Opera, Firefox or IE - Extremetech Survey

Extremetech did a comparison of the three leading browsers. For a novice surfer all offer similar features such as tabbed browsing, download management, extensions etc. But under the surface the three do have distinct functionalities. I have always supported Opera, regardless of how "tweaky" Firefox can be but both these browsers can make your day. IE on the other hand, be it 6 or 7, is not something i'll be looking forward to. Here's the link:
Browser Comparison: Firefox 2 Beta 1, Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3, and Opera 9.0--Review on ExtremeTe

Browser dilemma...

The rapid advancements in browser technology has divided people in two major groups, those who go for Opera and those who opt Firefox. I myself has been using Opera 9 and just love it. The only hitch with Opera 9 is its memory consumption. But apart from that it's running as smooth as water on duckback. I don't require flashy features but if you're one for it Opera doesn't shy away from it. It has loads of features to play with. I did gave Firefox a try but somehow never liked it better than Opera. Now with the release of Firefox 1.5.0.5 the battles hottens again, well atleast according to those open-source buffs. I haven't gave Firefox 1.5.0.5 a try yet but I really am in no hurry amply satisfied by Opera. But from what i've read the new Firefox does pack a decent punch whether good enough to lead the race i've yet to see. But ofcourse I'm a bit prejudiced wanting Opera to do better. But regardless of whether Opera wins or the crown is worn by Firefox this race has given the users a welcome dilemma. Consider what waits ahead, and why just in browsers but in other types of softwares. The way IE has been brushed by these two, i'm hoping a couple of OSes pop up and give Microsoft and Mac a serious run for their money (No i'm not a Linux enthusiast). But then OS are more complicated an issue, and not just programmatically, to discuss in this post. Maybe some other day we'll have a fire-side talk about OSes. For now you have Opera (or Firefox).

Dot Viewer added :-)...

Now you can watch my latest dots directly from my blog. For those who came late dots are simply bookmarks of webpages that I found interesting and well, bookmarked. These bookmarks are sorted by tags, such as Football or Technology News and so forth. The image above shows the sidebar and if you wish to see all of my dots there's a link of the same at the bottom of this same sidebar. Enjoy.

Blogger.com blocked!!!

Due to several political and other reasons blogger was blocked in India for some time but thanks to the huge uproar created by the online blogging community the site has been made accessible again. Reportedly, initially a list of 17 blogs and webpages was given to the nationwide ISPs to block but they blocked the whole blogger and a list of other blogging websites. But it is good to be back online and continue musing about stuff :-)

Whiteboard of creativity or fancy play with technology?

When it comes to creativity we know as much about it as Galileo knew about the roundness of earth, when everybody held the notion that it was quite flat. We know that creativity is something which is inherent part of our makeup but only on the basis of our intuition. A scientific proof of creativity in humans is yet to be provided.
GE launched a site sometime back which quite relevently (according to them) has been named imaginationcubed. But when you look at it from a detached perspective it appears more of a glorified version of Microsoft Paint utility than anything else. It does provide several features such as inviting other people to contribute or save your design but ultimately it is nothing more. Come to think of it Yahoo messengers also came with one of the imveronments for doing such a thing, if you remember (Doodle IM).
So what is the purpose of this site? Is it just another one of the fanciful flights of those who have spare time on their hands or is it the first brick of the connected creativity which is still in its infancy?

Are you "Dotting"?

I came across Bluedot sometime back and I think it's a really good site. Of course, I was blissfully unaware of the concept of Web 2.0 and the other "Social Networking" and "Bookmarking" revolution that was going on. I immidiately got hooked to Bluedot as I love to surf the Internet quite a lot and it is usually difficult to keep track of all the pages you have visited or would like to visit, this becomes more difficult when you're not focused on a specific topic but rather an interrelated group of topics. Bluedot (and many more sites) provides excellent features to store your bookmarks online so that there's no hassle of importing/exporting or managing bookmarks. The site also provides the facility to tag your bookmarks and provide a short description, a rating and a picture for the link.
You can also see what other people are dotting and can search the site for a specific tag such as books or podcast. But the claims of Bluedot which state them as a Social Networking site fall well short in my evaluation. I like everything about Bluedot but consider it strictly as a bookmarking service. Here's what it looks like: