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Get Firefox 3 Today

Kevin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:03:13 +0000

Download Firefox 3 today and help Mozilla set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours.

With more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than before.

New Features:

Firefox 3 sets the innovation bar very high with exciting new features, including one-click bookmarking, the smart location bar and lightning fast performance.

Security:

Keeping you and your personal information safe is our top priority. Firefox 3 includes phishing and malware protection, plus our new instant site ID info.

Productivity:

With features like built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom, Firefox 3 makes it possible to work faster and more efficiently on the Web.

Customization:

Your taste and needs set you apart from the rest. With Firefox 3 you can choose from over 5,000 add-ons that help you customize your browsing experience.

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Disable Or Enable Automatic Updates in Firefox

Kevin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:18:00 +0000

If you are using Firefox as your browser you know automatic updates are turned on by default and sometimes when a new version comes out it breaks some of your extensions, so I normally wait to install an update until my extensions will all work with the latest version. Unless a major security issue is present. So here’s how you can disable auto updates.

In Firefox click Tools > Options.
Click the Advanced tab > Update, Then I usually choose Ask me what I want to do When updates to Firefox are found.

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Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

Kevin — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:05:57 +0000

Ok, here’s a list of keyboard shortcuts for you Firefox users. If I missed any please leave a comment.

/ Quick find text as you type
Alt Enter Save link target as
Alt F4 Close window
Alt Home key Goto browsers home page
Alt Left arrow Go back
Alt Right arrow Go forward
Ctrl – Decrease screen font size
Ctrl 0 Restore screen font to default
Ctrl + Increase screen font size
Ctrl 1 to 9 Select a tab by number 1 to 9
Ctrl B Opens Bookmarks
Ctrl C Copies highlighted text
Ctrl D Add to bookmarks
Ctrl Down arrow Selects next search engine in the search bar
Ctrl F Find text on a page

More after the break

Ctrl F5 Clear the page cache and reload the page
Ctrl G Find Text again
Ctrl H Opens the history pane
Ctrl J Opens downloads dialog box
Ctrl K Highlights web search bar
Ctrl L Highlights address bar
Ctrl Link Click Opens link in a new tab
Ctrl M Opens new message in Mail
Ctrl N Opens new browser session
Ctrl O Open file dialog box
Ctrl P Opens print dialog box
Ctrl P Print
Ctrl R Reloads the page
Ctrl S Saves the page
Ctrl Shift Del Clears your private data
Ctrl Shift I Dom inspector
Ctrl Shift Tab Goto previous tab
Ctrl Shift W Close the window
Ctrl T Opens a new tab
Ctrl Tab Goto next tab
Ctrl U View page source code
Ctrl Up arrow Selects previous search engine in the search bar
Ctrl V Paste
Ctrl W Close a tab
Ctrl X Cut
Ctrl Z Undo
End Go to bottom of page
Enter Adds .com to address bar
Esc Stop
F1 Help
F3 Find Text on a page
F5 Reload page
F7 Caret browser. Will put a cursor on the page. To be moved by the arrow keys
F11 Turn on full screen view
Home Go to top of page
PgUp / Pg Down Moves a pager up or down
Shift Enter Adds .net to address bar
Shift F3 Find previouse text

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Supercharge your FireFox Tabs with Tab Mix Plus

Kevin — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:50:49 +0000

As I was searching for new extensions I found this gem, it�s called Tab Mix Plus and immediately installed it. Some of its highlights are the ability to add a second and third row of tabs instead of having to scroll left or right, and the expanded right click options to undo a deleted tab and see a list of recently closed tabs you can restore.

Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus the ability to ad a second or third row of tabs. It also includes a full-featured session manager with crash recovery that can save and restore combinations of opened tabs and windows. Get Tab Mix Plus extension here.

A Few FireFox Keyboard Shortcuts

Kevin — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:25:00 +0000

Here are a few shortcuts I�ve been using with Firefox. Feel free to add your own.

ALT-D
To jump to the address bar.

CTRL-T
To launch a new tab

CTRL-Shift-T
Open a recently closed tab

CTRL-Enter
To type “www…com” quickly.

CTRL-Mouse wheel spin
To enlarge or shrink page font size

SHIFT-Click
A link to launch a new window with the link.

Center scroll mouse click
A link to launch a new tab with the link.

CTRL-D
To bookmark the current page

Backspace
To reverse one page in your browser history.

CTRL-K
Jump to Google bar to search

F11
To expand to Full Screen view

F5
Refresh-reload the web page

Firefox Keyboard Shortcut To Restore Closed Tabs

Kevin — Sat, 26 May 2007 02:33:30 +0000

If you ever closed a tab in Firefox only to find you made a mistake and wished you could get it back, just use this keyboard shortcut to get it back.

CTRL-Shift-T and Bam its back.

