Posts Tagged With: options
· July 23, 2008 at 6:02 am · Firefox Security
Here is an interesting update that seems to be drawing a little heat from the Web at large. Depending on your Internet settings (from Control Panel > Internet Options) you might have issues with some downloads being blocked.
Here is what Mozilla has to say about the issue.
Starting in Firefox 3, downloads of executable files (e.g., .exe or .msi) may fail and the Firefox Downloads window will contain this message, under the filename: This download has been blocked by your Security Zone Policy.
This issue occurs because Firefox 3 now honors your Windows security settings for downloading applications and other potentially unsafe files from the Internet.
The rage here is that the Internet Options you see from the Control Panel links back to Internet Explorer 7. So in a round about wacky way, Firefox 3 follows IE7’s security settings. Need a fix?
To change the setting, open Internet Options (via Control Panel or from Internet Explorer -> Tools) and click the Security tab. With the Internet zone icon highlighted, click the Custom level… button. A list of security settings for the Internet zone will appear. Find the “Launching applications and unsafe files” setting (under Miscellaneous) and select “Prompt (recommended)”.
If that does not do the trick for you, there are a few more fix suggestions on Mozillazine.org you can try. So are you upset about this or could you care less?
· September 24, 2007 at 6:03 am · Firefox Settings
Not every web site does that best job when it comes to giving you a printer friendly version of the web page. Lets say for example, you want to print out a story on CNN.com about the war in Iraq or your favorite celebrity.
Now you could just print the page that is there, but that is going to give you all the ads, logos and other junk you don’t want on your paper. The Lexmark crew is wanting to fix that issue.
The Lexmark Toolbar is wanting to be that “better printing” extension you never knew you needed. It will allow you to cut down on the clutter, so you will only print the most important details of the web page in question.
Some of the features in this beta release of the extension include:
- One-click Print and Preview buttons
- Remove ads and other unwanted stuff with the “Clean” feature
- View, edit or print photos in Picnik, the best online photo editor
- Choose print settings such as Selected Content, Orientation and Header/Footer
Overall, I think if they are delivering this much in the beta, there are many more great things to come for future releases of this handy extension.
· May 7, 2007 at 5:22 am · Most Wanted
So how do you make Firefox show those foreign characters? You know - the ones that show up as “???” when your looking at a Web site from a different country? Amy sent me in this question last week.
I’ve added many languages under Firefox options. And yet when I view a site with Japanese writing, for example, it comes up as “?????”. Even when I’m absolutely sure of the language, and have added it to my language options, the characters won’t show.
The answer? I didn’t know - but Amy figured it out and shared it with me.
It was an Windows OS thing, not a FF thing.
Controls panel –> Regional and Language Settings –> Languages –> check the “Install files for East Asian languages” box.
Have any Firefox issues that are giving you troubles? Want to be able to do something, but don’t know how? Send it in to me and I’ll do my best to find any answer to your most wanted as well.
· April 3, 2007 at 6:33 am · Firefox Usability
I like to download all of my stuff that I find via the Web into a folder in My Documents called “Downloads”. It is an easy way for me to keep track of stuff I have downloaded so I can save it for later if I need to do so.
How can you tell Firefox to save all of your downloads in one specific spot? First thing you need to do is go into Tools, and then select Options. A new window should pop up with your browser options. In that first tab, go down to the middle of the box where it says “Downloads” and then make your way down to the browse button next to the Window for “Save files to…”.
Browse to the folder that you wish to save all of your downloads to, save and then exit. Now Firefox knows your default download location. This is really handy when you wonder what that program was you downloaded last week - or if you misplace an important file from the Web, you can keep a backup of it here.
· January 31, 2007 at 8:04 am · Firefox Usability
Want to tweak how Firefox’s default search options react to you in the browser? The SearchLoad Options extension should do the trick then.
Options include clearing the searchbar and resetting the search engine after each search. A time delay can be set in order to reuse search strings or search engines before changing the state of the searchbar.
Search results can be loaded into the active tab, a new tab, or a new background tab. An option allows new tabs to be created regardless of whether the current tab is blank. New tabs can also be created by using the Alt key.
+ Learn More About the SearchLoad Options Extension for Firefox!
· December 26, 2006 at 8:09 am · Firefox Usability
Have you been looking for a new way of editing or tweaking your search results?
The SearchLoad Options extension is what you need then. It allows you to clear the searchbar after each search; reset the selected search engine after each search; load search in active tab, new tab, or new background tab and keep or replace blank tabs when searching in new tabs.
+ Download and Install the SearchLoad Options Extension for Firefox!
· November 7, 2006 at 4:58 am · Tabbed Browsing
One of the best extensions to give your tabs a little more juice has just been updated for Firefox 2. The Tab Mix Plus extension has been one of my favorites since the first day I laid eyes on it. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more.
+ Download and Learn More About Tab Mix Plus!
Next Page »
Mitch Keeler © 2008 - Sitemap | Privacy Policy - Supported by Lockergnome and TagJag
Dedicated Server Hosting provided by FastServers.Net
Go to Top of Page
