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I took the dive into Firefox extension development today whipping out an answer to the Beacon is broke sentiment that is popping up all over the net, including here on this blog. This extension puts a little icon in the status bar that lights up in blue when on a page using Beacon technology. In [...]
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Jeremy’s a trip. He has a very predictable pattern about him and he has for years. Microsoft is the best thing since sliced bread is the mantra - until someone or something makes a real difference and makes Microsoft look bad. Then the song and dance is more one of “I’m not going to [...]
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Not sure if any Firefox gurus can assit out there, but for several months now, I cannot get popup windows to show at the correct size. Some windows can be resized and others cannot. Sometimes I can get around the problem by opening a window in a tab but for Windows, such as the one [...]
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That’s right, Firefox 2.0, and that’s also right, it’s still in the oven.
Before you go downloading and installing it, I’d like to remind you of a couple different things:
1. Probably just about all of your extensions will cease to work.
2. Your computer will likely crash constantly.
3. Your browser will have a rediculous amound of [...]
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New Firefox offers new tools for developers
Firefox 1.5 Beta for Developers - Demo
addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Ftechnosailor.com%2F2005%2F10%2F23%2Ffirefox-15-beta-for-developers-demo%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘Firefox+1.5+Beta+for+Developers+Demo’;
addthis_pub = ”;
Very sweet little FireFox hack. Apparently, I’m not the only one who has been disgruntled over the lack of popup blocking recently by the browser that excels in that area. Now I know why and now I know the fix. Here’s the fix.
In the address bar, type about:config (power users of Firefox are aware of [...]
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A new Firefox extension I’ve discovered is GooglePreview. With this extension, you get thumbnails of the site results in your search results. Try a search for Dave Matthews Band, for instance:
Cool, eh? :)
The extension can be downloaded here.
addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Ftechnosailor.com%2F2005%2F04%2F05%2Ffirefox-extension-googlepreview%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘Firefox+Extension%3A+GooglePreview’;
addthis_pub [...]
Trying out a plugin I just installed for Firefox - JustBlogIt
Pretty slick. Right-click on a page or selected text and JustBlogIt will blog it for you. It has built in support for Wordpress, MoveableType, Blogger, Drupal, LiveJournal, Radio Userland, Textpattern, Typepad, journalspace, b2 and BLOG:CMS. Nice job, guys.
addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Ftechnosailor.com%2F2005%2F02%2F20%2Fjustblogit-with-a-simple-right-click%2F’;
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Stabbed in the back.
Microsoft provided a screenshot of their new MSN search tool in beta. Some lucky (or perhaps unlucky and now unemployed) person at Microsoft has an affiity for Firefox over Internet Explorer.
addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Ftechnosailor.com%2F2004%2F12%2F03%2Feven-microsoft-uses-firefox%2F’;
addthis_title = ‘Even+Microsoft+Uses+Firefox’;
addthis_pub = ”;
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Anybody know where to get these? Especially number 11…
11. GetOffYourLazyButtAndWalkToTheFrontDoorForPetesSake 0.01 - Snail mail notifier
10. Tab-A-Licious 0.3 - Move tabs anywhere. You heard me. Anywhere.
9. MajorityNow - Surfs while your computer is idle to increase the browser usage stats for Firefox.
8. FoxySomething 0.8 - CD-tray ejector
7. ClassiqView 1.1 - Also known as “I can’t believe [...]
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I’ve been slammed at work today so of course I could not be among the first bloggers to break the news. But it’s better late than never.
The best browser ever that has even a Microsfty reeling after so many years of naysaying, is finally an official 1.0 release.
Go get it here and join the growing [...]
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Utilizing the advice from the good people over at Mozillazine, I was successfully able to setup Firefox on a thumb drive so I can use it wherever I go.
Here are the steps.
1. Download a fresh build of Firefox from their FTP site.
2. Extract the contents to a folder on your hard drive.
3. Create a directory [...]
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I just downloaded and installed the Release Candidate of Firefox 0.9. First thing I noticed was that my home page was set to the default used in my IE installation and that the links toolbar did not have any of my bookmarks.
Upon some investigation, I noticed that Firefox now uses a different profile directory.
Under [...]
