Firefox logo spotted in deep space by the Hubble Telescope!!

The photo is captured by the Hubble Space Telescope way back in March 2005. It is an image of V838 Monocerotis star which lies near the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy. The same photo is overlaid with a familiar logo, an the fits in nicely!!! Actually, I think Internet Explorer logo can fit in too. It does look like a big 'e' as well.

Source: Firefox Logo Spied In Deep Space

The best Firefox add-ons (Part 1)

1) Firefox Theme
When we talk about add-ons in Firefox, the first thing that comes to mind is Firefox themes!!

a) PimpZilla - The best theme I have seen so far




b) NASA Night Launch - One of the best dark colour theme




c) Blue Ice - Simple design. Suitable for minimalist




d) Macfox II graphite - My favourite Mac theme




e) Vista Firefox beta - Vista theme for Firefox. Isn't it look better than IE7?





2) Tab browsing add-ons

a) Tab Scope - At first look, it is similar to thumbnail preview on Windows Vista taskbar. If you pay close attention, it is actually a thumbnail viewer AND ALSO a mini browser (See the navigation bar embeded in the thumbnail viewer?)




b) Tab Effect - This add-on is not very useful but cool. It adds 3D effect when you switch tabs. Sometimes the 3D effect does not work. In this case, simply press Ctrl+N to open a new window. If the 3D effect works on the new window, you can close the old window.

From Mozilla Firefox to Netscape Firefox?

Right after AOL has officially declared the death of Netscape browsers, some people already began to speculate about Firefox - what is the next move? With the growing popularity of Firefox, is Firefox going from open source project into a business? Some are looking forward to the IPO and believe Mozilla should take advantage of the Netscape brand values, and rebranding into Netscape Firefox. However, the respond from Mozilla to the speculation is no, we are not going to IPO.

Mozilla Weave

Check this out, Firefox will soon have online services too. Basically, you can store your Firefox bookmarks and history on the web then you can easily synchronize your data with other devices, e.g. laptops, cell phones, or share data with friends - which is useful to me as I ocassionally work on different computers. Certainly, Mozilla has a greater plan than just what I mentioned.

The desktop-web integration trend is more and more obvious by now. I can't imagined how the future life will be when we try to disconnect from the web and cell phone.