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Firefox

Intrusive Behavior in Software

A couple of days ago, I received some pushed upgrades here at work that caused a few things not to work, among them, Yahoo Instant Messenger.  I use Messenger a lot, not only to communicate with my children and husband during the day (they are home and there are the inevitable "Mom, have you seen my soccer cleats/socks/glasses/notebook/library book" questions

Listen to Youtube

I like online videos but I don’t have time to watch as much as I like. At work I can listen to podcasts as much as I like until it is time to go home. I have yet to figure a way to watch videos while I work so audio only is for my situation. The difference between video and

What bugs will FF3 fix?

Susabelle posted earlier today about the release of Firefox 3 next week. I am wondering whether Flash will work properly now and end my extreme frustration. Since at least January I have had the intermitent problem that many other firefox users have had where flash video will play for 2 seconds then stop. The only way to get out of

Firefox 3 Being Released Tuesday

Firefox 3 is ready to jump out of Beta and onto our laptops starting Tuesday. Improved features include being able to add keywords to bookmarks to more easily sort them, as well as a new feature that allows users to add "places" and easily access websites they visit regularly but haven't bookmarked. Firefox also has improved their download feature, allowing

Firefox Viewing Add-Ons

If you're a Firefox geek, like I am, you are always looking for ways to make it work better for you. It is one of the advantages of having something open source that lots of developers can work on. I know, the majority of the world still runs on Microsoft Internet Explorer, but like a good Firefox evangelist, I'm continually

Firefox with 200 Extensions

Want to see how Firefox handles having 200 extensions loaded into it. Not as bad as you would expect and yes it did work. [tech.cybernetnews.com]

Firefox beats IE7 in combating Phishing!

A report released today by Smartware tested each browser against an array of independently submitted phishing sites. Firefox did almost a 100% better then IE7 did. I suppose we should not be surprised but honestly I expected better results. [Washington Post]