Category Archives: Web Browsers
Disable Firefox 8 Add-on Compatibility Checking
In an article I wrote last April concerning the Firefox 4 add-on compatibility checker, I explained how to quickly disable said tool in order to allow older add-ons to run. That tutorial worked great for Firefox versions 4-7, but it has to be updated for Firefox 8. In this tutorial, I’ll walk through removing the old configuration and adding the new. 1.) Open up Firefox’s Configuration page by typing about:config in the address bar. Read [...]
Disable Yahoo’s Annoying Location Popup
A short time ago, Yahoo introduced a new feature to the comment section of their articles allowing readers to view and click the commentator’s location in order to filter all comments by that location. Why they felt this was a good feature, I don’t know. I do find it annoying, however, that a popup appears automatically, thereby hiding portions of comments, in order to introduce this new feature. I guess they believe not enough people [...]
Open Firefox Web Search Results In New Tab
Having a search box with quick access to your favorite search engine is standard among web browsers. Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera all have a dedicated box to the right of the Address bar. Google’s Chrome performs such searches from within the Address bar itself. Before they became standard, this feature was installed from toolbars or browser add-ons. Needless to say, having this quick access to a search tool is very convenient. With a modified [...]
Open Firefox’s Page Source In Your Editor
As a web developer, I’m constantly viewing the source code of websites, mine and yours. I look to fix bugs, improve efficiency, and learn new or interesting techniques. The Page Source viewer in Firefox is right there in the View menu or the shortcut Ctrl+U. I guess I could say the viewer does its job. It’s a basic view of the web page’s client-side code with basic tools like line wrap, syntax highlighting, and find [...]
Disable Firefox 4 Add-on Compatibility Checking
If you have an old browser add-on that isn’t yet compatible with the latest Firefox release, the Add-on Manager will let you know. The add-on will be disabled with the Enable button blocked out, so what can you do? You have two options. You can wait for the add-on’s developer to update the add-on, or you could disable add-on compatibility checking. Keep in mind that after making the change, the add-on may not work right. [...]
Make Firefox 4+ Look Like FF 3.6
This article applies to Firefox versions 4-12. Like millions of others, I updated my Firefox web browser from 3.6.16 to version 4.0 this week when Mozilla released the latest version. Mozilla recognizes Google’s Chrome browser as a worthy competitor in the browser wars and has decided to follow some of Google’s style. In this case, it’s hiding menus and toolbars in favor of more screen space, often called “screen real estate.” The toolbars and menus [...]