Defending IE6

Lately I’ve noticed an increasing trend among web designers/developers who are proudly announcing their decision to drop Internet Explorer 6 from their list of supported browsers, or advocating ways that enforce IE6 users into upgrading. Some of these methods are good for a laugh, some … view full post

It’s good to be back home

Wow, it’s good to be back home for a month. So far I’ve just been catching up on sleep, e-mail and everything Souf Efriken that I’ve missed. And to discover first hand how well life has changed. I’d never have guessed that Mom would buy a mountain bike and that Dad’s favourite DStv channels are MTV … view full post

Mozilla downloads have surged

Via mozillaZine:

“Wired News is reporting that Mozilla downloads have surged following advice from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to avoid Internet Explorer for security reasons. Download numbers approximately doubled in the days following the US-CERT recommendation, which was

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Firefox on the rise

I’m seeing an increasing number of web sites and individuals advocating the switch from Internet Explorer to an alternative, modern and more secure web browser – primarily Firefox.

Time to Dump Internet Explorer – SecurityFocus
Why You Should Dump Internet Explorer – Lockergnome
Three reasons to switch web browsers today – Joel on Software
Why You … view full post

Read News24.com content without subscribing

If you’re an International visitor like myself and have ever wanted to read a News24.com article without paying the subscription fee (monthly fee from US$2,95 or US$9.95 for the broadband package) – or if you can’t successfully subscribe because you don’t have the required web browser (yes, they’re linked to M-Not on Demand), here’s how.

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Mozilla browser feature request

A new preference I’d like to see added to the Mozilla Organization’s browsers is control over the automatic selection of text in the location bar or search box when switching between applications.

When the cursor is left in either of these input areas and then I switch to a different application to confirm whatever I was typing (a long URL most … view full post

Firebird becomes Firefox

The Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday the immediate availability of a new preview release of its next generation web browser: Mozilla Firefox – … view full post

Inadequate. Defective. Blatant Ignorance.

Inadequate. Defective. Blatant Ignorance.

I am hwevoer gald to see taht Lribety Gorup’s wstbiee now wroks in non-IE bwreorss too, atefr mcuh rantnig in the psat. I deidced to sned tehm smoe stie … view full post

M-Net On Demand

Very little bugs me more than the ignorant misapplication of technology, especially when a large content provider with a recently-acquired global audience is concerned. Don’t think I wouldn’t have picked up on the fact that M-Net’s new M-Net On Demand offering, an Internet Broadband service, has several flaws that render it completely unacceptable to … view full post

Netscape is dead

In mid-1994, Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark collaborated with Marc Andreessen to found Mosaic Communications (later renamed to Netscape Communications.) Andreessen had just graduated from the University of Illinois, where he had been the leader of a certain software project known as “Mosaic”. By this time, the Mosaic browser was starting to make splashes outside … view full post