Tech Bytesfirefox | Tech Bytes http://www.manast.com A Personal Technology Blog Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:12:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 [How To] Move the Firefox 4 Menu button with Firefox UI Fixer http://www.manast.com/2011/05/26/how-to-move-the-firefox-4-menu-button-with-firefox-ui-fixer/ http://www.manast.com/2011/05/26/how-to-move-the-firefox-4-menu-button-with-firefox-ui-fixer/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:46:25 +0000 Manas http://www.manast.com/2011/05/26/how-to-move-the-firefox-4-menu-button-with-firefox-ui-fixer/ Mozilla Firefox 4 brought a lot of UI changes on Windows 7, one of them being the menu bar being replaced with a Firefox menu button on the top left side. Though it provides access to the functions used mostly, many don’t like the look of the button and the space it occupies on the tab bar.

The add-on Firefox UI Fixer fixes that annoyance in Firefox 4 by allowing you to move the Firefox app menu button anywhere in the Firefox UI like onto the Navigation toolbar.

After installing, go to Add-ons and open the Options dialog for this extension. Choose the ‘Make Firefox Menu button movable’ option and then move the button using ‘Customize Toolbar’ dialog.

Place it on the extreme right of the navigation bar to have a setup similar to Google Chrome. :)

Download Firefox UI Fixer

]]> http://www.manast.com/2011/05/26/how-to-move-the-firefox-4-menu-button-with-firefox-ui-fixer/feed/ 1 DownThemAll extension for Firefox 4 http://www.manast.com/2010/10/08/downthemall-extension-for-firefox-4/ http://www.manast.com/2010/10/08/downthemall-extension-for-firefox-4/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:06:20 +0000 Manas http://www.manast.com/?p=201 If you are using Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta and are missing the extension DownThemAll, you might want to install the DownThemAll nightly builds that the developers are providing on the DTA website.

While the version available on Mozilla Addons is not compatible with Firefox 4, the nightly builds are fully compatible and quite stable as well. As a bonus, they also update automatically everyday. :)

Download DownThemAll

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For those using 64 bit version of Windows 7, Mozilla has some good news. Mozilla has started offering 64 bit builds of Firefox nightlies for Windows as well.

But since not all plugins like Java and Flash are available in 64 bit versions, you need to run 32 bit versions of the plugins. You can grab the 64 bit builds for the Firefox trunk here.

After installing the Firefox 64 bit build more than likely you will see a missing DLL (MSVCR100.dll) error while starting Firefox.

This can be fixed by installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package from Microsoft. Once that is done, just look at your about screen of Firefox Win 64 bit build. :)

Source – Mozilla Links

]]> http://www.manast.com/2010/05/29/firefox-64-bit-nightly-build-now-available-for-windows/feed/ 0 Fire Gestures – Mouse gestures for Firefox http://www.manast.com/2008/08/01/fire-gestures-mouse-gestures-for-firefox/ http://www.manast.com/2008/08/01/fire-gestures-mouse-gestures-for-firefox/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:42:49 +0000 Manas http://www.manast.com/?p=121 Firefox 3 LogoEnvious of your friend using cool mouse gestures in Opera ? No problem. With the power of add-ons in Mozilla Firefox you can add almost any feature to Firefox.

Fire Gestures is one such add-on which adds mouse gestures to Mozilla Firefox.

A simple mouse movement opens a new tab, another one closes tab and more …. You have to use it to get addicted to it. :)

Download Fire Gestures for Firefox

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Internet Explorer 8 Beta Logo

The IE 8 Beta 1 page lists out the new features which will be available in Internet Explorer 8 along with download links to Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1.

The new features in Internet Explorer 8 are :

  1. Activities
  2. WebSlices
  3. Favorites Bar
  4. Automatic Crash Recovery
  5. Improved Phishing Filter

That’s it. No more new features. Sadly, I don’t find any feature above exciting enough for me to be waiting for Internet Explorer 8. Neither do I find any new UI for Internet Explorer 8 from the screenhots on the page. :(

Hopefully MS will add more features on the way and also give a new UI to Internet Explorer 8. If not Mozilla Firefox 3 will be THE browser for me. Anywayz it is even now. :P

Internet Explorer 8 New Features

Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 

Download Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Window XP SP2

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Download Page

Update : Mozilla Links has put up a review of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 and compared it to the Firefox 3 Beta which is under development now. A post worth reading….

]]> http://www.manast.com/2008/03/05/internet-explorer-8-beta-features-download-links/feed/ 6 Install latest Firefox 3 Beta 3 in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 http://www.manast.com/2008/02/10/install-latest-firefox-3-beta-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon-710/ http://www.manast.com/2008/02/10/install-latest-firefox-3-beta-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon-710/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:51:16 +0000 Manas http://www.manast.com/2008/02/10/latest-firefox-3-beta-now-in-ubuntu-gutsy-repositories/ Just noticed this. The latest Firefox 3 Beta ( at present Beta 3 RC ) is now available in the Ubuntu Gutsy Repositories. The Ubuntu guys had not updated the Firefox 3 Alpha in the repositories for a long time, but now it is done.

To install the latest Firefox 3 Beta in Ubuntu Gutsy

  1. Go to System —> Administration —> Software Sources
  2. Then go to Updates tab, and tick “Unsupported Updates” checkbox.
  3. Click Close. Ubuntu will ask you to reload the software list. Click Reload.
  4. Then open a Terminal window and type apt-get install firefox-3.0

After installing, goto Applications —> Internet —> Firefox 3 Web Browser.

The Firefox 3 Beta will not replace your existing stable install of Firefox 2. So don’t worry. ;) All your Firefox 2 settings and add-ons will remain intact. :)

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