Much Has Happened

Well, after a brief hiatus from its hectic schedule, the Internet is back to normal and I can finally report on the current, and numerous, happenings across the Net.

This is already old news, and has been reported everywhere, but I’ll still give it a mention: Netscape is dead. R.I.P. Reported by MozillaZine, “It has been learned through public and private sources that AOL has cut or will cut the remaining team working on Mozilla in a mass firing and are dismantling what was left of Netscape (they’ve even pulled the logos off the buildings).”

Mozilla.org is now displaying a new look that is far more professional and much less geeky. With AOL cutting funding for Mozilla, the new look came at just the right time. Also, Mozilla has launched the Mozilla Foundation, a new non-profit organization that will serve as the home for Mozilla.org – the two sites are simply mirrors of each other.

Stuart Robertson, of Design Meme, recently pointed out iRider, an advanced multi-page web browser with features up-the-wazoo. The developers have thought of everything, from “the page list,” a visual map of all the pages and sites you’re working with, to “Surf-Ahead,” a feature that makes pages wait for you — you don’t wait for them. If you have Flash, make sure you check out the online demo for a great, visual overview of the browser.

Inspired by Beyond the Blog, an article that describes using MovableType as a database application to run sites, Doug Bowman of stopdesign has rebuilt his portfolio using MovableType as the back-end content manager. He explains the process very thoroughly, so it’s definitely a worthwhile and educational read.

Mozilla 1.4 Released

Version 1.4 has finally made it through the tests and trials and errors, and was recently released as a stable version. According to Mozilla.org…

“We’ve added lots of features and fixed lots of bugs since Mozilla 1.3. Among the additions are NTLM authentication support on Windows and improvements to pop-up blocking, junk-mail filtering, and image blocking. More information is available in the release notes.”

If you’re still using 1.3, you’d better go download this one!