Archives for the 'Reviews' CategoryYimto.com - An Honest Review
Over at Yimto, the interface is fairly easy to navigate and it has a clean/fresh layout that anyone can enjoy. The blog is not overpopulated (or even populated) by ads and it looks great. The Categories: Yimto covers quite a bit, and is steadily growing momentum in both the blogosphere and in Entrecard. He just recently dropped his 25,000th card. (That is incredible by the way, good job!) He covers topics on monetization, entrecard, affiliate linking, SEO, how to get motivated, etc. The list goes on. He also has a rather nifty set up at the bottom of the blog which has recent comments, posts, and a tag cloud for easy access. Rankings:
TheWWWBlog - The Honest Review
When first looking through thewwwblog, I noticed that the author talks about a lot of interesting topics. Apple: Though a rather small category at the moment, the author discusses matters related to the apple. He gives his honest opinion on the macbook and has written a post about version tracker pro. Blogging: He has various and useful posts about blogging. Topics such as “top 5 ways to get more RSS subscribers” are found in this category which can be quite beneficial to read for those who are just starting out. Other notes of interest: There are quite a few posts on how to better your blog, which include a wide variety of topics. You can always find something unique at this blog, so you should go check it out
Opera Browser? What’s that?
I used to say, “Opera? it could never be as good as a ‘normal’ browser.” How harsh I used to be to something I never experienced for myself until recently. The Browser, The Legacy: Opera is rather stylish. It is definitely one of my favorite browsers to work with. If I keep finding new features I like on it soon, it may very well replace my Firefox and the occasional Internet Explorer usage on this computer. I have found some awesome features and widgets to place on my Opera, and the fact that it is lighter weight than Firefox and Internet Explorer makes it quite useful to someone who opens up about 30 tabs at once (Entrecard drops). The Requirements: It is recommended to have at least 64mb of ram. Opera has older versions called ‘Legacy’ versions which require even less. For versions other than Windows, there is an option that you can select. Under Opera 9.26 For Windows there is an option called “Show Other Versions”. Here you can get Opera for any version of OS you choose. (And its a nice list). Thank you Rijk for pointing this out. Many of the commenter’s probably have not noticed this either, nor did I. Opening up a New Tab: Instead of having a blank tab when you open up a page (quite like in Firefox or IE), Opera opens up something called ‘Speed Dial’. Its a page that has 9 boxes on the screen. These speed-boxes are basically 9 different ‘homepages’ when a new tab is pressed that you can connect to just by pressing them. (you can also, obviously, change these speed-boxes to whatever you desire). These boxes have a thumbnail of the actual site which is kind of nifty, too. Resources Required: I opened up 30 tabs in Firefox, 30 tabs in Internet Explorer, and 30 Tabs in Opera. Opera wins hands-down for the resources required to run the browser with those tabs open. It had about 30% less resources used than Firefox and about 50% less than Internet Explorer. Excitement: It looks like the creative minds behind Opera are working hard on a new version that is supposed to be ready by June of this year, I cannot wait It does not have any Alexa toolbar available for it, which I find quite sad. I looked through the widgets and there was nothing available for it. Though lately I have not been using Alexa as I have been finding it rather annoying with all of its recent problems, it is still a good thing to have just in case if someone wants to use the features. Conclusion: Thus far, I think it is a pretty good browser. I really hated trying it out first because of the mental hatred I had for it prior to even reading up on it. All I can say it is lightweight and it seems pretty secure. Its pop up blocker seems to catch just as much as Firefox does which is also pretty decent. Perhaps you have some comments you’d like to mention about Opera? Bring them forth! Share your knowledge. Like it? Hate it? Lets find out why. BlogRush announces TrafficJam.comBlogRush has just announced that TrafficJam.com has finally been opened to the Public and is still in Beta. Some of you may be asking, why am I writing about BlogRush if I don’t use it anymore? News is news. On the surface, TrafficJam appears to just be a directory but the fact that it is powered by BlogRush gives it a lot of leverage in the matter. It does look like an intriguing idea which may counteract the poor clickthrough rate that some people are receiving through the widget of BlogRush. I might reconsider this widget as from what it appears, it is connected directly to the TrafficJam network. TrafficJam calls it “The Solution for Information Overload” and it uses data from the BlogRush network. I will use the widget again and experiment to see if there are any gains over the next couple of weeks. | |||
Lets cut to the chase, shall we? 
If you ever wanted to know about some important events around the blogosphere, then look no further.
So a lot of you right might must be thinking, ‘ewwwwww. Opera’. Have those of you who actually claim that, ever used it? I ask this because I used to think the same thing.
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