Switched to Blogger Finally!!! September 27, 2008
Posted by dushyantz in Miscellaneous.Tags: blog, blogger, blogspot, techflavor, Technology
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Folks, I have finally shifted my blog to blogger engine and would no more be updating this blog. To stay tuned for more flavor on technology, usability and more… visit my new blog url.
Blog URL: http://techflavor.blogspot.com
So, catch you all at my new Techflavor blogspace!!!
Google Chrome: ’stats for nerds’ feature September 8, 2008
Posted by dushyantz in Google, Technology.Tags: chrome, Google, google chrome, Technology, windows
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Did anyone checkout the “stats for nerds” feature in Google Chrome browser task manager ?
This features enables a user to view the complete status on the processes running in the Chrome browser along with the Process ID (PID) and the virtual memory consumption details for the respective processes. The task manager allows the user to end the processes running in Google Browser in-order to free some memory space in a way similar to Windows Task Manager.
Nice feature though to manage processes and free up some CPU load!!!
Google Chrome Task Manager Screenshot
Google Chrome 'Stats for Nerds' Screenshot
Bad Mobile Usability September 2, 2008
Posted by dushyantz in Mobile & Devices.Tags: Mobile & Devices, ui, ux
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Mobile UI
HTC just announced their new phone Diamond using the new Touch3D UI. The UI is actually pretty nice as a skin on top of Windows Mobile 6.0.
There’s one big usability problem though.
Their email preview is at an angle for stylistic reason – which makes it pretty hard to read the preview of the message.
Similar Launches: Google & Microsoft Browser September 2, 2008
Posted by dushyantz in Technology, Web.Tags: browser, chrome, Google, google chrome, ie8, internet explorer, microsoft, open-source, Technology
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Google Chrome Screenshot & IE8 Screenshot
How come both announcements on the same day? What’s the latest?
As we already know by now, that Google is launching its open-source browser Chrome ( similar to lines with mozilla firefox) , Microsoft unveiled its Internet Explorer beta 8 version.
Why is it so exciting?
It is because either Microsoft is scared by the over growing Google dominance in web space or is it something else.
How the philosophy differs for both giants?
Microsoft believes in pay for service ideology whereas Google believes in distribute for free ideology. There are almost no products from Microsoft which can be said to free be it anything and on the other hand there are almost no services from Google which are said to be paid unless you require a big email account on gmail which would be really impossible to given for free.
Since this is the first step by Google to move in the products domain, though having other extensions to the services google offer on web. Google has been in the services domain since long, and almost all their apps were mostly service based. Microsoft had an upper hand in products domain from os to accounts, they had all the products. Yet, the products will decide ewho wins the war again?
Which one is more usable from usability and user experience point of view?
Well it’s too early to comment on this question right now but stay tuned for the 2nd part of this article in series to know about each of the product’s usability.
Get Ready for Google Chrome: Open Source Browser September 2, 2008
Posted by dushyantz in Technology.Tags: browser, chrome, Google
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Google just officially confirmed that it will release a new open-source web browser, called Google Chrome.
Google Chrome is an open source browser based on Webkit and powered by Google Gears. It premiers originally on Windows only, with Mac and Linux versions to come later.
Features include:
- Tabbed browsing where each tab gets its own process, leading to faster and more stable browsing. If one tab crashes, the whole browser doesn’t go down with it
- A distinct user interface that places tabs on top of the browser window instead of right below the address bar
- An “incognito” mode that lets you browse the web in complete privacy because it doesn’t record any of your activity
- A new JavaScript engine built from the ground up for speed
- Malware and phishing lists that automatically update themselves and warn you of bad websites
- A default homepage that displays your most commonly used sites and other personalized information
Google Chrome Screenshot
Yahoo Zimbra Beta 3 takes Y! Mail, Gmail offline July 31, 2008
Posted by dushyantz in Ajax.Tags: Ajax, desktop, mail, yahoo
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Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop is an AJAX web app for email, contacts, calendar, and documents that works offline. Use it with any POP/IMAP account on Windows, Mac, or Linux computers.The latest release adds IMAP access to Yahoo! Mail. Zimbra Desktop works with both the Open Source and Network Editions of the Zimbra Collaboration Suite and lets you synchronize email, contacts, and calendar to the Zimbra Server (ZCS 4.5+ servers).
Check out the free version, it’s here! For more info on the product, visit Zimbra website.
