Firefox 3.0 has been released. Mozilla aimed to set the first Guinness World Record for the number of downloads in it’s first 24 hours of release. With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before.
Update: Mozilla achieved over 8.4 million downloads in a 24 hour period.
Yet another link sent to me from my Dad that I thought was worthy of a note. The title is a good enough description for this so go ahead and give it a try.
McAffe SiteAdvisor is a free Firefox extension which adds an additional layer of protection to the browser.
As described at the official website:
SiteAdvisor is a consumer software company dedicated to protecting Internet users from all kinds of Web-based security threats and annoyances including spyware, adware, unwanted software, spam, phishing, pop-ups, online fraud and identity theft.
We built a system of automated testers which continually patrol the Web to browse sites, download files, and enter information on sign-up forms. Our easy to use software for Internet Explorer and Firefox summarizes our safety results into intuitive red, yellow and green ratings to help Web users stay safe as they search, browse and transact online.
I have been using it for about a week now and have come across some sites which I often visit with a red or yellow warning indicator. This is often because the sites in question link to software downloads, some of which are classed adware. A version for Internet Explorer is also available.
Since around 1998 I’ve been interested in creating websites. I like to experiment, to see how small adjustments can have dramatic effects on the final product. I became interested in the workings behind websites after I first got online. With the use of Geocities, I played around with the code for a bit of fun. Soon afterwards, my high school I.T. teacher introduced those who were interested to the building blocks of HTML. It did not continue for long, but it had me hooked.
Also While at high school I took on the job of editor of the high school’s online science website, which involved editing the homepage while students submitted work using their own style and coding. as you can imagine, it did’nt look nice, but we had fun and all learnt something in the process.
After I got tired with geocities advertisements and restrictions, I tried experimenting with some free space provided by techno2day. This was my first experiment with tables and so on and I was really getting confident with the less restrictive environment. Unfortunatley, the host closed suddenly and I lost all of my work! I then moved to tripod and set up a new site, again using only my knowledge of HTML. Here I played around more, experimented with JavaScripts and so on.
When Yahoo! took over Geocities I moved back to them. I found Yahoo’s servers made the service fast and reliable. But again, I found myself restricted. So I took the plunge and took out a paid for hosting account with Ghoulnet. I could not believe how unrestricted the service was (Well, when compared to Geocities and so on!). For the most part I’ve stook with this provider ever since. Even though I loved playing with HTML I never went any further with expanding my webdesign knowledge. I had planned to enter the world of Information Technology at A-Level when I was 16, but life played out differently.
What you see today is just produced by what I do as a hobby. I do maintain a number of websites for others, a portfolio of which can be seen below.
 This is the website of a Pre-School group who operate in the Wigan area of GreaterManchester, UK. I created and maintain the site, which has now been live for four years. The site uses Macromedia Flash extensively and was built using Moonfruit Sitemaker. Visit Site >>> |
My name is Anthony and this is my personal website. I am from Southport in the north west of England. I just put whatever comes to mind on this website. Enjoy your visit.
