Apple Safari 4 Beta

Let me start this post with a question.

Which Browser do you use ? and Why?

a) Internet Explorer - Its default, I don't want one more software in my list.

b) Mozilla Firefox - I love it, I want to see the world my way.

c) Google Chrome - Its Google, I need a clean and no nonsense browsing.

d) Others - I love to try new things and see which suites me best.

Putting some interesting facts forward, out of 100 sample audience 45 prefer Firefox, whereas IE "6,7,8" is preferred by 43% rest 12 % is divided between chrome, opera, safari & others.

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So by that we can say in total population 43% are brand loyal, 45% loves customized goods and remaining 12% loves to experiment.

So this browser is for those 12% who wants to experiment and experience the next generation of browsers.

Parmar's Review - very early to say whether Safari 4 will be able to post any challenge for IE or Firefox but i must tell you it will surely give healthy competition to Google Chrome. A very innovative, neat, exceptionally fast and highly user friendly browser.

It is a next generation browser with not so new features but eye catching and easy to use interface.

Pro's -

- Awesome looks

- Thumbnail preview of most popular sites visited by you

"this is something which opera started chrome followed and safari took it to another level"

- Built in RSS reader

- Innovative History View

Con's

- Set up file is heavy in comparison to other browsers

Firefox - 7 MB

IE 8 - 17 MB

Opera - 9 MB

Chrome - 6 MB

Safari - 25 MB

- if you have Windows and any other browser you have a habit of closing the tab from right corner but as apple prefers left side so its little uncomfortable for users to adjust to it.

As i stated earlier that its too early to tell you the negatives or positives. But as i have started using it and will get back as soon as we get more details

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Windows - Good, Bad or Worst?

We know this logo and recognize it even with closed eyes (not really) because this is something we have seen since we started using this divine machine called personal computer. I have started dreaming about this logo with the black background also (on startup).

• Leaving jokes aside Microsoft Corporation has seeded us with its operating systems from the beginning, starting from Windows 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 95, NT, 98, 2000, XP, Vista and now WINDOWS 7.
  
  Why it is called WINDOWS 7?
  
  It’s the seventh version of Windows and Vista was 6th, XP 5th and so on …
  
  I have worked in almost all the versions of Windows except 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, and have found that they have been improving it day in and day out by giving us updates just for everything, this shows how much they work for us. Most of us would be laughing on this but that most well known command known to mankind is CTRL + ALT + DEL.
  
  But this time they have promised that they are giving us what we wanted from our operating system it's
  Faster & Easier
  Improved taskbar and full-screen previews
  Jump Lists
  New ways to work with Windows
  Internet Explorer 8
  Windows Live
  Better device management
  Home Group
  It works our way
  Faster, more responsive performance
  Extended battery life
  Theme packages
  Take control of problems
  It has new possibilities
  Share music and videos
  Windows Touch
  Handwriting recognition additions
  
  I am not a developer, I am not an IT pro who understands how much pain goes in making one little update. But I know I am an end user who is paying you your salary by buying your product
  
  

Pixlr Online Image Editing

Pixlr Online Image Editing

Pixlr is a free online photo editor, jump in and start edit, adjust, filter. It's just what you imagine!

Parmar's Review- This one is for the people who run away from heavy photoshop softwares which make it slow as am old celron 500 type, but now comes this revolotionary beta website.

Pro's

- You can edit any of your picture and add almost all effect which any of the basic photoshop software will help you do.

- You can add layers in your picture

- You have custom brushes for you to use

- You have filters and many other cool stuff for you. 

Con's 

- If you have slow internet connections uploading image might slow the statup process, once its uploaded it works fine.

- tutorials are missing form the editor part, so people who are not aquinted with profesional virsion will find difficulty in operating this

NO doubt and excellent initiative by www.pixlr.com and hope you enjoy it too.

PS: please use it and share your thought through comment so that others can be benifited by it. 

  

Google Talk Labs Edition

Download Google Talk Labs Edition and get:

(click on the image for your PC)

• Features of the Google Talk Gadget on your desktop (emoticons, group chat, and more!)
• New! Desktop notifications from the following services:
  

  	Gmail
  	Calendar (with a new snooze option!)
  	Orkut

  
  

Parmar's Review - Once again google has proved that it is no doubt far ahead than Microsofts products and is working to solve our day to day problems.

This is for those who are google addict users, better looking talk messenger "small" "compact" and "usefull" those three words describe it all. 

But it needs lots of improvement and i am very sure that google wont disappoint us.

Pro's

- 3D looks give you a better looking gtalk

- Integration of gmail, google calender & orkut 

- Your calender entries will be shown when its due and you can even see them as a notification and even snooze it. "sounds intresting"

- Tired of no. of chat window on your desktop, it has tabbed browsing, open any no of windows in the main window itself

Con's

- Any body please tell google that we cant use 2 software for the same product

- No VOIP service available in this, means if you want to do voice calling then you cant on this atleast

- No pop out menu which let you know about the contact and status message

- There is no menu of the main window, if you want to change settings - click on the task menu and then change the settings.