Archive for the “FOSS” category
Firefox3 downloads hit 8 million mark
by Nazly on June 19, 2008
What a day it was, helping Firefox to set a new Guinness World Record. The Download Day is an awesome success I guess reaching more than 8 million downloads in 24 hours. It was supposed to begin at 10:00 a.m. (…)
Make history with Firefox3
by Nazly on June 18, 2008
Are you ready to make history? Are you ready to set a World Record? Today is Download Day. To become part of the official Guinness World Record you must download Firefox 3 by 17:00 UTC on June 18, 2008, or (…)
Here comes Firefox 3
by Nazly on June 16, 2008
Upto now1,375,759 people have pledged to download Firefox 3 to set a Guinness World Record for the most no of downloads for a software when its released on 17th June 2008 which is today. 1,711 Sri Lankans are in that (…)
Firefox 3 Download Day 2008
by Nazly on May 29, 2008
Help set a Firefox 3 world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours on Download Day! Go to the Download Day Headquarters and pledge to download Firefox 3. With your help the Firefox community can go down in (…)
Showing the right path to alternative software
by Nazly on May 11, 2008
The news Raids against 'software pirates' in Colombo caught me by surprise this morning while I was going through the news papers. I'm not sure whether similar raids have been carried out in the past but it was unexpected. I'm (…)
Get Back your Screen Space
by Nazly on March 18, 2008
Here is a list of tweaks and extensions that would gain more space for viewing websites in Firefox Get Back your Screen Space: Maximize Firefox Viewing Area
Enhance your Web Development Using the Firefox Web Developer Extension
by Nazly on March 6, 2008
It has been bit over two years since I last posted about the Web Developer Extension for Mozilla Firefox. All these years I have been using it quite effectively on my developments and it still remains a very effective tool. (…)
RMS in Sri Lanka
by Nazly on January 14, 2008
Richard M. Stallman, the Founder of the Free Software Foundation and the one who launched the GNU Project is in Sri Lanka and there are few events happening where he will be talking on 'Free Software in Ethics and in (…)
Software Freedom Day 2007
by Nazly on September 14, 2007
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide event that is celebrated annually on the third Saturday of each September. This year, it will be celebrated on the 15th of September. The goal of this celebration is "To educate the worldwide (…)
Mozilla Thunderbird 2
by Nazly on April 20, 2007
I just now upgraded to Mozilla Thunderbird 2 which was made available worldwide yesterday. I didn't really dig into its new features yet. Message Tagging, Message History, Improved Search and Easy Access to Web Mail Services are some of the (…)
