Bing is my default search engine for a number of reasons. I really do not want to rehash why that’s the case. Sometimes I cannot find what I’m looking for using Bing, and my next step then is to open Google and run the very same search on Google’s search engine. And if I cannot [...]

I think it was last year when Google first mentioned that they would add remote desktop capabilities to Chrome OS and the Chrome web browser. Yesterday Google released a first beta version of Chrome Remote Desktop, an extension for the Chrome browser on the official Chrome Web Store. Google points out that the goal of [...]

Life over at Mozilla is surely not as easy-peasy anymore than it was a year or two ago. With Chrome breathing down the browser’s neck and Microsoft getting their act together it has become a tough playing field. The rapid release process should have changed it all, and for the better. Bad news however seem [...]

Mozilla has made the decision to add McAfee’s ScriptScan add-on for the Firefox web browser to the so called Blocklist. The Blocklist lists add-ons and plugins that are known to “cause serious security, stability, or performance issues with Firefox”. When users try to open the McAfee ScriptScan or McAfee SiteAdvisor page at the official Mozilla [...]

All Internet users were recently made aware of the fact that social networking sites like Facebook, Google+ or Twitter had the power to track a user’s movement over the web. This is done with the help of scripts such as Facebook Like or Twitter buttons that webmasters add to their websites and pages. While it [...]

One of the issues that I hear over and over again when I talk with other Firefox users about the rapid release process is that users are tired of updating the browser every six weeks, and especially so if the update turns out to be another “under-the-hood” update where no changes can be spotted right [...]

Firefox users who are still running a 3.6 version of the web browser should prepare themselves for receiving an advertised update on Thursday. Users will receive a prompt with the option to update the browser from their version to the very latest. Mozilla is quick to note that this has “no bearing on support levels”, [...]

I personally do not have the need for a web based screenshot solution like Webpage Screenshot for the Google Chrome browser. The core reason for this is that I use a desktop application – Snagit – for the task which allows me to take screenshots in any application and not only in Chrome. Sometimes however [...]

With the release of the stable version of Firefox 7, or more precisely Firefox 7.0.1, came also updates to the beta, aurora and nightly channels of the browser. Each channel has been bumped up a version. Firefox Beta to 8, Firefox Aurora to 9 and Firefox Nightly to 10. Whenever Firefox Aurora gets a bump, [...]

If you follow this tech blog closely you know already that the latest release of Firefox, which would be Firefox 7.0, contained a bug that hid away some or even all add-ons of a user who updated a version of the browser to the latest stable iteration. Mozilla after noticing the problem stopped the distribution [...]

If you had to write down how much time you spend on the Internet in the past week, could you do that? And would you also be able to list the top 5 sites that you’d consider productive, and the top 5 time wasters in that time? To top that, would you be able to [...]

Sometimes when you surf around the Internet you may feel the need to look up additional information. This can be a definition of a word that you are not sure about, information about a phrase at an online encyclopedia or a location on Google Maps. Whatever it is, it usually leads to opening a new [...]

If you have updated your version of Firefox to version 7 you may have experienced a bug that some users experience. According to Mozilla, some users who have updated to the latest version of Firefox have noticed that all their add-ons have disappeared from the web browser. Mozilla notes on a newly created support page [...]

Mozilla recently made a few changes to the Firefox web browser that I personally do not like that much. One of the things that the developers changed recently is the way website urls are displayed in the address bar. HTTP websites no longer show up with the protocol http:// in front. Another change is that [...]

One web browser is always the default system browser on a computer system. That’s the program that is launched when you click on links for example. The majority of computer users on Windows come into contact with multiple browsers. They got Microsoft’s Internet Explorer installed by default on the system and download and install at [...]

I visit the Mozilla Firefox add-on repository on a daily basis, mainly to see if add-ons have been updated or released that I can review or use on my own. Mozilla recently redesigned the add-on repository which in my opinion is not as intuitive as before. When you open the new homepage you will see [...]

