Monthly Archives: June 2011

A Small Sneak Peek at ‘Windows 8′
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Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Well, this is certainly a major change for the next Windows operating system (code name Windows 8). Yahoo! says the new user interface is a lot like that of the Windows Phone UI. Big design emphasis to run on touch-screen … Continue reading →

Posted in IE, Microsoft, Other, Windows '8' | 1 Comment

Quit Firefox for Mobile
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Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Quit Firefox for Mobile allows user to quit Fennec (Firefox for Mobile) by closing all open tabs or selecting ‘Quit’ from the Firefox for Mobile menu. This add-on is more for developers as most Android users should not need to … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Firefox, Firefox For Android, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, General Mozilla | Leave a comment

Changes To Tab Bar Behavior
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Posted on June 2, 2011 by

Firefox 5 introduces a new feature that changes the way tab bar behaves when you close a tab. In Google Chrome, when you close a tab, the remaining tabs do not immediately resize. This allows you to keep closing tabs … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 5.0, General Mozilla | 4 Comments

Bigger Text
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Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Bigger Text is a Firefox for Mobile extension that makes the display text larger via a Menu options. Unlike the zoom method which increase image and text size, this extension only increases the text size.  The extension can be customized … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Firefox, Firefox For Android, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, General Mozilla | Leave a comment

Nightly/Central Label
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Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Just wanted to clarify that mozilla-central is the Nightlies channel for Firefox as in some places you will see mozilla-central. Further, Thunderbird is transitioning to the rapid release cycle as well with the labels comm-central (nightly), comm-aurora and comm-beta.

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Firefox for Mobile
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Posted on June 1, 2011 by

While we did say that we had ‘no big plans’ for this year we are launching a new category, Firefox for Mobile. This category is going to be reserved for release and support information as well as extension reviews for … Continue reading →

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Stop Websites From Resizing Firefox Window
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Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Since I have a large monitor I am able to run a very high resolution (1920×1080). As such, I do not have my Firefox window maximized but rather I have it taking the full screen vertically and about half the … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 3.6, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, Fx 8.0, Microsoft, Tips & Tweaks, Vista, Windows, Windows 7 | 1 Comment