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Monthly Archives: May 2008

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Get A Mac: Pep Rally

Posted on May 13, 2025 by The Guru
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Brand new Get A Mac ad debuted this week. Once again, things just don’t work out the way PC had hoped for… … Continue reading →

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Minefield and Shredder

Posted on May 13, 2025 by The Guru
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I am going to clarify this ahead of time as in the future you are going to be seeing the names “Minefield” and “Shredder” used quite a bit for this point on. Minefield refers to the trunk/developmental builds for Firefox … Continue reading →

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New Firefox 3 Version Numbering

Posted on May 12, 2025 by The Guru
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Back in December, it was announced Firefox 3 would be moving away from the traditional four-part numbering (ex Fx 2.0.0.*) to a three-part numbering (Fx 3.0.*). However at that time the numbering scheme was not yet supported on addons.mozilla.org (AMO). … Continue reading →

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Weekly Update 2025-05-12

Posted on May 12, 2025 by The Guru
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Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.15 - Status: In Progress Code freeze: June 6 Builds start: June 9 QA starts: June 10 Release to beta channel: June 17 Final Release: June 24 Firefox 3 RC 1 … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Safe Mode

Posted on May 11, 2025 by The Guru
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You will notice in several places I have this disclaimer/warning: WARNING! The Firefox Extension Guru is an independent beta-tester and is not affiliated with Mozilla Corporation. While most of these tips, tricks, suggestions, etc. are relatively simple to do, there … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.0b5 as 'Default Browser'

Posted on May 11, 2025 by The Guru
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Two months ago on March 11th I announced I would be Making the Switch to Fx 3.0. I did download and install Firefox 3 a couple weeks ago. However, I had not done much with it up until this weekend. … Continue reading →

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New Tweaks Section Live!

Posted on May 11, 2025 by The Guru
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It has only been a few days since I announced Tweaks Section Redesign Coming Soon (on ffextensionguru.com). I am please to announce the new Tweaks section is now live. I also have created a direct link (http://tweaks.ffextensionguru.com) to the Tweaks … Continue reading →

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Firefox Extension Guru's Blog Turns 2!

Posted on May 11, 2025 by The Guru
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Been so busy getting ready to switch over to Firefox 3 and following the Microsoft/Yahoo saga, I completely missed the Blog’s 2nd Anniversary back on May 1st. … Continue reading →

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Make Active Tab Wider

Posted on May 10, 2025 by The Guru
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Simple tweak to make your active tab wider. Using ChromEdit add the following lines to your userChrome.css file: /* Make the active tab wider */ #content tab[selected=”true”] { min-width: 200px !important; } Once you have added these lines, click Save, then … Continue reading →

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Remove ‘Live Feed’ Button

Posted on May 10, 2025 by The Guru
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Along with the ‘Go’ Button and the Bookmark ‘Star’ (Fx 3) buttons there is also a ‘Live Feed’ button to add clutter to the address bar: To remove the ‘Live Feed’ Button use ChromEdit and add the following lines to … Continue reading →

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