Category: Tips

Weekly Browsers Recap, August 2nd

By | August 2, 2010 | 0 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, August 2nd

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Leaked IE9 Screenshots: Download Manager, Speed Dial
Earlier this week, Microsoft has confirmed Internet Explorer 9 Public Beta launch for September.

Firefox 4 Beta 2 Released
Mozilla has recently announced the availability of Firefox 4 Beta 2 web browser which can be downloaded…
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Firefox Tab Candy: Simple, Yet Convenient

By | July 27, 2010 | 10 Comments

Firefox Tab Candy: Simple, yet ConvenientAza Raskin has shared a Tab Candy concept for Firefox web browser, which essentially is as a hybrid of tab thumbnails and Fences.

Here is how it works:
While viewing all the tabs as small thumbnails, you group the tabs in categories, for example: work, home. While surfing “work” per say, you will only see tabs that are in this category.

Video demo:
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Weekly Browsers Recap, July 26th

By | July 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, July 26th

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Internet Explorer 9 to be the Fastest and Safest Web Browser
Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Turner has made a bold statement, saying that Internet Explorer 9 will not only be the safest…

Firefox 3.6.8 Released
Recently Mozilla has released one more update for Firefox 3.6.x branch web browser that fixes 1 bug.

Mozilla Bumps Cash Rewards for Security Vulnerabilities Reports
In what appears to be a great benefit for Firefox users, Mozilla has recently bumped its cash rewards salary from mere $500 to $3000.
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Weekly Browsers Recap, July 19th

By | July 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, July 19th

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Firefox Home App Approved by Apple
Few weeks ago, Mozilla has submitted Firefox Home to Apple’s App Store and today, it was finally approved.

Mozilla Removes Password Sniffer Add-On
It looks like Mozilla has decided to remove and block “Mozilla Sniffer” add-on from addons.mozilla.org website after its review.
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Remove Feedback Button from Firefox 4

By | July 7, 2010 | 5 Comments

Remove Feedback Button from Firefox 4If you have downloaded Firefox 4 Beta and can’t stand “Feedback” button, here’s how to disable it:

Click on main Firefox menu button or just press Alt
Customize > Add-ons
Find Test Pilot add-on
Disable it
Done

Via DownloadSquad.

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Add Facebook Like to Firefox

By | July 6, 2010 | 0 Comments

Add Facebook Like to Firefox
If you are looking for a quick and painless way to share your favorite web pages with your friends, then Firefox Facebook Like add-on is for you, or as extension authors say:

Now you can share any page with your Facebook friends with the Facebook like button and see who on Facebook likes the current page your on.

Download.

Via FirefoxFacts.

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How to Remove Text from Opera Menu

By | July 6, 2010 | 3 Comments

How to Remove Text from Opera MenuIf you would like to remove text from Opera’s O menu, follow these simple steps:

Right-Click on the O Menu
Go to Customize > Appearance
Check Toolbars tab and change Style to Images only
Click OK

Via My Opera.

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Weekly Browsers Recap, July 5th

By | July 5, 2010 | 0 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, July 5th

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IE6 is “Safer” than Chrome or Opera
US Bank Chase has decided to stop supporting Opera and Chrome web browsers, implying security issues and low popularity.

June, 2010 – Internet Explorer Gains Market Share; Firefox, Opera – Loses
As yet another month has passed by, it’s time to find out, how browsers market share has evolved over past 30 days.
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Firefox Tabs on Top Add-On

By | June 30, 2010 | 3 Comments

Firefox Tabs on Top Add-On
If you don’t feel like waiting for the final Firefox 4 release (which does have tabs on top), there is a simple add-on, that provides you with the very same feature for Firefox 3.0 – 3.7a4pre web browsers.

In addition, it also supports Firefox 3.6 Personas, therefore, you shouldn’t experience any distortions while using.

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HTC HD2 “Unable to Initialize Camera” Error Fix

By | June 25, 2010 | 4 Comments

HTC HD2 Now, if you are receiving “Unable to initialize camera. Failed to set up the camera device” error on your HTC device (possibly any other Windows Mobile phone) and had no luck with soft reset, try the following:

Open task manager and make sure that Opera Mobile is not running, and close if it is. Now, I am not sure why it’s impossible to take pictures or record videos while you surf the net with Opera Mobile (as it makes very little sense), but here you have it, a quick and painless fix.

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