{"id":344090,"date":"2010-02-20T17:05:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T22:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/?p=19113"},"modified":"2010-02-20T17:05:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T22:05:49","slug":"browser-saturday-firefox-in-technology-of-the-decade-arora-is-alive-chrome-flash-extension-and-ms-browser-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/344090","title":{"rendered":"Browser Saturday: Firefox In Technology of the Decade, Arora is Alive, Chrome Flash Extension and MS Browser Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the first post of our new weekly column Browser Saturday, where the Techie Buzz team will try to aggregate latest innovations and updates around the browser world.<\/em><\/p>\n

Firefox is one of the 25 Technologies that changed the decade<\/h3>\n

The eWeek.com has listed Firefox among the 25 technologies that changed the decade. Firefox is at 9th place. eWeek says<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Just a few years ago, the future of the Web and the browser looked bleak. Internet Explorer dominated the market, and Microsoft wasn’t interested in browser innovation. But when Mozilla released Firefox, we finally got real browser choice and innovation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Firefox<\/a> is the only software product in Top 10. OpenOffice.org, Gmail, Ajax and iPhone are the other names in the list.<\/p>\n

Arora is not DEAD!!<\/h3>\n

Arora is a light-weight cross-platform WebKit based browser, which comes with a unique feature: built-in Ad blocker. I personally appreciate Arora (& it is my alternate browser!<\/em>). Unfortunately, the development process is too slow and users were suspecting if the project has been abandoned. But Benjamin Meyer, the main developer behind Arora, recently responded to a mail thread and explained his future plans. Meyer told:<\/p>\n

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I did suspend my own development for several months while I determined if I could actually work on Arora and related libraries at my new place of employment (My old company TorchMobile was bought by RIM).\u00a0 At the end of the summer there was a ton of development mostly by me trying to get the adblock stuff in.\u00a0 Going from that to nothing doesn’t look good in retrospect.\u00a0\u00a0 More recently I have been reviewing various patches and some have gone in.\u00a0 I will be making another release in the near future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Another Chrome Extension To Download Flash Videos in official gallery. Will Google remove it too?<\/h3>\n

Flash Video Download<\/a> is a new extension for Google Chrome. It enables users to download flash videos from the sites like dailymotion and YouTube. The extension is hosted in the official Chrome extension gallery<\/a> (owned by Google). In past, Google had removed<\/a> such extensions from gallery because such extensions violate gallery policies to not create extensions that enable the unauthorized download of streaming content or media.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, now there are many similar extensions featuring in gallery (another here<\/a><\/em>). Will Google remove these extensions again?<\/p>\n

Microsoft reveals browser ballot screen<\/h3>\n

Microsoft has revealed the browser ballot screen, which will be available to Windows users in EU soon. Download Squad<\/a> reports that the rollout begins from the next week.<\/p>\n

Techie Buzz has already told users about EU\u2019s anti-trust complaint against Microsoft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nBrowser Saturday: Firefox In Technology of the Decade, Arora is Alive, Chrome Flash Extension and MS Browser Ballot<\/a> originally appeared on Techie Buzz<\/a> written by Arpit Kumar on Saturday 20th February 2010 05:05:49 PM. Please read the Terms of Use<\/a> for fair usage guidance. <\/div>\n

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