Recent Posts Tagged With 'browser'

• Explore yummy cache of Opera alternate download

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, download, ftp, opera, browser, archive, torrent

  So while millions (two) of people enjoyed final release of Opera yesterday, I spent evening in new round of getting hacked and bookmarking WordPress security plugins. Anyway Opera servers were taking serious beating and I got interested in @Opera twe...

• Secunia OSI – fast in-browser software security check

  Posted on Saturday August 8th, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, web, Security, update, browser, osi, secunia

  I had previously covered Secunia PSI (software updates checker with focus on security) and mentioned its online version. Secunia Online Software Inspector is online app that runs on Java and checks common software for outdated and insecure versions. ...

• Set up family computer for Internet

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, windows, email, antivirus, opera, browser, remote, avast, ccleaner, dropbox, mydefrag

  One of my brothers got his Windows eaten by viruses (again). I got it (computer) into roughly working shape for starters and convinced him (brother) that Internet connection is really good and useful thing to have. At least for antivirus updates, if ...

• Tweak Opera for large amount of tabs

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, opera, tweak, browser, interface, tab

  Opera had pioneered tabbed interface for browsing. However out of the box it provides tab experience that can be described as generic. For users that tend to open multitude of tabs Opera offers quite a few customization opportunities to make most of ...

• Browser memory benchmark (plus lies and damn lies)

  Posted on Sunday June 21st, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, Firefox, script, opera, browser, benchmark, autoit, ghacks

  Recent browser memory usage benchmark from Dot Net Perls is generating buzz (as such things do). I tried to stay away (as I do) but Martin’s post on discrepancies in it from incorrect measuring of multithreaded Chrome mentioned Opera memory consump...

• Opera Unite – are browsers out of feature ideas?

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, web, server, opera, browser, unite

  With their bold claim of reinventing the web Opera had unveiled Unite service. I am amazed how some made absolutely accurate prediction while I was looking in opposite direction of cloud stuff. By the way this marks browser innovation as dead. Let...

• Disable Opera menu bar for extra screen space

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, opera, tweak, browser, menu

  I kept forgetting to disable Opera menu bar since meltdown-forced reinstall. So post about that, while trying very hard to keep my mind off Opera Software torturing teaser to announcement next week. Why bother Menu bars are very standard and all ove...

• Install multiply Internet Explorer versions with Collection

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, windows, Microsoft, browser, internetexplorer

  Cross-browser compatibility is one of the most flaming issues in web development (for everyone from professionals to bloggers tweaking themes). Internet Explorer is often (but honestly not always) main source of issues. If properly updated Windows tr...

• Get Google’s opinion on site safety

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 11:00 in google, web, malware, site, browser, check, safe

  Internet is filled with sites that spread malware and browsing is like walking rope above those. Antivirus and firewall are a must but they don’t tell you if specific site is safe or not. Google does. Google Safe Browsing When user googles, clicks...

• Fixing home page settings hijack in Opera

  Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, malware, opera, browser, hijack, troubleshoot

  Opera is not widely targeted by malware and so I was extremely interested when encountered hijacked home page. User complained that he couldn’t change home page – it was always pointing to page using Google custom search engine via link that look...

• How to fix JavaScript in Internet Explorer

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, javascript, windows, script, browser, internetexplorer

  My Windows installation at home had very broken Internet Explorer 6: it was crashing all the time; rendered pages in a way I can only call delusional; JavaScript was not working. Exceptionally suitable for testing this blog. However when I actually...

• Fennec – mobile Firefox with big ears

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 10:00 in Software, Firefox, Nokia, web, mozilla, browser, maemo, n810, fennec, microb

  Some time ago new round of news about Fennec briefly hit blogosphere. Those “I don’t have compatible device but it must be probably cool ” news. Since I do have a single (for now) compatible mobile device (Nokia N810 ) I’ve decided to add som...