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Firefox 3 and MobileMe not working? It might be Ubiquity plugin
While this might not be news for everyone, reader Brad and I seemed to be having the same problem: Using Firefox 3, we would see the "unsupported browser" message pictured while trying to use me.com. Obviously, Firefox 3 is a supported browser for MobileMe. A TUAW colleague gave it a try and found everything to work fine. Brad and I compared notes about what plugins we have in common, and found that Ubiquity was causing the problem. It turned out to be related to the user-agent string: MobileMe uses the user-agent string to determine what browser you're using, and Ubiquity tacks on an extra bit at the end. For example, without Ubiquity installed, it shows Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120121 Firefox/3.0.5. With Ubiquity installed, it said Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120121 Firefox/3.0.5 Ubiquity/0.1.5. (Emphasis mine.) Since MobileMe doesn't know what to do with the extra Ubiquity text at the end, it thinks you have an unsupported browser, and shows you that error. The good news is that you can fix this, thanks to a simple technique from Tim Jarrett, and still use both Ubiquity and MobileMe. Read on to find out how. Thanks, Brad!
Games shoehorned onto a digital camera
What features do you look at when buying a digital camera? Megapixels? Battery life? White balance override? How about games?We can't really imagine the consumer who will be swayed to buy the DXG-589V because of what the press release describes as "20 built-in full-color 2D or 3D video games." If a consumer is interested in playing games on the go, they can already buy a portable gaming system or download some games for their cell phone or PDA without denting their bank account too much. If they're not interested in games, then the promise of being able to play what will likely end up being derivative ports directly on their digital camera isn't likely to turn them into instant gamers.We also can't imagine that Sony will be too happy with the colored shapes being used as control buttons on the camera, which bear a striking resemblance to the arrangement the PlayStation line has been using since 1995. Patent infringement lawsuit, anyone?Previously: Fuji camera adds gaming features
