Last week I wrote about an awesome Google Chrome extension  to  ”Replace Ads in Gmail with Social Media Profile of the Sender” on Chromestory.com. I added a small bit on the end of that blog post, saying I am sure that Google will buy this company.

UK-based start up called Rapportive has created an awesome Extension for Both Firefox and Google Chrome, which replaces the advertisement space in Gmail inbox with social media profile of the user whom you are interacting with, on that email.

Do you think Google Will Buy This Company ?

1. This is an awesome service which will see thousands of followers in coming days.

2. Even though ads inside gmail inbox is not Google’s revenue system, Google will not be happy about users removing ads with the help of a simple extension. They will buy this company, and include this service in gmail without hurting their income source.

What do you think ?

Good news guys ! Mozilla has released mobile version of their browser firefox. Now most of the new users of mobile web will not have to think twice before selecting a browser for their mobile device, they have mobile version of their favorite browser. Well, brand works on web too !

Mozilla says that they have decided mobile firefox keeping in mind that mobile users love to touch more, and type less. seamless synchronization with desktop Firefox is another feature they are excited about. It is called “Weave Sync”

What is Weave Sync

Weave Sync helps you share your history, bookmarks, tabs and more between your PC and your mobile phone. It can share even your open tabs ! So, whatever you have on your PC version of firefox will be available on mobile version too, without manually setting it up. You will need to download and install the Weave Sync addon from this page. You should have this addon installed on both your PC and mobile versions of firefox, for this to work. For more information, and instructions, visit this page.

More Features

Awesome Bar – Go to your favorite sites in just a couple of keystrokes with intelligent and personalized searching
Weave Sync – Sync your Firefox tabs, history, bookmarks and passwords between your desktop and mobile device for a seamless browsing experience
Add-ons – Customize your Firefox by adding small pieces of functionality, like games and news readers, that help make the mobile Web browser your own
Location-Aware Browsing – Get maps and information relevant to your location
Tabbed browsing – View open tabs as thumbnails to easily identify and select the Web page you’d like to go to next
Safe Browsing – Get an Instant Web Site ID and easily access and edit security settings
Available in more than 30 languages and counting

Firefox is currently supported on Nokia’s Maemo5 platform and is available for download on the Nokia N900. Users can download and learn more by visiting Firefox.com/mobile . The download page says it will support Nokia N810 also. So, if you have other models of Nokia or any other brand, you might have to wait for the release.

So, here is how to make your firefox look like Google Chrome.ie, Google Chrome theme for firefox.

Google Chrome, was love at first sight. Many people fell in love with her, and wanted to make her their primary girl friend ( yea, with browsers, you can have primary , secondary and many more girl friends.. trust me !!  I have 4 or 5 lol ).

Then, what happened ? hmm the same old story … , the girl was just about the looks, I mean, the UI and the color ( no pun intented, sorry if you felt so  !! ). People started going back to their ex girl friend, yes, firefox.  Well, she was too sweet and accepted them, when they came back. Someone ended up using the Google Chrome theme for wordpress.

Now, the story is about to change … some make up for your beauty that is firefox, and make her look like Google Chrome, your dream girl. Click on the image, and then install this theme for firefox , all the best !!

UPDATE : FIXED Manoramaonline.com issue. For manoramaonline.com on Google Chrome, you can install THIS FONT After you install this font, refresh the browser and it should work.

Are you using Google Chrome ? If your answer is YES ….. you must visit Google Chrome Tips where we answer all your Google Chrome related questions, and you get news and updates in your inbox, for FREE !!

TIP: Using Twitter and Google Chrome ? Here is Twitter Plugin for Chrome

When I tried Google Chrome browser for Malayalam websites, it worked fine. But, then I saw couple of comments about Malayalam font issues on Chrome.

Malayalam UTF fonts were working fine on Chrome, the issue was with manoramaonline.com. To be frank, I am clueless here. Because, I never bothered about how manoramaonline.com’s malayalam page looked like on firefox or IE, and it never worked for me. I was using mathrubhumi.com for news and blogspot, wordpress blogs using Malayalam utf fonts, and I never had any issues. Things were almost the same here with Chrome too.

So, I have two questions.

1. Do you have any issues with Google Chrome Malayalam fonts ? Is it manoramaonline.com only or, just anything written in Malayalam ?

2. Do you know how to fix this issue ?

If you have answer for any of these questions, or another question related to this, drop me a comment here or email me hello at offlineblog.net

As far as I know, if you were able to browse Malayalam websites using firefox, you should not have any problem with Chrome also.

Firefox usually shows a rss feed icon in the address bar when we are on a website or blog with RSS or ATOM feed. So, I was looking for that or something similar on Google’s Chrome too. But no, nothing is there to identify if the URL has a rss feed. 

What happened ? Where is my rss feed icon ? how will I know that the website has a feed or not ? Yes, of course there will always be alternate options on the website, but an icon on the address bar was the most convenient way of doing that. 

So guys, did they actually forget to add this feature, or is it silly me having trouble finding it ? I need help … I need help.

PS: I am making a list of features missing on Chrome, so if you have something to add to, comment or email me.

Google released their very own open source browser today. I was eagerly waiting for it’s release like many others, because, we expect the best from Google.. right ? I  kept reloading the browser tab on Chrome’s URL, but it gave 404, not found error all the time, and finally, google reader sent me the official release post. Or if you go to google.com, you will see an announcement there too.

Installation was pretty easy. Click “Download”, Agree to TOS, and then, wait for few moments to get it installed.

So, Google Chrome is ready on my Laptop. Let us test it now. First website ? Okay, we will try, gmail.com. Was it fast enough ? YES !! Google Chrome works little faster than firefox. But that was just my first impression ok ?

Google Chrome has a lot of new features to offer. Like, the way of tab design, ( you can drag your tab away and make it a new window itself ) etc. If you need a full list of new features, go here.

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Do you remember this post ?. Yes, a few days ago, I was asking you guys about possibility of introducing blogging in schools. Now, go ahead and read this article. If you are too lazy to click on that link, well, read this …

If the recommendations made in the national policy on use of technology in Indian schools go through, blogging could become huge in India.

This draft policy, still under discussion, says – “Blogs are powerful tools to support creative writing that can be published and shared not only with the teacher but also with peers and the world, alike.”

When I wrote that post, I got a comment from Kenney, asking me if I can join him in something similar. The idea is to help colleges to build blogs for their students. They can have students’ blogs, take newsletters to an online blog version, and publish announcements etc … there are lot of possibilities.

I know a professor who is interested in blogging and some web 2.0, in my college ( College Website is not opening on firefox for unknown reasons ). So, I called him up and discussed this and we ( Kenny and me ) will have a meeting with him soon. I am planning to contact our principal, and another professor also, who manages college newsletters ( both are my friends … lucky me )

I am not sure yet, if they are going to agree with the plan and give a green signal. I will update you all for sure.

PS: I did not receive any questions in response to my post about self hosted blogs.   I was planning to write a single post with answers. Now, I  have decided to write a series of posts about the same. First one will be, about registering a domain name. Stay tuned.