Friday, October 28, 2011

Top SEVEN Browser For Mac.

Today,I'd like to share seven browsers for Mac.Which one you are using ? Do you know the other ones? Then what shortcoming do you think of your browser?Okay.Let's start.
  • The First one:Safari
 Safari is the browser comes with Mac OS X system,Safari uses the new Nitro engine which can loading page fast and JS parsing speed.Safari supports tabbed browsing, auto fill, spell check, to prevent phishing and malicious software and other functions, while 4.0 version is added with the Top Site, Cover Flow, HTML5 support and other functions, making Safari at the same time taking into account the speed, features more powerful.
On the other hand,Safari supports plug-ins, but the relatively number of plug-ins is small. In some non-English websites when browsing, Safari compatibility is also slightly less.
  • The second one:Firefox
As a multi-platform Firefox browser, after years of development, already has close to 30% market share.In addition to supporting Firefox tabbed browsing, auto fill, spell check and other basic functions, powerful personalization features is an important reason for why it's so popular.Firefox has a flexible plug-in functions, and a variety of plug-in functionality of Firefox almost all areas of expansion. In addition to plugins, Firefox can be very simple to download and replace with the skin, fully reflect the user's personalized.
In version 7.1, Firefox has a higher performance improvement, but in the course, particularly the use of plug-ins more time browsing speed is not fast.
  • The Third one:Opera
The spread of Opera since it released is quite fast.Whether in Windows or Mac OS, has quickly browsing speed. Moreover, with the updated version of, Opera's features are also increasingly powerful. As visual labels, integrated RSS and e-mail client, speed dial, mouse gestures, page zoom, fraud protection and other features make Opera a better usability.
  • The Fourth one:OmniWeb
 Developed by the Omni Group OmniWeb is a browser. And, like Safari, OmniWeb uses the WebKit engine, with a faster browsing speed. Compared to Safari, OmniWeb offers some very user-friendly features. Labels such as more flexible management, visualization of the tab bar, Site Preferences, Workspaces, Ad Blocking and so on.
OmniWeb was originally billing software, but now the Omni Group has expanded its free. So if you like Safari, but want a better browsing experience, you can try OmniWeb.

  • The Fifth one:Flock
 Flock is a Firefox-based browser developed to support most of the Firefox plug-ins. Positioning itself as a Flock Social Web Browser, its greatest feature is the integration of a large number of social service sites such as Facebook, Gmail, Flickr, Twitter, delicious, etc., while, Flock also integrates a number of Blog platforms to support, such as WordPress, LiveJournal, TypePad, etc., can be very convenient to writing by the Flock to Blog.
  • The Sixth one: Camino
Similar as Flock, Camino is based on the development of a Firefox , but the difference is with the Flock, Camino is intended to provide users with a better user experience. Camino user interface, tabbed browsing, search and other enhanced features, Then support for AppleScript and KeyChain, and better integration with Mac OS.
But unfortunately, Camino abandoned support for plug-in the replacement of the skin and features, making scalability greatly reduced.
  • The seventh one:Chrome
 Since Google Chrome has been released, has been  concerned a lot. And Because of its small, fast, features has got a lot of users. What is depressed, Compared to the Windows version of rapid update, Mac version of Chrome has not released ever. However, we can preview version to experience the Chrome.
Preview version of Chrome can basically met most of the functionality available to achieve a basic level. Faster browsing with good Flash support, automatically download and replace the skin with very smooth process. Believe that before long, we can use the official version of Chrome for Mac.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

My favorite five screen savers for Mac.

For Mac OS,which screen savers you are using right now?
Today I'd like to share my favorite 5 screen savers,i think most of you have already used all of them.okay,let's start.
My favorite screen savers on Mac is MovingPhotos 3D

The effect of MovingPhotos 3D is quite cool.it will make you select a picture folder first,then let some pictures fly into a picture of the screen,and mix into some of the 3D shape gradually.The effect is really splendid.
The second one is  LotsaWater

LotsaWater is one of my favorite screen savers,too.It makes your current screen contents as a background,then producing water ripple on it.Looking at layers of ripples on the waves on your desktop,and you will feel extremely comfortable.
Third one:Econ

Econ is a bit like the classical star screensavers on windows.but rather more brilliant.It will find all of your system applications icons.then drag all the icons around the screen and keep the divergence out. 
The fourth one:SoundStream

SoundStream is a very special screensaver.The fireworks raise up and running as normal ones,and some small flame on the screen wandering.what's special is that these small flame will react to sound.
Whether your voices, laughter or the sound of music, will allow these small fire suddenly exploded into a big fireworks, not only beautiful but also very fun.
The fifth one:Matrix Saver

As a fan of The Matrix,of course,recommend a Matrix screensaver.The Matrix Screensavers and other platforms like the Matrix screensaver basixally maintain the Matrix.
Above the five screen savers on mac,which one would you like best?

