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Strata40 and StrataBuddy give the perfect look to Firefox.
Dec 15th
With all the buzz about the mockups for Mozilla’s upcoming versions of Firefox, people just can’t wait to make their copy look that cool. Well, recently a theme called Strata40 by SpewBoy attempts to capture that new look. It provides the same clean look that Firefox 3.7 and 4.o hope to ship with.
Strata40 + Strata Buddy
This new look designed is designed to provide more straightforward interface by using fewer UI element in the same light as Google Chrome and Apple Safari. Many of the new elements and change aren’t directly translatable to the current Firefox version. For those element, you will need Strata Buddy also by SpewBoy, an extension that complements Strata40 by providing not only the missing functionality but also the ability to configure Strata40 to appear like any of the mockups for Firefox 3.7 or Firefox 4.0.
Strata Buddy is also “Embracing Glass,” as one of the bullet items on the mockup’s wiki article puts it thanks to the native portion of by Glasser extension. If you run Firefox on Windows 7 or Windows Vista, adding Strata Buddy and Strata40 to your install will make you love Firefox even more.
Firefox 3.5.6 Released
Dec 15th
Today Mozilla released a minor update to Firefox 3.5. This new version fixes several security issues and provide few stability, usability, and performance enhancements. Although no major change exist in this release, the usual security and stability fixes are reason enough to upgrade. As usual it is always to run the latest point release of any software like Firefox.
Glasser 3.5.2 Released and Updated Extras
Dec 12th
Today, released Glasser 3.5.2 which expands Firefox compatibility to Firefox 3.6. Also, many extras have been updated to use the new features of Firefox 3.5 and 3.6. Some are now for Firefox 3.6 only. Now go and enjoy the new goodness.
Really liking Thunderbird 3 on Mac
Dec 5th
I have been using Thunderbird on Windows for mail for as long as it has existed, but it recently started to look old and in need of a UI refresh. When I got my MacBook Pro, I tried to use Apple’s Mail.app with GMail’s IMAP support, this seems to have revealed a few bugs in Mail.app. So then I tried Thunderbird 2, it liked GMail alot better and with a few tweaks, it worked OK, but it laked the unread mail count on the dock icon. All-in-all nothing yet liked GMail and worked perfectly on Mac.
I then decided to be bold and try the Thunderbird 3 Beta. Jackpot, the unread mail count worked (most of the time) and it’s new Smart Folder feature made GMail look almost nativity supported by Thunderbird (even with Google’s weird mapping for IMAP folders). Now with RCs out, it seems Thunderbird 3 is shaping up real nice, and it looks really good on Mac OS X. Now if only they can give it a nice new look on Windows.
Comments and Forums are Back
Dec 2nd
I have now turned the comments and forums back on since it seems everything is finally ready and moved without problem.
Moving Blog to New Server.
Nov 28th
Well, I’m in the progress of moving the blog to a new server. This means that at the moment all comments are disabled (by requiring login). Should be back up soon.
As promised… Glasser is now updated for Firefox 3.5.x
Nov 26th
Sorry for the long wait, but I finally got the time to get this done real quick. So not Glasser works with the current Firefox releases. Get it at Mozilla Add-Ons
New Server and end of Firefox Preloader
Nov 4th
I know it has been a long time since I’ve updated Glasser. This has been compounded by loosing access to my server because of a bad update that killed SSH, but also work and getting a new server set up has slowed it.
I will admit that Firefox Preloader is kind of pointless to maintain now, there is just little need for it anymore. I will release a fix for Glasser soon, but only for 32-bit Firefox, before Thanksgiving. I hope to have my new server up next year.
IOBit Caught Stealing MalwareBytes database.
Nov 2nd
According to MalwareBytes, the security company IOBit, based in China has stolen their database of signature and incorporated it into their software’s database of signature. They determined this by using a fake detection that would have only appeared in their database and caught them red-handed.
You can read more about it at: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29681
Dead Server
Jun 10th
For anyone who has been waiting for any updates for my Firefox stuff, it won’t be happening for a while. My webserver is botched and I am trying to move to a new host. In the mean time, everything is still downloadable.