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May 4 2011

Google Chrome Canary for Mac available

If you are a fan of Google’s Chrome Browser than you will be interested in Google latest incarnation for the Mac – Chrome Canary. It is now available from Google’s Chrome Canary download site.

Google Chrome Canary

Canary is a developer version of Google Chrome, not unlike Chromium. However, Canary comes with some extras. Windows users have had the option to download Canary, essentially an experimental build of the Chrome browser, for some time now. Now, at least, Mac users get the same access to these developer versions and the great thing about them is they don’t overwrite your existing installation of Chrome.

To get Chrome Canary for Mac, head to the download page or check out some of the other more stable releases on the Chromium Early Access Release Channels page.

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Oct 19 2010

Safari Extensions – Tumblr site

Apple Safari icon
Image via Wikipedia

If you use Safari on a Mac then you may want to install some of the extensions that are now available since Apple added the feature to its popular browser platform.

You can, of course, find many on Apple’s site at http://extensions.apple.com/ but they don’t have a complete list as Apple likes to check them out for itself before it includes them.

Another source that is more complete is http://safariextensions.tumblr.com/ so why not head over there right now and check it out. You will find the latest extensions including previewForBlogger (from Prime Design Works), which allows you to immediately preview your blog post to Google’s Blogger (Blogspot). After installing it, when you access the pages “New Post” or “Edit Post”, the preview box is displayed below the text box.

You could just download the extension form the Prime Design Work site but of course you’d have to know it was there in the first place. Its much better to go to one site that lists all the extensions and then click on the links there. That way you don’t have to do numerous searches in Google.

So, well done to Safari Extensions for providing a very useful service to Safari enthusiasts.

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Jun 8 2010

Safari 5 now available for download

Apple Safari icon
Image via Wikipedia

Although everyone was concentrating on the new iPhone, for the majority of Mac (and Windows) users Safari 5 is a much more important release. After all, not all of us will be able to afford the new iPhone (I still haven’t been able to justify any of them!).

It didn’t receive as much publicity but its arrival is still to be welcomed. Its now available for download through Apple‘s Software Update. Features include:

  • Safari Reader – an improved way to read articles in Safari itself
  • Enhanced HTML 5 support – over a dozen new features
  • Faster – Improved Nitro engine gives 30% increase in speed to Javascript
  • Bing Search – more choice for search engines with Microsoft‘s Bing added to the mix
  • Safari Extensions – the introduction of extensions (finally!) bring Apple into line with Mozilla and Google
  • ARIA Support – enhanced features for making content more accessible for those users with disabilities
  • Enhanced Navigation – keyboard navigation without using a mouse now possible
  • Full-page Zoom – the ability to zoom in or out of content using shortcuts, Multi-Touch gestures or the Zoom Toolbar
  • CSS Enhancements – Safari is the first browser to support CSS Animation and CSS Web Fonts for cutting-edge websites
  • Javascript – now supports ECMA 262 Version 3, the latest version of Javascript. Promises improved dynamic features in AJAX applications

Other improvements include:

  • Smarter Address Field: The Smart Address Field can now match text against the titles of webpages in History and Bookmarks, as well as any part of their URL.
  • Tabs Setting: Automatically open new webpages in tabs instead of in separate windows.
  • Hardware Acceleration for Windows: Use the power of the computer’s graphics processor to smoothly display media and effects on PC as well as Mac.
  • Search History with Date: A new date indicator in Full History Search shows when webpages were viewed.
  • Top Sites/History Button: Switch easily between Top Sites and Full History Search with a new button that appears at the top of each view.
  • Private Browsing Icon: A “Private” icon appears in the Smart Address Field when Private Browsing is on. Click on the icon to turn off Private Browsing.
  • DNS Prefetching: Safari looks up the addresses of links on webpages and can load those pages faster.
  • Improved Page Caching: Safari can add additional types of webpages to the cache so they load quickly.
  • XSS Auditor: Safari can filter potentially malicious scripts used in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
  • Improved JavaScript Support: Safari allows web applications that use JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to run faster and more securely.

For more information about fixes that improve performance, stability and compatibility, please see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4134

For information on the security content of this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

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Aug 7 2009

Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple board

Eric Schmidt
Google and Apple are now more direct competitors than ever before nd for this reason, Eric Schmidt ha had to resign from Apple’s board. The Google Chief Executive was a non-executive director of Apple but with Google’s Android platform competing with Apple’s iPhone and now Google’s Chrome OS announcement its becoming more awkward for him to excuse himself from meetings when there is a conflict of interest.

According to Steve Jobs, “unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric‘s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest,”.

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