanished. Leaving users like I, and many readers with the option of using a cracked build or retaining the last free version which was considerably feature limited. More >

So What Did U Learn Today?

Aug 13th

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Every day I fire up my computer I learn something new. Today it was Firefox seeking approval to update an Extension. For the truly adventurous there’s a Firefox 2 Visual Refresh 2 Beta available. This offers a slightly modified user interface (UI). As well as a changed Preferences dialog based on the Firefox 3 code named ‘Minefield’ UI.

And if you wonder why the Freeloader has become cautious? It’s on account of my last Firefox upgrade that wiped out my bookmarks, browsing history, Scrapbook contents and all saved passwords! So until the next major build update I’m not installing an More >