Yesterday on Mozilla's Privacy Blog, they went into details regarding Firefox's Do Not Track feature. They showed the adoption rate climbing from 3% to 4.5% and the Firefox Metrics Blog further explained those numbers. In that same posting, they released The Do Not Track Field Guide for developers. The PDF includes an intro to DNT, case studies, and tutorials on implementing … [Read more...]
OdoPlus and IOGraph – Mouse Tracking Applications
OdoPlus and IOGraph are two separate applications that track your mouse behavior. You can see how much distance your mouse covers where you click the most and where your mouse travels. For the rest of the details, you'll have to check out the guest article I wrote over at Freewaregenius. … [Read more...]
Firefox 6 and Thunderbird 6 Now Available
Mozilla's Rapid Release schedule continues its thundering ahead today with version 6 of Firefox and Thunderbird being released today. Firefox 6 has been available through Mozilla's FTP site since Friday but just now, as scheduled, it is available for download from Mozilla.com. Firefox 6 again doesn't really change the look and feel of the browser but it introduces these new … [Read more...]
Adobe Labs Launches Muse Beta To Create Websites Without Needing To Code
Muse (codename) enables designers to create websites as easily as creating a layout for print. Design and publish original HTML pages using the latest web standards, and without writing code. You can find Muse at muse.adobe.com, just click the 'Get Muse' button on the right column. Muse is an Adobe Air app and requires Adobe Air in order to run. It is free until early 2012 when … [Read more...]
Even With Windows XP SP3, I’m “Unable To Access Windows Update Without The Latest Service Pack”
I was creating a new image this weekend for a client and wanted to build it from the ground up so we weren't carrying any old things forward. I installed Windows XP from a Windows XP SP1 CD and installed Service Pack 3 after getting all the drivers installed. Unfortunately when I went to run Windows Update, the most time consuming task of creating the from-scratch image, I was … [Read more...]