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IE7 RSS icon to use Firefox RSS icon

2005-12-14T15:48:07-08:00

The Microsoft Team RSS Blog announced today that to encourage consistency between browsers, IE7 will be using the Firefox RSS icon to represent RSS and RSS-related features.

FirefoxView: 'View This Page in Firefox' Extension for IE

2005-12-07T10:01:12-08:00

IE View is a useful extension for web developers that launches IE and lets you view what the page looks like in IE. FirefoxView is the opposite of IE View, it lets you complete the round trip and view what a page looks like in Firefox from IE. Kind of a strange extension install; it's an extension you install in Firefox, which installs "View This Page in Firefox" item to the context menu in IE. Windows only, and doesn't work with Norton Antivirus 2004 with script blocking enabled.

View Source Choice

2005-12-03T21:22:42-08:00

In response to an entry discussing view source in Firefox, Brian King created the View Source Choice extension with the exact feature we were looking for. The ability to: [r]edirect View Source to current window (current default in Firefox), new tab, or new window. Thanks Brian — I've installed the extension, and it works great! The planned ability to override the view source keyboard shortcut already has me anticipating version 0.2. Update 2006-01-20: View Source Choice has been updated and now features an optional override.

Firefox Flicks

2005-12-02T10:06:42-08:00

As part of the community marketing for Firefox 1.5, Mozilla Firefox Flicks has launched with two new campaigns, Testimonials and Ad Contest. If you're the type, record a testimonial of yourself talking Firefox and you can win Amazon.com gift certificates. Me, I don't even like having my picture taken. Although it would be pretty funny if a Pornzilla fan recorded a testimonial. The ad contest is for those familiar with Final Cut Pro to create a 30s commercial for Firefox.

View Source Bug Fixed and a Tip

2005-11-30T20:52:00-08:00

Mozilla has, without a doubt, raised the bar with Firefox 1.5. Amongst the countless enhancements and bug fixes, though, I found something to make particular mention of, that of view source and bug 262915. Before, the view-source pseudo protocol (i.e. accessing view source from the location bar instead of by shortcut) would open a new browser window. For a single-window/tab user like myself, this bug was annoying — to say the least. But now with that particular bug fixed, page source can remain in a tab, alongside all other open tabs. And here's where the tip comes in... Combine keyword searching (we recommend the keyword 'vs' for, wait for it, view source) with this bookmarklet and navigate to any page you'd like to view the source of. Replace the URL in the location bar with 'vs' (or applicable keyword) and hit enter to view source in a tab. Finally, I'm looking for a way to keep the original site in a tab and open the source in an adjacent tab. Any way to accomplish this with one bookmarklet? Update 2005-12-03: A Blogzilla visitor created the extension View Source Choice, which addresses the request above.

Google Jobs: Firefox Engineer

2005-11-30T17:13:43-08:00

Google Jobs: Software Engineer, Firefox - Mountain View Google is looking for software engineers to join us in our collaborative development efforts with the Mozilla Foundation on the Firefox browser. Most likely you'd be working along side Ben Goodger and Brian Ryner. And the rest of the time you'll be working on Google Browser? hmmm? hmmm!

Canvas Demos

2005-11-30T11:10:23-08:00

New in Firefox 1.5 is support of the

Return

2005-11-30T01:47:12-08:00

After a long, dormant hiatus, Blogzilla is back. Blogging is hard, and interests wane, but Firefox has been on a roll as of late, and interests have been renewed. Oh, and also, we've sold out: In real news, the Mozilla site has been redesigned and is now at www.mozilla.com and Firefox 1.5 is now out.

Feed Your Reader

2005-07-02T23:15:33-08:00

This Google search led to this post from Nick Bradbury, which led to this extension for Firefox: Feed Your Reader. With proper link credit given, let's carry on to why this find might be important to you (after a short background explanation). Firefox's Live Bookmarks feature serves as an elegant introduction to feed aggregation for the novice user. And its simplicity largely reduces the learning curve for syndicated content. This said, I'm not an average user when it comes to Atom, RSS, etc. I've got 270 subscriptions at the present moment in NetNewsWire, my client of choice. Feed Your Reader allows you to use the RSS Autodiscovery in Firefox to launch external aggregators... By taking control of the Live Bookmarks button, the Feed Your Reader extension has provided an elegant advanced solution to news aggregation outside of Firefox.

