July 11, 2011

Firefox 3.6.19/5.0.1 Coming (Mac Only)

There are a couple issues related to Firefox 3.6 & 5.0 and Mac OSX 10.7 as described on the Mozilla Product’s Blog: There is a bug present in the upcoming release of OSX 10.7 that causes Firefox to crash when using downloadable fonts.  Downloadable fonts are used widely on the web, so users would have suffered severe crash problems.  We alerted Apple to the problem before the release of 10.7 but they did not fix the problem before 10.7 went to final release.  We’ve changed the font APIs that we’re using to newer versions which appear to fix the problem. …

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Google Shortcuts Extension

Lot of stuff available with this. I had no idea there were this many services available.I’ve only just started tweaking it but am liking it already for the easy access to my Google site and mail. Display all Google services as buttons or as a space-saving dropdown menu next to your address bar.Reach services like Gmail, Google reader, Google maps, Google calendar, and many more in a single click from your browser.” Works with Firefox 2.0a1 – 6.*  Google Shortcuts – All Google Services at a glance :: Add-ons for Firefox Go get it.

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Remove Unsorted Bookmarks Item

Unsorted Bookmarks are those which were created by clicking the bookmark star. This item can not be removed (even when empty) from the Bookmarks Menu via the delete option in the context menu.To remove the Unsorted Bookmarks item from the Bookmarks Menu you will need modify your userChrome.css. Add these lines to your userChrome.css file located in your profile folder: /* Hide “Unsorted Bookmarks” in bookmarks toolbar menu */ #BMB_unsortedBookmarks {   display: none !important } Note: This does not remove the item from the Library (Organize Bookmarks…/Show All Bookmarks…) window. Works in Firefox 3.6, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

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