Looking at FTP sites for Mozilla releases
Apparently there are a few websites reporting that Firefox 1.5 has been released, because it’s on the FTP server. These sites need to reel themselves back in. To quote David Baron: “It hasn’t shipped yet, it’s on the FTP site in…
Restructuring My Website
I’ve got a problem. My mailnews FAQs are getting too big for one page. When I first created my help sites, I had considered the idea of putting each item on its own page, with a table of contents linked on the page menu. This would make it easier…
Remembering the Indian Ocean Tsunami
I remember the first week after the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami. There were many horrific images of both loss of life, and devastation. Relatives came over, because it was the holidays; and I was glued to the TV. I equate it to watching the aeroplanes…
Bookmarks in RSS
I’ve recently become fascinated with the idea of using RSS to maintain a list of items rather than a feed of news or a log. If used in that way, Mozilla Firefox‘s live bookmarks feature, all of a sudden, has a practical use. My website…
Auto-complete email address with default domain
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5 users may have noticed that when you start typing an email address in the mail composition window, Thunderbird no longer automatically adds the default domain to it. You can turn this feature back on, if you’d like. Go to…
Scot’s Newsletter: Customizing Firefox
I just added a link to the Customizing Firefox article from Scot’s Newsletter to my links page.
Turn off the “Downloads Complete” alert in Firefox.
Some folks don’t like the pop-up notification Mozilla Firefox gives, when downloads are completed. You can turn that off using a hidden setting. Enter about:config in the location bar. Search for the preference…
the-edmeister’s Firefox informational pages
I just added a link to the-edmeister’s Firefox informational pages to my links page. Some good info there.