A video that discusses a Mozilla lab "attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily." For instance, emailing a friend to have lunch and being able to insert a Google map, Yelp review, and add this lunch date to your calendar all from the same window without all the hustle and bustle of clicking, opening new tabs, copying+pasting, etc.

[via NOTCOT]

ecco una cosa veramente utile, come sempre creata dai grandi laboratori Mozilla.

Oggi i Mozilla labs ci presentano uno strumento davvero utile che semplifica il web in una maniera davvero impressionante!!!

Non vi spiego più niente perchè mi sto divertendo troppo ad usarlo...

ancora è un'ALFA ma lo potete scaricare trnquillamente da qui

Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

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• Mozilla's Ubiquity For Firefox Alpha 0.1 Looks Fantastic

Mozilla Weave is an experimental project from Mozilla Labs aiming to synchronize information of Firefox browser (like bookmarks, saved passwords, tabs, history...) across different computers using a simple extension.

Once installed and configured on each browser it automatically synchronizes these metadata offering the same personal data among different computers.

Since it is still experimental it suffers of some issues, like the most popular at the moment: the authentication problem. I don't know if it is a server issue, but I can't authenticate myself using the default settings.

Searching on forums I found a solution provided by some users: use a different server for storing metadata information. The fix suggested explain how to setup a weave server on myDisk.se (a very useful free webdisk).

Simply create an account on myDisk.se, create this directory structure: "user/youruser", where youruser is your login name, then update the server URL on the advanced tab of the weave options (https://mydisk.se/youruser).

Sign in, synchronize et voilà, you can login again!

An extra advantage of this solution is that synchronizing is a lot faster than the overloaded (for now?) Mozilla default server.

Give it a try!

The new limits, which will go into effect 1 October, actually won't mean a lot for 99% of their customers, according to the cable company. They have posted some comparisons on their FAQ of what it will take to reach the new limit.

To reach 250 GB in a month, for example, a customer would have to do any of the following:

• Send 50 million emails (at 0.05 KB/email)
• Download 62,500 4 MB songs (at 4 MB/song)
• Download 125 standard-definition movies (at 2 GB/movie)
• Upload 25,000 hi-resolution digital photos (at 10 MB/photo)

The big problem is that people who use streaming video, such as watching videos on Amazon, Netflix or  the new WB.com website, will have a better shot at hitting the limit each month. And Chris points out that they didn't have a calculation for YouTube and Hulu vids. As Cnet's Josh Lowensohn writes, services like Carbonite and Mozy that let you backup your hard drives online will also help people reach their monthly bandwidth limit.

Comcast states that the first month you hit the limit you'll be contacted by the company, but if it happens again within a six-month period they will loose their net connection completely for a calendar year.

I'll admit when I first saw this story I was pretty ticked, especially in light of Comcast's ad campaign for their faster high-speed connection, but as I looked into it more and discussed it with the roomies I realize we may not have that much to worry about. Unfortunately there's a question on their FAQ about any usage monitoring tools that isn't very helpful at all.

How does Comcast help its customers track their usage so they can avoide exceeding the limit?

There are many online tools customers can download and use to measure their consumption. Customers can find such tools by simply doing a Web search - for example, a search for "bandwidth meter" will provide some options. Customers using multiple PCs should just be aware that they will need to measure and combine their total monthly usage in order to identify the data usage for their entire account.

In other words, they're just limiting your total downloads. Their subscribers are on their own to figure out how much they actually download each month.

Both of my roomies play MMORPGs, so we're concerned about the amount of bandwidth that will get sucked up by Lord of the Rings Online. And of course with Ubuntu Intrepid currently in late beta stage it could affect my plans to help beta test the next release. Each update that gets downloaded for either LOTRO or Ubuntu, as well as for my roomies' Windows computers, will add to our total bandwidth usage.

