I’m moving the blog to the root of the web site. So this is the latest post you will receive via RSS/Syndication/Feed (aka Google Reader and al) unless you update your feed settings.
All previous links should still work.
The new feed URL is: http://www.berthon.eu/feed
Il y a quelque temps j’ai eu l’occasion d’écrire pour Libre et ouvert un article en deux parties sur la synchronisation des données (historique, cookies, etc.) sous Firefox (version 4.0 et suivante) : 1er partie et 2e partie.
Adobe Flash Player 64bit
Adobe released yesterday a preview of Flash Player “Square”. It includes native 64bit support and IE9 hardware acceleration enhancement. Yes, you’ve got it! Adobe is again supporting a 64bit release of their plug-in and for all 3 platforms: Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
I have updated my previous article on surfing the web in 64bit with the new details.
To get more information, jump to Adobe Labs.
Note: there is a free (libre) alternative to Adobe Flash product called Gnash, however it is still far from being stable enough on all web sites to be widely use. But anyway, it is a highly interesting project which have made recent huge improvements towards reliability and speed. You should try Gnash first and if it doesn’t work for you, then go for Adobe.
Update: Flash Player “Square” is now Flash Player 11, and there is a second beta released this August 2011.
We are on the edge to write a new Icelandic saga. In a few days, we will embark on a plane direction: Iceland.
10 years ago we were leaving Iceland after an incredible time there. Now we are going back with our bicycle to explore it differently.
Iceland is an amazing place, but it is a difficult one too, especially on a bike. The weather is harsh, the wind strong, the roads are tricky and bridges only exist on road #1! But Iceland is a magical place, it’s wild, it’s colourful, it’s warm and cold.
How do computer geeks have fun?
Warning: If you are not a geek, you better not read further for 2 good reasons:
While installing a software, I stumble on this small message:
If you are a hardcore computer nerd staring at this file through your favorite text editor, you are probably hunting [the build instructions!] Well it’s not here. [...] Because all the build instructions are now in Apache’s cool web-site.[...]
Continue reading to learn more about the context.
Since Google released its Public DNS, I was curious about how it would really perform. Thus, I have looked around and I have found a script on the internet that I ran at home, here are the results:
+------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | Domain | My ISP | Google | OpenDNS| +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | lifehacker.com | 17 ms | 68 ms | 68 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | facebook.com | 18 ms | 69 ms | 68 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | manu-j.com | 19 ms | 79 ms | 70 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | reddit.com | 58 ms | 88 ms | 66 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | tb4.fr | 16 ms | 64 ms | 67 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | bbc.co.uk | 55 ms | 65 ms | 67 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | lemonde.fr | 58 ms | 63 ms | 78 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | dailymotion.com | 58 ms | 66 ms | 68 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | faz.de | 57 ms | 65 ms | 99 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+ | gmx.de | 56 ms | 62 ms | 68 ms | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+
Google Public DNS and OpenDNS performed quite similarly. However, my own ISP is still quicker to respond, a possible answer is that Google DNS in Europe are located in Frankfurt, Germany.
N.B.: these tests were performed on a wireless link under Mac OS X Leopard in Toulouse, France. If you want to run the script on a Mac, you should change the first line of the script to #!/bin/bash
Update 2009.12.10:
Giving Chrome its wings
After making the chromes shine on Ubuntu, let’s make them flashy! In the previous article you learned how to have Google Chrome and Chromium installed, now that you have used them for awhile, you perhaps find out that you cannot play video on youtube.com or dailymotion.com, that you do not have annoying advertisement, etc. Yes, Google Chrome and Chromium Linux versions do not yet support Adobe Flash!
However, since you are not afraid to try a test version of these browsers on your favorite OS, you will not mind activating a test feature: plug-ins.
First of all, as a free(dom) software advocate I am obviously biased towards all proprietary software makers. Anyway, this position can sometimes make me see things from a different perspective.
Now here is the big news these days: Microsoft had Windows 7 in pre-order for a bargain price, but only a limited amount of licences (e.g. 76 000 licences for France). And they were overwhelm by demands from users!?!
Wait a minute, how come overwhelm? Basically, many users (no numbers were published) connected to Microsoft servers to go through a couple of pages in order to pre-order Windows 7. Basically, this is just a few requests to some servers to download web pages (a few kilobytes). Does Facebook, Twitter, Gmail or even Windows Live (Hotmail, MSN, etc.) services just collapse because people are using them? In comparison, Facebook handles 120 millions connections per day!
So there are three solutions to the fact that Microsoft servers could not handle the amount of requests :
First solution seems wrong. Perhaps it is a mix of the second and third solution, both can create a buzz around Windows 7 sales, and this is what exactly happened as many news related Windows 7 high popularity because so many people tried to buy it that even Microsoft could not handle their requests. Congratulations to the marketing guys, the operation reached its goal!
Counting until 4 is accessible to most people, and ought to be mandatory for any computer related software or web pages.
It seems that this is not the case for Twitter!
Twitter indicates 4 followers, but only 2 are listed.
Butterfly browsing, Nepal
First of all, no I do not boycott Opera, but some persons do want that for the reason that Opera Software triggered the whole antitrust browser case in Europe. In support of Opera Software, I am now writing this news using their browser!
The big news that triggered it all is that Microsoft, in response to the EU antitrust browser case, will be removing Internet Explorer 8 from Windows 7 in Europe.
I have to say that I am happy and delighted to hear this news. My point is that Microsoft should only be shipping a raw Windows. The computer manufacturer should then integrate Windows with a software solution of their choice, a software solution that integrates of course a browser and other tools. Just like Windows does not shipped with an office pack, but major computer vendors are adding office software applications to their computers offers.