With the rapid release cycle and all, we are seeing more releases of the Firefox browser than before. Mozilla just pushed Firefox 7 to the official ftp server to prepare for today’s release of the browser. Firefox 7 is actually the first version of the rapid release cycle that is showing big improvements over previous [...]

I have to admit that I’m not playing games on social networking sites like Facebook or Google Plus. To be honest, I’m annoyed by status messages that contain gift, bonus or game information. Thankfully though the networks have improved filtering so that those information have been reduced to a minimum in recent time. Still, I [...]

Automation can speed up a computer user’s workflow immensely. One of the areas where computer users can save lots of time is when they are filling out web forms. This can be a comment form where they have to enter a name, email address, web address and comment or a customer support form where they [...]

Mozilla as you may know switched to a rapid release process this year which basically had the consequence that new Firefox versions get released more frequently. Not every user, and especially not organizations and businesses, have welcome this new process. One of the concerns that users had was that there was not enough time to [...]

I have to admit that I’m not a huge fan of the Facebook sidebar ticker that is now displaying on every page on the social networking site. The ticker displays the latest activities of friends on Facebook. The annoying thing about it is that it updates in real-time, which means that you see constant movement [...]

Firefox’s private browsing mode is handy in cases where you do not want to leave a record of your browsing activities on a computer. Firefox does not record information like the visited pages, form and search bar entries or downloads during private browsing mode. Sometimes though you do not want to switch to private browsing [...]

Back in January we reported that Mozilla Firefox would get faster startup times on Windows. The patch, proposed when Firefox 4 was still in beta, has been implemented in Firefox 7, which is currently available as a beta version for all supported operating systems. Without repeating what has already been said, the patch basically preloads [...]

When you have a YouTube account, you can do more than viewing, uploading and commenting on videos. One of the things besides that is the ability to subscribe to other YouTube users and to make friends on Youtube. This among other things informs you whenever those users are active on YouTube. You can be informed [...]

Most users are already familiar with text editors for viewing source code and may have one of choice that they like to use. Many other users are still using the default choice in Internet Explorer 8 or 9. If you are dissatisfied with the default choice, this article will demonstrate how to access the text [...]

I’m not a fan of blue on black text, or link colors that are barely distinguishable from a website’s background. While it is still possible to use a site that uses hard to read color sets, it is usually a lot easier to turn that color set into one that is more pleasing to the [...]

If you are using Firefox as a web browser you have probably made some modifications to it. This can be something simple like a different home page or more sophisticated customizations like about:config under the hood changes. Modified parameters in about:config are highlighted in bold, but there is not a way to display only those [...]

Firefox bookmarks are accessible for all users of a computer system if one user account is used instead of individual user accounts. This can be a issue if you want to protect data from being seen or accessed by other users. But even if there are multiple user accounts, chance is that some may have [...]

I’m not really sure why extension preferences that are generated during installation are not deleted when the extensions are uninstalled. That’s in my opinion a serious flaw in the browser. Why would someone want to delete those old extension preferences? First to keep the preference file clean and tiny, second to limit privacy implications and [...]

Microsoft has integrated Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 3 with the recently released version of Windows 8. If you look close, you will find two different versions or styles of Internet Explorer in the operating system. First the standard desktop browser and then the Metro UI browser. According to Microsoft, they both use the same [...]

When you load a website on the Internet that has social media buttons embedded, you are automatically sharing information with those social media sites. And this happens even if you do not interact with those buttons at all. Facebook, Twitter or Google can use the data to track your movement on the Web. The absolute [...]

The start up time of the Firefox web browser ranges from almost instantly to half a minute or even more on some systems. This disparity stems from different hardware configurations, installed add-ons, session restore and other Firefox configuration settings. Add-ons for example can increase the start up of Firefox significantly. Firefox loads slower as well [...]

When you read or reply to emails in Google’s mail service Gmail, you see the email addresses and contact names of the recipients and senders. But that’s it. Sometimes you may want to find out more about a person on Gmail, for instance before you reply to an email. While you could do that by [...]

