Giuseppe Taibi's Techlog » Free Software http://www.giuseppetaibi.com Impressions and bookmarks about my technology journeys Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:44:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Flock is easier to install than most other apps for the Mac http://www.giuseppetaibi.com/2009/12/08/flock-is-easier-to-install-than-most-other-apps-for-the-mac/ http://www.giuseppetaibi.com/2009/12/08/flock-is-easier-to-install-than-most-other-apps-for-the-mac/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:06:47 +0000 yus http://www.giuseppetaibi.com/2009/12/08/flock-is-easier-to-install-than-most-other-apps-for-the-mac/ Installing an application for the Map typically involves simply dragging the app’s icon to the Application folder. This is usually achieved via a dmg file that opens with shortcuts to both the new app and the Application folder. Most dmg files have the app icon on the left hand and the Application folder alias on the right hand. This works.

Flock Social Web Browser has the app icon above the Application folder. I applaud to their designers as this works better. Bravo, Flock!

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]]> http://www.giuseppetaibi.com/2009/11/20/testing-chrome-os/feed/ 0 Yes, the World Does Need This Chrome Browser from Google! http://www.giuseppetaibi.com/2008/09/02/yes-the-world-does-need-this-chrome-browser-from-google/ http://www.giuseppetaibi.com/2008/09/02/yes-the-world-does-need-this-chrome-browser-from-google/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:49:09 +0000 yus http://www.giuseppetaibi.com/?p=90 My knee-jerk reacttion when I first learned that Google is going to release a new web browser was “What? Does the world need yet another web browser?”. I changed my mind after I flipped through the first pages of the (highly addictive!) comicbook-style introduction to Chrome. Chrome sounds like a dream coming true for web application developers and users ( = the whole Internet thing). Gotta check out the Chrome comicbook here. Also, read the announcement from the official Google blog.

Chrome Comicbook

Crome is really going to catch Microsoft by a storm. There, I said it.

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No GPS-required. Unfortunately it is not yet available for iPhone. Finally available on iPhone as part of 1.1.3 update.

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