pdfjs – html5+javascript based pdf viewer for Firefox.

2012-09-05 1 min read Firefox
Firefox 15 has arrived and there is lot to brag about. Since there are already many blogs on this, so just giving you a link to one of those. But what is most interesting is the integration of PDF.js. It is a new html5 + javascript based pdf viewer. GHacks Link And to enable this viewer all you need to do is go to “about:config“. Search for pdfjs and set pdfjs. Continue reading

Manually remove all the duplicate bookmarks in Firefox

2011-09-13 1 min read Firefox
Image by Getty Images via @daylife I was trying to install the duplicate Bookmark remover for the Firefox but for some reasons, was not able to install it. That apart, the point is that I was trying to get a program to do this for me rather than a plugin. So, after some search, finally I found here. This is a ruby script. The script requires ruby gems-json for doing this. Continue reading

Install the fastest Mozilla browser on your N900

2011-07-02 2 min read Maemo N900
Firefox 7.0 is the browser that I am currently using on my N900. Its pretty fast compared to its predecessors. Its not even in BETA and all you can get is the nightly build. For me, its okay, as I like playing with my systems and mobile. If that is okay with you read on…. Head over to the firefox nightly build website Firefox Nightly Builds. Go to the links for the mobile version and then select Maemo build and download it. Continue reading

Change the firefox theme without restarting.

2010-09-27 1 min read Firefox
How often you wished that you could change the theme for firefox without restarting. Well sometime back Mozilla came up with Light weight themes called personna’s but if that is not sufficient for you and you still want to change the theme and do not want to restart then you should install this theme. Once you install this theme, you will not note any change (Don’t forget to restart after installing the theme. Continue reading

How To Quickly Check If You’re Running A Javascript Enabled Browser

2010-07-18 4 min read Uncategorized
<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-is-javascript-how-works">Javascript is an integral part of <a class="zem_slink" title="Web browser" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser">web browsing and a lot of websites use Javascript for <a class="zem_slink" title="Web application" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application">web applications and functions. A question I get at AskTheAdmin.com often is how I can tell if I am using a Javascript enabled browser. I have two quick methods to tell if the browser you are using does or does not support Javascript. Continue reading

Unixmen - Tips to reduce memory usage on Firefox

2010-07-14 1 min read Firefox Uncategorized
A nice aritcle on reducing the memory usage of firefox on <a class="zem_slink" title="Linux" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux">Linux. There are some things in life everyone is looking for and no one ever finds and there are other things that people keep finding and re-finding and inventing and re-inventing. Reducing memory usage for <a class="zem_slink" title="Firefox" rel="homepage" href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox and speeding it up is one such thing. So, here is another story to reduce the memory usage of firefox. Continue reading

Customize Your Firefox Browsing Experience On Your Favorite Websites

2010-06-23 5 min read Firefox
<a href="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/category/linux/">Bookmark this category <img SRC="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot.151.jpe" ALIGN="bottom" ALT="screenshot.15"/>Did you know that you can customize the way you see a website in your browser? We’ve all heard of the <a HREF="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/greasemonkey-firefox-addon/">Greasemonkey add-on for Firefox, right? If not, check out the articles <a HREF="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/20-must-see-greasemonkey-addonsno-technical-knowledge-req/">that <a HREF="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-cool-greasemonkey-scripts-to-rock-your-friendfeed/">have <a HREF="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-turn-greasemonkey-scripts-into-firefox-extensions/">been <a HREF="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-ten-flickr-greasemonkey-scripts/">written here on MakeUseOf and you’ll be sure to find out some neat stuff about it. Basically, Greasemonkey allows users to write and implement scripts that customize the way you interact with websites. Continue reading
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