Saturday, October 22, 2011
Firefox 6.0 Beta 5 released
Firefox 6.0 Beta 5 has been released
As part of Mozilla’s new rapid release development process the beta development channel has been updated with a Firefox release candidate. For detailed information about the changes please visit: Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/6.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox mobile: http://www.mozilla.com/mobile/6.0beta/releasenotes/ We highly encourage add-on developers to test their add-ons with the new version and mark them as compatible as soon as possible. The Mozilla Developer Network has detailed information about changes in the new version for add-on developers. To manually download the latest pre-release software from the various development channels, please visit: Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/channel/ Firefox mobile: http://www.mozilla.com/m/firefox/channel/ As always, the latest released version of Firefox can be downloaded from http://firefox.com What’s New in Firefox Beta The latest version of Firefox Beta has the following changes: The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you're visiting Streamlined the look of the site identity block Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API Added support for EventSource / server-sent events Added support for window.matchMedia Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment Added a new Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it Improved usability of the Web Console Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama Please see the complete list of changes in this version. You may also be interested in the list of changes in the previous version.
As part of Mozilla’s new rapid release development process the beta development channel has been updated with a Firefox release candidate. For detailed information about the changes please visit: Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/6.0beta/releasenotes/ Firefox mobile: http://www.mozilla.com/mobile/6.0beta/releasenotes/ We highly encourage add-on developers to test their add-ons with the new version and mark them as compatible as soon as possible. The Mozilla Developer Network has detailed information about changes in the new version for add-on developers. To manually download the latest pre-release software from the various development channels, please visit: Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/channel/ Firefox mobile: http://www.mozilla.com/m/firefox/channel/ As always, the latest released version of Firefox can be downloaded from http://firefox.com What’s New in Firefox Beta The latest version of Firefox Beta has the following changes: The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you're visiting Streamlined the look of the site identity block Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API Added support for EventSource / server-sent events Added support for window.matchMedia Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment Added a new Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it Improved usability of the Web Console Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama Please see the complete list of changes in this version. You may also be interested in the list of changes in the previous version.
Install more programs in Ubuntu
Installing extra programs in Ubuntu is easy, in some cases is easier that in Windows, who said that Linux was hard to use.
To install a new program:
1) Click Applications -> Add/Remove
2) You can now search for an application or choose a category and find the program you want, there are thousands of programs to choose from.
3) Tick the box next to the program title and click Apply
4) Click Apply on the window that appears
5) Input the root password
6) The program will now download and install
7) Once the install has finished click Close
8) Click Close on the window that appears
9) Click the OK button on the Add/Remove Applications window
10) The program is installed and can be launched from the Applications menu
Now that isn't hard, if you were doing that in Windows, you would need to find the program off the internet, download it, launch it, read the license agreement, click Next 50 times and then it would be installed. Oh, and all software in the Add/Remove Applications program is totally 100% free.
To install a new program:
1) Click Applications -> Add/Remove
2) You can now search for an application or choose a category and find the program you want, there are thousands of programs to choose from.
3) Tick the box next to the program title and click Apply
4) Click Apply on the window that appears
5) Input the root password
6) The program will now download and install
7) Once the install has finished click Close
8) Click Close on the window that appears
9) Click the OK button on the Add/Remove Applications window
10) The program is installed and can be launched from the Applications menu
Now that isn't hard, if you were doing that in Windows, you would need to find the program off the internet, download it, launch it, read the license agreement, click Next 50 times and then it would be installed. Oh, and all software in the Add/Remove Applications program is totally 100% free.
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