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10 Amazing Windows Command Line Tricks

2009-01-30T22:09:00.000+05:30

Whatever eye candy the graphical interface of windows may offer but it could never match the functionality that could be achieved with command line. Here we’ve listed 10 useful commands and tricks for Windows command line.

1. Super Hide your files

Besides normal hidden files, windows file system provides another attribute for files that makes them super hidden so that they aren’t visible form explorer or with normal dir command. Use the command

attrib +s +h pathtofile

to super hide a file. Replace + symbol with - to remove super hidden attribute from file.

You can also use this command to show hidden files in usb drives, simply use

attrib -s -h *.* c command.
2. Join multiple mp3 files

Here’s a nice trick that otherwise would require some software to perform. You can join multiple mp3 files to form a single mp3 file. Simply move to the folder in command line where mp3 files are stored that you want to combine and run the command

copy /b *.mp3 newfile.mp3

The wildcard *.mp3 will combine all mp3 files to form a newfile.mp3 file. You can control which files are combined using wildcard parameters.

Here’s a nice trick using this method to embed mp3 file in a jpg image file.
3. Map a Drive Letter to a Folder

Most of the time, our hard drives get filled with huge amount of data folder, files etc that moving to a folder you occasionally use becomes a heck. However, there’s a dos command that lets you map a drive letter to a folder. e.g. to map the folder C:\windows to M drive use the command:

subst M: C:\Windows

However the mapped drive gets lost once you restart your pc, you can then create a batch file including the above command and schedule it to run at system startup.
4. Change colors of command Window

Perhaps you need to take a print out of dos window and don’t want to waste ink on black background of dos window. Windows command line provides a command to change background and text color of dos window in a snap.

Simply use color bf to change colors. b is the code for background color and f is code for text color. To know color codes type color /? at command line.
5. Use previously entered Command

Just typed a long command moments ago and need to run that again but the effort involved to type again is making you sick! But don’t worry as command line keeps track of your previously entered commands which are accessible by pressing F7 key.

Alternatively you can use Up Arrow key to use earlier commands you used.

F1 & F2 also offer similar kind of functionality but in a different way, try them out.
6. Run Multiple commands at once

Multiple commands can be concatenated using && and run at once with single press of Enter. Simply type in your commands and concatenate them with && at once.

e.g. color f8 && dir && time

would run all the three commands one after another with a single press of Enter.
7. Filter output of commands

Some commands like systeminfo provide a whole bunch of information about your pc but what if you need info only about updates installed or Processor or Virtual Memory. You can filter the output using find. Here’s how to get only updates list from systeminfo.

systeminfo | find "Update"

This will only show updates installed on your system.
8. Drag Drop Folder paths

No need to type in long folder paths at command line, simply drag n drop that file or folder from explorer onto command line window to copy its path.
9. Move selected files to another folder

If you need to move only doc files to another folder or project documents created this month to another folder from a folder containing large number of files, you would rather end up using Ctrl+click to select individual file in Windows Explorer. But thanks to command line, you can use wildcards to move selected files.

Use move *.doc newfolderpath

to move only doc files to new folder. Any wildcard combination can be used here.
10. Take screenshots of webpages

To take screenshots of web pages, you would need a tiny utility called IEcapt.exe and then place it in c:\Windows directory, now go to command line and type in

iecapt urltocapture pathofoutputimage

to get a screenshot of the webpage.

Recover permanently deleted files and folders in Windows

2007-05-01T10:02:00.002+05:30

Have you ever accidently deleted important files from your hard disk permanently ?Most people think that the file is gone and it cannot be recovered.But that is not true.You need not worry.

Recover My Files 3.98 is a file recovery software that can:

Recover deleted files even if emptied from the Recycle Bin.
Recover formatted hard drives, even if you have reinstalled Windows!!!
Recover your files after a hard disk crash.
Get back files after a partitioning error.
Recover deleted documents, photos, videos, music and emails.
Recover from hard drive, camera card, USB, Zip, floppy disk or other media.

