Firefox 3 Visual Refresh 
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Interaction designer Alex Faaborg has emerging details on the visual refresh that’s being worked on for Firefox 3:
Visual integration with Windows and OS X is our primary objective for the Firefox 3 refresh.
Fitting in to the visual appearance of the native operating system may seem like a reasonably obvious decision, but it certainly isn?t one that every cross-platform application or windowing toolkit makes.
On one hand I think it’s great that there’s a serious focus on making Firefox look truly native. On the other hand I think it’s a pity that it’s only going to look native, and not be native, but I suppose that’s one of the biggest challenges of crossplatform development. In any case, things certainly look more promising than the Firefox 2 visual refresh.
Eastern Promises Mini-Review 
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Eastern Promises is the new movie from Cronenberg, the director of A History of Violence.
The story is about Anna (Naomi Watts), a nurse in London who helps deliver the baby of a dying 14 year-old russian prostitute. The girls left-behind diary tells grim tales of rape, and leads Anna to the russian mafia where up-and-coming henchman Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen) may be the Annas only hope of finding justice and possibly peace for the newborn.
Eastern Promises is a good movie, but it’s one of those films that requires an emotional investment of the viewer. That sets it apart from A History of Violence, which was readily watchable even if its themes were also grim. If you’re ready for such an investment, Eastern Promises is a fine film.
