Archive for December, 2008

MAC OS X 10.5.6 update problems

Apple has posted a support document on his web site about an issue encoutered by users while trying to upgrade to the latest MAC OS X 10.5.6 update released on december 16th 2008.

The problem is your Mac hangs while configuring the installation.
Apple recommends to the user to force quit the update and remove the partial update from your library then download the update again.
View the full description on Apple web site:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2383

Mozilla Upcoming Releases

February 3, 2009
Firefox 3.0.6 >>>
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January 6, 2009
Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 >>>
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Mid January
Firefox 2.0.0.20 -> 3.0.5 MU >>>
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January 13, 2009
Funnelcake05 >>>
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January 26, 2009
Firefox 3.1b3 >>>

Source: https://wiki.mozilla.org

Happy Holidays from +QA

David Paul Seoane Micro Site

A couple months ago, we helped our friend Dave Seoane to test his web site.
It was a small project but we had had fun working on it, you can check his work at http://davidpaulseoane.com


Web site designed and developed by Nemodesign

Browser and OS statistics November 2008

OS Platform Statistics:
Windows XP => 72%
Windows Vista => 15.1%
Windows 2000 => 1.8%
Windows 2003 => 1.6%
Windows 98 => 0.1%
Linux => 3.8%
Mac => 5.3%

Browsers Statistics:
IE7 => 26.6%
E6 => 20%
Firefox => 44.2%
Chrome => 3.1%
Safari => 2.7%
Opera => 2.3%
Mozilla: 0.4%

Source: http://www.w3schools.com/

Adobe(R) Flash(R) Player 10

On October 15th Adobe has released Adobe Flash Player 10 (code named Astro).

This version player includes the following new features:
> 3D effects
> Custom filters and effects
> Advanced text support
> Color Management
> Speex audio codec
> Dynamic Streaming
> Real Time Media Flow Protocol
> Dynamic sound generation
> Text engine
> Pixel bender
> Vector data type
> File download and upload APIs
> Webcam/microphone
> Public bugbase
> Ubuntu support

- Enhanced features:
> Large bitmap support
> Full-screen playback
> Drawing API
> Context menu
> Hardware acceleration
> Anti-aliasing engine (Saffron 3.1)
> Read/write clipboard access
> WMODE
Source: wikipedia.org
Read about the Linux version of Adobe’s Flash Player >>>
Adobe Lab Flash Player 10 >>>
Download Flash Player 10 >>>

Browser links for Web testing

I am posting a short list of a few useful links to different browsers for Web testing:
Firefox Older Version >>>
Firefox 3 >>>
Opera 9.6 >>>
Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 >>>
Internet Explorer 7 >>>
Internet Explorer 8 Beta >>>
Safari 3 >>>
Adobe Flash Player >>>
Old Versions of Apple Safari 4 Windows >>>
Old Versions of Apple Safari 4 Mac OS >>>
Netscape for Windows >>>
Camino 1.6.5 >>>
Chrome Beta 4 Windows >>>