Monthly Archives: April 2010

Uninstalling JAVA Console Add-on
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Posted on April 24, 2010 by

JAVA seems to be a popular topic lately on this here blog. So here is another Firefox and JAVA related post for your reading pleasure. Yesterday I was helping a family member at their home with an odd issue with … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Firefox, Fx 3.6, Tips & Tweaks | 38 Comments

Locate Your Profile Folder Easily in Firefox 3.6
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Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Locating your Firefox profile folder can be a bit of challenge. While assisting a family member (more on this later) the other day we discovered that with Firefox 3.6, it s very easy to get to your profile folder. From … Continue reading →

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

Firefox Release Recap: April 2010 Week 4
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Posted on April 24, 2010 by

Just Released Firefox 3.6.4 (Lorentz) BETA – April 20th Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.5.10 – May 4, 2010 Firefox 3.6.4 – May 4, 2010 Firefox 3.7a5 – TBD

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Win XP Users: IE Can Be Hazardous to Firefox
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Posted on April 21, 2010 by

Below is part of an article Gareon had posted on Go Firefox! Although I live in Windows, I avoid Internet Explorer – its the Defensive Computing thing to do. My approach is the same as Steve Gibson’s, we run IE … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, Go Firefox!, IE, Microsoft, Other, Windows | 4 Comments

Firefox 3.6.4 (Lorentz) BETA Available
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Posted on April 20, 2010 by

Mozilla has a released for download and testing purposes a Beta version of the upcoming Firefox 3.6.4 (Lorentz). Included in this release is the new Out Of Process Plugins (OOPP) which allows Plugins (currently Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime and Microsoft … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Firefox, Fx 3.6, General Mozilla, Releases | 1 Comment

Access Blocked Stuff on The Web
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Posted on April 19, 2010 by

“The web is a generally free place, but some sites and services want to make it annoying to navigate and enjoy. Stream any video you’d like, see the sites you need, and get at services you thought were down with … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Browsers, Tips & Tweaks | 2 Comments

Important JAVA Update
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Posted on April 17, 2010 by

Oracle has pushed out JAVA Version 6 Update 20 to address a sever security exploit. While I am usually pretty good about keeping my plugins such as JAVA updated I did notice I currently had Update 16 installed This update … Continue reading →

Posted in Other, Windows, Windows 7, Yahoo | 7 Comments

JAVA Development Toolkit Plug-in Blocked
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Posted on April 17, 2010 by

As mentioned earlier today there is an Important JAVA Update available for all platforms, but more importantly for people using 32-bit versions of Windows. Now, Mozilla is blocking the JAVA Development Toolkit versions 6.0.200.0 and older. The reason is due … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 2.0, Fx 3.0, Fx 3.5, Fx 3.6, Fx 3.7, General Mozilla | 1 Comment

Firefox Release Recap April 2010 Week 3
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Posted on April 17, 2010 by

Just Released Firefox 3.7a4 – April 12, 2010 Schedule this Coming Week None Future Release Firefox 3.5.10 – May 4, 2010 Firefox 3.6.4 – May 4, 2010 Firefox 3.7a5 – TBD

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Add-ons Compilations added to Wiki
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Posted on April 16, 2010 by

Over the past four years since this blog was started, we have posted various Add-ons Compilations or ‘collections’ of add-ons with a common theme. With nearly 1200 posts and nearly 200 of those in the ‘Add-ons’ category it can be … Continue reading →

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