Increase The Font Size In Web Pages

Kevin — Sat, 26 May 2007 01:21:54 +0000

You can easily change the font size in web pages by just perssing the CTRL key and using the scroll wheel on your mouse. Works in both IE7 and Firefox.

Quickly Back up Your Firefox Settings and More

Kevin — Tue, 22 May 2007 10:30:56 +0000

FEBE (pronounced [fee-bee]) Firefox Extension Backup Extension allows you to backup and restore all of your installed Firefox extensions and themes.

It actually creates individual installable .xpi (or .jar for themes) files that you can put on CD, Flash Drive or floppy (do they still make those?) and install on another computer. You could also backup your extensions before installing an extension upgrade.

This way you could always go back if the upgrade doesn’t work for you. You may have a really good (but old) extension installed that is no longer supported and you don’t want to loose it. Now you can snatch it out of the bowels of Firefox and keep it archived. The latest version will (optionally) backup/restore your bookmarks, preferences, cookies and just about everything else that Firefox generates. You can even backup/restore an entire profile in one step.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109

Backups can be performed on demand or scheduled for daily, weekly, or monthly unattended runs.
A comprehensive debug mode allows for troubleshooting complex platforms.
Version 4.0 supports Windows XP and Linux/Unix.

Firefox browser Reviewed In The Program Crate

Kevin — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:52:42 +0000

Firefox 2 and Firefox Extensions. Firefox 2 FireFox is a web browser created by Mozilla, the original creators of the Netscape series of browsers. Version one was released in November 2004 and quickly gained new fans because of its open source license and multitude of features.

Open source means that the source code for the program is available to anyone who cares to download it. Any programmer can use the initial code to develop FireFox, whether they are creating customized options for themselves or working to improve the browser for all users. Being open source makes FireFox infinitely adaptable.

Some of FireFox�s specialized features include pop-up blockers and advanced privacy settings. FireFox also offers tabbed browsing. You can open more than one website in your browser window and tabs on the screen allow you to easily switch between them.

The browser also has several advanced search options. There is a Google search built into the toolbar, but that�s not necessarily unique. What makes FireFox stand out is the ability to create Smart Keywords that will work with your favorite sites the same way a Google toolbar search does. You can go straight to the information you want without having to visit unnecessary websites and menus. In addition, a specialized Find bar allows you to search for text within a site without having to bring up any additional editing prompts.

FireFox can be a highly personalized browser. And not just for programmers who can download the source code and tweak the browser to fit their needs. The average user can modify their toolbar look and settings and download extensions and themes. Themes simply change the look of the browser while extensions provide additional capabilities like mouse gestures or games. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Extensions

Are small add-ons that add new functionality to Firefox, from a simple toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow you to customize Firefox to fit your own needs and preferences, while letting us keep Firefox itself light and lean.Take a look around and make Firefox your own.

Here are some I use and enjoy.

Adblock Plus. by Wladimir Palant https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/
Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them. Right-click on a banner and choose �Adblock� from the context menu – the banner won�t be downloaded again. Or click Adblock Plus icon in the toolbar to see all elements of the page and block the banners. You can use filters with wildcards or even regular expressions to block complete banner factories.

Adblock Filterset.G Updater. by Reid Rankin, Michael McDonald https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/
This is a companion extension to Adblock or Adblock Plus and should be used in conjunction with it. This extension automatically downloads the latest version of Filterset.G every 4-7 days. Filterset.G is an excellent set of filters maintained by G for Adblock that blocks most ads on the internet. In addition, this extension allows you to define your own set of filters that you can add along with Filterset.G during an update. To report missed ads or problems with the extension visit the support forums http://forum.pierceive.com/.

CookieCuller. by Dan Yamaoka
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/82/
Extended Cookie Manager�protect/unprotect selected cookies. A good cookie manager that lets you seclect what cookies you would like to keep and which you would like to delete.

Flashblock by Lorenzo Colitti, Philip Chee
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/433/
Never be annoyed by a Flash animation again! Blocks Flash so it won�t get in your way, but if you want to see it, just click on it. An increasing number of sites are using flash these days and some will slow down your computer or your browsing. Flashblock will let you block unwanted Flash.

Tab Effect by s
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4258/
It gives a sorta 3d effect to the tabs. When you switch tabs with this installed it rotates cube style.

Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE) by Chuck Baker
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2109/
FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions. In fact, it goes beyond just backing up � It will actually rebuild your extensions individually into installable .xpi files. Now you can easily synchronize your office and home browsers.

FEBE backs up your extensions, themes, and (optionally) your bookmarks, preferences, passwords, cookies and just about everything else Firefox offers.

Many more are available here. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/recommended/

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Cool Firefox Extension

Kevin — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:25:58 +0000

Check out this cool extension for Firefox.

It�s called Tab effects.

It gives a kinda 3d effect to the tabs. When you switch tabs with this extension installed it rotates cube style.

Here it is: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4258/