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Firefox 4 and Two Quick Tips

  By Chris | March 24, 2011 - 10:24 pm | Tech
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By now you’ve no doubt heard that Firefox 4 was released last week. I had used it through a few beta and release candidate releases and like it a lot. Here are a couple small tips that I thought I’d share. One specific to XP and the other to Windows … Continue reading →

Tagged browsers, firefox, tip, Windows-7, XP

Facebook over SSL

  By Chris | January 28, 2011 - 8:57 pm | Tech
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A few months ago I mentioned the firesheep extension for Firefox. This is a nifty/scary little critter that does some potentially scary stuff with respect to your social networking accounts. Back when I wrote that post I mentioned one good way to protect yourself is to ensure you’re using SSL … Continue reading →

Tagged Facebook, firefox, Firesheep, security, SSL

Firesheeple

  By Chris | October 31, 2010 - 9:55 pm | Tech
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I’m a bit late to the party, but have you heard about Firesheep yet? It is an interesting Firefox plugin that makes what used to take a few keystrokes very very easy. After installing the extension you’ll see a new sidebar. Connect to any busy open wifi network and click … Continue reading →

Tagged extensions, firefox, Firesheep, security

I Want Some Tab Candy

  By Chris | July 23, 2010 - 5:00 pm | Tech
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I was starting to fear that only Google was innovating in the browser space, but this Tab Candy intro video shows that Mozilla is definitely still in the game. Check it out: An Introduction to Firefox’s Tab Candy from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

Tagged beta, browsers, firefox, mozilla

Firefox 3 and Messed Up Shortcut Favicons

  By Chris | July 12, 2008 - 12:54 pm | Tech
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I’ve been watching this happen since the beta, yet haven’t yet been excited enough about it to actually log it as a bug (or even see if it’s already known). But I am curious to see how many other people have noticed the same thing. Firefox 3 appears to “lose” … Continue reading →

Tagged bookmarks, favicon, firefox, toolbar
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