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Browser Newsletter #19

  1. Review: New Browser Eases Web Sharing
  2. Adobe realizes SDK not enough for Flash on iPhone
  3. Apple nips at Nokia in mobile browser wars
  4. Mozilla says Firefox 3 ready for prime-time
  5. Add-on Management Improvements in Internet Explorer 8
  6. Opera Mini dives into Helio’s Ocean
  7. Apple Takes the Spyware-Style Low Road, Pushing Safari on Windows
  8. Apple ‘forcing’ Safari on XP iTunes users - ‘choice’ or click trickery?
  9. Bridging Desktop And Web Applications - A Look At Mozilla Prism
  10. Firefox boss slams Apple for trying to sneak Safari onto Windows PCs
  11. Key events and Safari 3.1
  12. Firefox chief fumes over Apple Safari update

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QuickPlay 1.1

Official QuickPlay Page

http://kzhvnkv.com/quickplay

QuickPlay 1.1 Changelog

  • Full code refactoring
  • Fixed “cyclic __proto__ value” error
  • Added timer to hide controls after closing the MP3 tab

QuickPlay 1.1 Interface

QuickPlay Control

QuickPlay Interface

Browser Newsletter #18

  1. IE8 Beta Expert Zone Chats
  2. Microsoft eyes iPhone with Adobe Flash smartphone deal
  3. Firefox 3 goes on a diet, eats less memory than IE and Opera
  4. IE 8 Connetion Parallelism Issues
  5. Microsoft Licenses Flash Lite and Reader
  6. What’s the best beta? IE 8 vs Opera 9.5 vs Safari vs Firefox 3
  7. Joel Spolsky on Martian Headsets and the Internet Explorer default
  8. Study: Mobile Safari share increased 64 percent
  9. Safari 3.1 update fixes 13 security flaws
  10. Apple iPhone Users Are Big On Internet Access
  11. WebBrowser Control Rendering Modes in IE8
  12. about:mozilla - Memory usage, QA companion, SXSW, Effortless Good, Year of the Gecko, T-shirts, AwesomeBar and more
  13. Who Needs Flash on the iPhone More: Adobe or Apple?
  14. IE8 and Safari 3.1 compatibility updates

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QuickPlay 1.0

Official QuickPlay Page

http://kzhvnkv.com/quickplay

QuickPlay 1.0 Changelog

  • Firefox 3 beta 3 support
  • Play and pause QuickTime playing MP3 files with a permanently visible panel control

QuickPlay 1.0 Interface

QuickPlay Interface

Browser Newsletter #17

  1. Will IE 8 break the Web?
  2. Apple iPhone SDK upends mobile market
  3. Installing IE8
  4. IE aims to embrace the web again
  5. Forget Facebook. The Web’s platform is Firefox
  6. Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition 3 Beta 4
  7. InfoGin finding success in crowded mobile browser market
  8. Microsoft Lights A Fire Under Internet Explorer 8
  9. Updated web browsers JavaScript benchmarks
  10. Microsoft to license Adobe’s Flash Lite

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Browser Newsletter #16

  1. First look: Internet Explorer 8 beta
  2. Using The Emulate IE7 Button
  3. SXSW: Browser Wars Become Browser Peace? Not Quite
  4. Safari Leads Browsers According to Acid3 Testers
  5. iPhone rules pose Net neutrality, antitrust concerns
  6. First look: Firefox 3 beta 4 brings new Vista hotness
  7. Firefox 3 beta 4 now available for download
  8. IE8 speeds things up
  9. Address Bar Improvements in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
  10. Hands on: Mozilla’s new Prism brings web sites to the desktop
  11. Firefox 3 beta 4: postMessage and perf
  12. about:mozilla - Beta 4, Beta 5, Free t-shirts, Dehydra, Seneca College, Prism, and more
  13. Microsoft updates Internet Explorer
  14. IE8 and Loosely-Coupled IE (LCIE)
  15. Mozilla Labs Updates Prism Prototype
  16. Firefox 3 Memory Usage
  17. Prism for Firefox: desktop web apps just got easier
  18. Firefox 3: how to rock on a memory budget
  19. The IE8 Favorites Bar

