When you look at modern computer games, you will notice that many of them make use of achievement systems to keep players interested in the game. Achievements are awarded for in-game action, from silly things like making your first step to defeating 1000 enemies or beating one of the level bosses in the game. Not [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Many Internet users use the Internet to lookup addresses or get driving directions. They usually open a maps service, such as Google Maps or Bing Maps for that. It often means juggling around with multiple websites, if they have found the address on another website. A simple example is a new shop that you just [...]

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The so called Hosts File can be used to redirect hostname requests to different IP addresses. It is often used to block access to websites or servers, to redirect requests to a new or local server, or by malicious attackers who redirect websites to honeypots and fake websites. Web developers can use the hosts file [...]

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Hacker News is a popular news aggregation site with a focus on Internet, computers and technology in general, and news of general interest. It is a lot like Reddit in this regard, as it allows users to vote for and comment on news that are posted on the site. Everyone can submit news and votes [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

When it comes to web development tools for the Firefox web browser, Firebug is usually named at the top of everyone’s list. The program integrates well into the Firefox browser, offering tools to edit, debug or monitor outputs for web pages on the Internet and local web pages that are still in development. Firebug 1.9 [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

If you need to look-up addresses quite often while your on the Internet, for instance if you are an estate agent, doing research or just planning your next holiday trip, then you have got multiple options at hand. You can for instance keep Bing Maps or Google Maps open in a new tab or browser [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

The Firefox web browser displays a vertical or horizontal scrollbar at the right and lower edge of the browser whenever the page contents cannot be displayed all at once in the browser window. And while it is clearly visible on most web pages, users may encounter pages where the scrollbar is barely distinguishable from the [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Now that we have covered the best Firefox add-ons of 2011, it is time to look at the best tips for the browser as well. A lot has changed development wise in 2011. Mozilla has switched to the rapid release process after the release of Firefox 4 which has increased the version of the browser [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

We have almost hit the one post per day mark in 2011, with 352 posts published that covered the Firefox browser in one way or another. Not all of the posts were add-on reviews though as we have covered Firefox news, updates, and cross-browser related news as well here on Ghacks.net. What better way to [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox