The Day After “Firefox Download Day”

2008.06.20

^ FireFoxy! (eontarionow.com)

So news is still coming-in that up to 10 million people downloaded FireFox 3 over the last 48 hours. I was one of the lucky ones still up at 2:16am CST the night before. Thankfully, I remembered! I downloaded with relative ease. Erick Schonfeld (of TechCrunch) reporting on the story was not so lucky. Perhaps that explains his inconvenienced tone.

After upgrading the WebDeveloper toolbar and the FireBug Developer extension, I was up to speed and not looking back! I just have to prioritize the Shift+Cmd+C for FireBug to inspect elements in my daily work. This has to be the best browser upgrade yet! FireFox 2 was so damned slow, so I’m really not missing it. Plus, the super search from your address bar is DOPE.

After using if for a few days on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, it’s awesome. Way more responsive, short cuts are like butter and the search is like mind reading. Now, I’m going to get my bookmarks organized. Anyone have ideas for that?

But wait! There’s more good news! Adam writes us from Korea, where he lives with his expectant wife in Ulsan:

Firefox 3 for Mac solved a problem we were having with a certain Korean website! The ActiveX plugin, only usable with IE, was forcing us to always use Parallels and Windows XP every time RY wanted to use the internet, i.e. check email (and upload new pictures), and shop online from Korea sites.

Firefox 3 is allowing us to not only use the Windows XP version without the ActiveX plug-ins, but also the Mac OS X version without the ActiveX plug-ins!!! Hallelujah!

Just thought I’d share that with you.

The next thing will be to test if we can shop online from Korean sites with the Mac version. If that works I’ll be so DAMN HAPPY! If it doesn’t, I’m still happy about Firefox allowing better international Internet use.

KICK ASS. What a testament to poor Korean site design. Oh well, they have their own version of the internets over there, anyway.

Anyway, get FireFox 3. It’s more than worth it!

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adam on Do the Collapse:

Yeah, but did you see the new iPhone 3G?! I’m thinking of buying one because I’ve been brainwashed by Apple’s marketing campaign and I agree I’m really not cool until I get one.

No, for real, though, the United States is like Rome with the Barbarians at the gate; oblivious to the destruction at hand because of all the great stuff that lulls us into a false sense of security. I like what this guy wrote:

“It has been observed that nations and empires have “life cycles.” This has been studied by many historians throughout the years and most have come to the same conclusion: a lifetime of about two centuries. And they all seem to go through the same life cycle: “from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependence back again into bondage (Alexander Tyler, 1750).

“Where are we in this cycle? We, too, have gone from bondage to spiritual faith; from faith to great courage which established our precious liberty, which, in turn, has given us unprecedented abundance that has made us the envy of the world. That abundance, however, has led to complacency and apathy. Ask almost anyone, “What is the biggest problem in America? Is it ignorance or is it apathy?” They are likely to answer, “I don’t know and I don’t care!”

“This apathy will ultimately lead to dependency and then return us to the very bondage that this nation was founded to deliver us from.”–SLEEPING IN AMERICA, Koinonia House newsletter

Ross on Amadeus II:

I haven’t used Amadeus II, but I do own Amadeus Pro (and, of course, keep Audacity around). Both good apps, but I much prefer Amadeus Pro to Audacity. Slightly less awkward to use imo. From what I understand Amadeus II and Amadeus Pro are largely the same.

ben on Touch & Go’s 25th @ the Hideout’s 10th:

Yeah, the MOA pics are the best of the set.
I also like the solitary figure of Albini in the shadows at the end.

Benxamin on •••• Tikka Masala:

Fry tofu in my oil blend (canola, soy, olive and “Mongolian Fire”). Then add one jar of tikka masala sauce!

It’s total cheating, I know. I’ll have to get a recipe. From what I understand it’s like tomato soup with spices.

Rhonda Gamache on •••• Tikka Masala:

What’s your recipe for Tikka Masala? The whole family loves Sweet Potato Masala and Chicken Tikka Masala and we go to Indian every few weeks. If Zanon had a choice, he’d only eat at Yak and Yeti and Namiko’s Japanese Restaurant (for the sushi, of course).

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