I’m an optimist, specifically for ubuntu and the open source/free software world. One thing that puzzles me is OGG Theora and Vorbis. We see Wikimedia (Wikipedia, wikidictonary…etc) using OGG technologies as well as mozilla, google and opera embracing it. It is included by default in nearly all linux distributions (I say nearly all because I [...]
I just tried the new version of epiphany in karmic that uses webkit and its very nice. Of course I did some moving around and removing of stuff from the UI but now its uncluttered and simple.
I have been a firefox user for about 3 years now but now firefox is becoming a little out [...]
What an interesting company Google is they announced that they are buying On2. On2 is the company that provided the basis for OGG Theora by open sourcing the VP3 codec. Google, Mozilla and Opera all supported the addition of Theora to be included in the HTML 5 standard because they are free (Libre and Price) [...]
Flock is built on the firefox backend with a few nice additions.
1. Wordpress is integrated into it (im using it to post this blog)
2. Social networks like twitter, facebook and myspace are also integrated in a sidebar for easy access.
3. Gmail and yahoo are in there too
It takes firefox and makes it more integrated way [...]