This software is really worth giving a try.It can also recover files that are deleted due to virus,spyware or trojan infection.Data from formatted drives can also be effectively recovered.

Recover My Files is fast and easy. No technical or data recovery software skill is required.All data recovery is done at the action of a mouse click.It has a very simple and user friendly interface.

Download link: Recover my files 3.98

Use the Notepad as your personal diary

2007-05-01T10:02:00.001+05:30

There is a simple feature in Notepad that can make it work like a personal diary for you.Here is how to go about it:

1.Firstly open a blank Notepad file.

2. Now write .LOG as the first line in the file, then press enter. Now save the file and close it.

3.Open the notepad file now and you will find that the current date and time has been appended(put) at the end and the cursor is in the next line.

4. Type your notes and then save and close the file.

5. Each time you open the file, Notepad repeats the process,that is it appends the date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor below it.
This way you can keep track of all your entries,you can easily monitor which article you wrote when.This can work very much like a personal diary.Try it out and let me know how you find it?

Rename the Recycle Bin

2007-05-01T09:59:00.001+05:30

Hey its very easy
--> Start
--> Run and type "regedit"

-->HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

In Right side panel double click on Recycle Bin and change the name of Recycle Bin as u want click ok and exit

Restart your Computer

Discover Hidden Music in Windows XP

2007-05-01T09:56:00.000+05:30

Did you know, there is a hidden music in Windows XP that you have never heard..

To hear this sound, first of all go to Folder Options and under the "View" tab, check "Show hidden files and folder" and uncheck "Hide protected system files".

Now navigate to the drive where Windows XP is installed.So if C:\ is the drive where Windows XP is installed, goto

C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\images

There you will find a file Title.wma.Open in with your favorite media player and listen to it.

Great Computer Tricks

2007-04-06T22:46:00.000+05:30

This is how to create "con" folder.

Do u ever tried to create the con folder.........................

no.......... then try it...........

they r two ways of creating confolder......

1. By using Command Prompt.
2. Without using Command Prompt.

if u want to knoww, then just leave a message (in the comment) and ur mail id too............

i ll reply u within 15hrs :)

Way to get xp product code from cd

It really work
There is a way to get the xp product code from the cd
just explorer the cd then
open the folder I386
then open the file UNATTEND.TXT and
scroll down to the last line
and it goes to show what dumbasses microsoft are u have a product code.
Have fun u never need to search for a product code for xp again...!!!!

Hidden unknown fact in microsoft word

Bill Gates still doesn't know why it happens:
Try out yourself...
Open Microsoft Word and type
=rand(200,99)
and then HIT ENTER....see what happens.
it won't hurt ur system!!

Better Background for Microsoft Doc......

We hav white backgrond for our doc........... as default... but v can hav a blue also.... lets hav a view

1.) Open a Word Document by going to Start, All Programs, Microsoft Word.
2.) From the menu bar, click Tools.
3.) Select Options from the drop down menu.
4.) The Options dialogue box will open. Select the General tab.

5.) Now you will find a check box that says "Blue background, white text." Click to select it so that you have a tick mark on the box.

6.) Click OK to save the changes and to close the options dialogue box.

Now, go back to your Word document. See the difference?
Yes, now it has a blue background and when you type, the text will be all white. Try this for a few days and you should see a drastic change on the eye strain you've been experiencing.

Try this for yourself and feel the difference!

Password Protect Folders in XP with & with out software

folder lock with software

click here

http://www.esnips.com/doc/7f993235-e6dc-4ccc-b107-7ee46b69f793/pc-security(reg)

now just download it and make it full version by the side txt files key....
.................................................
folder lock without software
1
If you have a log in password for your account, this can be used to protect folders from other users. Your hard drive must be f

ormatted using NTFS (which it probably is unless you're dual booting with another operating system). Here's what to do...

Right-click the folder that you want to make private and choose "Properties"

(or Alt+Double-click). Go to the "Sharing" tab and check the "Make this folder private" box.

