Filed under: Internet, Mozilla, Browsers
WebChunks Brings IE8's Slices to Firefox
After testing the beta releases, one of the most promising features in Internet Explorer 8 is Web Slices. While it's a cool idea, it's not enough to drag me away from Firefox. Am I missing out on something?
Not any more, thanks to the WebChunks addon.
Add Webchunks to your Firefox installation, and then head over to the Internet Explorer 8 Gallery site. All of the web slices available there work just great in Firefox. Keep in mind that some may look a little ugly, due in part to them being created for IE.
I added the StumbleUpon, Digg, and Me.dium slices to my Firefox 3, and they all worked (though Digg's formatting is a bit out of whack).
I'm all for switching to a new browser if it has some really killer features I can't do without, but as long as developers keep coming up with slick addons for the Fox, there's no way I'll change.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
