Category Archives: General

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User feedback is so important

Posted on August 25, 2010 by nevf

With the new V3.31.0.0 Surfulater release, when someone uninstalls Surfulater, a feedback request Web page is opened. This is something I have been wanting to do for quite some time and simply haven’t gotten around to it. Fortunately the Content … Continue reading →

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We should never expect much from free

Posted on August 2, 2010 by nevf

When I did the big update to the Surfulater Blog last month I included a social sharing widget SexyBookmarks by Shareaholic. These widgets let visitors share details of our posts on Facebook, Twitter etc. and E-mail friends about them. I … Continue reading →

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Surfulater Blog – Major update now live

Posted on July 8, 2010 by nevf

Following on from launching the new Surfulater Web site and Support Center we have now completed a major update to the Blog. I realized today that the blog has been up and running for over 5 years now. In that … Continue reading →

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Out with the old and in with the new- new Surfulater site is live

Posted on June 25, 2010 by nevf

I am pleased and excited to announce the release of the all new Surfulater Web site. The new design is a much simpler, less cluttered and more to the point. But most importantly it is more approachable and does a … Continue reading →

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We have good news and good news

Posted on April 28, 2010 by nevf

Following up from my last post I am very pleased to say we found a fantastic web design company for the redesign of our Surfulater.com web site. We actually finished up with a short list of a two companies, either … Continue reading →

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Surfulater Web Site Makeover

Posted on April 8, 2010 by nevf

The Surfulater Web site is overdue for a major makeover, both visually and its words. We aren’t doing a good enough job at quickly explaining what Surfulater does and why it can be so useful for people who spend any … Continue reading →

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Firewalls are wonderful things except when they aren’t.

Posted on March 3, 2010 by nevf

All PC users are faced with a never ending onslaught from rogues trying to gain access to their PC. They may want to steal your personal details or hijack your PC and use it to send out a flood of … Continue reading →

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Firefox Version 3.6 and the Surfulater Firefox Extension may not work

Posted on February 11, 2010 by nevf

The current Surfulater Firefox Extension does not work if you do a clean installation of Firefox Version 3.6. If you upgrade to Firefox V3.6 from an earlier version of Firefox the Extension will continue to work correctly. The folks at … Continue reading →

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Hope is not a plan

Posted on October 14, 2009 by nevf

I was contacted by a long time ED for Windows customer yesterday who had visited our Surfulater Web site and commented on the quotes we have there, adding his own “Hope is not a plan”. I’d not heard this before … Continue reading →

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Too much of a good thing – the rebuttal

Posted on April 8, 2009 by nevf

After writing Too much of a good thing I contacted the therein mentioned customer (Mr. T.) informing him of the blog post. To my surprise he wrote a lengthy rebuttal and with his permission here it is in full, along … Continue reading →

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