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Install Windows Updates Through Firefox With WindizUpdate

T.J. Mininday — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:18:56 +0000

There is no doubt that Microsoft will probably never allow Mozilla to install Microsoft Updates through their site. There is the option of using ieTab, but there is also the option to use a great Firefox add-on. The add-on is called Windiz update and it’s basically it’s own form of Microsoft Windows Updates.

What it simply allows you to do is, pull the same updates from a completely separate server, that is periodically updated. You can see the interface below, but it’s not all that much different then your standard WindowsUpdate.com site.

WinDizUpdate – via

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I’m Finally Sold on Google Calendar

T.J. Mininday — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:13:18 +0000

So, after months of only tinkering with Google Calendar, I think two incredibly simple add-ons for Google Calendar have sold me on the product. I don’t have a smart phone, so I’ve had no way of accessing it through a phone, and essentially I’ve just been going the long route, through a bookmark or through the lame ‘Calendar’ link in GMail.

Well, just in the past month or so, two amazing ‘add-ons’, one released by Google and the 2nd by a Firefox contributor, have finally allowed me to consistently begin using Firefox.

The Google/GMail Add-On
Within the past couple of weeks, Google release a new product to the GMail labs, that allows you to add new and custom gadgets to GMail. You can finally view your calendar while viewing your e-mail at the same time. One of the gadgets, is Google Calendar of course.

GCal Pop-Up
Finally a decent Google Calendar Firefox extension. This incredibly simple Firefox Extension, adds a small Google Calendar icon in your Firefox ‘Taskbar’ and immediately pops up your calendar to a full view, for adding, modifying and deleting. At this time, you do have to have a registered account with Mozilla, but the account and the add-on are both free.

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Firefox Extension to Track Your Browsing Time

T.J. Mininday — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:24:00 +0000

Looking to get into the habit of limiting your browser time? Do you have a serious addiction? Do you need to monitor your Firefox drug problem? Well, I just ran across this nice little Firefox extension called ‘TimeTracker’ that simply tracks your total browsing time in Firefox. It sits in the lower right hand corner of your browser and is ALWAYS ticking, unless you switch to another browser or another application. It is smart enough to pause the ticker, as soon as you flip to another program.

It also includes several options to exclude certain websites, track total time since last reset or even since you installed the add-on.

There are several of these add-ons out there, all doing several different things, but I saw this as the simplelest and most viewable clock of your browser time.

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Minefield – Faster then IE, Faster then Chrome, Faster then Firefox

T.J. Mininday — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:23:37 +0000

According to some, we aren’t even looking at the fastest browser that Mozilla has to offer. They have been working on an ‘underground’ prototype called Minefield for quite a while now. According to Ars Technica it can render JavaScript up to 10% faster then even Google’s Chrome. It looks as though Mozilla might have thoughts of eventually migrating this into their future Firefox browsers and taking back the ‘Fastest Browser in the World’ crown.

I downloaded it myself and didn’t see any noticeable difference, but you will notice right away that it attempts to integrate all of your present Firefox extensions, which it will fail to do. The fortunate part is that it runs as a completely seperate browser from Firefox, and could even be run side-by-side if one would like.

Check it out, I wasn’t sold, but maybe you will be… Download Nightly Builds Here (MAC, Linux, Windows)

via CNET

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Xoopit for Gmail – Firefox GMail Add-on for Finding Lost Files and Organizing Photos

T.J. Mininday — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:52:27 +0000

Do you have loads of attachments, photos, videos, etc…in your GMail account?…I do. I need something that will help me get all of these organized, help me find lost files, help me group all of my photos together, help me directly link to all of those YouTube links that friends send me. There can’t be a Firefox extension out there for me, can there?

Hmmm…Xoopit??? This is exactly what I’m looking for. It essentially keeps all of my GMail photos, files and videos in the same place, without getting lost in the clutter of your 5GB of e-mail that you have stored in your account. It’s an integrated Google Mail social network, and you need to check it, it’s amazing…see the below video.

Xoopit for Gmail :: Firefox Add-ons.

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Geode locates you via your Firefox Browser

T.J. Mininday — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:01:48 +0000

Our great developers over at Mozilla Labs have released another impressive add-on for everyone’s favorite browser, Firefox. It’s called Geode, and what they’ve tried to do with it, is first determine your location either by GPS, Wi-Fi or manual entry and then pinpoint your location in relation to various restaurants, pharmacies or coffee shops.

It’s look like another dandy from Mozilla.

Geode – via Technology Bites

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Saving ALL Passwords In Firefox – http, https…you name it

T.J. Mininday — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:20:15 +0000

One of the Firefox extensions I actually am still missing was the ‘Save All Passwords’ since Firefox 3 has rolled out. I know it may an additional security risk, but I play it safe and have my own ways of protecting my critical websites. I just find it extremely annoying not to be able to save my username and password on certain websites, such as:

https://login.yahoo.com

Well, fortunately I’ve found the fix, and it’s simply a few lines of code that need to be modified in the file ‘nsLoginManager.js:’. The location of this file is: ‘c:\program files\mozilla firefox\components\’ and here are the three lines of code to comment out.

// if (element && element.hasAttribute(“autocomplete”) &&
// element.getAttribute(“autocomplete”).toLowerCase() == “off”)
// return true;

Enjoy saving your passwords, just make you are protecting them at the same time.

UPDATE

Here is another options for saving ALL passwords.

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