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Google Chrome Offline Installer (From Google)

Kishore — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:42:43 +0000

Having issues downloading/updating google chrome due to corporate proxies. Try the offline installer from Google it-self.

Download the offline installer from Google http://www.google.com/chrome/thankyou.html?standalone=1&hl=en

Google Chrome Proxy Issues

Retrieve items from Browser Cache (Firefox, Opera, IE)

Kishore — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:57:00 +0000

Have you ever had to work on a live site and while uploading the changes something goes bad with whatever and your live copy gets deleted and that’s the only copy you have at the moment. (This can happen easily if you are using those file manager tools provided by hosting accounts which edit files in browser)

Anyway the quickest solution would be to get the files from the browser cache. If you have been testing the site simultaneously. I had to do this recently and it saved me lot of time and embarrassment. So here is how you can do it ….

On Firefox 3 (My favourite browser)

Type about:cache in address bar and voila you get access to all the cache. The view is functional and easy to use.

On Opera 9.5(Increasingly competing for my favourite browser spot, can even do that with one plugin like Firebug)

Type opera:cache in address bar and voila you go.. the best cache browser in the industry. Opera has some more cool features like SpeedDial.. anyway you can discover all that yourself by downloading it.

On IE 7. This takes just a bit longer. Click on Tools>Internet Options>Browsing History>Settings>View Files.. pretty logical huh!

Anyway it does the job…

Download Firefox 3 today (Help set a world record)

Kishore — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:03:00 +0000

Download Firefox 3 now.

It should available for download sometime today according to mozilla developer news posting

Lets all download latest version of our favourite browser Firefox today and help set the .

Go Firefox !!!

Safari for windows is finally usable now

Kishore — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:35:00 +0000

Safari for windows is out of beta and finally usable now. I have been eagerly waiting for this release and have tried out various beta versions before. As expected beta versions had so many bugs that it was virtually unusable for some sites and on corporate networks.

I have been trying out the Safari 3.0 for a couple of days now. It is quite cool to see all the eye candy on windows xp. It looks cool and runs smooth on most standards compliant websites. Which is fine with me as I don’t go to too many IE specific crappy websites as I use firefox as my main browser.

I have just downloaded Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 and I have to say it’s so much better. Awesome bar (Address Bar) is really awesome. That is so easy to use and labels/tags for bookmars are in, which is very future thinking. It may be confusing to traditional users who would like to organize their bookmarks in folders. But believe me, just be patient it will be worth it. Once you cross hundred bookmarks it becomes really hard to manage the traditional way. I have been using labels in gmail for a while now and it’s way better than folders.

But I’m having my fingers crossed on most important of them all MEMORY BLOAT. So far it seems to be reasonable. But I will keep you posted.