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Update firefox in linux - centos

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:01:00 +0000

... download the latest version of firefox from mozilla site : http://www.mozilla.com

... extract the folder ... and put the folder at the following path: "/usr/lib/"

.... say for example the extracted folder is "firefox-3.6" ... then it should be accessible by /usr/lib/firefox-3.6"

.... edit the file .."/usr/bin/firefox" ... and replace the name of older firefox directory with the new directory name...

... thats it.... close all the opened firefox windows...

.... restart firefox...

... you are done !

PHP Server-side data validation class

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:58:00 +0000

Server side data validation made easier now..

PHP data validation class is designed to make the load of the developer little lighter
by providing a simple class to validate the form fields on the server side. It is released under GNU Public Licence so its free to use, modify, share under the condition that this freedom remains in all the modified versions as well for all the users.

Grab the copy of the php server side data validation class here. php data validation class.

Checkout the example here : Example

Checkout the readme file here : Read me!

Download the zip file containing all the above i.e. code,example and readme file.

Download

"Take me to this Url" - 142 downloads - 33 active daily users...

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:40:00 +0000

Recently I have developed a firefox add-on some months ago to make navigation faster and its gr8 to see that within such a shortspan there are 142 downloads and on an average 33 active daily users....
Check this out .. it may be useful to you too...

Take me to this url

Statistics

Listed on Softpedia too...

interesting fact about alexa !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:36:00 +0000

something interesting ... . alexa has no data for the traffic ranking of its own site ... just checkit out on alexa.com ...

alias 1.1 - get the synonym on just double click...

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:56:00 +0000

get the meanings of any word on just a double click on the word... yes now there is no need to open up a dictionary site every now & then .... when u come across some difficult word just double click on it and a tab will be opened containing its synonym... ya its that eazy... with the help of alias 1.1 firefox add-on you can understand the text faster as no words can hinder ur reading....if you are appearing for any competitive exams like CAT, GRE, TOFEL etc.... then its a must tool for you... if you are a content writer than also its a very handy tool to use...

INSTALL IT DIRECTLY FROM HERE

Download it from firefox site ...

iCrisic.com - a youtube video album creation & sharing site

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:06:00 +0000

iCrisic.com - a website designed to help users create their own albums by adding youtube videos and thereby sharing their albums on the site. Users can also use the link to their albums to view all their favorite youtube videos by just visiting a single link.

So go create your albums .. share it online.... and its all free !!!! ....

iCrisic.com

Status-bar Scientific Calculator 3.8.2 - Firefox addons

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:30:00 +0000

It's a tiny calculator icon in the status bar. Click it, to expand it and use it. Enter the expression to calculate and hit enter to evaluate.

download it here

install it directly

Who is - a tool to give you the whois information of the website

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:38:00 +0000

Recently developed a tool to get the whois information of the website on a click. Rather than visiting whois.net and searching for the domain registrar info. you can simply add this firefox add-on and do it on just a click.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Filezilla client - fastest open source ftp client available

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:32:00 +0000

If you are looking for the open source free FTP client then I reckon download Filezilla ... its the most fastest FTP client you may ever encounter.

FileZilla is a cross-platform graphical FTP, FTPS and SFTP client a lot of features, supporting Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and more. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server for Windows.

Download FTP client here(windows)

Get it from Sorceforge(all other OS's)

FastFill - wonderful firefox add-ons to fill the forms

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:21:00 +0000

fAstfilL makes your form testing easier by filling all the textareas and input fields on just a click...

With the help of fAstfilL tool you can quickly fill all the input and textareas of the form with some auto-generated data... its very useful for testing purposes and saves a lot of time required for filling the form while testing a website or similar stuff.

INSTALL IT FROM FIREFOX ADD-ONS WEBSITE

INSTALL IT FROM MY INFORMATION PORTAL WEBSITE

Take me to this URL - a simple but useful firefox add-on

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:42:00 +0000

Recently I came across a typical problem of coming across a url while reading some stuff but it was not clickable so I have to copy/paste the url in another window. You might have also faced this problem often when u r reading some stuff and the url provided is just a plain text....

I have developed a firefox extension to make it easier... "Take me to this URL" is a simple Firefox extension but quite helpful and makes plain text URL works just as if they are links.....
Its easy to use.. just select the URL.. right click and u will be taken to the URL mentioned....

Features:
Plain text url to link conversion on just right click
Compatible with Firefox 3

Take me to this url has just received 100% clean award from Softpedia.

take me to this url 1.0 - SOFTPEDIA "100% CLEAN" AWARD

Install it from Firefox add-ons website

Install this extension from my informaton poratal website

Checkout the details at Firefox add-ons website

A must tool for all web developers - Firebug

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:23:00 +0000

So you are a web developer... hence definitely a Firefox user... right? ... Are you using firebug or not? ... If not then install this very powerful web developer firefox add-on right now.

Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page

It will just enhance the speed, accuracy and error debuging amazingly. You will definitely be glad you installed it.

For Firefox3 users : Install it directly from here

For users using FF version

Take me to Official firebug website

Firebug is always just a keystroke away, but it never gets in your way. You can open Firebug in a separate window, or as a bar at the bottom of your browser. Firebug also gives you fine-grained control over which websites you want to enable it for.

Firebug makes it simple to find HTML elements buried deep in the page. Once you've found what you're looking for, Firebug gives you a wealth of information, and lets you edit the HTML live.

Firebug's CSS tabs tell you everything you need to know about the styles in your web pages, and if you don't like what it's telling you, you can make changes and see them take effect instantly.

When things go wrong, Firebug lets you know immediately and gives you detailed and useful information about errors in JavaScript, CSS, and XML.

The Document Object Model is a great big hierarchy of objects and functions just waiting to be tickled by JavaScript. Firebug helps you find DOM objects quickly and then edit them on the fly.

For Firefox3 users : Install it directly from here

For users using FF version

Take me to Official firebug website

Blender - Free 3D content creation suite

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:44:00 +0000

Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

Features:

Revolutionary non-overlapping and non-blocking UI delivers unsurpassed workflow
Flexible and fully configurable window layout with as many screen setups as you prefer
Undo support on all levels
Anti-aliased fonts with international translation support
Any window space can be easily switched to any window type (curve editor, NLA, 3D view etc)
Built-in text editor for annotations and editing Python scripts
Graphical user interface for Python scripts
Custom themes
Consistent interface across all platforms

DOWNLOAD BLENDER

Blender 2.46 Installer (9 MB)

Requires Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

Mirrors

USA | Germany | Asia | NL

Blender 2.46 Zip Archive (12 MB)

Requires Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

Mirrors

USA | Germany | Asia | NL

OFFICIAL BLENDER WEBSITE

The Pencil Project - Graphic designing with FF3

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:27:00 +0000

Want to do graphical designing ? .. Do you use firefox3 ? ... if yes then there is an amazing news for you... now you can use firefox as a sketching tool and thereby create GUI prototypes the firefox itself....Pencil Project provides you an add-on that can be used for GUI prototyping and making diagrams...

The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.

Top features:

Built-in stencils for diagraming and prototyping
Multi-page document with background page
On-screen text editing with rich-text supports
PNG rasterizing
Undo/redo supports
Installing user-defined stencils
Standard drawing operations: aligning, z-ordering, scaling, rotating...
Cross-platforms
Adding external objects
And much more...

INSTALL IT NOW

TAKE ME TO THE PENCIL PROJECT WEBSITE

Scribd - Share your docs...

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:14:00 +0000

One of the easiest way to publish, share, access, email, and embed virtually any major document format, including PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and more - for free - is by using Scribd.

Just register and start downloading most of the I-need-that-ebook for free.... Ofcourse you can be generous and share all the e-books u have to make it available to the needy.... What are you waiting for ... Register now... Take me to Scribd Official Site for registration

MODx - most promising open source CMS

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:10:00 +0000

Looking for the best CMS open source software .. the list is long. ... but the one which uses ajax at its best and is also the winner of Most promising open source cms award 2007 is Modx.

MODx is an open source PHP Application Framework that helps you take control of your online content. It empowers developers and advanced users to give as much control as desired to whomever they desire for day-to-day website content maintenance chores.

MODx is 100% buzzword compliant, and makes child's play of building content managed sites with validating, accessible CSS layouts – hence Ajax CMS. It empowers its users to build engaging "Web 2.0" sites today, with its pre-integrated MooTools, Scriptaculous and Prototype libraries. If you're a CSS designer or Ajax aficionado, this is the CMS for you; and if you like what you see today, you'll love what's coming.

Visit the Site

Download Modx(0.9.6.1)

IE Tab in mozilla firefox

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:57:00 +0000

This is a must tool for all the web developers for whom compatablility with IE is needed. With this tool you can embed IE tab in Firefox on just a click and then switch back to Firefox.

Add IE tab add-on for firefox

Download from Firefox add-on website

Speed Dial 0.7.1- Direct access to your most visited websites

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:34:00 +0000

Speed dial add-on of firefox for websites is similar to the one we use it for mobiles...with this add-on of firefox you can easily access the most visited sites on just a dial of a number.

for example : Ctrl+1 - google.com, Ctrl+2 - Yahoo.com.

So just dial a number and access the most frequently visited sites.