In the coming month the roomies will try to figure out how much bandwidth their MMOPRGs consume and see if it's possible to download patches to one computer to share with the other. I, of course, will have to carefully watch my download of updates to Ubuntu Intrepid in the coming month. Since the cap goes into effect after September I suspect I'll be grabbing the testing version of Intrepid once it leaves alpha stage and make a point of getting as up to date as possible before 1 October.

It almost makes us want to switch ISPs, but the only real alternative for us is Verizon DSL, and we've already taken our business elsewhere due to their rate increases, unreliable connection, and horrible customer service. In fact we left Verizon to switch to Comcast, so we may be up a certain creek with nary a paddle to navigate.

En échange de la boite de recherche Google installée par défaut sur Firefox, Google paiera une somme conséquente. En 2006 il s’agissait de 57 millions de dollars, ce qui représentait 85% des revenus de Mozilla. L’accord a été prolongé jusqu’en 2008 puis hier jusqu’en 2011 ;-) !

Cet accord permettra à la fondation Mozilla foundation de continuer avec le développement de Firefox, du client mail Thunderbird et d’autres applications. Le CEO John Lilly précise :

“Nous sommes très heureux de notre relation avec Google et cela nous assure en plus notre avenir”, je vais craquer :-P !

Mozilla utilise ces fonds afin de rémunérer son équipe, de payer les frais de bande passante et d’autres infrastructures. Mais avec 85% des revenus, Mozilla est devenu totalement dépendant de Google, ce qui semble gêner quelques membres de la communauté OpenSource. Mais Mozilla continue de clamer son indépendance. Dans les FAQ de 2006 :

“Nous développons notre produit en OpenSource sans aucune relation avec notre partenariat Google. Ce dernier collaborât uniquement pour la partie qui concerne sa boîte de recherche. De plus, Google n’est impliqué dans aucune autre activité de Mozilla.“

Mozilla foundation est une organisation à but non lucratif qui possède deux sociétés qui gère les profits des projets OpenSource.

Site officiel de Mozilla, de Google, et source : TechCruch en Français.

• Unii prefera Firefox

[syryus]: Sunt utilizator de Firefox. Desi e mai sigur decat IE [Internet Explorer] , Firefox are o mare problema... de care vad ca nu scapa: consumul de memorie, care, in anumite situatii, este absolut criminal. In aceasta privinta IE e mai bun.Si vad ca aceasta versiune inca beta e si mai buna in aceasta privinta. Totusi, inca raman la firefox 3.

• IE8: defecte in opinia unora

[mirko] enumera ceea ce el considera a fi defectele IE8:

- a durat o veşnicie şi 2 restartări instalarea pt. XP;
- se încăpăţânează ribbonul cu "Internet Explorer is currently running with add-ons disabled. Click here to manage, disable or remove your add-ons"; orice combinaţii par a fi fără efect; nu mai rulează nimic în flash prin pagini, nexam clipuri, nexam YouTube, nexam permisiune de instalare Adobe's Flash Player, "NO NOTHING";
- singura noutate de până acum, o bâzdâganie albăstruie enervantă care se iveşte cum dai un click pe câte ceva şi se oferă să caute pe net chestii similare;
- a dispărut bara pentru semne de carte (Favorites) de parcă suntem din nou în 1995;
- au reintrodus în submeniul click dreapta "Open in new tab" care dispăruse din Beta1.

• IE8:  nu sunt defecte - spun altii
  

[Gigi Marga @Mirko]
- instalarea dureaza o "vesnicie" numai daca alegi sa faca scan de malware, altfel instalarea dureaza max. 2-3 minute si o singura restartare sub XP!
- eu n-am nici un ribbon "incapatanat", problema este exclusiv a ta: ai facut disable la add-on-uri si acum te miri ca nu-ti merge flash, youtube si altele; probabil la fel ti-ai taiat permisiunile de instalare si acum te plangi... (la mine merg toate din prima).
- referitor la "bazdagania albastruie" poti sa mergi la Manage Search Providers si sa disable optiunile de "Search Suggestions" pentru providerul tau de search;
- bara de "semne de carte" este acolo, trebuie numai sa faci right click (sus pe bara de meniu) si sa selectezi "Favorites bar"...
s.a.m.d.

