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kottke.org posts about browsers

8-bit Safari browserFeb 17 2011

Pixelfari is an 8-bit version of Safari that renders everything in pixely fonts and graphics. Here's what kottke.org looks like using Pixelfari:

Cool Safari extensionsJun 11 2010

Safari 5 supports extensions now...here are some I've downloaded so far:

SafariRestore automatically restores your previous browsing session. That Safari still doesn't do this by default is beyond ridiculous.

YouTube5 converts YouTube videos to their HTML5 video tag equivalents. It says it only works on youtube.com right now, but it works great on the kottke.org as well. (See underwater base jump, e.g.)

NoMoreiTunes stops Safari from opening iTunes when you visit an iTunes Store link. Again, Safari's default behavior is not optimal here.

I got all these from the Safari Extensions Tumblr, which is a bit overwhelming. I wish they'd curate a bit more instead of letting everything through. To that end, are you using any good extensions people should know about? Do tell.

How people use FirefoxApr 01 2010

From a study on how people use Firefox, a heat map that highlights the most- and least-popular menu items. Bookmarks got the most use by far, followed by copy and paste. Copy was used about twice as much as paste, which suggests that about 50% of the time, people are copying things to be pasted into another program. Oh and not a single person used "Redo". (via ben fry)

Safari 4 betaFeb 24 2009

It's supposed to be really fast. Check it out here.

Update: The new location for the tabs is pretty disorienting so far. (So far = 10 minutes of use.) I keep glancing up in the middle to see the title of the page I'm on and it's not there...and then I have to hunt for whichever tab I'm on. The separation of the tabs from the page content is also causing me problems. The page area is What I'm Looking At Now and the tabs are What I'm Going To Look At Soon...why separate them with a bunch of stuff (aside from the URL) that is unrelated to either of those things...i.e. What I Almost Never Need To Look At?

How to run Greasemonkey scripts in Safari.Nov 16 2007

How to run Greasemonkey scripts in Safari. Doesn't work with some scripts, but something is better than nothing. (via justin)

Word is that Firefox 3 will support offlineFeb 12 2007

Word is that Firefox 3 will support offline web apps. The WebOS comes a bit closer to reality.

Here's what kottke.org looks like usingDec 22 2006

Here's what kottke.org looks like using the browser on the Wii. The browser is from Opera and is available for free by going to the Wii Shop Channel, then Wii Ware, and then click "Download".

Now that you've installed the new versionOct 26 2006

Now that you've installed the new version of Firefox, here's all the tweaks you need to make it work right.

Because of the Eolas patent crap, MicrosoftMar 17 2006

Because of the Eolas patent crap, Microsoft is updating Internet Explorer so that you need to click to "activate" any Flash or Quicktime applet. There's a workaround that involves replacing all your <object> <embed> and <applet> tags with JavaScript functions that write those tags. This is going to make a lot of web sites a pain in the ass to use with IE and developers are going to have to modify a lot of code. What a nightmare. (thx, dunstan)

Camino, a web browser for the Mac,Feb 14 2006

Camino, a web browser for the Mac, finally goes 1.0. It seems like 5 years have passed since I switched away from Camino. I loved it then and I'd switch back in a second if had the features of and was being developed to the extent of Firefox or Safari. (via df)

Positive review of Flock, a new Mozilla-basedAug 16 2005

Positive review of Flock, a new Mozilla-based browser with drag and drop blogging and Flickring built in.

Looks like the new version of GreasemonkeyJul 27 2005

Looks like the new version of Greasemonkey fixes all the security holes and is "incredibly backward-compatible".

Cello is a graphical WWW browser like MosaicJul 26 2005

Cello is a graphical WWW browser like Mosaic. "Cello runs under Microsoft Windows on any IBM PC with a 386SX chip or better. While we have run Cello with only 2MB of RAM on a 386SX-16 machine, we think you'll like it better on a machine with more memory and a faster chip."

WiReD magazine on the Mosaic WWW browserJul 26 2005

WiReD magazine on the Mosaic WWW browser and how it is "well on its way to becoming the world's standard interface". "Mosaic is the celebrated graphical 'browser' that allows users to travel through the world of electronic information using a point-and-click interface. Mosaic's charming appearance encourages users to load their own documents onto the Net, including color photos, sound bites, video clips, and hypertext 'links' to other documents. By following the links -- click, and the linked document appears -- you can travel through the online world along paths of whim and intuition."

The makers of the WWW browser MosaicJul 26 2005

The makers of the WWW browser Mosaic are keeping track of what's new on the WWW. "Carnegie Mellon has announced their Web server; here's the 'Front Door'; here's the home page. ('Front door'... interesting metaphor, that.)"