Monthly Archives: June 2011

Domain Highlighting in Firefox 6
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Posted on June 30, 2011 by

A new feature in Firefox 6 is domain highlighting which is another feature that is already in place with Chrome and IE. This features makes the main domain standout in the address bar. You will notice in the example below, … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Firefox, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, General Mozilla, Tips & Tweaks | 10 Comments

Change Google’s Nav Bar Color
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Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Quickest change I’ve ever made. Installed the script before I ever used Google for search though I did see the black nav bar briefly and could hardly read it. Change Google Navigation Bar (the bar at the top of Google … Continue reading →

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Clean Toolbar Buttons
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Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Part of the User Interface (UI) redesign in Firefox 4 for Windows was new buttons with borders around them to make them look like well, buttons. Below you can see what the default toolbar buttons look like in Firefox 3.6 … Continue reading →

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Disable Switch-to-tab
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Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Firefox 4.0-8.0 Firefox 4 introduced the Switch-to-tab feature. From our Quick Guide to Firefox 4: Switch to Tab – Numerous times I have so many tabs open and don’t realize that the new tab I just opened is a duplicate … Continue reading →

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Why It Is Important to Update
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Posted on June 27, 2011 by

A Public Service Announcement from the Guru. I am not just talking about Firefox, but more importantly your browser plugins (Flash, JAVA, QuickTime, etc) and yes even those Windows Updates too. The below two articles are from a colleague’s blog … Continue reading →

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Creating Bookmark Shortcuts with Keywords
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Posted on June 26, 2011 by

A couple years ago I was shadowing another department at my job. The person who I was shadowing that day, taught me about creating bookmark shortcuts using Keywords in Firefox. Of all the things that I learned that day, this … Continue reading →

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No 64-Bit Windows Firefox
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Posted on June 25, 2011 by

At least not for a while and very likely not in 2011. Firefox 8 is going to be the next trunk (nightly) builds starting July 5th and there is currently no expectation that 64-Bit Windows support is going to part … Continue reading →

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Firefox Release Recap: June 2011 Week 4
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Posted on June 25, 2011 by

Just Released Firefox 3.6.18 – June 21st Firefox 5 Final Release – June 21st Firefox 5 for Mobile Final Release – June 21st Schedule this Coming Week None Future Releases Firefox 6 Beta – July 5th* Firefox 7 Aurora – … Continue reading →

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Fix Blurry Firefox 5 Fonts
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Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Do fonts look blurry to you in Firefox 5? Some users have been reporting issues with fonts looking blurry in Firefox since version 4. Here are a couple of things you can try to improve the quality of font rendering…” … Continue reading →

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Password Exporter
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Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Firefox 3.6-6.0 While updating the Wiki came across the old Importing Saved Passwords article which was very much in need of an update. A little searching and found the Password Exporter extension which will allow you to import and/or export … Continue reading →

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