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The reasons for missing iPhone 5 this year.

With the days past by.More people search for Tim Cook then Steve Jobs.But I think in most people's mind,Jobs will never be exceeded by anyone.

Why would this time iphone 5 missed appointments and made so many disappointed. Because of Steve Jobs.
Half a year ago, the public is extremely looking forward to the iPhone 5. According to the latest consumer survey shows that 1 / 3 of users already planning to buy iPhone 5, even if they do not know exactly with what kind of iPhone 5 features, and do not know its price.
Then what will iPhone 5 be like? One Science and Technology website gives the features for iPhone 5 like this:800 million pixels, 1G A5 dual-core processor, the new N-coated shell material, more than 90% of the full view OLED display, NFC technology, support 4G network, more 3D graphics chip and longer battery life time. At present time,the technology of Apple can be full realized.
If for Cook,iPhone 5 may have been listed already,Both do good for him and Apple.
So,why Jobs make this time be iPhone 4S instead for iPhone 5? Maybe this is the piece Jobs takes.There're several reasons.
First,Hunger Marketing.Steve like this way for marketing a lot.For the first generation iPhone,Apple users and the market understand the truth of scarcity value.It will bring more people to pay attention to iPhone 5.
Then,The shortage for Apple's product line is the other main reason for the missing for iPhone 5.As we know ,Apple has been high positioning ,and it cannot change it in a short period of time like Nokia and Sansung,as the product full market coverage.
The fifth generation of Apple products, in the place of technical and applications have already reached the top level of today's top-end technology, combined with other competitors in new product onto the market, the market also in constant change among the gods for Apple's iPhone 5 if election period in the middle of the market, relying on a small number of high-end users is difficult to overturn the results of the market. This just confirms the intention to enter the low-end Apple product strategy for full market coverage.
The iPhone 4S launch,so there will have two season time to sell iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 at least the next two years.Apple can maintain a high revenue growth,also get enough time to develop the next generation of sophisticated products.
After all,Jobs is extraordinary.It's said that the day before Steve died,he had watched the entire briefing before the TV.This maybe another signal to the market --- iPhone 4S is the legacy of Jobs before he died.
Perhaps depend on this selling points.iPhone 4S sale better than expecting.According to data from Apple, iPhone 4S' booking in the first day is more than 1 million, this figure has gone beyond the iPhone 4.

Monday, October 17, 2011

A quick look at iCloud.

With the appearance with iPhone 4S.Which is an other expecting thing for a Apple fan? So, you got it,it's iCloud.With the late Steve Jobs announcing in June this year that MobileMe was, for all practical purposes, dead, and iCloud was born. Today,let's have a quick look at iCloud.
 
what's iCloud.
iCloud is a free cloud storage service from Apple which offers you the ability to store music on the Internet rather than on local storage such as your computer or external storage device. This online locker space (previously known as MobileMe) also enables you to store other types of data like: photos, apps, contacts, documents, etc. For digital music this type of storage has the benefit of securely and remotely storing your song library while also enabling you to sync multiple devices (up to 10) -- like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad.(From the definition on about.com.)
Something new for iCloud.
First,this one is known almost all of us:It's Free.while MobileMe was $100 a year.
Second, it does more than MobileMe.
Third, it’s solid.
what can with do with iCloud?
●The synchronizing support.This maintain utes your own calendar, address book, paperwork up-to-date as well as similar upon all of your devices: Macs, PCs, iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches. This means that, fairly a lot exactly what MobileMe had been.
●An online locker.  Everything you purchase through Apple company — songs, Television shows, e-books, as well as apps — is actually saved on the internet, with regard to comfortable access anytime. For instance, if you purchase a tune or perhaps a Television show in the online iTunes store, it may show up instantly upon all of your i-gadgets as well as computer systems. Or even you are able to re-download this by hand anytime, totally free.
●Photo Stream. Whenever a brand new photo makes its way into your lifetime — while a person carry the picture by having an iPhone/iPad/Touch, for instance, or even import one from the camera on your personal computer — it's added to the special folder known as Photo Stream. In other words, seems like quickly upon all of your additional iCloud devices: apple iphone, apple ipad, Contact, Mac, PC, Apple TV.
●Locate My iPhone — as well as Mac. Locate My personal iPhone, the main one free previous MobileMe function, pinpoints the present area of the iPhone or even iPad on the chart. It’s ideal for assisting you discover your own iGadget in the event that it’s already been taken or even dropped.
●Automated back-up. iCloud immediately backs up your own iPhone, iPad, or even ipod itouch. Totally, instantly as well as wirelessly (more than WiFi, not really more than cellular cable connections). It’s a fast back-up, because iCloud shells upward just what ever information offers transformed because the final back-up.
Apple could keep MobileMe close to untill June 30, 2012. At that time, this disappears permanently.There're still many things unknown,then what will they be like? Let's expecting together.
Then you can watch the video on Youtube,Getting how to manage iCloud storage on iso 5.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Summary of video players for Mac,second Part.

