The other major add-on for Firefox is Themes. From the Firefox Update Themes Page: “Themes are skins for Firefox. They allow you to change the look and feel of the user interface and personalize it to your tastes. A theme can simply change the colors of Firefox or it can change every piece of its appearance.” There are some creative themes out there some are just simple color or icon changes. Others are well…how do I put it? I guess I’ll let the author of one such theme, PimpZilla describe it “It’s overdone… It’s tacky… It’s PimpZilla !!!’ See for…

For the most part, add-ons (extensions and themes) are trouble free. However, once in a while an add-on will not install, upgrade or uninstall correctly. Or may be you launched a different version of Firefox on the same profile and now your add-ons are disabled because Firefox says they are incompatible.I will cover the three most common issues with Add-ons Installation: Software Installation Disabled Extension(s) not installed after restarting Firefox Add-on(s) Disabled by Firefox Software Installation Disabled This issue mainly occurs when upgrading to a major version of Firefox such as going from 0.* to 1.0.* or 1.0.* to 1.5.0.*…

If your Firefox starts acting odd, slows down, hangs, crashes without reason, etc., chances are you could have a problematic extension installed. Sometimes these extensions are fine by themselves, but if paired with another extension could cause troubles. For example, running No Script and FlashBlock together can cause problems. Flash Blocking is included with No Script, so it is redundant to have both installed. The folks over at mozillaZine and have come up with a list of known Problematic Extensions. The list goes into details as to the issues caused by the said extension and offers solutions from changing settings…

Note: Please see the SpellBound – Spellchecker For Firefox entry for more information about the Spellbound Extensions. With these builds of Firefox the installation site still automatically detect your version of Firefox, but when you go to install you will get an incompatibility error message. Getting SpellBound to work on this build takes a few extra steps: If you have already installed SpellBound on FF 1.5.0.1 or newer and have upgrade to the newer FF build, skip to step 8. You will need to install the Nightly Tester Tools extension (if you already have Nightly Tester Tools skip to Step…

SpellBound is the one Firefox extension that is a must have for me! SpellBound was developed by Robert Strong who is on the development team for Firefox 2.0 due out late this summer. Now in Firefox 2.0 inline (spell as you type) will be an included feature. But you can have it now with SpellBound. So, why SpellBound? It is a Spellchecker for your browser It works on any site with text area such as web forms, forums (mozillaZine, Delphi Forums), web-based e-mails (Hotmail, G-Mail, Yahoo!Mail), and even Blogs! There two different versions of Spellbound, Spellbound, the ‘classic’ version and…

Firefox continues to gain popularity and each day more and more sites are becoming Firefox friendly. HOWEVER, there are those sites such as Microsoft Windows Update that refuse to work with Firefox. When you come across a site such as this does it mean you need to open Internet Exploiter…I mean Explorer? Not necessarily, I would say 99% of the sites which are not Firefox friendly can be view within Firefox using the IE Tab Extension. IE Tab is one of my must have extensions, right up there with Adblock Plus, CoLT, Greasemonkey, Spellbound Developmental (future blog entry) and Foxy…

From mozillaZine, Saturday, May 27th, 2006: “Yesterday, Bon Echo Alpha 3 was released as scheduled. This latest milestone of the code that will eventually become Mozilla Firefox 2.0 adds new anti-phishing features and includes support for client-side session and persistent storage as specified by the WHATWG. Furthermore, when using Google or Yahoo! in the Search bar, users are presented with their previous searches in addition to search suggestions. The Mozilla Developer News weblog has an announcement about the release of Bon Echo Alpha 3, which includes download links for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The Bon Echo Alpha 3…

What’s New in Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 Upgrade From Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 provides stability and security enhancements that are part of our ongoing program to provide a safer email experience for our users. We recommend that all Thunderbird users upgrade to this latest version. Here’s what’s new in Thunderbird 1.5.0.4: Universal Binary Support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors. Thunderbird supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new MacIntel chipsets. Improvements to product stability. Several security fixes. See complete release notes

In Mozilla’s on going commitment to provide a quality and safe product, Firefox 1.5.0.4 was released tonight. See the release notes for full details of FF 1.5.0.4 What’s New in Firefox 1.5.0.4 Firefox 1.5.0.4 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. Improvements to product stability Several security fixes Release Date: June 1, 2006.