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Importing Mozilla Firefox bookmarks into Safari on your Mac is really easy. Firefox stores its bookmarks in an HTML file that can be parsed by Safari. In Safari, simply click on the File menu and select Import Bookmarks. This will open a file selection dialog box. Firefox stores its bookmarks …
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Firefox 3.5.2 was released by the Mozilla Project today. This release is mainly a security fix and all users are advised to download the new update as soon as possible. Please take the time to download this important security update today.
A list of security fixes is available …
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The Mozilla Project released Firefox 3.0.7 yesterday. This minor release addresses several stability issues in addition to a few critical security problems. It is recommended that all users upgrade in order to get access to these security fixes. Additionally users of the Flashblock add-on will enjoy a better …
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I stumbled across this interesting image evolution project on AlteredQualia yesterday. This project takes Roger Alsing's example of image evolution using polygon rendering and re-implements it in JavaScript. I decided to run my own test against my avatar images. Both results use 50 polygons with 6 vertices.
Originally, I started …
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If you've been following the Firefox 3 news, you are no doubt aware that today (June 17, 2008) is the official release date for Firefox 3. Unfortunately, when Mozilla made the download available at 1 PM Eastern, the flood of traffic made the Mozilla servers virtually unreachable.
The initial rush …
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I've been having problems with Google Chat (in Gmail) this afternoon. I decided that logging out of Gmail and restarting Firefox might be a helpful exercise. When I returned to Gmail, I noticed that something was wrong: everything was right.
For some odd reason, I seem to have been zapped …
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The good folks at Mozilla keep plugging away at Firefox 3. Now Firefox 3 Beta 5 is ready for download.
The two big ticket items for Firefox 3 Beta 5 are improved OS integration (Windows, OS X, and Linux) and increased Javascript performance. If you are one of those people …
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It's a new day and new Firefox!
Okay, so the latest version of Firefox really isn't all that new (the original version of Firefox 2 was released way back in 2006). But, Firefox 2.0.0.13 does include some critical security updates over previous versions of Firefox 2. Another …
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I'm not a fan of Firefox 3 Beta 4's new navigation buttons. I don't really use these buttons, but that huge Back button keeps distracting me. Thankfully there's a way to fix this, but it's not in the Preferences menu.
The key to getting a more reasonable set of navigation …
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Just in case your browser hasn't popped up and told you, Firefox 2.0.0.12 is now available!
This version addresses stability and security issues uncovered in Firefox 2.0.0.11. Several of the fixes are critically important. Therefore, it's recommended that all users upgrade as soon as …
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If you've spent any time managing a web site, you are undoubtedly familiar with the dreaded Alexa rankings. It's common knowledge that these numbers are fairly useless since they depend on the end user having the Alexa toolbar installed. Obviously, not everyone has this. To make matters worse, Alexa only …
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This is just a little humorous anecdote along the lines of frantically searching the house for the glasses you happen to be wearing. After yesterday's somewhat "heavy" post, I thought the mood needed a little lightening.
I've only recently (in the last month or so) begun using Gmail as my …
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One of the features of Firefox 2 is Session Restore. By default, if Firefox needs to restart for an update (or crashes), it will restore your session to the state it was in at the time of restart. That means your tabs and windows will be just like you left …
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I recently started using ScribeFire as my blogging client. Here are some initial thoughts on it.
