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Post URL to Twitter – Firefox Add-on

Having been a long time Firefox user (and sick of it crashing) I decided to try out Safari out of curiosity.  While I was not that impressed by Safari I was by a extension called safari140. This extension allows the user to post the current article been rendered by the Safari directly to twitter to share with your followers. After switching back to Firefox I could not find a plugin with this functionality. So I decided to write my own Firefox add-on. The add-on allows the user to post the...
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South African IEC Website Blocks Open Source Users

I decided to have a look at the South African Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) website to see where you could register for the upcoming elections. Instead I was presented with the following message: It seems their website only allows Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer users. So that means no Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Linux or Mac...
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Fennec – Firefox Mobile For Windows

Open Source mobile web browser known under the code name "Fennec" from Mozilla will be available for Windows mobile in a couple of weeks. Mozilla developer Mark Finkle revealed that development for Windows Mobile version is heating up and and that a Linux version is in a alpha testing. You can install it on a Nokia N8x0 and assist with testing. There are no plans yet for a Blackberry version and there was work happening porting it to Symbian but there has been no indication on the...
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