Click Apply . If you do not have a password on your account, a box will pop up asking if you want to assign a password. This must be done if you want to make the folder private, so click Yes . You will need to use your password to log on to your computer from then on.
Type in a password then confirm it. Click the "Create Password" button then close the Password window.
Click OK in the Properties dialog box.
Now anyone else logged on to your computer can't access that file without knowing your password.
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2
if ur folder is zipped then directly u can open the file in it and see .... ADD A PASSWORD

and confirm ur password and it ll b safe
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Make Frnds scare for VIRUS

Open notepad and type this:

lol=msgbox ("Warning a virus has been detected on your PC. Press YES to format your hard disk now or press NO to format your hard disk after system reboot",20,"Warning")

Then save it as Virus.VBS

and go to the folder that contains it and open it if a window pops out saying a virus has been detected it's working. Press yes or no to close the window and put it in the startup folder of the victim's account.
On startup the window should appear.
Note: This does not harm your computer as it does not contain virus.

The Yes and no button does not do anything except closing the window. And you can edit the virus in the sentence: Warning a virus has detected on your PC to any kind of virus eg.Trojan Horse like this lol=msgbox ("Warning a Trojan horse has been detected on your PC. Press YES to format your hard disk now or press NO to format format your hard disk after system reboot",20,"Warning")

Oh in between make sure your victim does not panic and really reformat his harddisk. hahaha

Folder Options missing

Many of us sometimes find the folder options missing in windows explorer.

Here's the solution
Open Run and then type "gpedit.msc".
Now goto
User Configuration > Administrative templates > Windows Component > Windows Explorer.

Click on Windows Explorer you will find the 3rd option on the right side of screen
"Removes the Folder Option menu item from the Tools menu"

Just check it,

if it is not configured then change it to enable by double clicking on it and after applying again set it to not configured.

I hopes that you will find the option after restarting windows.

All about fun

2007-03-18T17:00:00.000+05:30

Party trick

If Bill Gates Was Born in Cheenai

Work Load

Colgate Ad

Team Work

I M Powerful

ONE CLICK COMPUTER LOCK, !!!!!!!

2007-03-09T19:52:00.000+05:30

One-Click computer Lock

Now What u have to do is to just follow the steps to create a one-click Computer Lock shortcut on your desktop:

1. On your desktop, right-click on a blank spot and point to New, then click on Shortcut.

2- Now click BROWSE Button and then gave any Path where u want to place that shortcut. ( best place for this is Desktop)

3- Now click Next and then type any name (of ur choice) for that Icon (icon for Lock of Computer)

4- Now right-click the newly created icon and choose its Propertes (pop-up-menu)

5- Now click on Shortcut Tab

6- in Front of TARGET address bar. just copy and paste the following line

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

7- Then click on OK button to exit from properties menu of that shortcut..

Windows+Run commands

2007-03-09T19:38:00.001+05:30

Accessibility Controls - access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard - accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard - hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools - control admintools
Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard - fsquirt
Calculator - calc
Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc
Character Map - charmap
Check Disk Utility - chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd
Command Prompt - cmd
Component Services - dcomcnfg
Computer Management - compmgmt.msc
Control Panel - control
Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl
DDE Shares - ddeshare
Device Manager - devmgmt.msc
Direct X Troubleshooter - dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility - cleanmgr
Disk Defragment - dfrg.msc
Disk Management - diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager - diskpart
Display Properties - control desktop
Display Properties - desk.cpl
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility - drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility - verifier
Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc
Files and Settings Transfer Tool - migwiz
File Signature Verification Tool - sigverif
Findfast - findfast.cpl
Firefox - firefox
Folders Properties - control folders
Fonts - control fonts
Fonts Folder - fonts
Free Cell Card Game - freecell
Game Controllers - joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (for xp professional) - gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game - mshearts
Help and Support - helpctr
HyperTerminal - hypertrm
Iexpress Wizard - iexpress
Indexing Service - ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard - icwconn1
Internet Explorer - iexplore
Internet Properties - inetcpl.cpl
Keyboard Properties - control keyboard
Local Security Settings - secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff
Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt
Microsoft Chat - winchat
Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk
Microsoft Paint - mspaint
Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync
Minesweeper Game - winmine
Mouse Properties - control mouse
Mouse Properties - main.cpl
Netmeeting - conf
Network Connections - control netconnection

Firefox is Best

2007-03-03T16:55:00.000+05:30

The following lists 101 things that one can do with the Mozilla browser component that one cannot do with IE (version 6.0). I used the Windows version of IE the list will vary slightly for the Mac version.

