A first look at the Firefox 3 visual refresh for Linux
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| After the decision was widely criticized by Linux enthusiasts, Mozilla
| reversed its position and decided to revisit Linux theming. Work on the new
| Linux theme has progressed rapidly in the past month, and the earliest pieces
| are now included in the latest Firefox 3 nightly build. We took a good long
| look at the new theme—called Gnomestripe—and we like what we see.
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/11/15/afirst-look-at-the-firefox-3-visual-refresh-for-linux
http://tinyurl.com/ywu5xl
Berners-Lee warns of 'walled gardens' for mobile Internet
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| On the opening day of Mobile Internet World in Boston, the man credited with
| inventing the World Wide Web told a packed hall that the mobile Internet
| needs to be fully and completely the Internet, nothing more and nothing less.
| It needs to be free of central control, universal, and embodied in open
| standards.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1270135625&rid=-50
Microsoft is poised to ruin for Web for everybody (because MSFT shareholders
don't care about the consumer).
Related:
Update on the Firefox 3 Linux Theme
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| Work on the new linux theme for Firefox 3 is progressing nicely due to a very
| active group of contributers. To match the operating system’s theme,
| Firefox’s navigation toolbar will use native GTK icons.
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http://blog.mozilla.com/faaborg/2007/11/13/update-on-the-firefox-3-linux-theme/
“Beautiful” tab switching for Firefox 3
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| Performance-wise, CPU usage spiked from 2-3% to 45-50% during high speed tab
| switching (that is, I kept Ctrl + Tab pressed for a while), but immediately
| went back to previous cool 2-3% usage.
|
| Firefox 3 Beta 1 is expected within the next couple of weeks.
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http://cybercapital.org/index.php/2007/11/09/beautiful-tab-switching-for-firefox-3/
Firefox 3: Preview of the User Interface
http://www.techdo.com/?p=94
ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack
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| An industry coalition that has represented competitors of Microsoft
| in European markets before the European Commission stepped up its
| public relations offensive this morning, this time accusing
| Microsoft of scheming to upset HTML's place in the fabric of
| the Internet with XAML, an XML-based layout lexicon forn
| etwork applications.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/ECIS_Accuses_Microsoft_of_Plotting_HTML_Hijack/1169824569
Microsoft's 'Everywhere' excludes Linux
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| This browser add-on enables rendering of WPF content, but
| "Everywhere" doesn't include Linux.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7794/53/
Microsoft's Silverlight Biased and Doomed
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| Microsoft is undoubtedly making progress in the browser and operating
| system platform struggle, but since their new Web technology can't be
| viewed and created by everyone, they still have a long way to go.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2545&Itemid=449
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