Acid3 Test Released

With Firefox 3.0 being the first release of the popular browser to pass the Acid2 test, an new web standards test is completed. The Acid3 test is now released, and browsers can be tested at this page.

Firefox3 howerver doesn’t pass the test. I didn’t test any other browsers but it is unlikely that any will do better. I repeated the test 10 times using a recent cvs snapshot. Each time, firefox scores 67/100.

The reference image can be found here.

If anyone has the a screenshot representing the results of other browsers such as IE6/7, Opera, Konqueror or Safari, I am interested in posting them here.

Firefox 3 gets printing dialog face lift, now uses gtkprint

One of the great things about Firefox 3 is that it has received a lot of love and attention in the Linux department. So many things have been accomplished including native gtk+ themes in html content, better gnome-vfs support, use of stock gtk+ icons in many areas and countless other improvements.

The latest improvement comes in yet another feature that makes Firefox better integrate into the typical gtk+/gnome environment. The latest nightly builds of Firefox 3 use the native gtkprint dialog instead of the old xul one. This is mainly thanks to the work of Michael Ventnor in bug 193001.

A screenshot is available here.

Firefox repository moved

After ftp issues with zymic.com, I moved again to ht990332.googlepages.com

The new pacman configuration is:

[hussam]

Server = http://ht990332.googlepages.com

Compiling a Firefox Adblock Plus Filter List

I’m compiling a filterlist for Firefox’s Adblock Plus whick is one of the most popular firefox extensions. It can be downloaded from AdblockPlus.org . I have been using this extension for years and I have compiled a list of the most common annoying ads that I see while surfing the internet.

You can get the current list from here (updated on 20080325)

Save the page as filterlist.txt and place it on your desktop. Open Firefox and on the tools drop down menu, open ‘Adblock Plus’. On the Filters drop down menu,  click on ‘Import filters’ and let it add the filterlist.txt file you just downloaded. If you have any additional items I should add to the list, please post it here.

New Linux FlashPlayer Plugin Update

Adobe has released a new update for the Linux mozilla/firefox flash plugin (version 9.0.115.0). Among many fixes, this release use a native gtk+ menu when a user right clicks on a flash animation in firefox.

The plugin can be downloaded from here

Version 9.0.115.0 of the plugin also has Linux support for standard H.264 and AAC codecs as well as hardware-accelerated full-screen support.