Now that our Firefox version has been released, I am going to get back to blogging regularly. Since our Firefox version is so new, I am going to start a series of usability tips and tricks that will help you get started with SmartSwipe in Firefox.

For my first article in this series, I am going to cover installing SmartSwipe all the way from downloading the installation package to running it and making sure that the toolbar appears where you want it to appear in Firefox. In doing so, I will also (hopefully) show you some interesting tricks to make your overall Firefox experience more pleasant.

In one of the most perfect moments of my career, yesterday, at just after 4pm Saskatchewan time, I got to upload a brand new installation package to our web site. The moment the upload finished marked a wonderful milestone in our company's history - for the first time, we had a version of SmartSwipe that would run on Mozilla Firefox. If you would like to download this new version, please visit our downloads page

However, that is not the only change in this new version. Our development team made some architectural changes so SmartSwipe is faster than ever before.

The news team over at CBS2 in Utah put SmartSwipe to the test to see if their 'hacker' can steal credit card information while the shopper is using SmartSwipe.

Here is what they found:

Bridget Carey from the Miami Herald recently reviewed SmartSwipe. This is one of the funniest tech reviews I have ever seen...

I'm not all that familiar with the Miami Herald. Is this par for the course? If so, I'll be a regular visitor to their site!

It has been an exciting couple of days in the swipe cave. Yesterday, we finally released our long awaited version 1.6.10. 1.6.10 is a large step up - not only is it noticeably faster than previous versions, it also has some improved error messages.

If you are interested, you can download this latest version at 1.6.10. And, as always, if you have any questions or concerns, we encourage you to contact us.

Our President just told me about this and I was so excited that I thought I should blog about it. Please feel free to pass this article around to all your friends and family.

Costco.ca has SmartSwipe available on their web site for $30 off! And, futureshop.ca has SmartSwipe available for $20 off.

In exciting news, SmartSwipe version 1.6.7 is now available for download off of our web site. It has been roughly three weeks since SmartSwipe version 1.6.6 was released. While this is not a major update, we encourage all of our new customers to use the latest version.

Other than a few usability enhancements, the big addition in SmartSwipe v1.6.7 is the addition of a registration form. So now, all of our customers can register their version of SmartSwipe. Though registration is not required, we encourage all of you to register and introduce yourselves.

If you spend any amount of time on the web, you have definitely seen some security warnings. The question is, 'what do you do when you see one?'  Do you automatically click 'yes' to proceed?  If so, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University say that you are not alone.