May 2008

Make Active Tab Wider

Simple tweak to make your active tab wider. Using ChromEdit add the following lines to your userChrome.css file: /* Make the active tab wider */ #content tab[selected=”true”] { min-width: 200px !important; } Once you have added these lines, click Save, then Restart; your active tab will be wider than the inactive tabs when Firefox restarts. Notes: You can substitute any value for the ‘200px’. This tweak works for Fx 2 & 3. Tip Source: Eric Wendelin’s Blog

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Remove ‘Live Feed’ Button

Along with the ‘Go’ Button and the Bookmark ‘Star’ (Fx 3) buttons there is also a ‘Live Feed’ button to add clutter to the address bar: To remove the ‘Live Feed’ Button use ChromEdit and add the following lines to your userChrome.css file: /* Remove live feed icon in Address url toolbar */ #feed-button { display: none !important; } Once you have added these lines, click Save, then Restart; the ‘Live Feed’ button will be gone when Firefox restarts. Note: This tweak works for Fx 2 & 3. Tip Source: Eric Wendelin’s Blog

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Remove Bookmark ‘Star’ Button

As if the ‘Go’ Button weren’t bad enough, Firefox 3 adds a Bookmark ‘Star’ Button to the address bar. This ‘feature’ allows you to bookmark the current page you are browsing. This can also be accomplished by pressing CTRL+D (Add Bookmark), selecting Bookmark This Page from either the Bookmarks or Context (right-click) menu. To remove the Bookmark ‘Star’ Button use ChromEdit and add the following lines to your userChrome.css file: /* Remove the Bookmark star */ #star-button { display: none !important; } Once you have added these lines, click Save, then Restart; the ‘Star’ will be gone when Firefox restarts….

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Fx 3: Removing The Search ‘Go’ Button

Here is the text you need to copy into your UserChrome.css file: /*Remove the search button (magnifying glass) */ .search-go-button { display: none !important; } New Source: Eric Wendelin’s Blog

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Tweaks Section Redesign Coming Soon

Since I just installed Firefox 3 and starting with a clean slate I am having to go through my Tweaks List anyway to get Firefox 3 setup the way I like it. This will give me a chance to see which ones work with Firefox 3 and which ones don’t (and which ones should be removed). Further this section requires a massive redesign as right now it is nothing more than a list of links with brief descriptions. I will be breaking these tweaks into categories to make them easier to find. Look for the redesign section to go live…

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Possibly A New Feature

WordPress.com is always adding new features and hadn’t even realized they added a related posts feature. The new feature called Possibly related posts was added back at the end of April. Here’s a brief overview on how this feature works: In a feature we’re calling possibly related posts we’ll now try to show posts related to yours a little section at the end. If we find any posts on your blog that are related, we’ll put those at the very top and in bold. Next we’ll show other posts from around WordPress.com, and finally we’ll check if there’s anything in…

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This Might Void Your Warranty!

I have finally gotten around to installing Firefox 3 Beta 5 earlier today. I haven’t done much yet, but noticed a bit of an interface change. The first thing I went to do was go into about:config to make some modifications to the default settings. Upon entering about:config in the address bar and pressing enter I was presented with this humorous warning. This replaces a similar warning from earlier versions of Firefox 3.

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Microsoft/Yahoo: The Blame Game

Microsoft’s Ballmer and Yahoo’s Yang are pointing fingers at each other, blaming the other for the failed merger. With Yahoo’s stock dropping some 14% ($4.30 per share), Yang told Reuters today: We were negotiating a way to find common ground and then on Saturday they chose to walk away… They started it and they walked away. Ballmer stated on Saturday with his letter withdrawing the bid, he was disappointed that Yahoo! would not accept their $33 per share offer up from the initial $31 per share offer from back in January: In our conversations this week, we conveyed our willingness…

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Weekly Update 2008-05-05

Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.15 – Status: In Progress Code freeze: June 6 Builds start: June 9 QA starts: June 10 Release to beta channel: June 17 Final Release: June 24 Firefox 3 RC 1 11 blockers left on the front end 3 to be patched 2 Places bugs, ETA today Fx3 credits, waiting on last call, will be closed out today. See mconnor’s blog post for the last call for nominations, please _email_ nominations to mconnor by EOD. 27 fixed in the last week Gecko 1.9 RC 1 Code freeze: April 8th Builds start:…

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Microsoft/Yahoo: The Aftermath

Today is the first business day since Yahoo! rejected Microsoft’s final offer. Yahoo’s stock dropped $5.65 per share to $23.02 when the markets opened this morning. Currently it has recovered slightly and been hovering around $24.50 per share. Microsoft on the other hand saw a very slight increase (71¢ per share) in their stock price with an opening of $29.95 per share. Currently the stock price has been around $29.80 per share. Besides how low Yahoo’s stock can drop it will also be interesting to see what happens with Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang. One has to wonder if he has…

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