As I was getting ready for church (Orthodox Easter), I had to reference a website I use more than I should:
Learn How to Tie a Tie
No matter how many times I’ve used it, I still need it every time I tie a tie. 😀
Month: April 2006
Looking at FTP sites for Mozilla releases: Part II
Back in November, I posted about the dangers of looking at the Mozilla FTP server for new Mozilla releases.
With Thunderbird 1.5.0.2, 1.0.8, and Mozilla 1.7.13 expected soon, I’m surprised at the amount of people stating the those versions have been released, just because they see the directories on the FTP server.
What if there’s a problem updating one or more mirrors? You may see the release, but others won’t. Even worse, what if a problem is found with the uploaded builds, and they need to be re-spun before the new release is officially announced? You’re directing end-users to bad builds. And so, I’d like to reiterate that new versions have not been officially released, until the website is updated.
I don’t know exactly what is keeping Thunderbird 1.5.0.2, 1.0.8, and Mozilla 1.7.13 from being official, but I did just read a message in mozilla.dev.planning: Thunderbird 1.0.8/1.5.0.2 delayed until Friday or Monday.
It was nice of Tim to post an update on the situation, and I think we all should show our appreciation by not directing users to the new version, until it is officially released.
Removing ‘Remove All’
Here’s a question: Using any of Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, the Mozilla Suite, or Netscape, have you ever purposely clicked on the ‘Remove All’ button, in the password manager?
Follow up question: Have you ever clicked on it by accident?
Clicking on it by accident, is easy, when it sits right beside ‘Remove’ button. Luckily, the closest I’ve come to that, is removing all cookies, not passwords. The scary part is that there is no “Are you sure” prompt, asking for confirmation. One accidental click, and ‘poof’, data is gone.
I’ve been able to avoid this by removing the ‘Remove All’ button. If you’re using Firefox or Thunderbird, add the following script to your userChrome.css file, to remove the ‘Remove All’ button from the password manager:
#removeAllSignons {display: none !important;}
Presenting “SeaMonkey Help”
I have created a SeaMonkey Help site. It was inevitable. 🙂 Most of it is copied over from my Mozilla Help site, with the appropriate changes. The majority of items have been tested, but not all. There were many that I just assumed also work in SeaMonkey.
Contact me, if you see any mistakes.
Website URL: https://seamonkey.ilias.ca/
Customize the Firefox Bookmarks location
Don’t like your bookmarks being stored in your profile folder? Want two or more users on the same computer to share a bookmarks file?
Easy.
– close Firefox.
– copy/move your bookmarks.html file (and bookmarks.bak) to the location you prefer to keep it.
– open Firefox.
– enter about:config in the Firefox location bar, right-click on any of the listed preferences, and choose New -> String.
– enter the preference name: browser.bookmarks.file
– for the value, enter the new file path (including the file name) of your bookmarks.html file.
Using this method, not only can you share your bookmarks file with other Firefox users on the same computer (and possibly same network. I’m not sure.), but share the file with SeaMonkey users, or Mozilla Suite users, or Netscape users. If you share with SeaMonkey/Mozilla/Netscape, just remember that live bookmarks will not function.
If you have Netscape Communicator, you can even go as far as pointing it to your Communicator bookmark.htm file.
The \bookmarkbackups\ folder stays in the profile folder. The bookmarks.bak file travels with the bookmarks.html file.