Webmail Access for Mozilla Thunderbird

2005-04-10T17:49:54-08:00

Finally, an extension to Mozilla Thunderbird which allows access to webmail! (One of the oft-most requested feature enhancements of the email client. Hooray for extensibility!) The Web-Mail extension creates a platform which other extensions use to integrate web based email accounts into Mozilla Thunderbird. POP is the only protocol supported, this means Thunderbird can only download emails. Currently supported via extensions: Hotmail (and MSN), Yahoo and Lycos. A step-by-step setup guide is available. Update 2005-04-11: Thanks to hints below I've found the option to add webmail accounts in File > New > Account... Any documentation (general or otherwise) on what providers can be accessed by default? Update 2005-10-04: This extension broke with the Thunderbird 1.0.7 update. (Re)installing 1.0.6 should bring everything back to good. Be advised that older versions of the client lack security updates found in 1.0.7.

Universities Advocating Mozilla Online

2004-12-08T22:46:12-08:00

While navigating to a class website, I found a subtle jab at Internet Explorer followed by Firefox advocacy: Some Windows-Internet Explorer users continue to report sporadic problems when logging in to courses.utexas.edu. One symptom is that clicking the "Login" button on the next page does not do anything. Reports indicate that using a different browser such as Firefox seems to help, as does reloading [the] /webapps/login page. Please contact the ITS Help Desk for more assistance. Know of other university technology administrators guiding their respective communities (online) to Mozilla applications? Speak up.

Firefoxy

2004-11-14T08:40:36-08:00

Making Firefox widgets Apple-icious just got easier, thanks to Amake. His utility, Firefoxy, applies Kevin Gerich's Pretty Widgets using drag-and-drop. Firefoxy 1.1 can be downloaded at MacUpdate. Below are the "couldn't-be-any-easier" instructions (to be followed after install): Drag Firefox onto Firefoxy. To revert to the old widgets, drag Firefox onto Firefoxy again. Or, just open the app and it will prompt you to locate Firefox. If you use OS X nightlies and find yourself re-applying Kevin's work often, this is the solution for you.

Suppress New Windows Revisited

2004-11-12T13:21:22-08:00

If you're like me, then you hate it when people use target="_blank". If you've installed Firefox 1.0 and are wondering why the suppress new windows advanced pref no longer works, it's because it's been overridden by a new advanced pref. To turn it on, go to about:config and set "browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs" to true. Or you can add user_pref("browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs", true); to your user.js file. Then in Tools | Options | Advanced | Tab browsing, a new option appears. You can then force links that open in new windows to open in the current window or a new tab instead. It's an experimental option for now, so it might be a little buggy, but it works for the most part. Update: The feature doesn't work on bookmarklets that open popup windows, like the bugmenot or Post to MT bookmarklets. It opens them in new tabs instead of as a new popup window. Update to Update: There's a pref for diverting window.open() calls too.

Firefox 1.0 and You

2004-11-10T12:03:20-08:00

Now that Firefox 1.0 has been released, what enhancements, bug-fixes or general improvements to the browser have made surfing better for you? My most recent "how did I ever live without this?" feature: The ability to configure where links from other applications are opened in Firefox. This option can be accessed via Preferences: Advanced: Tabbed Browsing. I've got Firefox set to open links in "a new tab in the most recent window."

Firefox 1.0

2004-11-09T10:02:59-08:00

Firefox 1.0 is finally here. For those who have been following it's progress, it's been a long time coming. But your work is not done yet. Because it is now safe to recommend Firefox to non-geeks. Please do so. They need your help. Think of the children. The Mozilla servers are currently getting hammered, but you can grab the installer in a few seconds using the torrents: Win 32 Firefox 1.0 Torrent Linux i686 Firefox 1.0 Torrent When you live on the west coast and stroll on into work at 10am, you usually miss these types of early morning announcements. I actually heard about it on the radio this morning. Then I hit the snooze button. Oh yeah, check out the new default start page.