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Entries Tagged as 'Firefox'

Drag and Drop attachments in Gmail

This is a very cool Firefox add-on that makes it possible to drag and drop attachments in Gmail - dragdropupload

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July 18th, 2007 · No Comments | Tags: Email · Firefox

Is Flock floundering?

Scrivs pronounces Flock down for the count before it even stood a chance. I tried it and was a bit disappointed after all the pre-release hype.

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November 1st, 2005 · 3 Comments | Tags: Firefox

CustomizeGoogle

Awesome Firefox extension works in Flock too.
CustomizeGoogle: Googling Just Got Better–Firefox Extension

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October 21st, 2005 · Comments Off | Tags: Firefox

Flock is flying high

Flock–a very slick new browser based on Firefox is now freely available. It comes with built in blogging tools that make it a breeze to assemble posts and a bookmark manager that ties into del.icio.us and more. Go get your copy and take it for a test flight.

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October 21st, 2005 · Comments Off | Tags: Blogging · Firefox

Integrate Google Desktop Search into Firefox

Here’s a site that will allow you to add Google Desktop Search to your Firefox search box. Handy.

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June 17th, 2005 · Comments Off | Tags: Firefox

Firefox 1.0 - Go Get It

If you haven’t tried any browser other than Internet Explorer you’re really missing out. It’s time you tried Firefox 1.0. This hot web browser turned 1.0 today.

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November 9th, 2004 · Comments Off | Tags: Computing · Firefox

Firefox 1.0 PR

I’ve now upgraded to Firefox 1.0 PR. Many improvements are visible. If you still aren’t using Firefox as your main browser you should really give it a whirl.

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September 18th, 2004 · Comments Off | Tags: Firefox

Firefox keyboard shortcuts

If you don’t use keyboard shortcuts in your most frequently used applications you could be wasting a lot of time. Firefox is my browser of choice so here’s a handy reference to the keyboard shortcuts for this popular browser alongside the equivalents in Internet Explorer and Opera.
Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

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September 9th, 2004 · Comments Off | Tags: Firefox

Set default email client and browser

I’ve recently had the privilege of setting up a brand new, speedy notebook. A notebook computer is my computing tool of choice. In the transition from my old machine I began having difficulty on my new machine getting my email program to respond to email addresses when clicked in a web page. Windows XP had [...]

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August 20th, 2004 · Comments Off | Tags: Email · Firefox · Software · System Help

Switch to Firefox

It’s time—face it—that Microsoft browser you’re using is giving you fits with all the pop-ups and such—you need to make the switch to Firefox.

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August 7th, 2004 · Comments Off | Tags: Firefox

Bloglines and Firefox fix

I’ve not used my Bloglines account for some time. But today when I tried to use it nothing would happen when I clicked a link to view recent posts from a feed. So I did a quick search and found this handy Bloglines and Firefox fix. Seems there’s a problem with the Tabbrowser Extensions for [...]

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July 22nd, 2004 · Comments Off | Tags: Firefox

Spell check in Firefox 0.9

I’ve finally found a spell checker that works in Firefox 0.9. SpellBound is working just fine for me in Firefox 0.9 on Windows XP.

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July 16th, 2004 · Comments Off | Tags: Firefox