Category Archives: Google

New Firefox UI Coming Later This Year
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Posted on February 18, 2012 by

Below is a sample of what Firefox may look like by the end of the year with Firefox 17 (November 20th, 2012). Some things I have noticed is more streamline look, emphasis on app tabs, the removal of the forward … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 13.0, General Mozilla, Google | 4 Comments

New Tab Is Here (for a limited time)*
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Posted on February 11, 2012 by

Firefox has finally caught up to Chrome when it comes to opening a new tab. In Chrome you are presented with thumbnails of sites you have visited prior. While there have been some extensions that have duplicated this feature, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 12.0, Fx 13.0, General Mozilla, Google | 2 Comments

Adblock Plus to start allowing ‘non-intrusive ads’
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Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Ads on websites are a bit of a touchy subject. Sites do need money to stay ‘alive’ and advertising (and in our case as well donations) helps pay the bills. However, there is a limit to what can be consider … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Browsers, Firefox, General Mozilla, Google, Site News | 4 Comments

Unhide Forward Button in Firefox 11
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Posted on November 23, 2011 by

For whatever reason, Mozilla has decided starting with Firefox 11 to hide the forward button when you can not go forward. For once, this is not something that Mozilla has copied from Google Chrome, as the forward button is always … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Browsers, Firefox, Fx 11.0, Fx 3.6, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, Fx 8.0, Fx 9.0, General Mozilla, Google, Tips & Tweaks | 3 Comments

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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Forecastfox Weather
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Posted on October 31, 2011 by

For the longest time I had used the Weather Bug extension as I was a subscriber to their Windows desktop widget. However, once Firefox 4 was released the extension stopped working. For a long while their website said they were … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Browsers, Firefox, Google | 1 Comment

Mozilla jumps to deal with Google Toolbar demise
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Posted on July 22, 2011 by

I don’t use the toolbar but I do use this and it may  come in handy for those who do.I didn’t realize how many services Google had. Display all Google services as buttons or as a space-saving dropdown menu next to … Continue reading →

Posted in Add-ons, Browsers, Firefox, Google | 4 Comments

Google Shortcuts Extension
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Posted on July 11, 2011 by

Lot of stuff available with this. I had no idea there were this many services available.I’ve only just started tweaking it but am liking it already for the easy access to my Google site and mail. Display all Google services … Continue reading →

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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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Firefox 7 UI Change
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Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Update: First off thanks for the comments. Looks like I missed something, like the fact that I was running Firefox 7 Nightly maximized. Normally I only have the browser window only partial of the screen-width.  But this does bring up … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Firefox, Fx 4.0, Fx 5.0, Fx 6.0, Fx 7.0, General Mozilla, Google, IE, Microsoft | 9 Comments