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TOP10 - August 2008 Popular Tips

September 01, 2008 by Jason

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3. Speed up your Firefox 3.0.1 - Part2

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5. How to Secure is Your PC?

6. Mozilla Introduces Firefox Snowl

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8. DirectX 10.1 Downloads for Vista SP1 and XP SP3

9. Speed Launch for Vista and XP

10. Mixed Vista/XP network to work properly
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Mozilla Introduces Firefox Snowl

August 08, 2008 by Jason

Snowl is designed to extend the functionality of Firefox beyond the default tasks associated with the process of navigating web content. In fact, this is the premise of Snowl, that the open source browser is capable of dealing with content in addition to what it was originally designed for. Snowl, a project from Mozilla Labs, is described as nothing more than an “experiment with messaging in the browser”.

“The initial prototype supports two sources of messages: RSS/Atom feeds and Twitter. And it exposes
two interfaces for reading them. First, a traditional three-pane ‘list’ view, targeted to active reading of important messages. Second, a ‘river of news’ view, based on the concept popularized by Dave Winer, designed for casual browsing,” revealed Mozilla’s Myk Melez.

The first version of Snowl is set up to mash together feeds but not much else. However, the project does have potential. Mozilla Labs is currently considering extending support in order to accommodate various sources of messages, but especially instant messaging services such as AIM or Google Talk. Read More»