Tag Archives: Firefox

My current favourite Firefox theme

Posted on Monday 10 November 2008 by

This is currently my favourite Firefox theme: Elementary.

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Wrong version of IE

Posted on Thursday 10 July 2008 by

So there I was, answering support calls in our helpdesk call management system when I copied a URL into the address bar of Mozilla Firefox 3.0, hit return and … Well, I was a little surprised to read the following … Continue reading →

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Portable Firefox wishlist

Posted on Friday 4 July 2008 by

I’m really appreciating Portable Firefox for testing code in older versions of the browser. But one thing that I really wish is that the process name (or whatever it is) in Portable Firefox was different to the installed version so … Continue reading →

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Firebug fixed

Posted on Sunday 29 June 2008 by

Great to see that the latest update to Firebug has fixed the issue that I reported about it breaking when you opened Firebug in a new window (see Firebug bug at the other place). Next up, I hope that the … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2 theme for Firefox 3

Posted on Sunday 22 June 2008 by

Fantastic!  Borr has ported the Firefox 2 theme for Firefox 3. Full power of new gecko engine with a good old Firefox 2 face. His blog is written in both Russian and English, if you want to practice your Cyrillic … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3 has landed

Posted on Wednesday 18 June 2008 by

I should be in bed: I’m pretty tired and am fighting another kidney-related bug (but the good news is that the antibiotics do appear to be kicking in), but I just wanted to check in and say this: Mozilla Firefox … Continue reading →

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Order

Posted on Saturday 14 June 2008 by

When I boot up my PC this is the usual order that I start my various essential applications: Twhirl (Twitter client) Windows Live Messenger (Instant messenger client) Mozilla Firefox (Web browser) Microsoft Outlook (Email, Calendar, Tasks) WinAmp (MP3 player) Until … Continue reading →

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Firefox Tab Effect add-on

Posted on Monday 14 January 2008 by

My favourite Firefox add-on at the moment is Tab Effect. It uses DirectX 8 to create a rotating effect when switching tabs in Firefox, and that’s it! It has no other practical use other than to look pretty. But I … Continue reading →

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Switching off Firefox’s Quick Find

Posted on Thursday 3 January 2008 by

The quickfind feature in Firefox has been annoying me today: I wasn’t able to type apostrophes in my blog form, and it also affected cut-and-paste. So I turned it off. In Firefox go to about:config Right-click and select New > … Continue reading →

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Microsoft XP update cripples IE6

Posted on Thursday 20 December 2007 by

Spotted on PC Pro: Patch Tuesday paralyses Internet Explorer Last week’s critical security update to Internet Explorer has crippled the browser for many users. The problem is reportedly affecting Internet Explorer 6 users on Windows XP. The fault causes the … Continue reading →

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