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Why tabs are on top in Firefox 4

Brandon — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:04:18 +0000

In the Firefox 4 nightly builds, and in Firefox 4 Beta 1, we are changing the default tab position so that tabs are on top. This is a preference that users can change by right clicking on any of their toolbars. Moving the default tab position is obviously a significant and to some extent controversial change to the Firefox UI, which is why we made the video above to help explain our rationale.

Contributors who are active in the Mozilla community will know that this debate literally goes back for years. So in some respects this video will serve as quick summary of all of the different arguments both for an against the change. But the more interesting part isn’t about looking back, it’s about looking forward. Recently modern browsers have been transitioning to placing tops on top, and that decision isn’t arbitrary, it isn’t about fashion. The change to placing tabs on top isn’t about one browser versus another browser, it’s about the evolution of the Web as a platform. Read the rest at Alex Faaborg’s Blog.

Brandonbonline.net is now brandonb.org

Brandon — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:22:46 +0000

I have moved brandonbonline.net to brandonb.org. Why? Brandonb.org rolls off the tongue a little better and is a shorter domain name. It is easier to remember in my opinion. Also, most people pronounced the old blog “brandon bon line.net”. And besides I had a coupon. :P

Hackers Versus Cyber Criminals

Brandon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:47:09 +0000

Darren Kitchen, hacker and host of tech show Hak5, says why hacking isn’t the same thing as cyber crime. Jorge Ribas sits down with him to find out the difference.

Google Chrome OS Demo.

Brandon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:59:02 +0000

Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web built around the core tenets of speed, simplicity and security. This is a demo video to give you a feel for the Google Chrome OS user experience.

My Project Made The Local News!

Brandon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:06:48 +0000

In my last post I told you about my new job. Well the project that I am working on made the local news.The news spot was short and they left a lot of details out but it was exposure none the less.

Fellow friends of Linux.

Brandon — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:50:39 +0000

Thanks to a tweet by @linuxalert I have stumbled onto a blog by a person who is a great friend to Linux. He goes by Helios on the blog. It sounds like Heal the OS to me. Ok all joking aside, He has a nonprofit organization in Central Texas which gets Linux computers in the hands of children who can’t afford the technology. I support his efforts and I wanted to spread the word about what he is doing. His blog can be found here.

China blocks Google.

Brandon — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:25:15 +0000

I really hope our government never tells us what we can view online.