Is anyone else finding recent releases of Firefox to be totally unusable after a couple hours? I’ve done some of the things people suggest for reducing its memory footprint without much luck. Not long before I took this screenshot, BonEcho (an unofficial build of Firefox) was up to about 220 MB. (Yes, I have the same problems with the official builds.)
Totally ridiculous.
I’m giving the latest beta of Camino another chance to win me over. There are four main things I’m going to miss from Firefox, though:
- Web Developer extension
- Firebug extension
- del.icio.us Bookmarks extension
- Ability to set Google Reader as the default feed reader
Whenever my dad and I talk about tech stuff, I invariably tell him that I think Microsoft is in real trouble. I get the feeling that he thinks I’m full of hot air. Think I’m wrong? Check out the story of how the Shut Down menu in Windows Vista was designed. Does this sound like a healthy company to you?
IE 7 was released via Automatic Update on Monday. I really hope this doesn’t ruin the week.
A quick thank you to Matt and the Automattic gang for getting Akismet back up so quickly. I think a lot of people have taken for granted just how well it works.
Tonight Google finally unveiled the beta of Google Apps for your Domain. Not a very catchy name. Why not call it what it really is? Google Office. I guess once Writely and Google Spreadsheets are added to the suite, the name will be more appropriate.
What was it that people were saying about Google not having a strategy?
Of course, Steve Gillmor has a good deal to say about this.
Let the disruption begin.
Gmail Notifier has become Google Notifier (via TUAW). The application now includes notifications and a menu bar icon for Google Calendar. I’m really happy about the calendar integration. It’s something I’ve been wanting for a while now.
This is a test of TextMate’s blogging bundle. This is so awesome.