Speed Dial will be automatically loaded in blank new windows. It can also load in blank new tabs. To configure this, and other options, use the extension settings panel.

Download Speed Dial firefox add-on

Download it from mozilla website

Firefox 3 download

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:14:00 +0000

Download a Firefox version that speaks your language.

Firefox is available in over 45 languages, thanks to the contributions from Mozilla community members around the world.

Click here to download it in your language

Download firefox 3 in english here - direct link

Download Firefox 3

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:50:00 +0000

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 is available in more than 45 languages as a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes new features as well as dramatic improvements to performance, memory usage and speed.

Direct link for English language: Download Firefox RC3

For other languages please visit : http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

Download Measureit - ruler for web-designers- Firefox add-ons

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:11:00 +0000

Web designers needs to know the width and height of the page, image etc. Measureit is an Firefox extension that provides the facility of measuring the width, height and alignment of any page in pixels by placing a ruler directly across the webpage. Its really an amazing add-ons and it saves time.

Download the measureit add-on for Firefox - direct link

Download it from Firefox website

Download it from its creators website

Download jQuery - a simple but powerful javascript library

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:17:00 +0000

jQuery is a concise javascript library. Its simple, easy to learn and fast to develop. As precisely said its a Write less do more javascript library. The source code size is as low as 16kb when minified and gzipped and the uncompressed version is also just 97 kb. So overall its a light weighted but very powerful and effective javascript library.

Download jQuery

Download jQuery 1.2.6 (16kb, Minified and Gzipped) Great for production use.

Download jQuery 1.2.6 (97kb, Uncompressed) Great for testing, learning and development.

Download jQuery 1.2.6 (30kb, Packed)

Getting Started With jQuery

Web Developer tool - a must for every web developer

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:02:00 +0000

If you are a web developer then you must download this fantastic web developer add-on of firefox.

Cookies, CSS, Forms , Images, Source codes etc. ... all these are handled effectively by using the web developer tools which comes with this Firefox add-on.

Go to the official site of Web developer add-on for Firefox

Direct link to Web developer add-on for Firefox

Download 7-zip - forget winzip or winrar

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sun, 25 May 2008 12:36:00 +0000

Looking for the best file archiver then go for 7-zip. Its an open source software so you dont have to go for pirated versions or trial version. Just have a legal free copy of 7-zip and trust me its one of the best compressor/de-compressor and the range of features are simply amazing.

Download it now

LZMA compression
Supported formats:
- Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
- Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
Self-extracting capability for 7z format
Integration with Windows Shell
Powerful File Manager
Powerful command line version
Plugin for FAR Manager
Localizations for 69 languages

Download it now

Minify Js - Download JSMin to minify your js files and enhance speed of the websites

noreply@blogger.com (Sandeep) — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:52:00 +0000

Minifying the javascript files reduces the size of the file thereby reduces the download time and hence increases the speed of your website.

JSMin helps to minify js. You can download it here: http://www.crockford.com/javascript/jsmin.html

Just to reduce your click I have pasted the locations from which you can directly download the JSMin.

Its available in different languages as well as in executable form. Below are the direct links:

Techz [ strictly 4 techies :) ]

Update firefox in linux - centos

PHP Server-side data validation class

"Take me to this Url" - 142 downloads - 33 active daily users...

interesting fact about alexa !!!

alias 1.1 - get the synonym on just double click...

iCrisic.com - a youtube video album creation & sharing site

Status-bar Scientific Calculator 3.8.2 - Firefox addons

Who is - a tool to give you the whois information of the website

Filezilla client - fastest open source ftp client available

FastFill - wonderful firefox add-ons to fill the forms

Take me to this URL - a simple but useful firefox add-on

A must tool for all web developers - Firebug

Blender - Free 3D content creation suite

Blender 2.46 Installer (9 MB)

The Pencil Project - Graphic designing with FF3

Scribd - Share your docs...

MODx - most promising open source CMS

IE Tab in mozilla firefox

Speed Dial 0.7.1- Direct access to your most visited websites

Firefox 3 download

Download Firefox 3

Download Measureit - ruler for web-designers- Firefox add-ons

Download the measureit add-on for Firefox - direct link

Download it from Firefox website

Download it from its creators website

Download jQuery - a simple but powerful javascript library

Download jQuery

Getting Started With jQuery

Web Developer tool - a must for every web developer

Go to the official site of Web developer add-on for FirefoxDirect link to Web developer add-on for Firefox

Download 7-zip - forget winzip or winrar

Download it now

Minify Js - Download JSMin to minify your js files and enhance speed of the websites

Go to the official site of Web developer add-on for Firefox

Direct link to Web developer add-on for Firefox