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Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Released

ExcEsc — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:51:47 +0000

When I have attended the

function() & .class Web Design Conference, I have heard there that Firefox 3.5 is to be released,.. so when I checked the Mozilla website, it is already available.

Here’s a rundown of what’s new, and some quick tips you might want to know! First things first, it’s amazingly noticeably faster, I didn’t think I’d notice an increase in speed, but wow!

The first thing that comes to mind when you think about upgrading firefox, is what happened last time we updated firefox. Some of our favorite addons died, even my fasterfox but im very thankful because my Gmail Notifier is still here. Well, this time it’s not that bad, but don’t expect to not lose a few of your friends. Here’s a list of what’s update and what’s not, thanks to mozilla. Compatibility Report

Some of these new features for 3.5 are not really “new” but there what’s now native to the browser, and we love that.

Undo Close Window – Open windows you’ve closed.
Forget this site – Completely remove all evidence of a website you visited.
Tab Tearing – Drag tabs off your main window, to forge new ones.
Private Browsing Mode – No evidence of any website visited will be kept.
Color Profiles – Updated to be display images
GeoLocation – Locationaware browsing.
HTML5 and CSS3 Support – Web webmasters love this.

With location-aware browsing, web pages, addons and firefox applications can use an API to see where you’re located. If you’re like me, and hate that idea. There’s a easy way to disable it. Open up your about:config and locate geo.enabled – set this to false.

Interested in seeing how geolocation works? Here’s a demo: http://3liz.org/geolocation/

Quoted from Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Release Notes

Firefox 3.5 is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform, which has been under development for the past year. Firefox 3.5 offers many changes over the previous version, supporting new web technologies, improving performance and ease of use. Some of the notable features are:
Available in more than 70 languages. (Get your local version!)
Support for the HTML5 and elements including native support for Ogg Theora encoded video and Vorbis encoded audio. (Try it here!)
Improved tools for controlling your private data, including a Private Browsing Mode.
Better web application performance using the new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine.
The ability to share your location with websites using Location Aware Browsing. (Try it here!)
Support for native JSON, and web worker threads.
Improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering.
Support for new web technologies such as: downloadable fonts, CSS media queries, new transformations and properties, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 local storage and offline application storage,
Developers can find out about all the changes and new features at the Mozilla Developer Center.

Adobe Creative Suite 4

ExcEsc — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:07:04 +0000

Few months ago Adobe just released their latest CS Series or the Adobe Creative Suite 4. You could actually see more of my post about Adobe Photoshop CS4. For as low as US$999 you can already have your own copy of this Adobe Creative Suite 4 from Adobe Website or you can easily upgrade from your CS3 for as low as US$399.

But there’s one more and easier way to have your legitimate Adobe Creative Suite 4. You just need to attend the function() & .class: the first Philippine web design conference for a chance to have your very own CS4. So you might be asking what does this conference have.

There are several topics to be discussed regarding the trends and standards about web design wherein the Adobe Creative Suite do play aver huge role.

Here’s what they have in store for you.

Rico Sta. Cruz – Creative Director, U.S. Auto Parts Philippines
Nap Lara – Software Developer, Friendster
Regnard Raquedan – Web & Usability Consultant
Jojo Esposa – Founder, Philippine Web Accessibility Group
Marco Palinar – User Interface/Web Design Consultant
Gail dela Cruz-Villanueva – Creative Director, Sheero Media
Luis Buenaventura II – Co-founder and Social Software Architect, Syndeo Labs; Director of Engineering, Exist Global

Here you have the schedule for the conference:

08:00am-08:45am – Registration
08:45am-09:00am – Opening Remarks and Introduction to PWDO by Sophia Lucero
09:00am-09:45am – Design 101 by Rico Sta. Cruz
10:00am-10:45am – Interaction Design by Nap Lara
11:00am-11:45am – Web Standards, Accessibility, & Usability by Regnard Raquedan
12:00nn-12:45pm – Lunch
12:45pm-01:15pm – Disabled Friendly Awards by Jojo Esposa
01:15pm-02:00pm – Sponsor Talks
- Search-friendly Web Pages by Aileen Apolo of Google
02:00pm-02:45pm – Workflow by Marco Palinar
03:00pm-03:45pm – Industry Tips by Gail dela Cruz-Villanueva
04:00pm-04:45pm – State of the Web by Luis Buenaventura II
04:45pm-05:15pm – Panel Q&A

If you are also interested to be a sponsor of this Event, you may download their Sponsorship packages HERE.

This Event is also brought to us by:
Web.com.ph | Domain Registration & Web Hosting
Google
Adobe Users Group Philippines
Asian Institute of Management
and of course, The Philippine Web Designers Organization

They are also giving away FREE tickets for this conference, Do you want to know how? Visit this LINK.

form function() & .class

ExcEsc — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:40:41 +0000

The Philippine Web Designers Organization just initiated a conference that will give us some discussions about the standards, trends, challenges and opportunities in the web design industry. The function() & .class: the first Philippine web design conference, the first Web Design Event in Philippines and in Asia.

URL: http://formfunctionclass.com/
Event name: function() & .class: the first Philippine web design conference
Date and time: July 10, 2009 from 8am to 5pm
Venue: Asian Institute of Management, Makati City

During this event you may meet some prestigious web design professionals like..

Here you have the schedule for the conference:

If you are also interested to be a sponsor of this Event, you may download their Sponsorship packages HERE.

They are also giving away FREE tickets for this conference, Do you want to know how? Visit this LINK.