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QA Periodicals

Software Quality Professional

The Software Quality Professional (SQP) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, published by the American Society for Quality (ASQ). Its mission is to help software professionals apply quality principles to the development and use of software and software-based systems. SQP publishes case studies, experienced-based reports, and state-of-the-art reviews in order to provide practitioners with an understanding of those software quality practices that have proven effective in a wide range of industries, applications, and organizational settings. To enhance personal and professional growth, the journal provides a forum for exchanging practical ideas and experiences. SQP constantly strives to improve the professionalism of practitioners, the satisfaction of customers, and the well being of the larger society. Take a look inside the latest issue of the Software Quality Professional. There you’ll be able to read article summaries, full-text articles, and resource reviews from the most recent issue. You’ll also be able to peruse past issues, review our author guidelines, or subscribe. The Software Quality Professional is published quarterly in December, March, June, and September.

http://www.asq.org/pub/sqp/

Better Software

Better Software is the magazine for software professionals who care about quality. Each issue brings you relevant, timely information to help you build better software. Continuing to deliver in-depth articles on testing, tools, defect tracking, metrics, and management, it’s the only commercial magazine exclusively dedicated to software professionals. Within the pages of each issue you’ll find heavy hitting articles about solutions to common management problems, coverage on emerging technologies, and more. You’ll benefit from expert analysis and real-world case studies in the areas of Testing & Analysis, Managing People & Teams, and Tools & Techniques.

http://www.stickyminds.com/BetterSoftware/

Software Test & Performance

Software Test & Performance, a monthly magazine focused on testing and software performance issues. ST&P reaches more than 25,000 software development managers, project and team leaders, and Test & QA managers.

http://www.stpmag.com/

Methods & Tools

Methods & Tools is a free magazine with PDF and text issues with practical knowledge, information and resources on software development and software engineering: UML, Agile Methodologies (eXtreme Programming - XP, Scrum, Test Driven,..), Software Testing, Configuration Management, Databases, RUP, Software Project Management, Programming (Java, .NET, Ruby on Rails, Ajax), Software Analysis and Design, Quality Assurance, Software Process Improvement (CMMI), Software Development Tools, Risk Management, etc.

http://www.martinig.ch/mt/

Browser Newsletter #15

  1. New Firefox browser blocks hacked websites
  2. Sun Bringing Java to iPhone
  3. True full screen for Firefox 3
  4. IE 5.5 Beats IE6 and IE7 On Acid 3

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CodeFox 1.0.1

Official CodeFox Page

http://kzhvnkv.com/codefox

CodeFox 1.0.1 Changelog

  • Firefox 3 beta 3 support
  • Ability to run code within opened document
  • Ability to run code within chrome window
  • Fixed errors with eval(string, object) not supporting functions

CodeFox 1.0.1 Interface

CodeFox Interface

Browser Newsletter #14

  1. Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 8 Beta
  2. Why Isn’t IE8 Passing Acid2?
  3. New IE8 beta 1 tantalizes, rough edges and all
  4. Microsoft asks Web developers to “bet on us”
  5. Opera exec’s take on Internet Explorer 8
  6. Steve Jobs pans Flash on the iPhone
  7. JScript in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers
  8. Hands-on With Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 Beta
  9. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, first impressions
  10. Activities and WebSlices in Internet Explorer 8
  11. Flock 1.1 is out
  12. Backbase tests browser JavaScript and Render performance including IE 8
  13. IE8 and IP Licensing
  14. IE8 and CSS 2.1 Testing
  15. Five things you’ll love (or hate) about IE8
  16. The Default Layout Mode
  17. Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image
  18. IE and WebKit Performance; Is WebKit the Ralph Nader of Browsers?
  19. The Best Stuff from MIX08
  20. Improved Productivity Through Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools
  21. Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers – Standards Highlights
  22. Opera: IE8’s changes don’t let Microsoft off legal hook
  23. Mozilla stretches Firefox 3.0 development to fifth beta
  24. Mozilla VP talks IE 8, Firefox 3

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