Let's continue the introduction for video player for Mac.

Fifth one:NicePlayer
 
Introduction:Niceplayer is an open source multimedia player.
Mian features are:
◆support 1080P HD playback.
◆support full-screen playback.
◆support for multiple monitors.
◆Borderless window.
◆Floating window.
◆playlist.
◆support drag and drop.
◆support for AppleScript.
◆Can play DVD.
◆Apple's remote control support.
Homepage Link:http://code.google.com/p/niceplayer/
Sixth one:Movist


 
Introduction:Movist is an open source player which is developed based on QuickTime and FFmpeg.
Mian features are:
◆support for QuickTime and FFmpeg.
◆support high-quality subtitles.
◆support subtitles of smi and srt formats.
◆Full-screen control panel
◆Simple userinterface.
Homepage Link:http://code.google.com/p/movist/
Seventh one:MPlayer OSX Extended
 
Introduction:Mplayer OSX Extended is a player which is based on the development Mplayer.Mplayer is a cross-platform palyer,but the development on the Mac is much slower than the windows version.Mplayer OSX Extended aim at solving this problem.In addition to inherited Mplayer powerful playback,it has been enhanced in some other ways.
Mian features are:
◆supports mauch multiple video formats including:MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA, VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5, WMV.
◆supports multiple subtitle formats and subtitle encoding.
◆can play with a variety of wideo filter.
◆Full-screen control panel.
◆Screenshot function.
Homepage Link:http://www.mplayerosx.ch/
Eighth one:Miro
 
Introduction:Rather than a player,in fact Miro prefer to a network television.In its basic playback function,the most important feathure is the ability to browse and download many free video resources.
Mian features are:
◆It can play a variety of video files.
◆Free HD video resources.
◆Offers thousands of TV channels.
◆Can download Youtube videos directly.
◆It's built-in Media Browser,and you can easily manage your video files in the machine.
◆RSS supported.
Homepage Link:http://www.getmiro.com/
Ninth one:Front Row
 
Introduction:Front Row is a home theater system that comes with Mac software.Front Row running interface is very beautiful,I still remember the shock that the first time I saw it's running.In addition to the interface,Front Row is combine for iTunes and iPhoto.
Mian features are:
◆Seamless intergration with iTunes,you can play the video in iTunes,TV shows,Podcast and music.
◆intergrat with iPhoto,you can browse the photos in iPhoto.
◆The grogeous full-screen allows the user interface,make the feeling of home theater.
◆Support to download and play movie trailers.
Tenth one:Plex
 
Introduction:Among all the home theater on the Mac platform software that can match the Front Row there's inly Plex.But also in the video playback,scalability and intergration of network resources.Plex and Front Row are on a comprehensive beyond.
Mian features are:
◆Can support for video,audio,DVD,VCD,CD player.
◆support for picture browsing.
◆supported video formats:VI, MPEG, WMV, ASF, FLV, MKV, MOV, MP4, M4A, AAC, NUT, Ogg, OGM, RealMedia RAM/RM/RV/RA/RMVB, 3gp, VIVO, PVA, NUV, NSV, NSA, FLI, FLC, and DVR-MS (beta support).
◆Support for video encoding:MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (DivX, XviD, 3ivx, DV, H.263), MPEG-4 AVC (H.264, including Nero Digital), HuffYUV, Indeo, MJPEG, RealVideo, QuickTime, Sorenson, WMV, Cinepak.
◆Supported audio formats:AIFF, WAV / WAVE, MP2, MP3, AAC, AACplus, AC3, DTS, ALAC, AMR, FLAC, Monkey's Audio (APE), RealAudio, SHN, WavPack, MPC / Musepack / Mpeg +, Speex, Vorbis , WMA.
◆Supported subtitle formats: AQTitle, ASS / SSA, CC, JACOsub, MicroDVD, MPsub, OGM, PJS, RT, SMI, SRT, SUB, VOBsub, VPlayer.
◆Supported image formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, MNG, ICO, PCX and Targa / TGA.
◆Powerful resource management capabilities.
◆Can subscribe from the App Store a variety of online video resources include: Apple Movie Trailers, Academic Earth, BBC iPlayer, Game Trailers, Hulu, Joost, Major League Baseball, March Madness Basketball, National Public Radio, Netflix, Pandora Player, Pitchfork Media, Southpark , The Colbert Report, The Daily Kos, The Daily Show, The Onion News Network, The White House Updates, YouTube.
◆Support plug-ins, and a variety of applications can be integrated.
◆Integrated IMDB and TVDB.
◆RSS support
◆Support for skin changing.
Homepage Link:http://www.plexapp.com/
Okay.All the video Player for Mac I know have listed for you ,which one you think is the most Powerful? you can download free video Player for Mac on CNET or some other download sites.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The back cover of iPhone 4S.

