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Disable Add-on Compatibility Checking In Firefox 7.0a1 Nightly

May 26, 2011 in Applications, Firefox | 1 comment

I just updated my Firefox installation under Linux Mint 10, so now I’m apparently using Firefox 7. Can’t say that I have seen anything new from what is in the Firefox 5 beta, but whatever.

Because I updated Firefox it disabled all my add-ons, as usually. To get them working again in Firefox 7.0a1, follow these steps:

  1. Open a new tab.
  2. Type about:config in the address bar.
  3. Right click anywhere on the page and click on Boolean under New.
  4. Enter this as the preference name: extensions.checkCompatibility.nightly
  5. Click OK.
  6. Choose false and then click OK again.
  7. Restart your browser and all your add-ons should be runnable again.

Since we don’t have to type in the version number in the preference name any longer (extensions.checkCompatibility.XXX), I suppose that we won’t need to update this in future versions of Firefox.

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Change Back Google Search in Linux Mint

May 2, 2011 in Applications, Firefox, GNU/Linux | 10 comments

Apparently has the dudes behind Linux Mint decided that they want their own Google search engine in Firefox, which lacks many functions. Here follows some steps you shall take to change it back to the default search page:

  1. Open a terminal window.
  2. Type these lines after one another: 
    cd /usr/share/linuxmint/common/artwork/firefox/
sudo wget http://mxr.mozilla.org/firefox/source/browser/locales/en-US/searchplugins/google.xml?raw=1 -O google.xml.fixed
sudo mv google.xml google.xml.orig
sudo mv google.xml.fixed google.xml
sudo cp google.xml /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins/en-US/google.xml
  3. Maybe you have to restart Firefox now.

I found this solution on the Linux Mint forum: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17438

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Disable “click selects all” in Firefox for Ubuntu

April 22, 2011 in Applications, Firefox, GNU/Linux, Ubuntu | No comments

Anime Girl FirefoxIn Firefox for Windows, you are able to double click a segment of the URL in the address field to select it. By default, this isn’t possible in Firefox for Ubuntu, instead selects a single click the whole address. Luckily, this is easy to change, which you can do by following these steps:

  1. Open a new tab.
  2. Type about:config in the address bar.
  3. Press the I’will be careful, I promise! button.
  4. Type selects in the filter field.
  5. Change the browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll entry to false by double clicking on the row.
  6. Do the same as above with the browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll, and make sure both are false.
  7. Done!

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How to Fix Flickering Flash Videos in Firefox 4 in Ubuntu 64-bit

January 6, 2011 in Applications, Firefox, Ubuntu | 32 comments

For long I have been having problem with flickering flash videos in the Firefox 4 beta in Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit. Today I found a solution, and I have no longer any reason to use Chrome. :)

It seems that the problem with flickering flash videos only occurs with Adobe Flash Player 10.1. So, by installing the beta 10.3 of Flash Player, the problem is now long gone.

I don’t know how you install the Flash beta in the 32-bit version of Ubuntu. But in the 64-bit version you just need to type these lines in the terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sevenmachines/flash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flashplugin64-installer

I hope this solution works for you guys!

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Firefox Add-on of the Week: Custom Tab Width

August 30, 2010 in Applications, Firefox | No comments

Custom Tab WidthI don’t know why it doesn’t work to edit the tab width by editing the following two preferences in about:config in Firefox 4 Beta 4:

browser.tabs.tabMaxWidth
browser.tabs.tabMinWidth

But I found the add-on Custom Tab Width that does the job! The strange thing is that it looks like the add-on changes those two preferences, and that apparently works. I guess that the add-on edits something more… But it works!

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Firefox 4 Tabs Panorama – A Revolution?!

August 25, 2010 in Applications, Firefox | No comments

If you don’t know that Firefox Panorama is, which is included in the Firefox 4 Beta, check out the video on this page:

I must say that I really don’t get the point of this feature. Why do we need to have this panorama thing to organize tabs? Why not just open a second window, which is much easier to switch to instead of messing around with this panorama stuff? The only feature that would be needed then would be a way to close Firefox and all windows at once and save all of their tabs.

My point is – Firefox Panorama is pointless.

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Editing tabMinWidth doesn’t work in Firefox 4 Beta 4

August 25, 2010 in Applications, Firefox | 1 comment

In earlier versions of Firefox I edited the browser.tabs.tabMinWidth in about:config to something about 20, to make my tabs smaller. But now it seems that this feature doesn’t work any longer, and all my tabs got their original sizes again. :( I feel a bit sad over this because I have always tons of tabs open (sometimes over 100 tabs, I’m serious!) and now it’s much harder to navigate through them.

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Greasemonkey in Firefox 4 Beta 3

August 22, 2010 in Applications, Firefox | No comments

The version that you can download from the official Firefox addon page doesn’t seem to work in Firefox 4 Beta 3 (which that I’m using). But I found after some googeling a post with a link to a working beta version of Greasemonkey that works in FF 4 Beta 3.

Check it out here, post #10:

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Firefox Add-on of the Week: Better GReader

August 21, 2010 in Applications, Firefox | No comments

One awesome addon to Firefox is Better GReader, which adds extra features and settings to Google Reader. My two favorite features in this addon, are the preview function and the ability to change skin of Google Reader. With the preview function am I able to open sites in a window in Google Reader, without having to mess with new tabs and stuff like that.

Hrm… I don’t know what to say more about this addon. Check it out on the link below:

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Firefox Add-on of the Week: Smart Bookmarks Bar

August 7, 2010 in Firefox | No comments

Smart Bookmarks Bar

Smart Bookmarks Bar

Smart Bookmarks Bar is one of my favorite add-ons to Firefox, and the lack of it in Google Chrome is one of the reasons that I have hard to like that browser.

This add-on hides your bookmarks’ names on your bookmarks bar, and shows only the favicons. You can also choose to show an bookmark’s name when you hover over its icon.

This is really useful and makes it possible for you to have dozens of more bookmarks on your bookmarks toolbar. I have almost 30 bookmarks on my bar (after some cleaning) and I can’t imagine how it would be without this smart add-on. You should definitely check it out!

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