Noscope is a bi-weekly journal serving up snacksized portions of pointless stuff since 2001.
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Quick Thoughts On The IE9 PDC Preview

    11:24 on November 19th, 2009 , , , , , ,

Good old Microsoft still think they have something to offer the web community. Segway: maybe theydo! Internet Explorer 9 is in the works, and if everything goes according to plan, it’ll sport 2D hardware acceleration (faster and more smooth scaling and rendering of fonts and CSS borders and images), CSS3 support (the interviewer seems to [...]

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New Opera Icon [Update]

    12:42 on August 25th, 2009 , ,

According to Jon Hicks, the Opera browser is set to get a new icon, designed by Oleg Melnychuk. It’s a little happy guy in a red jumpsuit, sporting the a capital O on his tummy. Certainly an improvement over the old one, while still not redoing the entire logo (which I’m sure the darkly [...]

Firefox 3.5 Mini-Review

    09:43 on July 24th, 2009 , , , , , , ,

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is the latest version of the open source project originally spun off of the Netscape browser. Its latest incarnation features private surfing, better history handling, a number of web standards display features, speed improvements and a tweaked icon.
With 3.7 already on the way, Firefox 3.5 may prove to be a short-lived pleasure. But [...]

Quick Thoughts On Mozillas Firefox 3.7 Theme Revamp Mockup

    13:22 on July 22nd, 2009 , , , , , , ,

The next Firefox browser, 3.7, is apparently scheduled for a theme revamp. As indicated by the above mockup, Mozilla is pondering radical changes (see all mockups). Some thoughts:

Clearly, Mozilla looks to embrace Windows’ glass interface to make the browser look so much the more platform-native. The idea is nice, but the current implementation looks as [...]

A Window With A Chrome Finish

    13:42 on July 08th, 2009 , , , , , , , , ,

The once-mythical GooOS has materialized, and it’s carved in Chrome. Google has just announced that they’re entering the operating system arena with their own offering, Google Chrome OS. Here are the facts:

Linux-core
Initially targeted for Netbooks, later also for full size desktops
New windowing system
Focused on getting you on the web quickly
Open source
Will run on x86 (Intel) [...]

So Safari 4 Ditched The Tabs-On-Top Again

    11:40 on June 09th, 2009 , , ,

During last nights special Apple event, the final version of Safari 4 was released. And with that, they ditched one of the most interesting new features that was introduced in the beta, tabs on top (here’s a screenshot). Apparently they couldn’t make it userfriendly enough. Pussies.

Internet Explorer 8 Mini-Review

    14:14 on March 20th, 2009 , , ,

Internet Explorer 8 is a fairly fast tabbed webbrowser which sports unique features such as a website suggestion service (based on what other sites you’ve visited) and “web accelerators”, glorified shortcuts for common tasks such as blogging or finding maps.

Compared to both Internet Explorer 6 and 7, 8 is an improvement. It is indeed faster, [...]

Chrome Beta Channel

    09:39 on March 19th, 2009 , ,

In recent Chrome news, Google has re-opened the beta channel, currently giving you access to Chrome 2 beta, which almost features extensions.
Since tasting Chrome, I’ve been yearning for the speed and stability it gives over Firefox, holding out for extensions.

No Tab Left Behind

    18:07 on February 24th, 2009 , , , , , , ,

With the new Safari 4 beta, Apple is taking a page from the book of Opera and Google Chrome and moving their browser tabs all the way to the top:
While not an incredibly original idea, it is a good idea and there are a number of reasons why. First of all, it optimizes the amount [...]

The Adblock Problem

    20:29 on December 02nd, 2008 , ,

This is just too delicious. Google is drafting a spec on how extensions may be added to Google Chrome (screenshot gallery). Specifically, the draft mentions the ability to add “content filters” such as Adblock.
Adblock is an extension to Firefox which, well, blocks ads. Add to the mix a filterset updater and your list of ads-to-block [...]

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