Schlagwortarchiv für: Firefox

After several weeks of doing nothing with Firefox due to the deepest suffering from the slow speed and high latency, I considered updating my 1.0.6 version to 1.5 on my laptop. Further I tried to add the Fasterfox extension and a new theme, however I was not allowed to do this. At first I thought the University’s WLAN would not grant access to the FTP Servers (which it actually did permit), but back at home I had the same problem.

What happened? I updated from the 1.0.6 to 1.5 RC1 and forgot that the Software Installations were manually disabled inthe old version. Sadly, the developpers have removed the ability to deny these software installations and replaced it with a menu button in the Options->Content area to make special exceptions for sites which are allowed to install software. Well, right away I had to manuever to the about:config and manually edited the following line from false to true:

xpinstall.enabled – default – boolean

That solved my problem of installing the extensions and themes for my newly pimpled Firefox! Beat that, developpers!

From today on, Opera will be free to use without their advertisement banners. The alternative to both Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer comes along with tools and functions such as Small-Screen-Rendering, Pop-Up-Blocker, Tabbed-Browsing, Download-Manager, E-Mail-Client, RSS-Reader and a Chat-Programm. There you go, this is a step ahead for the Norwegian company. I consider free software as an essential for the web, and without advertising their free software, a company in our modern world will probably be unable to survive for the longer.

Beware of the young birds before using them. As Robert reports, the current Firefox 1.5 Beta1 disables any extensions upon installing. There is no warning on the Firefox Website about that nasty glitch. I noticed some difference while updating from the last stable release to the Beta 1 but haven’t thought much about it – now I know.

Perhaps it depends on the version you’ve been using before, and as far as I guess, Robert was using a german-language variant of Firefox 1.0.6 – not sure how that reacts with the english version tho! However, there seems to be a workaround:

In the address bar type about:config
In the Filter line type: app.extensions.version
Now you should have a single line in the preferences saying app.extensions.version. If it does not exist just right click on the empty list and select New->String to create one
Now double click the value and set the value to 1.0 (from 1.5)

Note this is just a temporary solution and some extensions might crash Firefox – so be careful with this solution.

The developper team released the Beta 1 for Windows and Linux and an Alpha 2 for OS X. I guess that’s a must download, must install, must use one.

Firefox 1.5 offers you to use new features like:

  • Automated update to streamline product upgrades. Notification of an update is more prominent, and updates to Firefox may now be half a megabyte or smaller. Updating extensions has also improved.
  • Faster browser navigation with improvements to back and forward button performance.
  • Drag and drop reordering for browser tabs.
  • Improvements to popup blocking.
  • Clear Private Data feature provides an easy way to quickly remove personal data through a menu item or keyboard shortcut.
  • Answers.com is added to the search engine list.
  • Improvements to product usability including descriptive error pages, redesigned options menu, RSS discovery, and „Safe Mode“ experience.
  • Better accessibility support including DHTML accessibility.
  • Report a broken Web site wizard to report Web sites that are not working in Firefox.

More of these changes and additions, and I believe Firefox will become the instant killer for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

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The Developer Team of Firefox has re-scheduled their release list for the upcoming browser versions (including betas, RC1 and RC2 candidates).

The lockdown for „Firefox 1.5 Beta 1“ will occur at 11:59pm on Tuesday, Sept 6 in preparation for release on Thursday, Sept 8.

For myself, Firefox has become an essential to web browsing again. This happened basically because of the loss of confidence of Netscape, and I began using MS Internet Explorer again for another two years of time. By now, I’m regularly switching the browsers, and the more news and info I see about Firefox, the less I’m interested in the free-of-update MS IE. On another note, I guess I have my „tech days“ here at the MikeSchnoor.com. First the new Microsoft Keyboard, then Opera as a highlight, and now Firefox. What comes next? ;)

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Es ist vielleicht ein alter Hut von uns lieben Design-Fanatikern, aber damals in der Hochzeit der Dot-Coms und der New Economy hatten wir in der alten Firma unsere Rechner mit Browsern zugeballert. Es fand sich auf meinem PC jeweils der MS IE in zwei aktuellen Ausführungen, ebenfalls Netscape 4.xyz und auch gerne einmal spezielle Installationen wie z.B. Opera, jedoch kam ich nie in den Genuß, etwas am Mac zu betrachten – es wurde damals halt aus vielleicht persönlichen Gründen (oder auch vom Budget) nicht in den Mac investiert. Was passierte? Ich nahm mir die Zeit und ging zu der Mutterfirma in deren Tageszeitungs-Design-Labor und fragte immer lieb und brav, ob ich es mir da auch einmal ansehen kann, was ich so für’s moderne damals in den Köpfen der Zeitungsmacher unbekannte Internet produziert hatte. Wir wollten ja so viele Kunden unserer Kunden mit dem Produkt ansprechen:

…why exclude potential readers just because they use a different browser or OS to you. In the chase for traffic every visitor is as valuable as the next one, and should be given the same consideration: its not hard making sure that your site works in other places, and in failing to do so the only person to lose will be you.

Heute ist es anders, da lege ich mich mit niemandem mehr an, denn ich freue mich über solche Webapplikationen: Lixlpixel Safari Screenshot Generator. Das ganze ist umsonst, aber wer mag darf auch gerne etwas Geld ausgeben.

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