Making Firefox that much easier to use a common goal of everyone. I found this plug-in and I like how it works.

The basics of it are that when you double click a word(s) the terms can be searched by a quick popup window.

I thas some social and search functions from the popup that makes finding that unknown word or researhing a term very easy to research; even Twitter it.

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Windows 7, the latest release of the Microsoft Operating Systems, is going to be released in under a month and while it’s getting rave reviews, it’s missing one of the most important functions an Operating System could have, an update manager.

It’s an obvious function, but Microsoft has failed to address or notice the issue.

It’s the tedious task of having to keep track of program updates. Most new user don’t even realize what’s going on. But the truth is if you’er not running the latest version of a software package, you almost surely asking for a problem.

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My primary browser is NOT Chrome, but I keep it loaded for testing and as an option; you should always have options.

But Chrome is not one to be dismissed it’s got some power and speed. And while the browser doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of… say Firefox; it hasn’t crashed on me yet. And from that there are some things I like about the speedy browser.

So these are just some things I like about Chrome and as the wheel turns and Chrome actively supports plug-ins, I might be swayed a bit more easily.

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I’ve been reporting on the progression of Thunderbird and they’ve released another beta.

These are some things I noticed about the latest beta from Mozilla.

I think that Mozilla is making improvements; they seem to be subtle and I still think it’s missing a social factor with not trying to connect with more social networking sites, making the connection of people more personal and enjoyable.

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eMclient has presented itself as the alternative to Microsoft Outlook and while it has many competitive features, apparently it’s not ready enough to break the finish line ribbon.

Nothing would make me happier than to be able to post an absolutely outrageous and fantastic review about eMclient, but the latest release of this application, after months of waiting, was a little bit of a disappointment to me.

About a week ago the latest revision of eMclient was released, version 2. I had a previous version of eMclient and when I downloaded the next version [v2] I had some difficulties with the upgrade process. I had e-mailed the authors and I didn’t get an immediate response, but I was able to contact them through Twitter. through Twitter I got a quick response from one of the support staff and they gave me the information that needed to be able to clear out the previous installation completely and then start all over. This wasn’t a big deal because I wasn’t using eMclient as my primary e-mail program.

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If you’re not keeping track of which lights are being left on and still haven’t started using florescent lights, you probably didn’t realize we’re in bad economic times. Right now saving money is a cool/hip thing to do.

It’s the smart thing to do…

But if your just the slightest bit savvy this is a good program to cure the curious cats out there who want to find out what it costs to live civil like [using electricity and water].

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I download’d the latest beta from Mozilla for Thunderbird. I’m a big fan of Thunderbird and have been for many years. With each release it just keeps getting better. Even with the release of Google Wave, I’m still of the mindset that Thunderbird is the number one freeware email client.

I download’d the latest version to take it for a test drive and here’s some things I noticed right off the bat, plus a few extra comments.

Here’s what I saw… and what I thought.

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For an IT guy/person , having access to a quick command prompt is critical to getting things done fast.

OR if you’re messing around on your machine a lot testing out new software, which you shouldn’t do, it’s nice to have these little gems just hanging around.

There’s nothing to this really. Right-click in explorer and Command prompt; perfection.

Download here.

Thanks for reading!

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