Monthly Archives: May 2006

Keeping Your Firefox Updated
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Posted on May 29, 2006 by

Firefox is ever changing, there are lots of updates to the browser itself and depending on which extensions you use those can have frequent updates as well. Firefox by default wants to install ALL these updates automatically for you. Not … Continue reading →

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The Year of the Suns ~ Part 3
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Posted on May 24, 2006 by

What one word could describe The Suns this year? How about ‘drama’! They pulled off a win on Monday against The Clippers in Game 7. Tonight, they lead the game…until the 3rd quarter then things started falling apart. Missed shot … Continue reading →

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silicon.com Interview with Mitchell Baker
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Posted on May 24, 2006 by

Mitchell Baker Talks to silicon.com About Mozilla in the Enterprise silicon.com has an interview with Mitchell Baker, which focuses on the limited success of Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird in the enterprise market to date. The Mozilla Corporation President attributes … Continue reading →

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The Year of the Suns ~ Part 2
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Posted on May 22, 2006 by

The last couple nights have been ‘do-or-die’ for three of the match-ups in the NBA Conference Semi-Finals. Last night, the Detroit Pistons knocked out the Cleveland Cavilers to advance to the Conference Finals. This series with the Miami Heat will … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. BlueFrog
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Posted on May 17, 2006 by

Blue Frog/Security is no more. For your safety UNINSTALL the extension(s) as well as the application. An alert reader on Go Firefox!, posted me a link to this Wired News Article: Under Attack, Spam Fighter Folds. Also check out: BlueSecurity, … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2.0 Feature Preview: Inline Spellcheck
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Posted on May 16, 2006 by

Robert Strong created the SpellBound Spellchecker for Firefox and Mozilla Suite (now known as Sea Monkey) extension which enabled users to have a web based spell checker. He also part of the development team for Firefox 2.0. When Firefox 1.5 … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2.0 Feature Preview: Session Management
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Posted on May 16, 2006 by

The next new feature for Firefox 2.0 is Session Management. First thing I noticed is this is NOT quite the same as the session management features available in Tab Mix Plus, Session Manager or SessionSaver. If anything it is more … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2.0 Feature Preview: New search engine infrastructure and UI
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Posted on May 16, 2006 by

Continuing my previews of some the new features with FF 2.0, I will now take look at the ‘New search engine infrastructure and UI’. Firefox 2.0 will come preloaded with six popular search engines (Google, Yahoo!, Amazon.com, Answers.com, Creative Commons … Continue reading →

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A New Milestone for FF 2.0
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Posted on May 15, 2006 by

On May 13th Bon Echo Alpha 2 was released. Now I am sure you are asking “Oh humble Guru what the heck is Bon Echo?”. Bon Echo is the project name for FF 2.0, named after the park in Ontario, … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2.0 Feature Preview: Add-ons UI
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Posted on May 15, 2006 by

On my May 1st entry: Excellent Move Mr. Schroepfer!, I listed some of new features for FF 2.0, including Extension/Themes UI (user interface) change. This new feature is part of the Bon Echo Alpha 2 milestone release. No more separate … Continue reading →

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