Some notes about how items were selected for this list:

The list only considers features provided in the download of IE provided directly from Microsoft. It does not include things that could be done via additional software or add-ons. If I had included such things, I would, in order to ensure an equal comparison, need to include the add-ons available for Mozilla in the list also. Since this would cause the list to grow infintely large, no such items are considered for either browser.
On the same note, I do not include things that can be done by changing registry keys or manually modifying configuration files. IE does indeed have some features that are only enabled by modifying registry keys. Mozilla has many hidden settings as well. This list includes neither.
This list compares IE 6.0 and Mozilla 1.2

Note also that this is a not supposed to be a list of advantages of one browser over another. It is a list of features of Mozilla not found in IE. You may feel that some of the items in the list are disadvantages.

Now that is over with, on with the list!

Tabbed browsing

Lets you display more than one site in a window using multiple tabs. You can open a new tab by selecting Navigator Tab from the New submenu of the File menu (or press Ctrl+T). You can also open a link in a new tab by using the right-click menu. You will find configuration options in the Tabbed Browsing preferences panel.

Note that CrazyBrowser is a different product than IE.

Popup blocking

Block all those popup ads. To disable popup windows, select Advanced and then Scripts & Plugins from the Preferences window. Then uncheck the box that reads "Open unrequested windows".

Prevent scripts from doing various things

You can prevent scripts from moving windows, closing them, changing the status bar and setting cookies. To change these settings, select Advanced and then Scripts & Plugins from the Preferences window. Then uncheck the desired boxes.

Site Navigation toolbar

Displays content from the link tags provided by a document, allowing one to navigate to various parts of a site.

Sidebar

The sidebar provides a number of tabs by default, and others can be added by the user.

Can add custom panels to sidebar

Custom sidebars can be implemented in HTML or XUL and can be installed from a remote site without much hassle. Sites can add sidebars using the window.sidebar.addPanel() function.

More control over text zooming

Can zoom text to any size. IE only supports five sizes and has no keyboard shortcut that I could determine. For sites that use fairly small fonts, having more larger sizes in necessary for those without perfect vision.

Note that using the mouse isn't a keyboard shortcut.

Can zoom any text, even that with fixed pixel sizes

Can zoom text no matter what units were specified, an often cited issue with IE.

Can select from multiple stylesheets provided by page

When a page provides multiple (or alternate) stylesheets, one can select between them by choosing from the Use Style sub-menu in the View menu.

Page info dialog

Provides additional information about encoding, MIME type, referrer and meta tags. Some of this information is also available in IE's properties dialog although it isn't as detailed and the window isn't resizable.

Detailed form/link/media info dialog

The page info dialog provides tabs which have lists of the form elements, links, images and other media in a page. You can even preview images and save them from this window.

Save plugins

Mozilla saves plugins when saving a Web page as complete. You can also save them from the Page Info window.

Themes

Provides two themes by default (Classic and Modern), but others may be installed.

There is a theming system that is part of Windows XP, however this isn't supported by Microsoft. It also isn't part of any other version of Windows. Mozilla's themes work on all versions of Windows and on all platforms; you can change your theme by selecting Apply Theme from the View menu.

Bookmark window displays more detail

Displays more information about the bookmark in the bookmark window. IE's favorites dialog is a bit awkward and is modal, which means you can't interact with the browser window while it is open. You also cannot add bookmarks from the window.

Bookmark keywords

Keywords to look up bookmarks quickly. Keywords have the advantage that the part entered after the keyword is filled in where '%s' appears in the bookmarks's URL.

