Monthly Archives: January 2010

Firefox Release Recap: January Week 4
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Posted on January 30, 2010 by

Just Released None Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.0.18 – February 16, 2010 Firefox 3.5.8 – February 16, 2010 Firefox 3.6.1 – TBA Firefox 3.7 – TBA

Posted in Firefox, Fx 3.0, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, General Mozilla | 2 Comments

Overriding Add-ons Compatibility Check
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Posted on January 29, 2010 by

With Firefox 3.6, Mozilla has changed the way users can override the default add-ons compatibility check. WARNING: Bypassing the built-in add-ons compatibility check thus forcing Firefox to allow the installation of incompatible add-ons can cause Firefox to become unstable and/or … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, CyberNet, Firefox, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, Fx 4.0, Tips & Tweaks | 2 Comments

Changing Mousewheel Behaviors
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Posted on January 29, 2010 by

I came across these tweaks while searching for a solution on how to fix my issue with autoscrolling (which turned out to be a software issue, not Firefox). I’ll admit that I never really use the mousewheel (scroll wheel) in … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 1.5, Fx 2.0, Fx 3.0, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, Fx 4.0, Tips & Tweaks | 1 Comment

Change Autoscrolling
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Posted on January 29, 2010 by

I actually was looking for information on how to enable this feature as I had thought it had become disabled with the newer Firefox releases. For those who are not familiar with autoscrolling, it allows you to quickly scroll through … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 1.5, Fx 2.0, Fx 3.0, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, Tips & Tweaks | 1 Comment

Fx 3.6: Scroll Acceleration Tweak
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Posted on January 29, 2010 by

Here’s an interesting feature that was planned for Firefox 3.6, but not all the kinks have been worked out so it is disabled by default. The idea behind this feature is if you have already scrolled through a page a … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 3.6, Tips & Tweaks | 1 Comment

Firefox 3.0.X/3.5.X Support
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Posted on January 29, 2010 by

With the release of Firefox 3.6 earlier this month Mozilla will be ending support for both Firefox 3 and Firefox 3.5 soon. While I have not seen anything official, Firefox 3 support will likely end with the release of Firefox … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 3.0, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, Fx 4.0, General Mozilla | 1 Comment

Fx 3.6: Tab Preview Tweaks
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Posted on January 29, 2010 by

In the early days of development of Firefox 3.1/3.5 there was a planned ‘Tab Preview’ feature for displaying thumbnails when switching between tabs similar to the Windows Vista/7 Alt+Tab interface. For whatever reason this feature ended up being scrapped from … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Tips & Tweaks | 2 Comments

Tweak: Fx 3.6 Open New Tabs on Far Right
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Posted on January 24, 2010 by

The default behavior for links opening in new tabs in Firefox 3.6 is relevant to the tab from which the link is being opened. This means instead of opening at the far right of the tab bar, new tabs are … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Firefox, Fx 3.6, Tips & Tweaks | 4 Comments

Firefox Release Recap: January Week 3
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Posted on January 23, 2010 by

Just Released Firefox 3.6 – January 21st Firefox 3.6RC2 – January 17th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.0.18 – February 2, 2010 Firefox 3.5.8 – February 2, 2010 Firefox 3.6.1 – TBA Firefox 3.7 – TBA

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Remove New Tab Button
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Posted on January 21, 2010 by

I was recently asked how to remove the ‘New Tab Button’ that appears on the far right of the tab bar. Come to think of it, I never really even use that button, I always just do CTRL+T to open … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Firefox, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, Tips & Tweaks | 1 Comment