Ubuntu 12.04 : Fix for Adobe Flash crashing while playing videos 4

When adobe stopped support for its flash player in linux, it was not just bad news, it was a terrible news as the version then had some serious bugs. One of the common one being the people in the youtube or flash videos appearing in blue color. The blue tint was making everyone in the ...

Ubuntu : Fix for Firefox to download picasa albums 3

Ubuntu : Fix for Firefox to download picasa albums
There is a simple guide to install the latest picasa 3.8 (as of this writing) in Ubuntu as shown in this post.. However, I have noticed that, atleast in Ubuntu 11.04, that the “Download to Picasa” option doesnot work under Firefox. We would get the popup message as shown below. Which says “Firefox doesn’t know ...

Firefox 4 : Missing status bar! 2

After the Firefox 4 update to beta 7, you may notice that the status bar by default has been discarded. The concept of status bar has been moved to the address bar. Hence, once you hover your mouse over any links the preview of the links will appear in the address bar by default. However, ...

Trying out Firefox 4 Beta 4. 1

For a good long time have been a Firefox beta tester. So far, was pretty much settled with Firefox 3.6.x, but now have started to test Firefox 4. So far, the first impression I had was .. “its lighter”. But wait, more on that later. There is an instant feedback add-on installed with FF4, as ...

Duplicate tab for firefox 3.5 3

Until I saw this post , I was sorely missing the duplicate tab for firefox. It was near the top of my most loved firefox extensions till firefox 2.x. The addons page for this extension said it does not support 3.5. Well, and then I learnt 3.5 has a built in duplicate tab feature. Just ...

World record attempted, and I got a certificate!

World record attempted, and I got a certificate!
Around 8 million downloads in 24 hours for Firefox 3, great feat! Get your certificate from here..

Firefox 3 World Record Download Day 2008

A guiness world record day has been planed to mark the official release of Firefox 3. On the day, a record for the most number of downloads for a single software in 24 hours will be attempted. Spread the word around and help FF achieve this unique feat. Signup and pledge here. Experience the Web ...

Watch web Flash Videos (FLVs) offline.

With most websites you surf these days have some type of video content embedded in them. Be it news sports or entertainment sites. And 9 out of 10 times they are Macromedia Flash Videos (flv). If they are youtube links, there’s a good chance you can download them for future viewing. Otherwise its difficult to ...

Cricket Live Scores on your Firefox statusbar! 3

Cricket Live Scores on your Firefox statusbar!
You are a developer and spend lot of time on a browser(and its firefox I presume!!). You can’t always open a cricket scorecard site to view the latest scores. This could for two reasons, one you dont want to be disturbed and the other is you dont want to be caught by others doing this ...