Bookmarks can be checked at a certain schedule

One can set bookmarks to be checked at various schedules and notify when the content has changed. At least, in theory. IE has something like this, which is intended for synchronizing content for offline viewing. It can only check once per day, and provides no notification that the page has changed other than changing the icon or sending an email. Mozilla can check updates on certain days only and at any interval.

Cookie Manager

The cookie manager lets you view the cookies that have been set, their values and their expiry times.

Some people have mentioned that one can view Cookies by pressing a View Files button in the Options, but that just provides a list of all cached files. While the list does include cookies, hidden amongst the other files, it isn't tailored to cookies (it is just a generic file listing), so one cannot really view the data or expiry times easily.

Can delete cookies individually

The cookie manager lets you delete individual cookies without having to search around your file system. In IE's file view, it's tricky to distinguish cookies from similar domains, and all cookies from the same domain are stored in the same file.

Block images from third party sites

One can block images that come from a third party domain. This means that you can block images found on a page that come from a site other than that of the page. To set this in Mozilla, open Privacy & Security from the Preferences Window, and then select the Images panel. Choose "Accept images that come from the originating server only".

Can block images from certain sites

Images can be blocked from particular domains, such as those that commonly display ads. You can disable an image from a site by right-clicking on an image, and then selecting "Block images from this Server". You can change the list of blocked images from the Image Manager, opened from the Tools menu.

Download Manager

The download manager provides a tabular view of all of the files that you have ever downloaded, allowing you to open them without having to search around on your file system. It provides progress indicators in the window as items download.

On the topic of downloading files, IE does not begin to download a file until you have selected where to save it to, while Mozilla begins as soon as the link is clicked, downloading in the background while you are selecting a place to save it.

Can pause downloads

In Mozilla, one cause pause downloads. Some people may find this useful during long downloads.

View Source

View the syntax coloured source of a page, without having to view it in Notepad.

Some people have mentioned that one can edit the page using Notepad (or at least a copy of it). True, but that's what Edit in the File menu is for. Some people like a simple source viewer for viewing content.

JavaScript Console

The console displays a log of errors that you can easily scroll through, or ignore if so desired.

JavaScript Console displays script warnings

The console separates warnings and errors. The warnings allow you to see obsolete script usage and so forth.

JavaScript Debugger

This is a utility for debugging JavaScript.

DOM Inspector

View the structure of a document using a nifty tree view. Also lets you view script properties and style applied to each element. You can open it from the Tools -> Web Development men.

DOM Inspector image capture

The DOM Inspector has a tool to capture an image of part of a page, although it doesn't seem to work all too well.

Select text and perform search

Select some text, bring up the context menu, and choose 'Search' to search for the selected text.

Can select custom search engine

You can select any search engine you wish, not just one that has been chosen for you.

Can display search results in sidebar

When one does a search via a search engine, results are automatically interpreted and displayed in the sidebar. You can then view pages without hiding the search results.

Supports any Sherlock search plugin

Supports the Macintosh Sherlock search format, so any search engine that supports it can be used.

Can manage saved passwords

Lets you view and delete stored login and passwords. Choose the Password Manager from the Tools menu.

Can fill-in complete forms automatically

Stores complete forms which can be later be filled in automatically. This is useful if you want to register for something 600 times. To fill in a form, choose Fill In Form from the Edit menu.

Master password encrypts info

A single master password can be used to protect all of your other passwords.

Can disable tooltips

Not very exciting, but useful if someone thinks they get in the way.

Caret Browsing

Press F7 and a cursor appears on the page. This can be used to navigate a page and select text using only the keyboard.

Some people thought this was this the same as setting contenteditable="true" on an element. While that does show a cursor in IE, it actually allows the content to be edited, and disables all links and mouse events with-in the content. Caret browsing in Mozilla is designed to allow one to browse, navigate links and select text using only the keyboard.

Type Ahead Find

Press a few keys to search for links with that text. More information

View Selection Source

Select some text, bring up the context menu, and choose 'View Selection Source' to view the source just for the selected content. This can also be used to view the generated source after an XSLT transformation.

