I have updated the post that lists the Firefox extensions that I use. See Firefox extensions you cannot surf without.

I don’t like the idea of a separate search box in my browser. Instead, I much prefer conducting my searches from the address bar itself. I previously used YubNub, but the YubNub server has in the past few months been down rather often. So, I thought of switching to using the Firefox quick search feature instead, but was rather surprised to find that no one has compiled an extensive list of quicksearches that I could simply copy to my browser. I therefore made one, myself. Read the rest of this entry »

For some reason, my Firefox (2.0) has been acting up today. The problems seem to be related to reading CSS style sheets and other additional content properly. At first, I had trouble accessing some forums, which showed up as far too wide for my screen, and then later on with font colours that were identical to the background colour of the site. Then, I lost the ability to read my Bloglines account, which I could access, but where I could not see a single feed — neither in the “updated feeds” section, nor in the “edit feeds” are. When I then accessed my personal blog (which you are currently reading), I was shocked to see that the design was all over the place. Read the rest of this entry »

Hmm. Google Mail seems to have changed its look just now. There are suddenly rounded corners and drop-down lists with the posts. Interesting. Looks pretty ok, actually.

There are, actually, also some new features, apparently.

A new study has indicated that if a website takes more than four seconds to load, an average Internet user will lose interest and go elsewhere. I would imagine this to be somewhat modified by your default connection speed, but in general it sounds about right.

If your Firefox crashes when you try to access certain websites like uefa.com or gamespot.com (also michelin.com, linkedin.com, msgpluslive.net have been reported), see if you have the Firefox extension (aka add-on) called Extended Statusbar installed. If yes, disable it and try again.

Extended Statusbar is a neat little extension and is included on my list of favourite Firefox extensions. Unfortunately, with it crashing the browser I have been forced to disable it until the bug is fixed.