Firefox Help, Tips and Tricks

Avoid Doubleclick Redirection with Greasemonkey

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:19:00 +0000

I wrote a Greasemonkey script to help you avoid getting redirected through Doubleclick. Check it out at:

Mozilla fixes 10 Firefox flaws, makes it Leopard-ready

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:24:00 +0000

Computer World: Mozilla Corp. late yesterday updated its open-source Firefox browser to patch 10 bugs in Firefox, including three rated as critical, and released the refreshed versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

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OpenOffice.org documents within Firefox

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:35:00 +0000

OpenOffice.org documents within Firefox
By Percy Cabello
If you are running OpenOffice.org and Firefox at the same time you can view OpenDocument and other OpenOffice.org supported file formats using the provided Mozilla plug-in. First you need to activate the plugin. ...
Mozilla Links - http://mozillalinks.org/wp

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Help Find Memory Leaks in Firefox

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:42:00 +0000

Help Find Memory Leaks in Firefox
By Adam Ostrow
If you're a Firefox enthusiast, the Mozilla community is currently looking for additional volunteers to help reduce memory usage and fix any memory leaks in the browser. If you're not a programmer, Firefox programmer Jesse Ruderman says ...

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How to Remove Misspelled Words from Firefox Dictionary

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:41:00 +0000

How to Remove Misspelled Words from Firefox Dictionary
By Thilak
Firefox 2's inline spell checker has indeed made the web more readable by eliminating those reluctant spelling mistakes. Sometimes, if you've got a sluggish mouse, you may accidentally add misspelled words into Firefox's dictionary. ...
TechBuzz - http://tech-buzz.net

Technorati Tags: spelling , dictionary

Firefox 3 Alpha 8 review

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:55:00 +0000

Firefox 3 Alpha 8 review
By Percy Cabello
As of Firefox 2, you can set it to open web feeds with an online fed reader such as Netvibes, Page Flakes or Google Reader, and you can even add more online web feed aggregators. With Firefox 3 you will be able to do the same thing with ...

Links for 2007-09-20

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:29:00 +0000

Firefox 2.0.0.7 Eliminates QuickTime Security Flaw

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:30:00 +0000

Firefox 2.0.0.7 is Live; Eliminates QuickTime Security Flaw
By Adam Ostrow
A serious vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox has been addressed in release 2.0.0.7 which is now posted to the Firefox web site. The exploit involved an issue in QuickTime that could reportedly lead to a full compromise of the browser and ...
Mashable! - http://mashable.com

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Rolling Out Firefox via Active Directory

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:28:00 +0000

Rolling Out Firefox via Active Directory
Microsoft Certified Professional - USA
Leverage AD to roll out and update the Firefox Web browser in a Windows domain. by Chris Wolf Deployment and management simplicity are two key reasons ...

Technorati Tags: active directory , windows , domain

Real-time Thumbnail Preview for Firefox tabs

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:47:00 +0000

Real-time Thumbnail Preview for Firefox tabs
By Thilak
Tab Scope is one among those innovation Firefox extensions, which tries to improve our browsing experience by adding real-time thumbnail preview to tabs. While you hover your mouse over tabs, it'll show up small thumbnail of the page. ...
TechBuzz - http://tech-buzz.net

Links for 2007-09-07

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:16:00 +0000

Verisign Adds Green 'Trusted' Address Bar to Firefox To Help Users

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sun, 20 May 2007 04:33:00 +0000

Verisign has released a plugin for Firefox that turns the Web browser's address bar green when users visit a trusted Internet site. The Firefox add-on is for early-adopters who understand its current limitations. The Firefox plugin only works with certificates Verisign issues.

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Twitter add-ons for Firefox

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sun, 13 May 2007 04:39:00 +0000

Mashable is out with links to 8 plugins for Twitter. Are you into the whole twitter deal? Might be a little too much interrupt for some people. I've giving it a try.

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Book: Programming Firefox

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Fri, 11 May 2007 06:49:00 +0000

O'Reilly has a new book out called Programming Firefox. The Programming Firefox website includes the table of contents, index and a thirty-two page sample chapter.

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Firefox inside Firefox

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:33:00 +0000

Copy this link and paste it into the address bar of Firefox.

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul

crazy!

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Cache Thief

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:24:00 +0000

Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:56:00 +0000

It's back! Go get the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin

Installation of the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin may require administrative access to your PC. It is recommended that you close all other open browser windows before continuing with the installation.

Click the Install button to automatically download and install the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin.
Depending on your security settings, you may see a Security Warning dialog box. Click Install to install the plugin.

Technorati tags: wmp, windows, media, plugin, extension, firefox, mozilla

Want a better GMail?

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:18:00 +0000

Greasemonkey is a great extension to have. You can do all kinds of things with it to make your browsing experience better.

Today the folks over at LifeHacker came out with what is essentially a compilation of various other Greasemonkey scripts for Gmail. When run you get a menu to choose which features you want on or off. Very handy if you are a power Gmail user and want to get all the latest hacks.

LifeHacker Better Gmail

Technorati tags: Greasemonkey, Firefox, Gmail, extension

The Coop: Built in Social Network for Firefox

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:47:00 +0000

The Coop is a new project that will introduce social tools right into the Firefox browser. Mike Bletzner at Mozilla Labs has some info about The Coop.

From the project page: The Coop is a Firefox addon in development that will let users keep track of what their friends are doing online, and share new and interesting content with one or more of those friends. It will integrate with popular web services, using their existing data feeds as a transport mechanism.

Technorati tags: mozilla, firefox, coop, social, extension, network

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:43:00 +0000

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 has been released. This update addresses several web compatibility regressions introduced with Firefox 2.0.0.2. For more information, refer to the Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 Release Notes.

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Sync your Greasemonkey scripts across computers

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:04:00 +0000

Lifehacker has a nice article today showing how to sync your Greasemonkey scripts between computers. You'll use a cross-platform application called FolderShare. That make it even better because you can use it between Windows and Mac as well.

Life Hacker: Sync your Greasemonkey scripts across computers

FolderShare

Technorati tags: mozilla, Firefox, Greasemonkey, sync, foldershare

Add RSS to any website

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:19:00 +0000

DapperFox is a Firefox add on that sits next to the RSS icon in your browser. Whenever you visit a website DapperFox will show you RSS feeds that other people have created, as well as allow you to create a new feed to share with the community.

Technorati tags: mozilla, firefox, rss, extension, dapperfox

Split Browser Extension

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:22:00 +0000

The Split Browser extension for Firefox is very handy. With it you can split content area of the browser window as you like. It will come in handy in various circumstances. Such as, comparing multiple webpages, to showing a calendar always, easily cut and paste between a web page and your web email, and more. You simply right click and choose Split Browser. You can split right, left, top or bottom. Additionally, you can right click on a link and have it open in a split.
Tags: mozilla, firefox, extension, help, split, window, browser
[via lifehacker]

How to manage multiple profiles

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:04:00 +0000

From Lifehacker, how to manage multiple profiles
Geek to Live: Manage multiple Firefox profiles - Lifehacker

Sxipper: Forget your passwords

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:15:00 +0000

Sxipper is a free plug-in for Firefox that lets you log into any website with a single click. Sxipper saves you time by keeping track of all of your user IDs, passwords, and the personal data you share every day over the web.
Tags: mozilla, firefox, sxipper, extension, identity, password, id