15 Years of Download.com: Interesting Charts and Data

The following is a cnet infographic with interesting data about download.com over the years:

 

Updated my internet connection

Yay for me! I just updated my internet connection.

I’m on the same ISP, but now I pay less for more! Before I had 6 mb/s, but now I have 20 mb/s and a new modem\router that supports up to 4 computers and it also has wireless. The cool thing about it is that it has a place for a photo, so it’s actually blending better with the room environment.

The new Youtube Editor

The Youtube Editor

I was expecting for quite some time now that this will happen. Especially after introducing the “annotations” feature, I was aware that Youtube will soon implement some kind of video editor.

Well, they did, but this is REALLY simple. Don’t count on this if you want some decent editing, you’d better still use windows movie maker .

In my opinion, it’s just a basic clip mixing tool, if you are logged into your Youtube account and go directly to the Youtube Editor it will automatically load all of your video clips.

Because the current limit of a clip is 10 minutes, it will warn you if it exceeds this limit.

You can drop some clips in the timeline and add a song from the AudioSwap library(no, you even can’t cut your song so it starts when you want…).

There are a LOT of songs to choose from. But with just the limited “drag and drop” and no further editing, it’s just not fun yet and it can’t replace your editing software.

And finally, there’s that trimming feature. The only real editing feature imo.

So basically this editing tool is just there to make a mix of clips and publish them as a new video. Very poor in feature though. But this is just the beginning, they just launched the tool. I’m sure they’re going to add more editing features in the near future.

A totally rethought computer

Google Chrome OS

Probably until now you were wondering what’s Google Chrome OS?

It’s an operating system that focuses on browsing the internet. Here’s a presentation video of it:

Of course, you’ll probably not install this OS on your main computer where you stay all day and design stuff, or play games. But in my opinion, this is the perfect operating system for your netbook. You should try it .

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Firefox

The best browsing experience is not defined only by the sites you usually visit, but also the tool you use to navigate- the browser.

Now I’m going to give you a small tip(and you won’t regret it): Try Firefox. Use Firefox! It’s probably the best web browsing experience you can get. I’m going to prove it.

Because numbers are impressive, I’m going to prove it that way first!

Stop! You were trying to say firefox is the most used browser and from this graph ….

Wait! I’ll get there in a second. According to StatCounter GlobalStats, Internet Explorer is the most used browser in the world, and on the second place comes Firefox. But think there for a moment. It comes along with Windows, which in turn is the most used OS in the world. Most people won’t bother installing another browser because they just don’t care- they are not users who spend a lot of their time on the internet. Even if it’s like that, probably they’re beginners and they will soon start to realize they want a better browsing experience. Things make some sense now, right?

So yes, in the world of intermediate and advanced users, Mozilla Firefox is the most used web browser.

But why?

On this page at mozilla you can see a comparison between different versions of Firefox. The latest one, Firefox 3.6 has a JavaScript performance of 995 ms! (the fastest yet). Of course, in this domain Firefox is still in the 2nd place. Yes everyone, it’s about Google Chrome. But that browser has a specific category of users who really prefer these 2 defining words: speed and minimalistic. It doesn’t offer what Firefox offers though. I used to make use of Internet Explorer as a secondary browser in the past( while using Firefox as the main one, with similar sessions each day). But I uninstalled it and installed Chrome instead. But probably 80% of my browsing time is spent in Firefox .

And now I’m getting to the main point:

When you first install Firefox, it’s almost like any other browser. But you like customizing right? That’s not a problem because you can choose from a truckload of themes and thousands of  “Personas”(which instantly change the look of your browser) to help change the look and feel of your browsing experience.

So probably you’re whining about not having features you saw at other browsers. Don’t cry, Firefox offer even more than that: you can choose from a big variety of addons to personalize your browser. Firefox was designed to be a modular software that doesn’t push down your throat a ton of features you would probably not use. You choose what features you want and install them! And the awesome part is that Firefox keeps tracking these addons for updates and it will announce you if one of your plugins needs an update.

And before I forget, Firefox is an open-source software with a thriving community that constantly works at making this browser a better piece of software.

Firefox: Fun and Safe browsing experience!