In the news recently were a series of articles about the Pawn2Own hacking contest. The results of the contest were not surprising to me, with Internet Explorer and Safari falling to security hackers in the first day and Chrome and Firefox standing strong. This lead me to put together a series of articles and web [...]
This news from Download Squad makes me very happy We’ve all been watching the browser share trends for quite some time now, wondering when the day would come that an alternative finally shoved Internet Explorer off its perch. It’s finally happened – at least when we’re talking about the most popular single version of a [...]
I vaguely remember seeing mention of Firefox adding collections a while back, but I didn’t pay it much notice. Today I was doing my research on Firefox and saw what a collection really is! Firefox collections are lists of add-ons put together by Firefox users! I did a search for library to see what librarians [...]
I just read about this great new feature for Gmail that lets you select multiple contacts and merge them into one – I could really use this to clean up my contacts – but for some reason I can’t get my contacts page to load in Firefox. Whenever I click on Contacts I get this [...]
I always tell people that if they have Firefox (and they should) they need to install AdBlock Plus. Today I learned about Add-Art: Add-Art is a free FireFox add-on which replaces advertising on websites with curated art images. The art shows are updated every two weeks and feature contemporary artists and curators. Neat – but [...]
I just read my latest issue of American Libraries Online Direct and found out that the ALA MidWinter Meeting Itinerary Planner and Messaging System is now up and ready for use. Only one problem … apparently this site is best viewed in Internet Explorer. No librarians that I know use Internet Explorer … not unless [...]
I read about this neat sounding add-on for Firefox on Lifehacker – but unfortunately it’s not ready for prime time. Allows you to make the Inbox Collapsible and loads your choice of Google Calendar, Reader, Notebook, Groups, etc… plus Custom URLs and Google Gadgets seamlessly into the gmail interface. Works w/Google Apps Accounts and GMail [...]
This sounds so awesome!! On my list of 14 extremely useful Firefox addons I included ScreenGrab for capturing web pages to PNG or JPG images. Today, I replaced it with Screen Grab to WordPress. As you probably guessed, it’s got the same core functionality with one major addition: the ability to send images directly to [...]
This handy guide from Lifehacker may help you customize your newly installed Firefox browser. Learn how to: Shrink the Super-sized Back Button Adjust the Smart Location Bar’s Number of Suggestions Delete Mistyped URL Suggestions and Other Auto-complete Entries Ditch Obselete Extensions Revert the “AwesomeBar” with Oldbar Trick Out Your Smart Bookmarks Set Gmail as Your [...]
It’s Firefox day … where is Firefox 3? I want to download it!! Technorati Tags: firefox
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