A new feature in Firefox 6 is domain highlighting which is another feature that is already in place with Chrome and IE. This features makes the main domain standout in the address bar. You will notice in the example below, the ffextensionguru.com is black whilst the http:// and blog. sub domain are in grey. For those would prefer the entire address to be one color, there is an about:config tweak that will disable this feature. In a new tab paste & go about:config into the address bar If needed…Click the I’ll be careful, I promised button. Filter for browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled Double-click…
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Quickest change I’ve ever made. 🙂Installed the script before I ever used Google for search though I did see the black nav bar briefly and could hardly read it. Change Google Navigation Bar (the bar at the top of Google page) to a light (white) classic style, or colorize it as you like. “ Script Google Light Navbar for Greasemonkey Found @ GHacks.net Go get it.
Firefox 4.0-8.0 Firefox 4 introduced the Switch-to-tab feature. From our Quick Guide to Firefox 4: Switch to Tab – Numerous times I have so many tabs open and don’t realize that the new tab I just opened is a duplicate of one already open (but not visible). For example in the address bar I typed Hotmail, the new ‘smart location bar’ knows I already have this tab open and gives me the option to ‘Switch to Tab’. Update: This feature works for tabs open in another Firefox window as well. Typing % in the address bar will also display a…
A Public Service Announcement from the Guru. I am not just talking about Firefox, but more importantly your browser plugins (Flash, JAVA, QuickTime, etc) and yes even those Windows Updates too. The below two articles are from a colleague’s blog Grand Stream Dreams and describes what happens when users continue to use out-dated browsers with out-dated plug-ins. A good lesson here too is don’t be fooled by those security alert warnings advertisements aka scareware. Some folks may find these posts a bit technical, but they do show the amount of the time and work that is involved in fixing an…
At least not for a while and very likely not in 2011. Firefox 8 is going to be the next trunk (nightly) builds starting July 5th and there is currently no expectation that 64-Bit Windows support is going to part of Firefox 8. For those interested in what is going on behind the scenes, you can follow these tracking bugs: Bug 471090 Bug 558448 One of the main issues is currently the developmental builds for Windows 64-Bit Firefox only support 64-Bit plugins. Because not all Windows plugins provide a 64-bit version, 32-bit versions would also need to be loaded. See…
Mozilla has released the 18th update for Firefox 3.6 on June 21st. This update fixed several security issues & stability issues. See release notes for full details. Users can get the update by going to Help >> Check For Updates. Support for Gecko 1.9.2/Firefox 3.6 will continue. Next release will be Firefox 3.6.19, with a release date not yet announced. Firefox 3.5 has reached end of life support as of April 2011, depending on your operating system you should upgrade to Firefox 3.6 or 5.
Mozilla has released the next version of Firefox on June 21, 2011 for desktop and mobile. Firefox 5 includes these updates and new features: Added support for CSS animations The Do-Not-Track header preference has been moved to increase discoverability Tuned HTTP idle connection logic for increased performance Improved canvas, JavaScript, memory, and networking performance Improved standards support for HTML5, XHR, MathML, SMIL, and canvas Improved spell checking for some locales Fixed several stability issues Fixed several security issues See the release notes for more details. Firefox 5.0 replaces Firefox 4.0.1 which as now reached end of life support. Next release…
The major standout feature in this new release is a new feature called Repair, which allows Xmarks to effortlessly roll back the last sync operation should it prove unsuccessful or introduce unwanted changes. Xmarks is an add-on that is designed to synchronise bookmarks across a number of browsers, devices and computers with the minimum of fuss. It’s available as a free add-on for most major browsers for syncing across multiple platforms and computers, while there is also a Premium version available with extra features, including support for mobile devices…” Jun 21, 2011 More Xmarks 4.0.0 for Firefox introduces Repair…
Web browsers are top targets for hackers. They’re abused in more than 90 percent of attacks meant to hit random Internet users (versus more targeted strikes), according to Kaspersky Labs. And more than half of those attacks exploit flaws in browser software and seek to install dangerous malware on computers. “Why all the attention? Because browsers are an easy target. Computer users perennially ignore update reminders and run old versions with well-known security holes. They also use ancient browser plug-ins, which aren’t as easy to update and are often rich with known vulnerabilities. As a result, a whopping 80 percent…
Note: This applies more to site developers who have been using the new WebGL textures feature introduced in Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4, Thunderbird 3.3 and SeaMonkey 2.1). In Firefox 5, it is no longer possible to use cross-domain elements as the source for WebGL textures. We made this change in response to security concerns around the possibility of cross domain information leakage. Unfortunately, that means that some WebGL-using pages are no longer working. We are working with the WebGL WG on a solution to allow such pages to resume working as soon as possible — read on for details. —…