Microsoft Vista was the blunder which the company had made and launched Windows 7 to fix the disaster. The company developed Windows 7, which is arguably the best Operating system from Microsoft.
However, Raimund Genes, CTO of security firm Trend Micro claims that there is still much to like about Vista, and that he actually prefers the older Operating System.
According to Genes, Microsoft sacrificed security in order to make the OS more user friendly. “I’m not saying Windows 7 is insecure, but out of the box Vista is better,” Genes told.
“Windows 7 may be an improvement in terms of usability but in terms of security it’s a mistake, though one that isn’t that surprising. When Microsoft’s developers choose between usability and security, they will always choose usability,” Genes argued.
This week Google launched browser extensions for Chrome for users that have devices based on Windows and Linux operating system. It is expected that Google will bring extensions for Mac developer channel by the end of this week and as for beta users, they will have to wait for extensions till the first months of 2010.
Chrome extensions are considered to be little gadgets that are found on your toolbar and extend the functionality of your browser. Nowadays more than hundreds of extensions can be found for Chrome, such as a Gmail notifier, ad blocker, Google Wave notifier, ChromeMilk (Remember the Milk widget), and Chromed Bird (the Chrome equivalent of Echofon, aka TwitterFox).
If you want to try Chrome extensions but do not want to wait for them when they become available, you have to know that you can sign up for the developer version of Chrome for Mac but in this case you will need to remount the browser. Chromium includes bookmark syncing but it is unavailable at the moment in Chrome for Mac beta.
But due to extensions the working process of browsing can become slower. Nowadays one can find a big number of Chrome extensions that are available. It is expected that Google Goggles that was recently launched will soon be available for users.