“Trick” Out Firefox for Everyday Use
Firefox is an open source, cross-platform browser that has become very popular with Macintosh users as well as Windows users. With Windows users this is no surprise as Internet Explorer has not been...
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: Add Tab X (and make it like Safari)
Firefox Add-ons: Add Tab X (and make it like Safari)
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: Google Adds The “Missing Sync”
One of the things I missed the most using Firefox over Safari was .Mac synchronizing bookmarks and passwords between my various Macs. I have been using Bookmark Synchronizer 3, with Firefox which did...
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: Google Send to Phone Extension
Google's Send to Phone for Firefox is an extension that enables you to send short text messages (SMS) of web page content to your mobile phone. For example, you might text message yourself or someone...
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: User Agent Extension
If you ever have trouble getting a website to work with Firefox, although rare, it does happen in our MS Internet Explorer dominated world, you can sometimes change your browser's user agent to look...
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: “Answers” Adds Missing Cocoa Feature To Firefox
If you miss the built-in dictionary in all of Apple's Cocoa applications this includes Safari when using Firefox, this add-on for Firefox may just be the "answer." Pun intended! Answers - Answers.com...
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: Add Snap Back to Firefox
One of the best features of Safari is its "Snap Back" technology. I miss this feature when using Firefox. I found this extension that attempts to do a similar function.
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: The Missing Dictionary for Firefox
Dictionary Tooltip is another solution for the missing Cocoa application dictionary for Firefox. You may or may not like it better than the Answers extension I already recommended.
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: dragdropupload for Gmail Users
dragdropupload adds the ability to drop files into attachment boxes instead of browse for them or type in the filename. You can drop multiple files and fill all the entries. In some websites it allows...
View ArticleFirefox Add-ons: For Web Developers
If you are a front-end web developer, Firefox and its many extensions can be your best friend. I thought I would provide a list of extensions that are very useful.
View ArticleCocoa-enhanced Firefox Nightly Builds
In an effort to provide a more Mac-like browser, Mozilla has started and effort to create a Firefox browser using Apple's Cocoa API codenamed Minefield. The Cocoa-based nightly builds of Firefox have...
View ArticleBitTorrent Clients for the Mac/Windows
If you are looking for a nice BitTorrent client for the Mac there are several to choose from. Not as many as there are for the Windows platform. As usual it is quality, not quantity that matters. The...
View ArticleFirefox 2.0 Released Day Early
Firefox 2.0 will be officially released tomorrow, but I have downloaded the official release i from this directory on the Mozilla Foundation's FTP servers. It installed on two of my Macs without any...
View ArticleMy Take on the Apple Software Update with Safari 3.1
With all the hoopla over Apple defaulting Safari 3.1 to install on Windows users machines with Software Update you would think this is a "major" crime against Windows users. Although, I do not agree...
View ArticleFirefox: New Themes for Mac OS X Users
If you are running the latest Firefox 3.0 beta, one nice new feature is the new theme called Proto that looks a lot better and more Leopard-like than previous versions of Firefox. I still for one am...
View ArticleFirefox 3 Needs To Look Better On Your Mac
I love the new Firefox 3, I think it is a real nice update, but even though they changed and improved its look, I still think it looks a bit out of place on my Mac. Luckily there I can use a Aronnax...
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