Beta 7 update was the big bummer for me. The Status Bar has disappeared from the it usually location (bottom of the window), where major browsers have it, and moved to elbow the address bar, here.

There are a few problems with this approach:

- Security. There are more bobby trapped websites with malicious content or copycat of genuine website that will easily benefit from the user not knowing what links are clicking on.
- Average user will not notice the change and some of them will end up living “without” status bar, reducing the effort of security awareness many are trying to convey.
- For those who have noticed the change: on long URLs, you either don’t see the full site address where you are going, or you loose track of what page/URL you are in before moving.

There are already scores of complains regarding this specific change on Firefox feedback page.

For now, there are a few add-ons that will plug this critical visibility feature, although I try to avoid as many as possible.

Fingers crossed for Beta 8. For now, I’m going back to Firefox 3.6 – the latest stable version.

I personally agree with the findings based on experience. Background noise such as loud music, busy street or chatty people during the meal has always influenced my ratings on how tasty my meal was.

The noise level is likely a destruction to the brain and the taste to prevent it from indulging the full extent of the various components and ingredients that the dish may hold.

The fact remains that the food itself has to be tasty to be enjoyed in quieter environment, but doesn’t explain why a increasing number people, mostly the young generation, enjoys fast food in busy and noisy streets. Maybe the hunger level plays another factor.

This announcement appears to come as tactical response to Google new Chrome OS, which is still in works. Microsoft flag ship product will compete against Google web apps which has been made available 3 years ago. Microsoft’s group product manager for Office told the BBC:

“…and what they tell us today is that going to the web often means they sacrifice fidelity, functionality and the quality of the content they care about. We knew that if and when we were ever going to bring applications into a web environment, we needed to do the hard work first because we hold such a high bar,”

Although the news was welcome by many who would like the power of working with Microsoft Office online, this didn’t go down well with Microssft partners. There was a lot of moan and questions on what Microsoft was trying to achieve, but Steve Ballmer hit back saying:

“If you wanted things that never change you probably shouldn’t be in the IT business. The one thing you can count on in our industry is that things change. And yet for every opportunity that looks like it gets smaller there’s at least three or four opportunities that look like they get bigger.”

“You [partners] have to sit here and say: ‘On anything where they are doing well, will they keep it up? On anything where they are not doing well, will they keep at it until they get it right or are they doing to go home?’ We don’t go home,” Ballmer shouted.

On this blog, I will talk about a wide a range of things that I comes across. This will be the space in which I use to share my experience with WordPress, CSS, Webdesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Windows, Security and lots, lots more. There won’t be a focus on a particular interest, which makes a challenge for me to create categories.xxsas

By sharing my experience, tips and how to’s, I hope I can help others find the answers they seek and learn more from the community.

Stay tunned!!

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