Noscope is a bi-weekly journal serving up snacksized portions of pointless stuff since 2001.
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Invoke Google Chrome Frame When Available

    15:58 on February 11th, 2010 , , , , ,

Google recently changed the way you harness the power of Google Chrome Frame in Internet Explorer. Chrome Frame is the plugin which adds Google Chrome as a browser renderer inside Internet Explorer, giving you access to, among other things, HTML5.
Previously, you inserted a simple meta tag. Now you have to send the headers programmatically. [...]

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Quick Thoughts On Googles Just-Launched Chrome Extensions Gallery

    18:59 on December 08th, 2009 , , , ,

Google is clearly working the midnight oil trying to get Chrome extensions up and running for Add-On-Con next week. They’ve just launched both Chrome beta for Linux and the official extensions gallery:
While extensions aren’t yet available for the Mac, I would assume an extensions-capable beta is what’s next on the menu.
Some thoughts:

Nice and simple design, [...]

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Where’s Google Webdrive?

    11:26 on December 01st, 2009 , , , , ,

During Googles special Chrome OS presentation a few thursdays ago, I noticed an incongruity between the core ideology that you’ll have no files stored locally and the complete lack of a Google Webdrive announcement. I’ve embedded the above video to start at about 4:20 where the presenter is talking about data in the cloud:
I mentioned [...]

More Like A TV

    13:38 on November 21st, 2009 , , ,

During Googles Chrome OS announcement Thursday, one thing struck me as being the killer app that’ll bring the system into our homes. It’s the startup speed. In this video, a Chrome OS engineer explains how Google, by shelving 50 year-old hardware are able to make the system boot in 4 seconds; like a TV:
The general [...]

Conjecture: What To Expect From Google Chrome OS [Update: In The Ballpark]

    16:33 on November 19th, 2009 , , , ,

Google is showing off their Chrome OS at an event later today. Because I find it infinitely fascinating to see what kinds of rabbits the folks at the Googleplex pull out of their hats, I’m going to convert my anticipation into wild speculation:

The grand idea is to make Chrome OS to PCs what Android and [...]

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Quick Thoughts On The IE9 PDC Preview

    11:24 , , , , , ,

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 [...]

Handle IE8: Use Chrome Frame If Available, Fallback To IE7 [Updated]

    11:20 on November 02nd, 2009 , , , ,

Internet Explorer 8 wasn’t a welcome surprise. While the new rendering engine was supposed to be more standards compliant, the CSS engine wasn’t updated similarly, so the net result was it couldn’t render advanced CSS layouts anyway, even if it tried to. The solution was to add a meta tag to tell IE8 to use [...]

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Elegant Finger

    22:32 on September 22nd, 2009 , , ,

There’s a little game of cat and mouse going on between Google and Microsoft, a game that just got a bit more interesting. Just now, Google sent a love-letter to web-developers worldwide; everyone except those at Microsoft. They got a Dear John letter.
Fresh off the stove, Google Chrome Frame allows users of Internet Explorer to [...]

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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) [...]

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