[Concluzia lui Gigi Marga]: Microsoft s-a chinuit sa imbunatateasca IE in versiunea beta insa majoritatea userilor novici nu stiu sa-l configureze si sa-l foloseasca pentru a beneficia de imbunatatirile aduse. IE5 era suficient pentru majoritatea userilor.
Cel mai bine este sa se astepte versiunea finala care speram ca se va configura din start in asa fel incat "profesionistii" care scriu review-uri sa nu aiba atatea probleme;

Segundo Chris DiBona (Open Source Program Manager do Google) a maneira como a empresa passou a enxergar essas licenças mudou. Antes havia uma preocupação bem maior em desencorajar a proliferação de licenças open source.

Hoje, segundo DiBona, a saúde da comunidade em torno do Eclipse e o enorme interesse de grupos em utilizar a MPL para, por exemplo, permitir o desenvolimento de adições ao Firefox e a outros projetos da Mozilla, forçaram o Google a reconsiderar sua posição.

Leia a notícia no Cnet News.

In this episode:

Website: tech2dayshow.wordpress.com
Email: techtoday2008@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/aaronsalome

Some record companies concerned that Apple's iTunes is negatively affecting the industry's overall sales power are shying away from the online service. Musician Kid Rock's "Rock 'n Roll Jesus" album, released last year, was not available through iTunes, but still sold 1.7 million copies in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal (8/28)

AC/DC hasn't licensed its music to iTunes, staying with album sales, which are more profitable.

When it comes to search, Microsoft is trying everything it can to become a serious player. It tried to acquire Yahoo, its latest version of Internet Explorer attempts to steer Web surfers away from Google, and then there is straight-out payola to search advertisers. I am talking, of course, of Microsoft’s Live Search Cashback promotion, which lets advertisers offer rebates to consumers who make a purchase after doing a Microsoft search. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/microsoft-live-search-cashback-scheme-fails-to-move-the-market-share-needle 8/28)

Mozilla, the non-profit organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, has extended its search deal with Google for another three years. In return for setting Google as the default search engine on Firefox, Google pays Mozilla a substantial sum - in 2006 the total amounted to around $57 million, or 85% of the company’s total revenue. The deal was originally going to expire in 2006, but was later extended to 2008 and will now run through 2011. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/mozilla-extends-lucrative-deal-with-google-for-3-years 8/28)

YouTube has turned on the ability to add full closed captions to videos. This will not only allow videos to appeal more directly to foreign audiences, but will give YouTube excellent data for searching videos and targeting ads to them. After all, a complete set of subtitles is the same as a transcript of the video. And you can upload subtitles for as many languages as you want. It’s excellent data. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/youtube-adds-closed-captioning 8/28)

To turn closed captioning on or off, click the CC button at the bottom right of the screen.

Attorneys representing online video sites around the country are salivating today over the Veoh summary judgment decision (I know this because I’ve spoken to a few of them). In a nutshell, here’s what we learned today: If you take reasonable precautions against copyrighted materials on your service, you may be ok. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/what-the-veoh-decision-means-for-youtube-and-others 8/28)

CSI creator Anthony Zuiker signed a deal with publishing house Dutton to create a trio of suspense/thriller "digital novels" that include print, online video and social networking components, reports Variety. At the end of each five chapters readers will receive a code they plug into a website in order to view filmed vignettes that act as a transition to the next part of the story. The first title, Sqweegel, is due out in the fall of 2009 about a retired FBI (who guessed it) forensic investigator who picks up cases on the side. (Cynopsis 8/28)

Why is it that both political campaigns feel the need to have their own social networks. Barack Obama has my.barackobama.com and John McCain has McCainSpace, which just relaunched with a new design from KickApps after failing massively on its own. The new McCainSpace design itself is functional enough, giving McCain supporters a central place to discuss election issues via blogs, forums, videos, and photos. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/close-encounters-of-the-republican-kind-mccainspace-relaunches 8/28)

