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Qute just got better

Arvid keeps improving the Qute theme for Mozilla Firefox and I must say he has done a terrific job this time! The Home icon looks much better now compared to the previous version that can be seen in Firefox 0.8. The theme now features a fresh new throbber that blends in much better with the theme than the Quadrone logo.

I have always thought that the five standard icons on the toolbar (Back, Forward, Reload, Stop, and Home) look dull when a new window is created, mostly because of the grayish Home button and the fact that Back, Forward, and Stop is normally disabled in a new window. The new Home button, however, makes the appearance much more pleasant, which I think is important both visually and psychologically.

Other nice improvements include refreshed toolbar icons (including the Bookmark Manager), new status bar icons, an improved tab close button, and some updated Options window icons. Note that the updated version of Qute hasn't been checked in yet, but it will as soon as Ben gets time for it.

Good work, Arvid!

Cleaning cleaning cleaning

The flat is slowly becoming a home. My bedroom still needs some work though...

Back in business!

I'm finally online again, after days of packing, cleaning, unpacking and cleaning again... I've moved in to a friend's appartment and it's still a real mess as you can see on the photos. I moved for several reasons. The most important one is money. I'll probably save around SEK 1500 (about USD 200) every month, which counts if you're a student. It's also much closer to the train station so I won't have to take the car everyday to get to the university, which will save both time and money. I also think it's going to be a lot of fun. Oh, and Tiger finally gets a balcony so he can get some sun and fresh air!

Björn, the guy who lives here, is a co-worker and a friend of mine. He's sleeping in the living room and I get the bedroom. :) He used to share this appartment with his girlfriend but they separated a year ago and then he lived with a friend who moved out yesterday. So now it's my turn to live here!

We're sharing the Internet connection using a router I bought today. It's working really nice, but for some reason it disconnects from the ISP if you don't use the connection for some time. I have to look into that later. Björn is not really interested in Mozilla or computers in general, but he already knows the names of Asa Dotzler (he thinks Asa looks like a musician!), Ben Goodger and Blake Ross. :) Of course, I'll make sure he converts to Firefox as soon as I've reformatted his computer, which is as messy as his appartment.

Anyway, I have around 400 unread mail messages, so if you have sent me an email lately, please be patient...