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How to Install Firefox 3.6 on Ubuntu 9.04

Sandip — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:29:58 +0000

Firefox 3.6 beta 1 is already out & available for download. Though not many new features but you can expect bug fixes and more stability. In past we have covered guide on how to install Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu now here is simple guide on how to install Firefox 3.6 on Ubuntu for those newbie Ubuntu users.

There are two different ways of installing Firefox 3.6 Namoroka on Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04. Both the methods are easy to follow for novice users.

How to Download & Install Firefox 3.6 on Ubuntu

Method 1: Installing via repository

1. Go to System -> Administrator -> Software Sources

2. Now Click on Third Party Software Tab and add below repository

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fta/ubuntu intrepid main

3. Now go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal and type below command

Sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6

Once you have completed installation to start Firefox 3.6 go to Applications > Internet > Minefield 3.6 Web Browser.

Method 2: Installing using wget

Below one line command can install Firefox 3.6 on your Ubuntu

wget – o – http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6b1/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.6b1.tar.bz2 | tar xj -C ~

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Get Firefox 3.7 Tab Progress Bar in Firefox 3.5 & Firefox 3.6

Sandip — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:14:04 +0000

Firefox 3.6 beta is already available for download and Firefox 3.7 is under development. Firefox 3.6 may not have many new features but Firefox 3.7 will come with all goodies. Here is sample list of Firefox 3.7 features Windows 7 & Vista Aero support, tab progress bar, new theme, new graphical animation work using SVG and CSS.

In past we have covered how you can get Firefox 3.7 Mockup themes on Firefox 3.5 & 3.0 now here is guide on how to get Firefox 3.7 tab Progress bar. Tab Progress Bar is the Firefox extension, developed by Frank Yan, adds tab Progress bar to Firefox 3.0 to 3.5.

Tab Progress Bar

Download Tab Progress Bar Firefox Extension.

Source: MozillaLinks

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Disable Firefox 3.6 Thumbnail Preview of Opened Tabs in Windows 7 Taskbar

Sandip — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:31:07 +0000

Firefox 3.6 upcoming version of Firefox browser has very less new features. Apart from HTML 5 tags supports and bug fixes one major feature addition is support for Windows 7 Jumplist and Thumbnail preview. Now you can view Thumbnails of all opened tabs of Firefox right in your Windows 7 Taskbar.

This may increase your productivity but for some users this may create problem in terms of privacy as anyone can see what you are browsing by just hovering over taskbar. If you want to turnoff/disable Firefox 3.6 thumbnail preview then just follow guide.

How to Disable Firefox 3.6 thumbnail preview of Opened Tabs

1. Type about:config at firefox address bar.

2. Now click on I’ll be careful, I promise!

3. Now lookup for browser.taskbar.previews.enable entry

4. Toggle browser.taskbar.previews.enable value to false

That’s it

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How to Create Custom Rebranded Firefox & Thunderbird Version

Sandip — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:40:09 +0000

Many company and IT firms prefer to use custom home made software rather. You may want to publicize your firm name or company name using open source software. One such software which you can rebrand easily and distribute to your clients and users is Firefox and Thunderbird.

To make it simple for you to customize Firefox & Thunderbird here is excellent addon Rebrand which lets you to change & customize Firefox Logo, images Icons and brand name.

Rebrand Firefox Addon in Action

Download Rebrand Firefox Addon and create custom Firefox version.

Source: Techraga

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Pale Moon – Custom Built Optimized & Speed Firefox

Sandip — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:24:01 +0000

In past we have covered Speedyfox & Firefox Ultimate Optimizer to optimize and speedup Firefox. Even though Firefox is secure and best browser on internet but still it has one annoying issue of high memory consumption.

Unfortunately this issue has not been taken seriously by Mozilla developers. Here is custom build optimized and speed Firefox browser Pale Moon which is 25% faster than original Firefox.

Features of Pale Moon

1. Highly optimized for current processors

2. 100% Firefox sourced: As safe as the browser that has seen years of development.

3. Uses less memory because of disabled redundant and optional code

4. Significant speed increases for page drawing and script processing

5. Support for SVG and Canvas

Pale Moon

Download Pale Moon 3.5.2 Customly Optimized and Speedup Firefox Browser.

