See the true URLs in Short URLs
A lot of social networking websites like Twitter use URL shortening services like TinyURL to short long URLs.
This can be unwanted on many occasions since you do not know which website the link points to. This is where a Firefox addon like Long URL Please comes handy. It supports as many as 30 URL shortening [...]
Fennec releases Alpha 2
Fennec, the mobile version of Firefox for Nokia Internet Tablets has been released by Mozilla.
The new features in this version includes:
Faster panning
Faster zooming
Improved responsiveness while pages are loading
New content manipulation hooks for extension authors
Look and feel improvements to improve usability
You can see a screenshot here.
Visit their website to download a version you can play with; [...]
Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
This is Part 2 in the series on browser shortcut keys. Part 1 covered Internet Explorer.
The shortcuts below have been referenced from The Mozilla Support website and is specific to Windows. You can visit the same page for keyboard shortcuts for Linux and Mac.
Firefox 3.0.5 released. Supports Bengali and Hindi
Firefox 3.0.5 has been released and it officially introduces support for two Indian languages – Bengali and Hindi, besides several other international languages.
The release also has several bug fixes. Also, the End-User License Agreement has been replaced with a new “Know Your Rights” [...]
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 available for download
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is available for download.
Firefox 3.1 will be introducing several new features:
The Private Browsing Feature (aka ‘Porn Mode’) is something that most blogs have covered in great detail!
Enhanced UI features like tear-away tabs that can be dragged and dropped from one Firefox window to another
Improved features for Web Developers, like TraceMonkey, web [...]
Firefox 2.0.0.19 to be the last security update for Firefox 2
Firefox 2.0.0.19 is slated to be released on December 16, and is believed to be the last security update for Firefox 2. [via Computer World]
In this version, the anti-phishing feature is being removed. This is on the recommendation of Google because Firefox 2 uses a now obsolete protocol of Safe Browsing. Firefox 3 is using [...]
View .DOCX files without requiring MS Word 2007
Microsoft Office 2007 introduced a new file format in OpenXML. You would have noticed MS Word 2007 files being saved in .DOCX format and MS Excel 2007 being saved in .XLSX format. Basically a “X” got appended to the file extension signifying the new file format.
Unfortunately, this file format does not open in older versions [...]
TwitterFox: A Firefox extension for Twitter
TwitterFox is a Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends’ tweets on Twitter.
This extension adds a tiny icon on the status bar that notifies you when your friends update their tweets. Also it has a small text input field to update your tweets.
If you like to be notified immediately of any updates on Twitter, [...]
Firefox 3.0.4 released
Mozilla released Firefox 3.0.4 today. This version incorporates several bug fixes.
You can visit the What’s New page to get a complete list of fixes done in this release.
Download Firefox.
5+ Weather forecast plugins for Firefox
Yesterday, we covered 30+ Firefox plugins for Web Developers and today its the turn to look at some weather plugins for Firefox. This post is for all those who want to be upto to date on the latest weather updates.
ForecastFox
This plugin gets the latest international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com and displays it either the toolbar [...]
