Posted on 29 June 2008
Firefox 3.0 is surely faster than its previous version. And with a little tweaking and optimization Firefox 3.0 can be made to perform even faster than it does out of the box.
One way is to do the tweaking manually by accessing about:config and editing the parameters. Editing the configuration manually may not be everybody’s cup […]
Tags: faster firefox, Firefox, Firetune
Posted on 27 June 2008
If you are a Firefox user, then most probably you have updated to Firefox 3 by now. Apart from being faster, leaner and better looking than the previous version, Firefox 3 has some great new features built into it, one of which is the smarter address bar.
One of the most used area in a browser […]
Tags: Firefox. Browser
Posted on 16 June 2008
If you have accidentally closed a tab in Internet Explorer 7, you will have realised there is no way to get it back as with the Firefox or Opera browsers. However, there is a free add-on for Internet Explorer called IE7 Open Last Closed Tab that does just this.
Tags: IE7 Add-on, IE7 Last closed tab
Posted on 28 May 2008
Recently Amit had written a post on How to Read Popular Magazines on your Desktop for Free. It is basically a simple, but effective trick of changing your browsers useragent to view the magazines at zinio.com/iphone.
While the trick works fine, you have to be online to read the magazines. I prefer to read such stuff […]
Tags: downloads, How to, HTTrack, iphone, magazines, tips, zinio
Posted on 25 May 2008
Here is a simple trick which can save you quite a few keystrokes each time you enter web site addresses in Firefox.
Suppose you want to visit Digital Quest, instead of entering the full address like www.dq.winsila.com, you could just enter dq.winsila and press Ctrl+Enter. The www and .com are automatically added and Firefox starts fetching […]
Tags: Firefox, Firefox Shortcuts, Tips & Tricks
Posted on 15 May 2008
Ever tried to view an image posted in a forum, only to be presented with the image of a frog instead of the original image? That is because, the image has been hosted with Imageshack, an image hosting service. Imageshack dislikes direct linking to the images, as it eats up their server’s […]
Tags: Configuration, Firefox, Imageshack, Imageshack frog, Opera
Posted on 15 March 2008
Even if you use Firefox as your primary browser, there might be occasions when you are forced to use Internet Explorer. Like for instance, downloading updates from Microsoft website or running an online virus scan which requires an ActiveX to be installed. There could also be the rare case of a page that does not […]
Tags: Firefox, IE Tab, Internet Explorer, Open Internet Explorer inside Firefox