West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin chose Facebook to break the news about his newest film project with producer Scott Rudin - about the birth of Facebook. (He actually admits it was his researcher Ian Reichbach who started the group, given how technologically challenged Aaron is.) He gets points for using the medium he will be writing about to announce the deal and ping the crowd for backstories, but bloggers are already questioning his tech street cred. (Cynopsis 8/28)

Multiplatform music network Music Choice launched a special Live Your Vote thematic programming feature including a politically themed video playlist hosted by rapper/activist David Banner. A special Live Your Vote edition of Rock U features contributions from politically outspoken rock stars such as Tom Morello, Serj Tankian and Three Doors Down. (Cynopsis 8/28)

Lifetime, which doubled its revenue during the recent digital sales upfront, has acquired the ParentsClick Network, a San Francisco firm that develops social-networking Web sites for parents to share best practices in raising their children. As part of the deal, Lifetime gets control of MothersClick.com and more than 200 other URLs, including FathersClick.com. The Washington Post/paidContent.org (8/27) , Mediaweek (8/27) , Variety (8/27)

Video search engine Blinkx is partnering with Getty Images to help users more easily index Getty's video and photo content. As part of the deal the company will leverage Blinkx's AdHoc platform to place contextually relevant advertising against Getty Images' multimedia, sharing resulting ad revenue. Getty's digital video content includes live footage from the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. (Cynopsis 8/28)

Top Visited US Broadcast Network TV Websites (Week ending Aug. 23, 2008)
Rank                Network Website    Market Share of Visits
1  CBS       www.cbs.com 32.09%
2  NBC       www.nbc.com 27.21%
3 ABC        www.abc.com 21.19%
4 FOX*      www.fox.com 14.08%
5 The CW    www.cwtv.com 4.75%
6 MNTV   www.mynetworktv.com .69%
Source: Custom report from Hitwise, *includes traffic aggregated from stand alone websites americanidol.com, amw.com, familyguy.com, thelot.com and thesimpsons.com.

Top Visited US Broadcast Network TV Show Sites (Week ending Aug. 23, 2008)
Rank   Network       Website                      Market Share of Visits
1          CBS          Big Brother 9                        16.48%
2          FOX          American's Most Wanted         6.11%
3          FOX          American Idol                        5.73%
4          NBC          Deal or No Deal                     4.37%
5          ABC          Dancing With The Stars          4.37%
6          CBS          CSI                                       2.67%
7          NBC          Heroes                                  2.62%
8          NBC          The Office                              2.53%
9          ABC          Lost                                       2.50%
10         CBS          Swingtown                             2.46%
Source: Custom report from Hitwise

Vediamo qualche caratteristica :

- Icone animate di stato nella barra degli strumenti che mostra un proxy quando è in uso
- Possibilità di selezionare più proxy
- Add-on leggero e stabile
- E possibile creare una lista nera
- Comando veloce di disattivazione/attivazione

E molti altri pregi....

Sito ufficiale :

http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/

Download :

https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/2464

The early examples are a little simple (why do all mashups seem to center around maps?), but they hint at some possibilities that could be quite intriguing down the road (although for me to really start using it they'd have to tie in with my desktop apps; I like web services, but I'm not a all-web-all-the-time convert). It'll be interesting to see what they (and others) do with it.

Bravo, de-acum poti sa-mi citesti Blogul in cele mai bune conditii ;)

Commençons par un peu d'histoire: Songbird à été présenté au public en février 2006 par "Pioneers of the Inevitable" avec la version 0.1 "Hilda", il se devait être une alternative à iTunes. Mais ce qui le différenciait c'est qu'il intègre une navigateur dont il emprunte l'interface de Firefox, et étrangement sur le site officiel c'est écrit "powered by Mozilla" (Carbure à partir de Mozilla :) ).

