When I look under plugins in the Firefox add-on manager I notice many plugins there that I never use. Among them illustrious plugins like Google Update, iTunes Application detector, Microsoft Office 2010, Windows Activation Technology or Windows Live Photo Gallery. To be honest, I sometimes do not even know what purpose they have. Google Update [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Plugin Security Changes Coming To Google Chrome
Integrating the Flash plugin and a pdf reader in Google Chrome has been a controversial move. Some users liked the idea as it allowed them to access contents without having to install the necessary plugins first, others feared the worst, that Google would lack behind in updating the plugins whenever a security update would be [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 8
Mozilla Plugin Check Now Checks Plugins In All Web Browsers
The Mozilla developers introduced the Mozilla Plugin Check back in October 2009 as a way to inform users of the Firefox web browser about outdated plugins. Plugins that are not up to date can pose both a security and stability risk. The plugin check would analyse the plugins of the web browser and compare their [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 14
Browser Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working On Some Websites
If you browse the Internet a lot and use keyboard shortcuts to speed up the browsing you will have encountered the following behavior. If you happen to visit a site with embedded content, such as Flash or a document that is being displayed on the page, then you cannot make use of the keyboard shortcuts. [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 5
Linux Firefox Tips
If you use Linux you most likely use Firefox. And if you use Firefox on Linux you might know there are some differences than when using it on Windows. I know I have spent many an hour trying to figure out some of these issues. Hopeful, with the help of gHacks, you won’t have to [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 4
Scan And Remove Potentially Dangerous Software
FreeFixer is a free software program for Microsoft Windows that will scan the computer system for potentially dangerous software. The process has been streamlined to be as unobtrusive as possible. A click on Start Scan will initiate the system scan after starting the software program. Several important locations will be scanned in the process including [...]