Webmasters and researchers sometimes need to take a look at a website’s history. This is for instance essential when buying a website to make sure that the seller has been running the website for the time claimed and not snatched a dropped domain to make a quick buck. The Wayback Machine at archive.org is the [...]
Firefox About:Support Helps In Troubleshooting Browser Problems
One of the most interesting additions in Firefox 3.6 is a new support page called about:support which can help the Firefox user and technicians in troubleshooting web browser problems. The support page lists important application, extension and modified configuration settings that can be used to troubleshoot problems.
All Firefox 3.6 users can enter about:support in the [...]
What Is Mozilla Prism Again?
Beta 3 of Mozilla Prism 1.0 has just been released and it is probably a good idea to answer a question that is probably in your mind right now: What is Mozilla Prism again and why would I need it?
Mozilla Prism is offered as a Firefox extension and standalone application. It can basically turn [...]
Mozilla Promises Better Virus Scanning After Virus Faux Pas
Mozilla performs antivirus scans on add-ons that are added by developers to the add-on repository. These add-ons are then offered as experimental add-ons until they pass a human review which adds them fully to the add-on directory.
It came to light today that two add-ons that have been offered at the add-on repository had been infected [...]
Tile Tabs In Firefox
Internet users with widescreen monitors see lots of whitespace when they run the web browser maximized as most websites are optimized for a width of about 1000 pixels. Options are to either reduce the size of the web browser window so that another window can be displayed next to it or leave it running in [...]
Multi-Process Plugins Enabled In Latest Firefox Nightlies
Only Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and the Google Chrome web browser are multi-process web browsers. Multi-process meaning that they separate plugins, the web browser’s core and the different websites that are opened in processes which increases the web browser’s stability and security.
The Firefox developers have announced last year that they want to adapt the multi-process design [...]
Check Firefox Add-On Compatibility Before Upgrading
Have you ever thought about upgrading to a new version but discarded the idea because of possible extension incompatibilities? The Firefox web browser does not perform checks prior to installing a new version if the add-ons and plugins are compatible with the updated version. That can be problematic especially if the user does not want [...]