Archive for the 'General' Category

The Language of Requirements

December 10th, 2010

Using a single language as your client is the basic rule in the use of language. That’s just simple. If we use a consistent language, it contributes to a better understanding ofthe requirements. Let’s put it this way, a recent project has product catalogue for seeds. In the initial draft, we categorized the seeds inyo [...]

THE WEB BROWSER CONTROL

October 10th, 2010

There is a common requirement of hosting the WebBrowser Control. It is the ability to override or add to the context menus that are displayed as the result of a right-click in the browser window. This is of particular interest to applications that are using the WebBrowser Control to view rich content but do not [...]

Browser Families

September 10th, 2010

1. Gecko-Based Browsers. This family includes Mozilla Firefox, Camino, SeaMonkey, Netscape 6-8, etc. Reportedly, 15% of the whole internet users are using Gecko-based browsers, and the percentage is growing slowly. These people are aware that there are alternative web browsers. 2. KHTML-Based Browsers. This family includes Safari, OmniWeb 4.5+, Konqueror, etc. Percentage of KHTML browsers [...]

Innovation of Smaller Browser

May 10th, 2010

As time went on many webmasters started to realize the need to take into considerations evolving smaller browsers. Fortunately, many other operating systems and alternative browsers with better security over Windows and Internet Explorer became available. One small project which is called NetCaptor merged MDI together with tabs to come up with “tabbed browsing”. It [...]

The Need for Alternative Browser

January 10th, 2010

If you think you are using the best program to view the web, think again! You should consider innovation and security. The battle between Netscape and Internet Explorer ended by the end of the 90’s as Microsoft Internet Explorer dominated the web. But not long after, it became obvious it is not doing any good [...]

Work From Home, Earn A Lot

September 29th, 2009

Not all people are familiar with online business originating from home. Most of them know of the standard form of living but today, many people are making quite a profit by making websites or even simple content. There is no other profession in the world that gives you the opportunity to work for yourself, set [...]

The Green Wall of China

June 26th, 2009

Nope, the world wonder hasn’t been painted green but the issue ia raising a lot of eyebrows, even from local media groups that has all computers to be sold in China to contain a Government issue, pre-installed program that screens internet browser results for any sex-oriented results, an issue that has been raised by the [...]

Windows UAC – Why All the Fuss?

May 26th, 2009

Windows Vista shipped with a very nasty component that many people disliked so much they tried to do away with it right away by downgrading to the older and more stable XP. But with Microsoft announcing the end of support date for XP this coming month’s end, there may be no other option for the [...]

EU Takes aim at Microsoft

April 26th, 2009

Due to several brushes with respect to anti-competitive laws among some, Microsoft has announced that the release version for Windows 7 that will be released in the EU will be shipping without the much debated Internet Explorer. Cases of anti-competitiveness that has their operating system denying access to alternate browsers and issues with the much [...]

Bing is in the House!

March 26th, 2009

Bing has launched and many see some movement on the browser arena with respect to curiosity of the new web browser from the software giant that is Microsoft. is it going to make the cut as “the browser to compete with”, it may be too early to tell but it surely is raising eyebrows as [...]