Old Windows Computer? Try K-Meleon

After a brief foray back to the “Linux for old machines” scene, I have once again found myself running Windows 2000 on my old P2 ThinkPad.  I’d been most recently running antiX Linux on it, but for a variety of vague reasons decided to go back to Win2K once again.

For me and the uses of

Continue reading Old Windows Computer? Try K-Meleon



Twitter for Support?

Earlier today I was wrestling with trying to use LogMeIn from my Ubuntu install to remotely manage a machine at work. No matter how I went about it, I couldn’t get things working from Firefox 3.

Eventually I whined on Twitter, because that’s how I (sometimes) roll:

Shortly after that I got two big surprises.

First, twitter finally

Continue reading Twitter for Support?

Prism 0.9 Released: Icon Support!

Mozilla Labs announced the 0.9 release of their Prism project today. I’ve mentioned it a few times, but for those new to Prism, here’s the pitch:

Prism is an open source cross-platform prototype of functionality that lets users split web applications out of the browser and run them directly on the desktop.

In other words, treat web

Continue reading Prism 0.9 Released: Icon Support!

How Have You Used Prism?

Remember Mozilla Prism? I mentioned it a couple of months ago and since then I’ve been using it pretty seriously. As I tend to use a lot of web apps, I was curious to see how Prism would fit into my habits. I was also curious to see if it is worth messing with.

The

Continue reading How Have You Used Prism?

WebRunner Begat Prism

Just a week ago I wrote about Mozilla’s WebRunner. It was an interesting approach at “site specific browsing” but a bit of pain to build configs for — ok, not really, but not as simple as one might like.

Enter “Prism“, a new Mozilla Labs project:

Prism is an application that lets users split web applications out

Continue reading WebRunner Begat Prism