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Download DivX Plus Web Player to Play MKV, DivX Files in Browser

Sandip — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:31:30 +0000

DivX Player is one know media player for playing DivX, MKV, H.264, AAC videos. The quality of DivX videos is simply outstanding enough for us to download DivX basic or Pro version to enjoy those HD videos. Lately DivX lab has been busy in developing DivX Web Player making easier for webmaster to embed DivX Videos on webpages.

DivX Plus Web Player is in beta mode with which you can watch MKV videos right in your web browser including all the features like bandwidth efficient H.264, multiple audio tracks, subtitles, and 5.1 channel audio. There is also support for dynamic seeking to jump around a video without downloading the whole thing.

DivX Plus Web Player is available for both Windows & Mac.

Download DivX Plus Web Player (Beta)

Installer (Windows): DivXWebPlayerInstaller_2.0.0.240.exe

Installer (Mac): DivXPlusWebPlayer243.dmg

Known Issue :- Web Player may freeze on very low bandwidth (<300kbps) connections

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PwnageTool To Jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.2 is Ready

Sandip — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:40:35 +0000

Few days ago Young iPhone hacker Geohot had released first iPhone OS 3.1.2 jailbreaking tool Blackra1n which can jailbreak iPhone 3G, 3Gs 3.1.2 and iPod touch 1G, 2G &3G 3.1.2. Unfortunately there is no way to unlock your iPhone if its baseband is 5.11.7 hence Blackra1n is only useful for those unfortunate users who have mistakenly updated to OS 3.1.2.

This time iPhone Dev team may be slow at releasing jailbreaking tools for OS 3.1.2 but they are working hard to come up with perfect jailbreaking and unlocking tool. Latest update from Musclenerd on twitter confirms their work progress.

As per Muslcenerd Twitter Tweet PwngaeTool for jailbreaking iPhone OS 3.1.2 is ready and and expected to release tonight.

We suggest all the iPhone and iPod touch users to wait patiently for Pwnagetool rather than ending up into flash claim of working jailbreak iPhone 3.1.2. If you haven’t updated to firmware 3.1.2 then Pwnagetool 3.1.2 will be right tool for you.

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Extract/Recover Stored Passwords & Username in Firefox with PasswordFox

Sandip — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:01:01 +0000

In past we have written about FirePasswordViewer to recover & extract stored passwords from Firefox now here is yet another similar utility Passwordfox. PasswordFox is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Mozilla Firefox Web browser.

By default, PasswordFox displays the passwords stored in your current profile, but you can easily select to watch the passwords of any other Firefox profile.

For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Record Index, Web Site, User Name, Password, User Name Field, Password Field, and the Signons filename.

PasswordFox – Extract Username/Password from Firefox

Download PasswordFox.

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How to Share Interesting Links & Content on Facebook

Sandip — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:13:28 +0000

We all often come across some interesting websites or content which we like to share it with our friends of facebook, twitter or on other social network. With increasing use of “Add this” like widgets it has become easier to share stuff anywhere.

But not all websites provides such sharing feature . Here is handy tip for users to instantly share stuff on facebook. Facebook share option allows you to save bookmarklet which will let you to instantly post interesting links on wall.

Go to http://www.facebook.com/share_options.php

And drop and drag “Share facebook” button on your bookmark toolbar. Once you have added Share facebook bookmarklet on bookmark toolbar you can post stuff on facebook with on click.

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Sync Clipboard on Windows, Mac & Linux or on Multiple Computers

Sandip — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:52:10 +0000

Clipboard is the facility provided by most of the operating system to store selected copied content temporarily accessible by all software, applications and browsers. Not many feels the need of synching clipboard content across multiple computers but there may be few who may need such feature.

For those users here is extremely useful Firefox extension Copy and Paste that allows you to copy and paste text across computers with ctrl+c and ctrl+v. Copy and Paste can sync clipboard text and content across computers with different operating system like Linux, Max & Windows.

Copy and Paste also provides dynamic contact finder which lists all the hosts with Copy and Paste extension installed on Firefox browser.

Copy and Paste Firefox Extension

Download Copy and Paste Firefox Extension.

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