A Look At Firefox 4 Beta 1
Here are a few screenshots of Firefox 4 on Windows. Click to embiggen. Some observations: Firefox really feels faster than 3. It starts so much faster, and is generally more responsive. It’s not Chrome or Opera fast, but it’s way faster than Firefox old. The new theme has the benefit that, when maximized on Windows, [...]
Deep Blue Sea 2
My friend, Brian Meidell, has spent the last several years polishing what is no doubt the ultimate in match-3 puzzlers. It’s got great music, a puzzle-quest-esque experience point system, powerups and otherwise completely snappy brick matching. It’s absolutely awesome, and you should buy it for Windows today, or wait a little while for a mac [...]
Quick Thoughts On Windows Phone 7
Windows just announced Windows Phone 7 (previously known as Windows Mobile 7). Here’s a video, and after that, some thoughts on the offering. Musings: I like how the lock screen is not a slider, but a “cover” you slide upwards. I’m noticing the Internet Explorer icon, and thinking to myself: Why not rebrand Internet Explorer [...]
Directory Opus 9.5 Mini-Review
GPSoftwares Directory Opus (or Dopus in slang) is a Windows Explorer replacement. It adds built-in FTP, advanced multi-file renaming capabilities, dual column customizable interfaces and a plethora of other features. I just purchased it at a 30% year-end discount, and I have to admit it’s the best bucks I’ve spent in a long time. Directory [...]
Go On, Stroke It
StrokeIt adds mouse gestures to Windows and all its applications. I’ve been using it for years; gestures are nothing new, but StrokeIt 0.9.6 is. It’s Windows Vista and 7 compatible, and works superbly as always. Gestures are invoked by holding the right mouse button and doing a gesture. My favourite gestures (which I’m having a [...]
A Few Quick Thoughts On Gmails New Labels
Google just revamped their label system for Gmail, probably because only power users understood how to leverage their potential. The new system is more like Google Docs, which means labels now behave more like folders. Only, you can still file one email in two labels, which you wouldn’t be able to if they really were [...]
Like Tabs In the Rain: How Safari 4s Tabs-On-Top Could Have Worked
It seems the general reaction to Apple pulling out their Safari 4 Beta “tabs on top” feature has been generally positive. The sentiment seems to indicate the feature to be so inferior to the workaday solution of having tabs below the address-bar, that tabs-on-top shouldn’t even be optional for those of use who understand their [...]