Google Chrome 1.0 (.154.36)

Well, that was fast. Google Chrome went from new to 1.0 in about 100 days:

But is it ready? And why so soon?

I expected Google to add more features over time, since the merely architectural improvements of the browser didn’t seem to meet the critical differentiator threshold to justify launching a new browser. But that didn’t [...]

Ubiquity memory issues on Firefox

I may have to stop using Ubiquity for a while. I’ve used it exclusively because it, plus the share-on-delicious script, provides a great keyboard-only way to tag web pages for Delicious, simply by ctrl-space and typing share Delicious bookmark description tagged delicious tags entitled title“.
Alas, there are definite memory issues with Ubiquity or with the [...]

Get a jump on Download Day

Courtesy a little bird, it’s possible to download Firefox 3.0 already, though it hasn’t been announced yet.
The latest public download is RC3:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0rc3&os=win〈=en-US
but if you remove rc3 from the URL, you get:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0&os=win〈=en-US
which is a valid URL. (So much for security by obscurity.) Enjoy your early start on Download Day! (Tip o’ the hat to Dil.)
Update: Or [...]