Properties dialog lets you see info about various tags

Right click on certain links and images and so on, and view info about them, such as language and whether links will open in a new window. The window can also be resized.

View scripts and stylesheets directly

Mozilla can display scripts and stylesheets directly as plain text without a separate application which is useful if you just want a quick peek at something.

More font options

One has more control over the fonts used, including customizing the various CSS fonts. To change this, select Appearance and then Fonts from the Preferences window.

Can set minimum font sizes

Can set the minimum font size that text is displayed in which is useful on some sites. To change this, select Appearance and then Fonts from the Preferences window.

Mouse wheel options

Pressing Alt and scrolling the wheel will navigate back and forward in the browser history. One can also configure the wheel for other modifier keys for scrolling and changing the font size.

Multiple profiles

Can handle multiple profiles so you can use one for testing, or share them between multiple persons. You can do something like this in Windows with multiple user accounts, although it affects all applications.

May be installed quickly and anywhere

Mozilla may be installed on any drive and at any location. It may installed on a network drive and run directly from there. In fact, it really doesn't have to be installed at all.

Can be easily uninstalled

One can uninstall in the same manner as one does with other applications.

May have multiple versions installed at once

One can have as many different versions of Mozilla installed at once which is useful if you need to test on various versions.

Cross-platform

Mozilla is available for a number of different platforms. (8 to 12 depending on the exact version). It has the same the same features on all of them. IE only runs on Windows and Mac and supports quite a different set of features on each. Limited versions of IE for Unix platforms were available at one time, but are no longer available.

XUL

The XML User Interface Language is used to create complex user interfaces using markup.

XBL

The eXtensible Bindings Language is used to create custom widgets or elements and bind them to other XUL, XML or HTML elements.

RDF

Mozilla can read and manipulate Resource Description Framework files.

MathML

MathML is a markup language for displaying math equations.

XPCOM

Native interface accessible via C++ or JavaScript which lets you perform various Mozilla functions.

Properly handles MIME types

Properly displays content using the content type supplied by the server instead of various other incorrect things. You can learn more information about this.

Supports documents sent as application/xhtml+xml (XHTML)

The debate is still on whether this content type should be used for XHTML, but Mozilla supports it. Mozilla also supports XHTML sent as text/xml.

Can render XML documents with styling

Can render XML documents with associated style sheets. IE must convert the documents into HTML before displaying them.

Link Prefetching

Mozilla allows one to set documents or images to prefetch in the background. They are loaded after the document has finished loading so as to not affect performance. Usually, this would be used for the next page in a sequence.

More information

Displays ABBR/ACRONYM underlined and with titles in tooltips

Content in these tags are displayed with an underline and the titles of various elements are displayed in a tooltip. (IE does display tooltips for acronyms though).

Supports blinking text

You can make text blink. This list isn't subjective. Of course the tag is supported, but you can also use the CSS 'text-decoration: blink'

CSS min/max-width/height

Set minimum or maximum sizes on content to constrain it. For more information see the CSS specification for min/max-width and min/max-height.

CSS position:fixed

This feature allows content to be fixed to a particular part of the window. If the user scrolls the document, the content stays where it is.

For an example of this, go to the W3C's CSS page, and watch the menu in the upper right corner as you scroll the document.

CSS display:table and related display types

Allowing one to create custom table element.

CSS generated content

Generated content refers to :before, :after, the content property and so on.

CSS2 selectors

Select elements for styling based on attribute values among other things.

Supports a handful of CSS3 selectors

Matching on attribute substrings, selected text and so on.

Supports some extension CSS properties

user-focus,user-select,border-radius, and many more. Mostly used in themes, but they can also be used by Web pages as well if you really need to.

XML Base

For specifying the base of an XML document. I really don't know if this is supported in other browsers.

FixPtr support

FixPtr is for referring to parts of XML documents.

Simple XLink support

This is used for links in XML documents.

XML-RPC

Simple API for doing XML-RPC.

Built-in SOAP API

Fairly extensive set of SOAP functions are available without any extra libraries needed.

