Tag: Firefox

Firefox Tip: Keep bookmarks menu open after click

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Inf

If you have been using Firefox, and like me, make full use of your bookmarks and the Bookmarks Toolbar, then you must have noticed that as soon as you click a link, the menu closes, making multiple-selection of bookmarks to open impossible. That’s a huge annoyance for me.

Luckily, there is a solution that works for the Bookmarks menu, the Bookmarks Toolbar folders (if you have created folders in there. If not, create them! It maintains order) and the History Menu, in case you want to restore multiple closed sites.

The solution is really simple: Just get the Stay-Open Addon from here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6459

Install it just as you would for any other addon and restart Firefox. No configurations are needed. It worked out-of-the-box for me. However, it works only for Firefox 3 and up I think.

Now, how to use it?

Simple. Open the Bookmarks menu, or other menus I mentioned above, and middle-click an item. You will notice that the menu remains open. You can now continue to middle-click other items if you want to open more.

There is not much to configure, except a single option available in “about:config”. I didn’t require it till now. It’s CTRL-Click functionality which I didn’t need.

Voila! This should help you keep those menus open while you open multiple sites without the menus closing after each click. Specially useful if you use Live Bookmarks from within Firefox to read RSS feeds. You can now open multiple feed items without that menu closing. This is so useful! Makes me wonder why this option is not already a default in Firefox…

China Channel Firefox Addon: Experience Internet Censorship

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Inf

I’ve seen my fair share of Firefox addons. There are addons that can make your browser do virtually anything, including controlling your music player from your browser if you wish, or get live weather info, or draw diagrams, or… or anything else I can’t think of.

Today, however, I encountered an addon in my feeds that I found particularly interesting. It’s called the China Channel Addon.

What does it do? It gives you a taste of what it means to surf the Internet in China.

As you probably know, the Great Chinese Firewall (or Golden Firewall) is used to censor the Chinese Internet and prevent people from looking up subjects like “Free Tibet”. I guess they just get a “Page cannot be found” or “Error 404” or possibly very long wait times with no page displayed at the end.

Well, this addon recreates this effect. It places you behind the Great Firewall, and allows you to see what Internet Censorship means.

Personally, I don’t find any day-to-day use to this addon. It’s just a curiosity I wanted to share with you.

Now, if ever you are preparing a project or paper on Internet censorship or something like that, you may want to experience this effect first hand, and the China Channel Addon is what you will need.

Any other interesting Firefox Addons you would like to share?

Behold Chrome: New contender in Browser Wars Arena!

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Inf

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Google just released the Beta version of its browser, called Google Chrome (why chrome anyways?). Since a few days, I’ve been seeing that pokeball-like logo all over the Internets and I thought I must add my piece of text to the already long list of blog posts about the newest browser out there. Seriously, nearly 12 million results on Google when I search for “Google Chrome”.

What’s the hype about it? Everybody is “Chrome released”, “Chrome does that”, “Chrome does this”, “Chrome makes tea”, bla bla… Let’s see… Before I move on, I need to say that Chrome is released under BSD license, and it’s Open-Source!

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Firefox 3 Final: The Review

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Inf

Firefox 3.0 Final has just been released today, 17th June 2008 (it’s already 18th in some countries though), and I already downloaded my copy to help establish the Firefox World Record. Now that it is installed and ready to work, I am going to review it. I’ve been using Firefox since the early 1.x versions, and I kind of saw its evolution. If I could resume Firefox 3, it would be “Shiny Search Boxes”, with respect to the glass buttons and the large number of new search boxes scattered everywhere.

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Without much delay, on with the review. But first, you might consider getting your own copy here, and help with the World Record initiative (you need to download from the official mirrors of Firefox, else the download does not count!). Beware though. Some of the pages of the Mozilla website have yet to be updated, and are still showing Firefox 2.0 downloads. Also, the page is taking a significant time to load, probably considering that lots of people are currently downloading.

A word of warning. Before installing Firefox 3, make sure all your add-ons are compatible with the new Firefox. A number of my add-ons are not yet compatible with the Firefox 3 Final. Specially Tabmix Plus, which is not yet compatible. Even Unplug is not yet compatible, according to the default install. So, check beforehand, or simply backup your Firefox profile before upgrading, in case you want to revert. As you can see below, some of my extensions are not compatible with Firefox 3.0. Unfortunately, you will have to check manually via the Mozilla Addons site.

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To backup your Firefox profile, you could use the FEBE extension (cross-platform) (doesn’t work with Firefox 3 Final yet), or you could use the MozBackup (Windows only) application. More info about manual profile backup is available from Mozilla, here.

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Brief VS Sage – The Feed Reader Duel

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Guru

In today’s article I will be talking on how to read feeds (your favourite ones). Brief and Sage are Firefox’s two most popular feed reader. Hanging out with one is a wise decision, that’s another chance to take your browser one level up. Before going any further, we must not forget, there are also web based feed readers like Google Reader, Bloglines, alongside we also have specialised applications meant just for reading feeds.

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Types of Loans

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Inf

Unsecured Loans are short term loans that have no attached guarantee. These loans are often available to young adult applicants who can make only one loan.

Private Student Loans are private student loans that have an attached guarantee. These loans are often available to applicants that can make up to four loans with a maximum loan size of $50,000 per borrower, and now a days there are also services online which help with this, and you can get a same day payday loans for any need you could have.

Public Private Loans are private student loans that are guaranteed by the government and are typically available to applicants that are accepted to college.

Private Student Loans are issued by private lenders. There are several different types of private student loans, including federal, state, and federal and state-run programs. The number of private student loans, however, varies depending on the state in which you live, and there are some states with no private student loan programs, while other states offer them.

Private Student Loans: What You Should Know

Private student loans differ from federal student loans in that private loans have a set interest rate while federal student loans don’t. While private student loans are usually charged lower interest rates, you have no guarantee of getting the same loan terms or terms of repayment as you would on a federal loan. While you will usually be able to get the same or better terms on a federal loan as you would on a private student loan, if you take on a private loan you will likely have to pay more interest and fees. Private student loans are also more difficult to get repaid than federal loans.

Private student loans differ from federal student loans in that private loans have a set interest rate for the life of the loan. Private student loans can be repaid over 10 or 15 years, but will take 10 years on average to fully pay off a private loan. Most private loans are at fixed interest rates and will not adjust with inflation.

Private Student Loans Are Easier to Refinance

Although federal student loans do have fixed interest rates, you will be able to negotiate for lower interest rates. You can refinance your federal student loan at an interest rate lower than what you would pay to keep the same loan. To qualify, the following are required: Have a new loan balance that is equal to or less than the balance on your existing federal student loan.

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Have been enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate degree program at a two- or four-year school and enrolled in either a certificate program, a certificate/associate’s degree program, or an associate’s degree program

Be approved for a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, Federal Perkins Loan, or FFELP PLUS Loan Be approved for a Direct Subsidized Loan (as defined by the Stafford Act) Be approved for a Direct Unsubsidized Loan Be approved for a Direct PLUS Loan Have not been approved for a Federal Stafford Loan, Federal PLUS Loan, or FFELP PLUS Loan Be eligible for a loan under the federal Direct Consolidation Loan program Have a combined Direct Subsidized and Direct Unsubsidized Loan outstanding