If Firefox ‘pleased’ to have Buzz It, Chrome browser have it too, with no less than 3 extensions available right now.
The first extension that I tried is Chrome Buzz. It’s the most popular right now, but apparently only allows you to view the notification or buzz or update (whichever you think accurate). Quite disappointing.
The developer is working on enhancement such as updating your Buzz and comments function which is essential for Chrome Buzz to grows. One thing great about this extension is, it opens at lightning speed!
Buzz Mobilizer Extension is more advance in the sense that you can post new update to your Google Buzz, but the performance is sluggish. To post update, it will search your location first which is very slow, before enable the text box so you can writing and post the update.
Other than that, it has search function (appears not yet working), nearby buzz and search people (not working as well).
I have to say that this is half finished extension; not yet ready for prime time. It still has potential to be popular if all functions works nicely with improved performance.
Bookmark sync for Chrome browser is all you need to synchronize your bookmark across multiple computers. It is so cool that I have installed it on every machines that I own.
It makes your life easier, switching from one computer to another without hassle of exporting and importing bookmarks to multiple computers.
Install Chrome browser beta version 4.0.223.16 to enjoy this features.
Follow these steps to start sync.
To sync your bookmarks, follow these steps on each computer that you’ll be using to access your bookmarks:
- Open Google Chrome.
- Click the wrench menu
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- Select Synchronize my bookmarks.
- Sign in to your Google Account in the dialog that appears.
- If you’ve already enabled the sync feature on another computer, you’ll see a prompt asking you to confirm that your different sets of bookmarks should be merged together. Click Merge and sync to finish the syncing process.
- Click OK.
You can enable sync on as many computers as you’d like.
Once everything in place, you’re ready to go.
You can stop and resume the bookmarks sync anytime you want. But I prefer to have ‘Sync now‘ features, so that the bookmark will appear immediately on Chrome browser on other computers.
New beta version of Google Chrome has been released, which is said to be speedier than the previous version. The physical appearance spot the new tab style as above and customizable theme (I use pencil sketch theme).
Internally, it got better Omnibox (the search bar) and HTML 5. After you’ve installed beta version and you’d want to go back to a stable version, read my article posted before.
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The folks at StatCounter just release the statistic of how web browsers are performing for the period of July 08 to March 09. Internet Explorer continue its dominance with 63% market, drop 8% from 68%, while Mozilla Firefox gain 2% to 27%.
IE experience lowest ever percentage of Internet Explorer usage had in recent years, thanks to its own image. It has something to do with the bad perception that tech savvy internet users had, toward Microsoft and its product, including Internet Explorer which is slow, bug-happy and malware-magnet. The emergence of better and open source web browsers such as Firefox and Chrome also contributing to the loss when users are looking for more secure, openness and promote standardization web browser.
The new StatCounter Global Stat is useful for in depth view of the stat. It is flexible, as you can filter the statistic based on period and region as well as the statistic type as bar or line statistic. There is option for you to download the data in .CSV format, or turns the statistic to image (.JPG).
Please note, this stat built from the data collected ONLY from websites that running StatCounter script. Hence it didn’t provide overall pictures of how this web browsers are performing.
Global
Asia
In verall, Asian countries still favor Internet Explorer over Mozilla Firefox with market share 74.72% to 20.79 respectively.
Malaysia
Unlike Asian statistic, Malaysian internet users are more favorable toward Mozilla Firefox compared IE with almost 36.61% to 59.13% market share respectively. For Firefox, this percentage is higher than Firefix global stat. The trend showing Mozilla Firefox is consistently capturing more percentage, while IE is consistently losing its market to Firefox and other rivals.
Google Chrome latest build, 2.0.166.1 has added new feature that allow user to switch to full screen browsing, just like other web browsers with F11 button.
You’re required to upgrade to the latest build to be able to do so, but please be reminded, that this is alpha version, which is still pretty much on development and bug fixing phase. So you may encounter any bug when using it.
Upgrading to the latest build was a breeze, but downgrading it, is not that easy. Chrome build is controlled by Chrome Release Channel. If you encounter any problem and want to go back to the previous version, I encourage you to read this post.
Before full screen mode
Press F11 , now you’re in full screen mode