PNG alpha transparency

For viewing partially transparent images. See a demo.

MNG image support

MNG is an animated image format, usually used for animated PNG images.

Supports 'favicons' in any image format

Supports any image format that Mozilla supports (GIF,JPEG,PNG,MNG,XBM,BMP,ICO). You can even make them animated if you're insane. IE only supports the BMP and ICO format.

Display icons in tabs and address bar

Displays site icons in the tabs and in the address bar.

Available for more languages/locales

Mozilla is available for many different languages, including ones you've never heard of before. IE 6.0 is currently available for 24 languages. Mozilla 1.1 or later is available for 29. Mozilla 1.0 or later is available for over 40 languages.

Support for standard event handling

Supports the standard capturing/bubbling event model.

Support for additional DOM0/DOM1/Core features

Supports almost all of DOM0 and DOM1.

DOM2 namespace handling

Supports the various DOM methods that deal with namespaces.

DOM2 Style interfaces

Supports most of the standard DOM style interfaces.

DOM2 TreeWalker interface

The TreeWalker interface is used to navigate through a document.

DOM2 Range interface

Supports the Range interface for grabbing blocks of content.

DOM3 XPath interface

Supports retrieving elements using XPath expressions in HTML/XML/XUL documents using the DOM3 XPath interface.

Can set size of printed output

This may vary based on your printer, but one can scale the printed document or fit it to the page. Useful for those sites that are just a bit too large.

Can bookmark groups of pages (in tabs)

You can bookmark a set of pages and them open them all at once in multiple tabs. To do this, choose Bookmark This Group of Tabs from the Bookmarks menu.

Can set multiple pages as a home page.

You can set a group as your home page, so multiple pages appear when you start Mozilla. To set this, open the pages you wish in tabs, and then choose Use Current Group in the Navigator preferences panel.

Can search bookmarks

You can search bookmarks without having to search through your file system.

Easily create and add custom components

XPInstall can be used to easily install custom components, using an install script written in JavaScript. No special tool is required except a ZIP utility.

Supports finger protocol

Can use the finger protocol. This has been disabled in newer versions of Mozilla.

Supports data: URLs

data URLs can be used to embed data in a URL.

HTTP Pipelining

Allows for better performance when viewing pages.

Supports JavaScript getters/setters

For adding custom properties to objects that invoke code when retreived or modified. For an example, see the IEEmu which implements some of the non-standard properties of IE.

JavaScript supports strict error checking

Which means displaying errors for things you didn't think were errors. (Think Perl's strict mode.

Easily accessible preferences file

Preferences are all stored in a single file (prefs.js) which one can easily edit to add custom settings which have no UI.

Preferences can be moved around easily

One can easily copy preferences, bookmarks and other settings to another system as they are all stored in a single directory.

Various security related features

Surely you knew Mozilla had better security features.

Supports the jar protocol

Supports the jar: protocol for referring to HTML pages or images inside JAR or ZIP files. This might be used to compress a downloaded site.

Open Source

So keen developers can always find out exactly why Mozilla behaves the way it does, or change it if they so desire.

Bugzilla

This is Mozilla's bug tracking system, where you can find information about problems you encounter and can help get them fixed.

Giant lizards are cool

Much more exciting than a blue e.

Make Your Firefox Speed

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The following steps will allow you to make your firefox browser faster

Follow these steps carefully...............

1.First in the URL bar, Type "about:config". This will bring up a list of commands and variables you can edit

2. The second step is to put "network.http.pipelining" in the filter and change the value to "true".

3. After that you will want to put "network.http.proxy.pipelining" in the filter.
Like the last one, make that value set to "true" also.

4. Next, locate "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" and change the value to some number higher, say 10,20 or even 30, it would make up to 10,20 or 30 requests at once.

5. The last step is to right click anywhere and select "New" then "Integer". Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and make its value "0". This will make the browser respond faster on the information of the websites it receives.

6. Close out FireFox (make sure FireFox is closed by viewing the Task Manager) and restart it and enjoy the new mega speed

now your firrefox is all set to be superfast