Category: Tips
Firefox and Windows 7 Jumplist Feature
If you enjoy Interent Explorer 8 on Windows 7 due to all the quick access buttons (Open New Tab, Frequenst Visited Pages, etc.) and would like to have something similar Firefox, then we have a solution for you. Although upcoming 3.5 release won’t support Windows 7 Jumplist feature (maybe in Firefox 3.6..?), you can still “enable” it in your Firefox web browser.
How to do that? It’s actually very simple. Just install Winfox utility and you are almost ready to go.
As author explains: Winfox must be running to update your top fifteen visited sites. Currently has to be killed by using task manager.
The following software works on 32 and 64 bit machines and requires Firefox 3.0 or later.
Download:
Winfox – 32 bit (x86)
Winfox – 64 bit (x64)
How to Add WolframAlpha to Your Web Browser Search Engines List
WolframAlpha has been getting a lot of buzz recently from all over the internet (no, it’s not a web search engine), so why not post about it here?
If you haven’t heard about it yet, it’s basically a “knowledge engine” with lots of valuable data. For instance: by typing “microsoft apple” you will see its stock price, dividend information, average returns and more:
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Shutdown PC When Opera Completes Transfers
Here is handy tool for anyone who is downloading files using Opera web browser and would like PC to shutdown/hibernate automatically, once all downloads are finished.
Opera Shutdown does what it was designed to do. Once transfers are finished, the following message will appear: Continue Reading
How to Run Silverlight in Opera
As I still see some threads popping out on how to install Silverlight on Opera web browser, though will make it clear:
Despite the fact that it gives you an “unsupported browser” error message when trying to download it, ignore that. Just download and install, it will work (there are issues though).
Joe Stegman however, listed a few of them which you might want to consider before installing it:
1. The MS AJAX issue.
2. Silverlight does not work in Opera when using windowless mode (
). This will show a blank page with the Opera status area saying “Click to activate and use this control”. This is being investigated by the Silverlight team and has also been reported to the Opera development team. The only work-around is to not use windowless mode.
3. The Silverlight TextBox cannot receive focus (and therefore you cannot select/change text in the TextBox). There is no current workaround to this issue.
Download Silverlight: Windows | Mac
Close Opera
Install Silverlight
Open any page which requires Silverlight
Enjoy?
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Weekly Browsers Recap, May 11th
- Should Microsoft even bother with Internet Explorer 9?
- Why Firefox Is My Preferred Browser
- 10 handy Firefox about:config hacks
- Mozilla ‘Prism’ Brings Web Apps to Desktop
- Safari, Opera Users Lag Behind in Security Updates
- Are Mobile Web Browsers Even Necessary?
- Mach5 Windows Mobile web browser gives Skyfire some competition
Customizing Internet Explorer 8
With the Internet Explorer 8 push via automatic update, IEBlog has released an article which gives you an insight on how to customize IE8 web browser.
Post covers few aspects of web browser, from menu positioning to address bar customizations.
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Track Firebug Changes with Firediff
Now this is something useful. If you were ever confused/overwhelmed with all the modifications made using Firebug then worry no more.
A new extension called Firediff (requires Firebug 1.4) tracks all the changes made by firebug and the application itself to CSS and DOM.
Download
The latest Firediff release can be downloaded here.
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Convert YouTube Videos to MP3
In case you want to convert YouTube videos to MP3, here is a simple Firefox add-on to do that.
Basically, it adds a “Convert & Download as MP3″ link in video page. Just click on it and download starts.
Vist YouTube 2 MP3 page (addons.mozilla.org).
40+ Add-Ons for Managing Firefox Tabs
Sean P. Aune writes:
“Firefox users love their tabbed browsing capability, but if you leave tabs unchecked they can get completely out of control. For those of you who feel lost in a sea of tabs, there are numerous ways to manage them; Here are over 40 of the best extensions.”
Continue reading at Mashable
