Are you a blogger? Or just want to keep up with the news? Or just like to read and comment on many blogs that are out there? Sure there are some programs you can download that will manage your RSS feeds, but what if you could just download a simple add-on for Firefox that will allow you to do the same exact thing as these program would and it would be convenient as well. I been using an add-on called Brief and I been using it for a couple years now and it just works great and easy to import your RSS feeds and read them right in your browser.
So, you have Firefox 3.6 installed? (which is the latest version of Firefox at the time of writing this post) Firefox has a lot of under the hood improvements, it’s much more faster than what Firefox 3.5 was. It’s even more stable as well, If you haven’t already go and update Firefox to the latest version please!
If your like me, I like style. I have no complaints of the original Firefox 3.6 theme, it’s a really wonderful theme. You been looking at ton of themes and just couldn’t find the right one that you really like, right? I been there before, trust me, I have. You know what? I gave up looking for themes, instead this morning I watched a CNet How To video and they were talking about how to make Firefox 3.6 to look like Firefox 4.0, from the future. I decided to share the video and make a step by step instruction, with links to these downloads and what to configure. This will make your Firefox look really amazing!
Did you recently get a Windows Update from Microsoft? Internet Explorer 8? But you mainly use Firefox right?
Well you may notice that IE8 didn’t even ask if it wanted to be the default browser it just assumed that you did, Microsoft sneaky little way of getting in experience users to use IE8, which by the way is a really shitty browser. How dare Microsoft make their new browser automatic set default browser, that’s just not cool.
I am going to tell you how to get Firefox back to being the default browser.
1. Close Internet Explorer if it’s running, then start Firefox.
2. Click Tools, Options, then click the Advanced icon in the Options toolbar.
3. Click the General tab if it’s not already selected, then make sure Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup is enabled.
4. Click Check Now, then confirm that you want to make Firefox your default browser.
5. Click OK and you’re done.
Well that should of fixed that problem! I mean IE8 is BETTER than IE7 but its not a supplement for Firefox, am I wrong? Nope. But I really do have to ask, did anyone else encounter Microsoft’s sneaky way of making IE8 the default browser without YOU known it?
So Google has updated their favicon again. Now you may want to updates Firefox’s Google search bar because it has the old Google favicon. Now you have to do this manually so you will have browse to Firefox directory in windows. Now some of you may this is going to take some more time out of your day to do this but here’s some relief.
You can update the Firefox’s default Google search plugin to show the new Google search icon:
- Download this updated version of the Google search plugin. (Right click >> Save Link As)
- Copy it to your searchplugins folder in your Firefox install folder (typically C:Program FilesMozilla Firefox on Windows), and overwrite the existing google.xml file.
- Save the file and restart Firefox.
Now you have the current favicon and can rest.
You do not need to do this anymore, since the latest version of Firefox will have this fix. Thanks.
Firefox 3 is only what I use for a web browser. Its Safe, Fast, Options, and Can add almost any kind of plugin/addon there is. I totally recommend it. Make sure you go download yours today. I wanted to share the addons I use with Firefox. Below are 5 addons that I use and are a must! If you haven’t already please download the latest version of Firefox, It will make a difference!
Adblock Plus 1.0
I totally love this addon! Do you get sick of those stupid ads on any website, especially the ones that flash and click here to win a laptop or something? I get sick of those all the time as well! So I heard about Adblock Plus a few years ago and I have been using it ever since. If theirs a ad that Adblock plus don’t have in the updated subscription, you can just right clock on the ad and choose " Adblock Image" and that image will not longer be displayed ever again, Unless they change the ad then you will have to add the ad to the adblock filter. But this had made my life so much more easier! Thanks to AdBlock Plus!
Pearl Crescent Page Saver Basic
Getting Sick of taking a screenshot of a web page and then going to paint and cropping out what you don’t need? Well with Pearl Crescent Page Saver Basic lets you take a screen shot of the whole web page and that sit, No windows task bar or Firefox browser in the way, just the webpage from top to bottom, you can also have it take a screen shot specific area of the website. This is very handy and I use it a lot, when you take a picture of the website you hear a camera “cha ching” and it saves it to your desktop in a .PNG or .JPG format. There are also a free version (basic) and a pro version ($15). If your taking a ton of Screenshots of website, I just suggest to get the pro version cause then you can upload it directly to a FTP server, So It can save some time. Other than that the Basic version is perfect! Its an awesome Addon!
Everyone likes Firefox right? Well I certainly do and you may have notice that there was a recent update this week o 3.0.5 This is an really important update and you should download it and let firefox update it 
as soon as possible.
Internet Explorer is apparently not the only browser this week that’s the subject of preventative measures, as Mozilla revealed this morning that the real reason for issuing Firefox 3.0.5 was to prevent a possible wave of page hijacks.
While version 3.0.5 of Mozilla’s Firefox browser was, for the most part, perceived as a bug fix, security bulletins released this morning by the organization warn that the update addresses new vulnerabilities that are awaiting official classification. Two of those cases involve violations of the company’s same-origin policy, in which any script being run by a site or attachment sent by a site must derive from the same DNS address as the source page that refers to it.
It’s this policy that’s designed to prevent hijacking of a site by a malicious impostor. This morning, Mozilla is crediting one of its most prolific bug finders through the years — who only identifies himself/herself as moz_bug_r_a4 — for locating the flaws.
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