Category — Browsers

Regardless of your particular browser preference, there's no denying that Safari has some great built-in functionality vis-a-vis the core OS X apps. I've always wanted to like Safari, but I never really have. Instead, my browser of choice has always been Camino, with an occasional Firefox window now & then.

In an effort to increase Safari's usability for me, here are a few plugins I've recently adopted.

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Version 1.5 of the AWESOME Camino browser is out. Just like past versions, it's Mozilla for Mac.

Some goodies in this new version: feed detection, spell checking, session saving, and improved tabs.

I've been playing with alpha & beta versions of Camino for months. I have to say - this new version is very good. The spell checking is a long overdue feature and the session saving is a God send. What's session saving? If your browser crashes, it remembers all the pages/tabs you were viewing beforehand. (Awesome!)

If you've got a Mac, check out Camino. Give it a week and you'll never put up with Safari again.

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Seems like it's been… what… three months since I talked about Blingo? Umm, yeah. That would be because I haven't won anything on Blingo in three months.

Which means… I'm do to win! And you are too!

What the hell am I talking about? Blingo is snazzy prize contest run by the Publishers Clearing House group. You use their version of Google, and a certain number of searchers win cool prizes every day. How cool? iTunes gift certificates, Amazon gift certificates, plasma TVs and even cars!!

I must confess, I've been a loyal Blingo searcher every day. Since I'm in the midst of the aforementioned Blingo slump, I thought I would sarch for "blingo plasma" to see if anyone was winning. Sure enough - people are winning 42" plasma tvs. Jeremy won one. And so did Rickey. And Ryan.

But me? No 42" plasma - not so much. Which means… I'm due! And you are too!

If you want to sign up with me and win on Blingo, let's do it!

And here's a few tips on how to put Blingo in your browser so you can search straight from the search bar in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Camino.

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One the difficulties in switching to a new browser is loosing all the "good" from your old browser - bookmarks, cookies, you name it.

With Camino 1.1 in beta, it's time to review how to switch from Safari to Camino.

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The beta of Camino 1.1 has been released. I've been using the alpha versions for weeks with no problems, so grab a copy if you're Mac inclined.

If it's even possible, the browser seems even faster, plus great new features like spell-check (finally!), session saving, and plugin blocking.

As always, it's beta - so export your bookmarks as a backup before you install.

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• TurboTax Online Charges Safari Users More
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I've been using the Alpha version of Camino on and off for the last few weeks and I have to say - I'm really impressed. I think it might be faster than Camino 1.03, which makes it MUCH faster than Firefox, by far. I saw a post at Om's site that the beta might be released within a few weeks. Sweetness.

Camino is already the best Mac browser. Looks like it's just getting better.

Note: Camino 1.03 is the stable awesomeness. Alpha 1.1 is the new hotness, but it's still alpha and therefore prone to wonkiness.

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• PimpMyCamino: Torrent Search Script for Camino ?

  This applescript searches Torrent Spy, Pirate Bay, isoHunt, Bittorrent, BTJunkie and Demonoid simultaneously, launching each site result as a separate tab. Can be installed either with the system wide applescipt menu, or within Camiscript.

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For more than a year, I've been trying to tell people about Blingo. Why? Because Blingo is a search interface for Google, that wraps the results in an instant win game. The more you search google through the Blingo website, the more opportunities you have to win.

So, what's to win? Well, it used to be an iTunes gift certificate here, an iPod there, or maybe a Visa gift card. But now that Blingo is part of the Publisher's Clearing House family, they've just gone absolutely nuts with the prizes.

Blingo is now giving away Amazon gift certificates, iTunes gift certificates and movie tickets all the way up to $500 cash, $1,000 cash, a 42" Plasma TV, $5,000 cash, and a brand new Ford Mustang. Are you kidding me? That's nuts!

Do people really win? You bet. I've won 11 times. People who have signed up through my link have one 14 times.

So, what do you do? OK, here's what you do:

1) Register with Blingo.
2) Start searching at Blingo.

That's it!

Want more chances to win? Add Blingo to your Internet Explorer, Firefox, AOL, Safari, or Camino browser.

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Continuing my new theme of working in 80's vernacular, I need to tell you that Camino is rad. And not just kinda rad - totally rad!

Since –eh, I might as well admit it– converting to the Mac, I've been wanting to break my addiction with Firefox (the best browser for Windows in the history of…ever). I've tried Safari and then reverted back to Firefox time & time again, but the 1.0 release of Camino finally delivers a Gecko browser that delivers a real Mac experience.

Camino is fast, flexible, and… totally rad! (Plus you can easily add Blingo to Camino!) Rad-tastic!!

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I've been using the pre-release versions of Firefox 1.5 for a while. Now that the full version has been released, Firefox 1.5 is the absolute best browser out there. It's better than IE (no one will dispute that), but it's also better than Safari and Camino. Give Firefox 1.5 a week and you'll never switch back. Click here to download.

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The outstanding Firefox browser is now release 1.0. Upgrade now!

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After you've downloaded the best browser out there, you might be interested in Firefox desktop wallpaper as well.

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Now that the version 1.0 release of Firefox is starting to roll out, it's time for ever Windows user to get out there and download Firefox as your preferred browser. It's faster, safer, and more compliant than what you're using now - plus you get some new bells & whistles to add to your normal browsing experience. For example, can I tell you how much I love the "live bookmarks" in the new Firefox? It uses RSS feeds to give you quick links to updated content. No muss, no fuss.

The real question is: How do I distribute Firefox across my Windows (XP, 2000, 2003) network?
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Seeing a lot reports about Windows error messages when clicking a bookmark or link in email. I think this is generated by link handling if you're switching the default browser away from IE to Firefox 0.9. It isn't (or rather, wasn't) an issue with previous Firefox builds. I checked the MSDN site and they say the fix is to switch back to IE6 - which does work - but it doesn't seem like much of a solution.

If you're getting error messages when launching Firefox 0.9 from a bookmark or link, you probably need to disable DDE for that registered file type.
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