You can save lots of money with coupons. As a webmaster, I have to buy and renew domain names and web hosting on a regular basis. Take the popular domain registrar Godaddy for instance. A new .com registration at the registrar sets you back $9.99 currently. If you use a coupon, you can register the [...]

Chance is that the web pages that you are connecting to with your web browser load elements from different web servers, and not from one. This is for instance the case if a Facebook Like, Twitter or Google Plus button is displayed on the site. Sometimes though you may want to get an exact list [...]

There is a high chance that people will copy your photos or images that you post on the Internet. Some do that with attribution, others without. Sometimes you may want to know where your images have been posted on. A simple example is your profile photo on Facebook or your Google Profile. Maybe you want [...]

It just takes a quick download, a few steps and one USB flash drive to run Google Chrome with your personal extensions and settings on any Windows computer. This article will demonstrate how to setup portable Google Chrome on a flash drive and take it to any PC to use. The first step is to [...]

Hypothetically, what would you say if Microsoft would enable an offline mode for Hotmail or Office Live 365 but only for Internet Explorer? Chance is, a lot of users would cry foul play and demand that Microsoft would enable support for other web browsers as well. If you look at Google these days, you might [...]

The Keyconfig extension for the Firefox web browser was released in 2004. Back then it allowed Firefox users to change both native and third party shortcuts in the web browser. This was for instance extremely useful if an extension developer picked the wrong shortcuts for an extension, or if you have installed two extension that [...]

You may remember that I buy most of my computer games and media at the Amazon UK store and not the store in Germany. I benefit in two ways here: First, prices are a lot cheaper than they are in Germany. I sometimes pay 50% less for the same item. Second, I get games and [...]

Google is supporting its social networking service Google+ with Google Chrome extensions. This includes the Google Translate for Google+ extension for instance that allows users to automatically or manually translate posts on Google Plus. Google+ Manager is a relative new extension for the Firefox web browser that combines access to several handy features in one [...]

Good news for all Firefox users, especially those running the latest Nightly builds of Firefox 9 or those planning to upgrade to the new version of the web browser once it becomes available in other Firefox release channels. Mozilla developer Brian Hackett worked on a new feature called type inference for over a year. You [...]

The default, or shall I say more prominent, installer for the Google Chrome web browser offers only single user account installations only. More precisely, it can only be installed for the user account that is currently logged into the operating system. That’s not a problem for single user systems, but if you maintain computers with [...]

I often make the decision to buy a certain product, a PC game for instance, when it drops below a certain price that I’m willing to pay for it. While I could check for price changes manually on a regular basis, I prefer to use a program for the tracking and monitoring. This has several [...]

One of the handy security related services on today’s Internet is Virus Total. The online can be used by people from all over the world to analyze suspicious websites or files. Usage could not really a lot easier than it is currently. Just browse for a file on your computer and click the send file [...]

Opera Software has just released the final version of Opera 11.51 after two release candidates that have been released in the past week. The new version of the web browser fixes several stability issues which makes it more of a maintenance release than a release that comes along with new major features. Still, Mac users [...]

I have been using Google’s new social networking site Google Plus ever since I received my invitation. To be honest, I have been spending more site on the site than I have on Facebook or Twitter combined. That’s still not much compared to social networking geeks who spend hours on those sites. Still, I use [...]

The NoScript add-on blocks the automatic focus of the search field on the Google and Bing search page. That’s a issue for me as I use those search engines regularly throughout the day. While I could whitelist the search engines, I prefer not to do so as it whitelists other services that run on those [...]

It can sometimes be very irritating to interact with elements on a web page if other page elements catch your attention as well. Have you ever tried to watch a video on a web page only to be distracted by an animated banner on the same page? Or maybe you have played games and more [...]

Firefox users who have went along with the update process from Firefox 4 to now Firefox 6 stable were in for a big disappointment as the new versions were not really offering any new features or visible speed improvements. That’s without doubt one of the issues that led to criticism of the rapid release process. [...]