Firefox 1.5 and Windowblinds 5
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005The long awaited release of the two different softwares that are making headlines weeks ago had released their new and updated version of their application.
Firefox 1.5

At last, Mozilla.com has just announced that the new version of it’s popular open source web browser is now available for download. Also, the Mozilla website had a new makeover, just in tune with the release of their new version of Firefox. After months (I think) of testing and trial and error with the release of Beta 1 and 2 and last weeks, the Release Candidate, patriots of this browser will experience a new breed of browsing experience.
My review…
I didn’t notice such huge improvements and/or major overhaul of this browser. Maybe because a month ago I’ve tried using the beta’s and the release candidate. We’ll, I’m not surprised of the new options panel that was available since the 1.5 Beta. Over all the browsing speed is indeed fast when switching with the previous pages. The excellent re-ordering of tabs and the security enhancements it still provides. An automatic update is embedded onto this new version of Firefox so your browser will have the latest updates available.
Windowblinds 5
At last, the folks at Stardock had released their stand-alone software product Windowblinds 5
to the public for download. You can download the shareware version which is free of course and the enhanced which you will buy for only $19.95. This new version enhances all aspects of the Windows GUI, embedded into the Windows shell itself removing the wbload.exe start up, enables cleaner lines and graphics,has a new control panel and many more.
My review…
I’m longing for this to come, the day when the free version of Windowblinds 5 will be available for download. First, I immediately download this software (a merely 9 MB in file size) then install it to my PC. The installation was quite the same as it’s predecessors but this one is fast enough. After restarting the PC for the installation to complete, I notice the new skin automatically replaces my old one. The performance of the version 5 proves that they had improve the launching speed of this software. I can make my taskbar transparent like glass. Wee! I definitely recommend this to all.
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