” Whether you’re brushing up on your own native tongue or learning a new one, the task can be made infinitely easier when you have the right tools. There’s a world of options available, but we’ve singled out a few favorites for those working within the Firefox browser. Meet Dictionary Pop-Up, Google Translator for Firefox, Firelang, Alpheios and Google Quick Search in 6 Languages. “ Source: Reviews | TechNewsWorld Details All Things Appy: Top 5 Language Tools for Firefox
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“… If you use a web browser for a long time you will get into a flow when you are working with it. You do things a particular way and while it may not be the optimal way in a lot of times, it does work for you and that is all that counts.“I recently experienced issues — or annoyances — in the Firefox web browser that I did not want to experience any longer.“What is funny about those is that I published guides here on Ghacks on how to cope with them before, but for whatever reason, did not…
“… It appears that things will get a lot easier for Mozilla and its user base in the next time as Cisco just announced that it will release a free open source H.264 implementation along with binary modules. …” Source: Ghacks Details Cisco to release open H.264 codec. Mozilla to integrate it in Firefox
“… The places file, just like any other file on the system, can become corrupt. This can happen for instance after a crash of the browser or system.“The effect of this corruption may vary, but it can happen that you can only access part of the bookmarks, or notice that Firefox does not record any new browsing history entries anymore.“The Firefox extension Places Maintenance has been designed to provide users with an easy to use way to resolve any bookmarks or history issues in the web browser. …” Source: Ghacks Technology Newsletter Details Resolve Firefox bookmarks and history issues with…
He says “many Firefox users will see as godsend” and I may be one of them.My browser is heavily customised from years of tweaking it. “… Australis will remove a lot of features, and it was not really clear if add-on developers would create extensions in time to provide users with restore options.“Mozilla developer Aris, who is responsible for the Classic Toolbar Buttons add-on revealed that he has created an add-on that many Firefox users will see as godsend. …” Source: Ghacks Technology Newsletter More Good News: Firefox Add-on to restore classic functionality when Australis launches
I just now installed this. Will post later if I run across any problems with it. “… SettingSanity is a new Firefox extension that adds all missing preferences back to the Firefox options. All you need to do is install the extension and restart the browser to get access to the removed preferences again.“Even better is the fact that you get the advanced settings back as well. Both the JavaScript and images preferences are added back to the content tab where they can once again be accessed. …” Source: Ghacks Technology Newsletter Details SettingSanity adds removed preferences back to Firefox
… to be sold on Ebay.Hot topic today. I must have skimmed 100 headlines before I gave up on selecting one.Take your pick Google News Go get it.
“If you prefer to use a webmail interface such as those provided by Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail, you probably know that you cannot really secure your data directly when you are using those services. The majority of popular webmail services do not support email encryption for instance which would protect the content of messages from being read by automated tools and anyone else with access.“Mailvelope is a free browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that introduces OpenPGP encryption to webmail services that you may be using. The extension ships with support for Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook and…
“The web is moving away from plugins which is a good thing as it reduces the risk of falling pray to security attacks that target old versions of plugins or use 0-days to attack even the latest versions. Some plugins do cling on however despite the move to HTML5 and JavaScript. Especially Java and Flash need to be mentioned here, but chance is that your browser picked up quite a few plugins along the way. “Firefox is still picking up plugins that get installed on the system automatically which can be quite problematic if you do not want the browser…
“… If you work on a PC throughout the day, you may not have time to look at your phone all the time. Or, you may not be allowed to use your phone at all while you are working.“Desktop Notifications is an application for Android that you use in conjunction with a Mozilla Firefox add-on or Google Chrome extension. It uses the browser’s desktop notification feature to display all notifications that you receive on your phone on the desktop.“While you cannot react to it in any way, it at least lets you know about notifications so that you either know…