September 5, 2009

Gcache Plus

Kristof Polleunis recently dropped a note to The Guru to take a look at the Gcache Plus extension. A very simple yet useful extension which allows you to “Resurrect a dead pages“. Simply put once installed the add-on uses a keyboard short cut CRTL+SHIFT+ALT+G or context (right-click) menu entry (Gcached Page) to allow you to pull up (if available) the Google cached version of the page. Gache Plus works with Firefox 2.0 and newer and is around 12 KB.

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Next Firefox Update to Check Plugins

Starting with the Firefox 3.0.14 and 3.5.3 builds due out mid next week, Firefox will automatically warn you if you have an out-dated plugin. The first plugin to be checked will be Adobe Flash. Users will see a warning screen (see below), “You should update Adobe Flash right now” with a direct link to Adobe’s site to get the update when restarting the browser after installing the newest Firefox update. Users who have an up-to-date version of the plug-in will see the usual “You’ve been updated to the latest version of Firefox” screen (as seen at the bottom of this…

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Firefox Release Recap: September Week 1

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week Firefox 3.0.14– September 9th Firefox 3.5.3 – September 9th Future Release Firefox 3.0.15 – October 21st Firefox 3.5.4 – October 21st Firefox 3.6 – November 2009 Firefox 3.7 – Spring 2010

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