I’ve been a longtime fan and user of Mozilla Firefox. It’s been far from perfect but the extensions had me hooked. As for IE, I’ve been a longtime hater. But that’s been changing recently. But that hierarchy has been turned on it's head in the last month and my browser usage has changed. Read the rest »
Firefox 3.5
I just updated my main machine to Firefox 3.5. No major problems, but a few speed bumps. Google Gears told me it didn’t work with Firefox 3.5 and there wasn’t an update available. I uninstalled the current add-on and installed the latest version from gears.google.com and all was well. I had the same problem with the Evernote clipper add-on. Firefox 3.5 said it was incompatible and no update was available. An uninstall and install of the latest version resolved the problem. Firefox 3.5 is supposed to be faster than version [...] Read the rest »
Firefox 2.0.0.12 Released
Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.12 which they are calling a security and stability update. The update patches ten known vulnerabilities three of which are listed as critical. The three critical vulnerabilities patched are: MFSA 2008-06 Web browsing history and forward navigation stealing MFSA 2008-03 Privilege escalation, XSS, Remote Code Execution MFSA 2008-01 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.12) I installed the update on both my MacBook, iMac and the Windows machine for my day job. There hasn’t been any noticeable difference on Windows. On my Macs I generally use [...] Read the rest »
The OS Quest Trail Log #15:
When I upgraded to Leopard I kept Safari as my default browser so it would open whenever I clicked a link. But I kept using Firefox for almost everything. I liked how fast Safari was when I did fire it up. So this morning I decided to switch over and start using Safari as my primary browser, only going to Firefox when there’s no choice. Safari definitely feels faster and uses less memory. The Greasemonkey and Browser Sync extensions to Firefox give it an edge in features over Safari, especially [...] Read the rest »
Ready For OS X 10.5 Leopard?
[Last updated: Nov. 1st] [Oct. 29th: Now includes a sentence about my experience when using the app. Keep in mind I did fresh installs of everything and restored data.] It’s time to start going through my apps and seeing which are ready for OS X 10.5 Leopard and which aren’t. I’ll start with my most used and favorite apps. I’ll start with the assumption that the Apple apps in iLife ’08 and iWork ’08 along with Aperture 1.5 will work with Leopard either in their current form or with updates [...] Read the rest »
The OS Quest Trail Log #11: WordPress Upgrade & Website Redesign
This weeks quest was almost all WordPress and website updates. It was a pretty complete makeover, from the foundation to the window dressing. As I previously mentioned, I wanted to explore WordPress and web theme design. I really liked my previous theme, Redoable by Dean Robinson, but it needed to be changed to handle WordPress 2.3, mainly due to the changes to categories and tagging. My choices were to either stay at WordPress 2.2, modify Redoable myself, or go in another direction. My experience with Redoable taught me a couple [...] Read the rest »
10 Most Used Mac Apps
During the ramp-up to Leopard I’ve been reviewing the apps I use and why. So I headed out to my Wakoopa profile to see what it says I use the most. These are the top 10 apps based on how much I use them according to Wakoopa. 1. Firefox 2.0.0.x – Used almost 10 times more than the second place app and about 15% of the time my PC is turned on. What Wakoopa doesn’t catch is that I run apps in the browser – Google Reader and the WordPress [...] Read the rest »
Firefox 2.0.0.5 Released
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0.0.5/releasenotes/ Mozilla has released Firefox 2.0.0.5 which is primarily a security update. It patches eight security vulnerabilities including the one where IE would pass a malformed URL to it. The update is available from the Firefox website or through Firefox’s auto update feature. You can force an update check by selecting Help -> Check for Updates from the Firefox menu. Read the rest »
Firefox 2 Updated
Firefox was updated on my Windows machine a little while ago. It’s version 2.0.0.1 and includes 8 security updates, five of which are listed as critical. Critical means code can be run or program’s installed with normal browsing. Here’s a list of what’s included: (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.1) The update hasn’t shown up on my Mac yet but it is for Mac and Linux in addition to Windows. Read the rest »
Firefox: One Too Many Closed Tabs
When Firefox 2 came out and had a close button on every tab I thought it would be great. Convenient and easy to find. Then I started closing tabs accidentally. Sure, they can be re-opened using “History” -> “Recently Close Tabs” but that doesn’t always get back the data when I’m using a web based app. So it’s back to the old style with the close button and the end of the tab strip. This has the added bonus of giving more space for the tab titles. To do this [...] Read the rest »
