As I spend more time with Linux I’ve been slowly modifying my most often used apps. I have been experimenting and trying alternatives to some old favorites as I quest for apps that work with both Windows and Linux. Perhaps a lofty goal, but I think I’ve been getting close. Not quite ready to update
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 February 2nd, 2010 |  Tags: adobe-AIR, Dropbox, Evernote, eWallet, firefox, Google-Chrome, Googsystray, openOffice, Pidgin, TweetDeck, wine, xmarks |  Leave a comment If you’re running Windows 7 and recently updated Firefox to 3.6, here’s a little tip you might like. While not enabled by default, it turns out that Firefox 3.6 has a nice little Windows integration feature: Thumbnail previews. Just head to about:config, find the browser.taskbar.previews.enable key and toggle it to true. Now, when you hover over Continue reading Firefox 3.6 and Windows 7: Thumbnail Previews Today’s Firefox theme combo: Foxdie (Graphite) – Leaner, thinner, arguably a bit Apple’ish, but I like it. A nice little quick-config menu is added to the left of the status bar. As mentioned in yesterday’s post about Ubuntuzilla I decided to give ubuntuzilla and the Firefox 3.5 upgrade another shot today. I’m pleased to say it worked great this time. No “page not found errors.” No hacks, kludges or work-arounds needed. It “just worked” (unlike yesterday). Now then, we have to ponder… why did it work today and I’m running Ubuntu 9.04 at home and was a bit bummed to realize that I wouldn’t get the newest Firefox 3.5 version until the next major Ubuntu release. While there are certainly a few clever “hacks” to get around that, I tripped over one today that seems pretty slick. The project is called Ubuntuzilla and |
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