Il intègre donc une navigateur (sans flash, ni java :I ) mais qui permet de localiser les fichiers vidéos et audios, de les écouter (pas de voir les fichiers vidéo) et de les télécharger, pratique sur des blogs musicaux ou Jamendo par exemple. Il lit les formats les plus courants comme le mp3,  aac, ogg Vorbis et plus. Il utilise le même système d'extensions que Firefox & cie et donc permet d'ajouter des fonctionnalités et de changer le thème. Tiens en parlant du thème celle ci vient de changer entre la dernière version et celle ci, déjà il était pas mal celui d'avant l'actuelle est plus belle, moins sombre et plus sobre, ellle s'inspire un peu du Graphite d'Apple mais le résultat ne déplait pas, de plus il peut se faire tout discret dans un version mini, sympa si on utilise Gimp avec de la musique en arrière plan.

En somme cette nouvelle version promet d'être une sérieuse concurant à Amarok, Rhythmbox et vous l'aurez compris iTunes et il permet de synchroniser avec votre iPod (Apple l'omniscient :P ) ou un baladeur MTP (windows seulement :( ) et en plus sur le site il est dressé une liste de fonctions pour le futur comme l'extraction de CDs ou même la vidéo. Donc on attends toute avec impatience la version finale, sinon pour essayer songbird il suffit de le télécharger sur le site pour Linux 32 bits ou 64 bits, Windows et Mac OS X (Intel).

Ubiquity is a natural-language command based interface that allows you to accomplish common tasks from your browser easier and faster.

The overall goals of Ubiquity are to explore how best to:

* Empower users to control the web browser with language-based instructions. (With search, users type what they want to find. With Ubiquity, they type what they want to do.)
* Enable on-demand, user-generated mashups with existing open Web APIs. (In other words, allowing everyone–not just Web developers–to remix the Web so it fits their needs, no matter what page they are on, or what they are doing.)
* Use Trust networks and social constructs to balance security with ease of extensibility.
* Extend the browser functionality easily.

The technology has significant potential, but I don't see any features currently available that are particularly exciting to me personally.

Introducing Ubiquity (Mozilla Labs)
Ubiquity Tutorial (Mozilla Wiki)
Make the Web Do Your Bidding With Firefox’s New Ubiquity UI (Webmonkey)
If You Want To Create a Mashup, Just Ask Your Browser. Mozilla Labs Launches Ubiquity (TechCrunch)
Ubiquity prototype lets users take command of Firefox (Ars Technica)

Mozilla Labs has opened its doors again to share its ingenuity with the rest of the Web. Looking for a way to change the way we browse, Mozilla Labs has launched Ubiquity, a visual interface that plugs into Firefox, Mozilla's open source browser, and may change the way users interact with the Web.

It's still a little early in Ubiquity's life to call it a game changer, but there are some promising elements in place.

Writing on the Mozilla Labs blog, Aza Raskin lays out the plan for Mozilla's Ubiquity. "Today we're announcing the launch of Ubiquity, a Mozilla Labs experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily," wrote Raskin.

Right now adding a map to an email requires you to go to an online map service, type in an address, copy the link and paste it into the email for the recipient to click on and peruse. Ubiquity changes that approach. By installing Ubiquity on a machine with Firefox, users can open the Ubiquity window, type in the address they are looking for, insert the image into an email message and send it along.

Not satisfied with just the map? Maybe you want to attach a review of the restaurant where a group of friends are meeting up? Ubiquity can search Yelp and attach the review to the same email. Now all the information the recipient needs is on hand and in one message.

Currently, Ubiquity is only compatible with Gmail. And that's just one example of what Ubiquity can do. Google searches, Wikipedia searches, a calculator function and text translator are just a few of the other functionalities that come built into Ubiquity.

