…The pages – located at vkernel(dot)org, aveonix(dot)org, smolvell(dot)org, stocknick(dot)org – are not able to detect what browser the users use and serve either a Firefox or Chrome themed fake update warning. …Users are warned to be careful when being presented similar pages. The aforementioned four are still online, but there might be others. In any case, it’s always best to update your browser by using the updating mechanism it contains.” Source: net-security.org More Bogus “browser update” pages deliver malware ↑Go get it↓
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If you’ve ever found yourself giving up while clicking through an online photo gallery or grinding your teeth in frustration at an online vendor’s tiny thumbnails, help is on the way. Firefox and Chrome each have plug-ins that will automatically enlarge thumbnails as you hover over them, saving eyestrain and precious time. Here’s how to use them:… “ February 3, 2012 How To – CNET How to automatically enlarge thumbnails online
Firefox adds a number of new built-in developer tools that let developers change the look and feel of websites in real-time. With Page Inspector, developers can peek into a page’s structure and layout without having to leave Firefox. This means they can quickly navigate between page elements and view the HTML document structure for the page. Style Inspector makes editing the style of websites even easier. Now developers have quick access to CSS properties and can view or change values for their website within Firefox. Scratchpad now uses the Eclipse Orion code editor to provide syntax highlighting and other…
Keyboard shortcuts make browsing Netflix and rating movies quick and easy. Instead of clicking on menus and navigating to the areas of your interest, why not press one key? That’s the functionality that a userscript written by Dustin Luck adds to your browser. The script states it will definitely work in Firefox, but also seems to work Chrome, Opera, and Safari without much of a hitch….” January 27, 2012 Source: How To – CNET How to add keyboard shortcuts to Netflix Gary
Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution. Linux Mint 13 will feature an entirely new user interface, called Cinnamon. Earlier this week, the Linux Mint developers released a version of the shell. Previous editions of Linux Mint used a standard version of the Gnome environment….” Source: Computerworld Linux Mint 13 gets back to desktop basics
If you are working with multiple profiles in Firefox you have probably your own ingenious way of launching them. Some Firefox users may use shortcuts to launch their profiles, others the built-in profile manager, the command line or an add-on like Switchy If you are new to the concept, I suggest you take a look at the following guides that will get you started…” Source: Ghacks Technology News Firefox Profile Switcher Add-on
Have you received an invitation to turn your Facebook profile red or black? Maybe pink?“Ignore it, security experts warn. It is another scam spreading on the social media site…” Friday, 13 Jan 2012, Source: MyFoxNY.com More Scam Offers Pink Facebook Profile Switch ↑Go get it↓
Mozilla has announced plans to offer an annual Extended Support Release (ESR) of Firefox for enterprises and other adopters that don’t want to keep up with the browser’s new rapid release cycle. Each ESR will receive regular security patches, but will not be updated with new functionality until the next ESR becomes available…. “ January 10, 2012 Source: Arstechnica.com More Firefox extended support will mitigate rapid release challenges
Just installed it and I like the look of it but haven’t tested changing the colors yet. …Firefox users who have installed a new theme in the browser may also notice that the initial scrollbar design might not be that fitting for the selected theme. The New Scrollbars add-on for the Firefox web browser offers to replace the default scrollbar with another one. It ships with a total of seven scrollbar colors that are made available for themes with light and dark backgrounds, bringing the overall total of available custom scrollbars to 14… “ Source: Ghacks Change The…
Firefox is poised to deliver some new tools for web developers. When Firefox 10 is released in early 2012 it will add HTML and CSS inspectors designed to help web developers inspect and debug their code. Later releases will add more features, like a 3-D page inspector and even a built-in code editor… “ Source: Webmonkey | Wired.comMore An Overview of Firefox’s Coming Developer Tools