Today,hearing the news that the reason of Steven Jobs's death.
According to his death certificates point of view,due to the proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells,then caused by respiratory arrest.Such a great man has left,many people around the world feel sorry for him.

Then many people consider without Jobs,what will Apple like?
For the news remind me of the fifth iPhone conference.Tim Cook,the present CEO of Apple hold the conference.After Jobs resigned from the CEO post,Cook need a opportunity to show the hope will meet the expectation for the world.Then the fifth iPhone conference is just the one.

Then we talk about the conference,Most people were expecting the iPhone 5 during the conference. What will the people who has watched the conference from start to finish think of Cook's show.Being an Apple's fans,I do think Cook's first show is not success.During the 90 mins conference I'm expecting all the time to get the news for iPhone5.But what came out is iPhone 4S.No 4-inch screen,no ultra-narrow frame,no higher resolution,no new appearance,and no 4G network,then there's no dual network dual standby.iPhone 4S,Apple seems to think that his mobile this time is not enough to have a name 5.
With 16 months expecting of all the world.Apple take the iPhone 4S out instead of the expecting iPhone5.what's the matter? What's in the back cover of the conference.
Yes,what Apple wants to hide this time is it's not sufficient to meet the world expects to get the product.In fact,in the earlier iOS5 conference,we have already seen the weakness of Apple's innovation.And this conference further confirms our guess:Apple this guabt cruise ship,without the caption of Jobs,has already lost their deriction.
Although this time Apple make us disappionted.We still have confidence in and expectations of Apple.I hope no Jobs,with Cook's leadership,Apple continues to give full satisfactory work for all the world.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Summary of video players for Mac,first Part.

Video Player is a basic software for a computer.With the development of the Video player technology,there comes a variety of video formats.On Mac OS,there're lots of perfect video player.They not only can support some different formats but also have their own characteristics.
Now,let's go ahead to have a look at some popular ones.
First one:VLC

Introduction: VLC is an open source Multi-Platform media player.It supports several audio and video formats.
Mian features are:
◆The formats it can stand by:MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3,  ogg, aac, FLV, Real and so on.
◆Can play DVD,CD and VCD.
◆Can support several formats of subtitle.
support a variety of streaming media protocols,including RTP/UTP,HTTP,MMSH and so on.
◆Support a special installation package for Mac OS for easy to install.
Homepage Link:http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Second one:Realplayer
 
Introduction:real video format is one of the main formats.Then the official RealPlayer files has become one of the essential software.
The feature of Mac Version of realplayer is powerful,too.
Mian features are:
◆It can support many main formats:Real, Flash, , Quicktime MPEG–4 , Windows Media, MP3, WMA, AAC, DVD and CD。
◆Can play HD net medias.
◆Videos can be downloaded and imported into iTunes.
◆Built-in with media browser.
◆can help with multi-media formats conversion.
◆support for 5-channel surround sound.
Homepage Link:http://www.real.com/realplayer
Third one:QuickTime Player
 
Introduction:QuikTime Player is the media player comes with Mac.
Mian features are:
◆Supports for many video formats,such as:MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, 3GPP & 3GPP2, AAC, JPEG, AIFF, WAV, MOV, AAC, CAF and so on.
◆can play media with no borders and full-screen playback.
◆Support for 24-channel audio.
◆Can record videoes and audioes,then screen can be recorded.
◆support for simple audio and video clips.
Homepage Link:http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
Fourth one:Perian

Introduction:Perian is not really a player,it is a QuickTime plug-ins.With Perian installed,you can make QuickTime supports more video and audio formats.
Mian supported formats are:
◆File formats:AVI, DIVX, FLV, MKV, GVI, VP6 and VFW.
◆Video formats:MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2, DivX, 3ivx, H.264, Sorenson H.263, FLV/Sorenson Spark, FSV1, VP6, H263i, VP3, HuffYUV, FFVHuff, MPEG1 & MPEG2 Video, Fraps, Snow, NuppelVideo, Techsmith Screen Capture, DosBox Capture.
◆Audio formats:Windows Media Audio v1 & v2, Flash ADPCM, Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska), and MPEG Layer I & II Audio, True Audio, DTS Coherent Acoustics, Nellymoser ASAO.
◆AVI supported for:AAC, AC3 Audio, H.264, MPEG4, and VBR MP3.
◆Subtitle types:SSA/ASS and SRT
Homepage Link:http://www.perian.org/