Tall Mike

Try out the New Google Interface.

Here's how you enable it in Firefox.

1) Add this link to your "Bookmarks Toolbar" (may only work in Firefox).

"javascript:Ywzc();if(!/%5C.google%5C.com$/.test(location.host))%20%7Balert('Use%20this%20bookmarklet%20at%20google.com,%20not%20here.');%7D%20else%20%7B%20anon='0000000000000000';%20newlook='ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu';%20C=document.cookie.split(';%20');for(i=0;%20c=C%5Bi%5D;%20++i)%7Bif%20(/%5EPREF=/.test(c))%20%7Br%20=%20c.indexOf(newlook)==-1%20?%20newlook%20:%20anon;%20document.cookie%20=%20'PREF='%20+%20r%20+%20';%20domain=.google.com;%20path=/;%20expires=Mon,%2007%20May%202007%2020:03:11%20GMT';location.reload();}}}"
2) Search for something on Google.
3) Click the bookmark

Alternatively,
you can set the cookie manually to achieve the same results. This
method requires a cookie editor — a good extension for Firefox is Add 'n Edit Cookies. Delete all Google cookies to start clean, then add a new one with the following details.

name: PREF
content: ID=fb7740f107311e46: TM=1142683332: LM=1142683332: S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu
(spaces added to prevent formatting issues — please remove)
host: www.google.com

Technorati Tags: Google, new interface

Mozilla offered alpha release of Firefox
2.0 – Bon Echo Alpha finally, after weeks of rumors and tossing around.

However, this release is really nothing to be excited after all. Mozilla
claimed changes had been made to tabbed browsing, improved bookmark/history
functionality and bug fixes. Nothing excited at all, we don’t use your
bookmark, Firefox. There are tons of online bookmark services can do it better.
The improved tabbed browsing is still nothing comparing to Tab Mix Plus, one of
popular Extension.

Interestingly, the hyperlink of bug fixed list leads to an empty web page. Way
to go, Mozilla!

Mozilla really should think of taking this release back!!!

Technorati Tags: firefox, firefox 2, firefox 2 alpha, crap

This is not the tinderbox download that has been buried on numerous occasions. This is the real deal.

Bon Echo Alpha 1 – is a developer preview release of our next generation Firefox browser and it is being made available for testing purposes only. Bon Echo Alpha 1 is intended for web application developers and our testing community. Current users of Mozilla Firefox 1.x should not use Bon Echo Alpha 1.

What’s New:

• Changes to tabbed browsing behavior
• New data storage layer for bookmarks and history (using SQLlite)
• Extended search plugin format
• Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions
• Support for SVG text using svg:textPath

However, think twice before you go ahead, because of this

Extensions installed under Firefox 1.5 may be incompatible and/or require updates to work with Bon Echo. Please report any issues to the maintainer of the extension. When you install Bon Echo all of your Extensions and Themes may be disabled until Bon Echo determines that either a) they are compatible with the Bon Echo release or b) there are newer versions available that are compatible

• There are significant issues with the user interface, including the history/bookmarks manager, the personal toolbar, the bookmarks menu, the bookmarks add/properties dialog, and livemarks. Many operations cause assets or other warnings, not everything updates properly, some operations don’t work or are disabled.
• Can’t export to bookmarks.html.
• Livemark loading locks up the browser.
• No sidebar-like functionality yet.
• Viewing all history is slow if you have a lot.
• All bookmarks with the same URI will have the same title/properties.
• The first run may take a few seconds to import the data from Firefox 1.0/1.5. There is no progress UI for this.

Technorati Tags: firefox, alpha, bon echo

Toronto Hydro annonced its plan of turning the downtown core into a giant wireless Internet hotspot.

Here is the map of planning Wi-Fi network.

Toronto will become a huge Wi-Fi hotspot this fall, according to this.
The remainning question is How much is the affordable low-cost going to cost?

Toronto Hydro Corp. will announce Tuesday that it plans to turn
Canada’s largest city into one giant wireless hotspot, directly
challenging the country’s major mobile phone carriers for a chunk of
the $8 billion a year wireless market.

With the deployment, which
sources say could be available in the downtown core as early as this
fall, Toronto joins a growing list of North American cities, including
Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Francisco, that have announced plans
to bring low-cost, broadband wireless access to their citizens and
businesses.

“I’ve heard that Ted Rogers is not very happy,” said the source,
referring to the founder of Toronto-based Rogers Communications Inc.,
parent company of Rogers Wireless, the country’s largest mobile phone
provider.

So-called municipal Wi-Fi, which blankets entire cities with the same
wireless network technology found in many homes and small businesses,
makes broadband access virtually ubiquitous and gives municipalities a
way of generating revenue while offering affordable high-speed Internet
access to low-income persons and neighbourhoods.

Technorati Tags: wi-fi, wireless , Toronto , municipal