ChannelWeb

Преводът е неофициален (не че е по-особен, просто регистрираните преводачи са други), направихме го защото няма официален. Като казвам "ние", ние сме четирима души от форума на Kaldata.com, където всъщност се роди идеята за превода. Заслугите са на: Bfaf, Wankata, Biskata & Fingli (c'est moi). Това, с което можем да се похвалим е екипната работа, като благодарение на нея успяхме да направим и тестваме превода само за няколко дни след излизането на официалния релийз (за разлика от официалния тийм, който още не е готов с превода, хаха).
Между впрочем, наближава излизането на версия 3.0.2 и в тази връзка писахме до координиращият екип в Mozilla, дали можем да се включим в официалното превеждане на Firefox. От там ни увериха, че макар преводът да се е забавил, в момента имало движение. Надявам се, че ще успеят да се вместят в графика за излизането на Firefox 3.0.2.

Повече за превода, както и коментари за него, могат да се прочетат (и напишат) във форума на Калдата, в тази тема. Самият файл може да се изтегли от bg-interface.net или натисни директния линк тук ако не ти се ходи до сайта ;)

За да се инсталира, първо трябва да се разархивира, после файлът bg-BG.xpi се завлачва до прозореца на браузъра. След инсталирането напиши в адресната лента about:config и Enter, намираш general.useragent.locale и го преправяш от en-US на bg-BG.

I love change.  As much as I dreaded Vista, I was delighted to see the operating system evolving.  I geek out every time Mozilla updates their browser; every time I find a new add-on or macro; every time I read about the advances AMD and Intel are making.  I love researching new computers, new cars, new software, new apple varieties (the edible kind), new book genres, new cell phone technology, new ways to make things work.  Sometimes I cling to the old if I don't like the new (case-in-point, I still play AD&D 2.0; the establishment just released 4.0). But I still research and read and learn and figure it out.

Will I ever wake up and not care that Intel has found a new way to make processors faster?  Will I ever not gleefully anticipate ground-breaking technology, like wireless charging?  Maybe.  Maybe, in another 50 years or so, I won't care how fast my computer is, because I can only move so fast.  But for now, I'm still downloading beta... okay, alpha... software because I'm so excited! And I just can't hide it! I know, I know (I know I know). Okay, I'll stop! *ducks*

Today, I start exploring Ubiquity.

*whispers* And I think I like it!

Falando sério agora. A idéia do protótipo da Mozilla é criar uma espécie de linha de comando para facilitar a navegação na internet. (ou seja, eles estão criando soluções para problemas que antes não existiam.)

Por exemplo, atualmente se queremos enviar uma imagem por email (alguém AINDA usa isso?) devemos copiar a imagem para o computador, anexar no email e enviar. (ou se tu for preguiçoso, mandar o só o link.)
O Ubiquity quer transformar o processo em algo como escrever "enviar isso para pessoa" ("email this para pessoa") que ele cuida do resto. Isso me pareceu uma idéia interessante, mas que não me faria mudar de navegador só por isso.
E deverá funcionar bem para quem é usuário mais leigo (não, os miguxos do orkut não vão conseguir usar, a idéia é muito complexa para eles. Creio que não deva funcionar da maneira deles: "inviaaaaa ixu pro RaFeAeelziiiiituuuuuuu"). Claro, talvés agrade também os mais avançados.

Está curioso para ver como funciona ou se funciona? Não precisa se preocupar, existe um protótipo para teste. Não sabe como funciona? RTFM.

Fonte: MeioBit

Entre as diversas funções do Ubiquity, algumas se destacam. Se você quiser saber alguma informação sobre os Beatles, por exemplo, basta acionar a barra do Ubiquity (clicando ctrl-espaço), escrever "wikipedia beatles" e dar enter. O Firefox abrirá automaticamente uma nova aba com o verbete dos Beatles na Wikipedia. O padrão é abrir a página em inglês, o que não é problema uma vez que o Ubiquity permite que você selecione o texto e peça "translate this to portuguese". Ele compreende "this" como o bloco de texto selecionado e faz a tradução dentro da própria página onde você está.

Achou a informação e agora quer enviar para alguém? Basta digitar "email this to fulano". Se você estiver logado no Gmail, o próprio programa faz uma busca na sua agenda de endereços.

Veja este vídeo com algumas dicas de como usar o Mozilla Ubiquity.