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Browsing the web from tcp to html5 simplied

Presented like a children’s book, this fancy little site is wonderfully presented. If you want to know the basics about the web and its history, check out this little interactive book.

How to restore hidden toolbar in Firefox

To turn them back on, try holding your ALT key and click somewhere on the screen. This should restore access to them again. Or try closing Firefox and try restarting it in safe mode. This will work if you’ve also added plugins or extensions that are giving you grief.

Install swfdec-mozilla flash plugin for browsers from binary or source

Install the prerequisites noted in the README file if you’re building swfdec and swfdec-mozilla from scratch. I found I only needed to install liboil-devel and gstreamer-plugins-base-devel in order for it to build without complaint. When installing from binary on my 64-bit os, I found I was missing a lot of 32-bit packages needed by the plugin, so my dependencies needed by swfdec-mozilla.i386 rpm was long.

Install Google Chrome browser on Fedora 12

I think it’s easier just to setup the google repo and fetch it all at once. blah, blah, blah, Done. Launch it via “google-chrome” or from the gnome toolbar. That’s it for installing on Fedora 12. If you’re looking for Fedora 10 or Fedora 11, try these links…

Opera > Firefox :: Top features not found in Firefox

Smarter tabs, Opera turbo, widgets, cache control, dragonfly, speed dial, and all the little things like middle mouse clicks to open tabs.

Google Chrome – Out of beta?

<img src=”http://rootninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chrome-volk-racing-rims-wheels-expensive.jpg” alt=”expensive chrome volk racing rims” class=”alignleft” />A piddling while ago, Google announced the removal of the “Beta” shred from their firebrand novel browser. Well is this ascribable to the fact that computing machine manufacturers won’t package junk with “Beta” wall hanging around its neck. The beta thing was cute for the first 1,200 apps, but let’s just give it a rest. chrome, like volk racing rims, right? ahh why not. Yes please, thank you.