Monthly Archives: November 2011

Starting with a Fresh Profile
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Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Updated 11/16/2011: Added info for backup and restore of Greasemonkey and Stylish scripts. Also added new step in the Starting Over section. If you’ve been using the same profile since Firefox 3.6  (or older) you may run into performance issues … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 3.6, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, Fx 8.0, General Mozilla, Tips & Tweaks | 13 Comments

Brief 1.6b1
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Posted on November 11, 2011 by

The Brief feed-reader extension was last updated on April 8th, 2011 which was shortly after Firefox 4 was release. There are some issues with using Brief in Firefox 6 and newer. While the add-on says it will work for Firefox … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Blogs, Firefox, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, Fx 8.0, Fx 9.0, General Mozilla | Leave a comment

OptimizeGoogle 0.79 & Firefox 8.0
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Posted on November 10, 2011 by

A regular on Go Firefox! had been having some issues with Firefox 8 crashing when using Google, specifically when clicking images. After some trial error of restarting Firefox with add-ons disabled and re-enabling them one at a time (the best … Continue reading →

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Attack Page Mishap
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Posted on November 10, 2011 by

This morning we started getting emails from our regular subscribers letting us know The Blog was coming up as an Attack Page. We even got a couple ‘courtesy emails’ from our hosting provider as well. For most of the morning … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog News, Blogs, Browsers, Security | 2 Comments

Firefox 9 Beta 1 Released for Desktop and Android
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Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Mozilla has merged Firefox 9 on to the beta channel on November 10, 2011. The beta build is available for both desktop and Android users.Existing desktop Firefox 8 Beta users can update via Help > About Firefox or you can … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Firefox For Android, Firefox for Tablets, Fx 9.0, General Mozilla, Releases | Leave a comment

Firefox 8 Inverted (White) Toolbar Icons
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Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Another change in Firefox 8 which was not very well documented is with small icons on dark Personas and glass is the icons are inverted (white). Also this applies to the default theme if Tabs on Top is turned off. … Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Fx 8.0, General Mozilla, Tips & Tweaks | 8 Comments

Firefox 8 ‘Top crashes’
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Posted on November 9, 2011 by

These two add-ons/programs seem to be causing the majority of startup crashes with Firefox 8. 1/ If you have the addon Roboform, be sure you have the latest version v7.6.2 because the previous versions of that addon cause crashes of … Continue reading →

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Kindle Cloud Reader hits Firefox
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Posted on November 9, 2011 by

The HTML5 Kindle Cloud Reader app is now supporting Firefox. To start reading, Firefox users just need to go to http://read.amazon.com using the browser on their computer or device. “  Kindle Cloud Reader hits Firefox as HTML5 app – SlashGear … Continue reading →

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Disable Firefox 8 Add-on Controls
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Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Note: This article may be updated in the coming days as we learn more about the new add-on controls in Firefox 8. As mentioned earlier this week, Firefox 8 introduced some new Add-on Controls that were designed more for single … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Firefox, Fx 8.0, General Mozilla, Tips & Tweaks | 6 Comments

Firefox 3.6.24 Released
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Posted on November 8, 2011 by

Mozilla has release an update to Firefox 3.6 on November 8, 2011. Version 3.6.24 is a minor security and stability update for the Firefox 3.6/Gecko 1.9.2 branch. Users on Firefox 3.6.23 who are able to move to newer versions of … Continue reading →

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