Do you click that handy “Remember” button every time you enter a username and password into a site in Firefox so it will miraculously be waiting for you next time? Did you know that Firefox does NOT automatically protect that … Continue reading
Category Archives: firefox
Tips from The CSS Anthology from SitePoint
In keeping with a long-held belief that you can learn something from anyone if you pay close-enough attention, I submit the following… I recently downloaded the sample chapters for SitePoint‘s CSS Anthology and, granted, it took me until page 78, … Continue reading
More Firefox Tips…
Have you ever noticed that when you are typing a previously visited URL in IE, the address bar automatically fills-in the “next step” of the URL? Meaning, if you previously visited the NY Times article http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washington/27cnd-gonzales.html and started typing the … Continue reading
A Couple More Firefox Tips…
Did you know… …you can highlight a word or phrase on a webpage then right-click the highlighted word or phrase to get a context menu with two useful options: Search Google for [highlighted word or phrase] – this performs a … Continue reading
Make Firefox Open with Multiple, Preset Homepages
Did you know you can make FF start with multiple preset tabs? For instance, I like my FF to open with the first tab as my Yahoo! Mail, the second tab as my Gmail, and the third to as my … Continue reading
The Best Firefox Add-ons (or at least a list of my favorites…)
Nearly any Firefox (FF) user knows that you can “add-on” stuff that doesn’t come innately with a FF download and install. If you don’t, you should; try going here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ Now, on my first encounter with this page, I looked … Continue reading
Xmarks for Internet Explorer, Safari, and Chrome
For anyone who is as in love with the Firebug add-on called Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) as I am, did you know they also have versions for IE, Safari, and Chrome? I have to admit I’ve not yet installed this myself … Continue reading