AdBlockPlus problems

After installing and unistalling the real Firefox browser I faced an annoying problem with the AdBlockPlus -plugin. It does not filter ads anymore! No idea why, and already googled it and found some intstructions how to solve the problem, but still not working...

...Just found another instructions, have to try it out!

Firefox for Maemo!

Finally I got an inspiration to try the Firefox for Maemo 5 beta version.

First impression was really good!
Nice, new kind of approach to the function button hiding: By dragging the screen you can reveal the hided sidebars, and then hide them again and center the view to see the web page in full screen.

It has also much more settings than the basic Maemo 5 (Mozilla based as well) browser. Hey! Wait a second!

Never actually checked what settings the basic browser has...! Let's take a look...

Yep, there are the same settings in both, in Firefox they are easier to access. That's why never even thought about them in the basic browser.

Plugins are also supported, as in the desktop versions. That is good, can't live without AdBlockPlus for example...

After very short test I notice that Firefox is kinda slower than the basic Maemo browser... another really annoying detail is, that the zooming does not work as it works in the basic browser from the hardware volume keys.

Well, it's still in beta, I give them all the time they need, let's see if they manage to triumph with this. Meanwhile, I continue using the basic, Mozilla based browser for Maemo 5.

First post with N900

This week has brought a lot of life to my N900. The first major update reached my device, and I'm hyped about it. Ovi store offers some new content, and especially the game Angry Birds is worth trying.

The update went all well, and I was exited to read about the changes they have made. For example the usb connecting bug I experienced should now be fixed!

Well, it's quite hard to write with this thing, so It's time to go..

Testing the blogger add-on

Starting problem

This morning I tried to start up my N900, and it went only to the first loading screen, and then switched off. Tried several times and always the same. I remember to have a lot of battery yesterday before switching it off... so what is happening?!

Then I connected it with usb to my laptop to charge it, just in case. After 30 seconds, another try, and whuuf, it started normally!

Battery

Today I used the N900 intesively (without using Wifi or phonecalls at all), and the battery charge only lasted about 12 hours. I was just gaming the very addictive Hex-a-Hop some hours, and that's it.

This is not very convincing, I would say. I know the battery charge duration is somewhat the same in all similar devices (?), but hey, it's year 2010. They went to moon in 1969, they will fly around the world with solar energy only, etc. I would expect something better...

Why all the devices could have some small solar panels on them? Even if they were very ineffective, something is better than nothing.

Video

One thing that superates the expections is the video quality. Xvid compatibility is something very useful.

In the media player I would like to have options for adjusting the video aspect.