Tag archive for ‘firefox’
Appalachian State University Wants Firefox
Well, at least one student does.
I understand where he’s coming from, really, I do. I’ve complained here (and at my old job) that things would be so much easier if Firefox were the default browser, instead of IE.
But, the reality of the situation is in most cases the switch cannot be made. I try to [...]
Firefox Bookmarked Search
Yet another reason to love Firefox, and one that I didn’t stumble across until recently.
If there are a few sites that you search regularly, you can add them right into Firefox and access them directly from the address bar.
For example, to search wikipedia, in the address bar, I’ll type w Spider-Man and Firefox will search [...]
Best Firefox Tip Ever (reopen Tab)
For those of us who use Firefox (and if you’re not, you really should), I just saw what may be the best tip ever.
When you accidentally (or maybe not) close a tab, just use the following keyboard combination Ctrl-Shift-T (Cmd-Shift-T for Mac users) to reopen the last Tab you closed.
Awesome.
Firefox 2.0 Spellcheck for all fields
The best thing about Firefox 2.0 (in my opinion) is the built in spell check. No more composing in Word and pasting into a text box, or misspelling words because you typed a quick post in the browser.
It comes in handy at work, where we constantly enter text into our development tool (Zentrack). My only [...]