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New orientation device API for Firefox 3.6 look promising

Especially if you would like to develop a web OS tablet a la Palm PRE WebOS, or game based on environment. See here a Mario Kart game based on this new orientation API. Unfortunately only some modern Mac book and Lenovo ThinkPad have the sensor..

Original post at http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/10/orientation-for-firefox/

Documentation Device orientation documentation

Use Google Chrome in Internet explorer with Google Frame

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Google Chrome Frame is an early-stage open source plug-in that seamlessly brings Google Chrome’s open web technologies and speedy #JavaScript engine to Internet Explorer. With Google Chrome Frame, you can:

  • Start using open web technologies – like the HTML5 canvas tag – right away, even technologies that aren’t yet supported in Internet Explorer 6, 7, or 8.
  • Take advantage of #JavaScript performance improvements to make your apps faster and more responsive.

What is even more clever is that thanks to a special embedded tags in your html body, you can propose to your visitor to install this plugin, and thus increase market share of Google chrome. That’s a direct hit at Microsoft domination plans 🙂 (we own the file format, and runtime environment)

 

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Firefox 2.0 AVAILABLE

The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life. With Firefox 2, we’ve added powerful new features that make your online experience even better.

<!– // Rotate the main image rotateBackgroundForDiv(‘main-feature-background’); //–> <!– // Configure the Firefox download write script var gDownloadItemTemplate = "<a href=\"%DOWNLOAD_URL%\" class=\"download-link download-firefox\"><span><strong>Download Firefox – Free<\/strong> <em>%VERSION% for %PLATFORM_NAME%, %LANGUAGE_NAME% (%FILE_SIZE%)<\/em><\/span><\/a>"; var gDownloadItemMacOS9 = "<a href=\"\">MacOS 9 and earlier are not supported<\/a>"; var gDownloadItemOtherPlatform = "<a href=\"/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/#othersystems\">Free Download<\/a>" document.writeln("<div class=\"home-download\">"); writeDownloadItems("fx"); document.writeln("<\/div>"); document.writeln("<div class=\"download-other\"><span class=\"other\">"); document.writeln("<a class=\"ancilliaryLink\" href=\"system-requirements.html\">System Requirements<\/a>"); document.writeln(" – <a class=\"ancilliaryLink\" href=\"\/en-US\/firefox\/2.0\/releasenotes\/\">Release Notes<\/a>"); document.writeln(" – <a class=\"ancilliaryLink\" href=\"\/en-US\/firefox\/all.html\">Other Systems & Languages<\/a>"); document.writeln("<\/div>"); document.writeln("<\/span><\/div>"); //–>

Download Firefox – Free 2.0 for Windows, English (5.6MB)
System Requirements – Release Notes – Other Systems & Languages

Speed, Security and Simplicity: Opera 8 Web Browser available

Oslo, Norway – April 19, 2005
Opera Software today launched the highly anticipated new version of its browser, Opera 8 for Windows and #Linux. Internet users can now surf the Web faster, safer and easier than before. Opera 8 is a substantial upgrade from previous versions, and includes new features such as a unique security information field that indicates the trustworthiness of banking and shopping Web sites and voice interaction capabilities. The new version of Opera also introduces an advanced page-resizing function that adapts Web pages to fit the width of any screen or window. Today’s release for Windows is available in English, German, Dutch and Polish, with more languages to follow. The #Linux version is available in English, also with more languages to come. A beta version of Opera 8 for Mac (English) is also available today.
Download for Windows – Linux – Mac – Others