Archive for the ‘Firefox’ Category
Remapping the Firefox command key for different platforms.
Firefox uses a different command key on different platforms. I often switch between Linux and Mac OS. Having Mac OS use the command key and linux use control was quite confusing. Firefox offers a solution. Point your browser to about:config. This allows you to change settings that aren’t part of the regular options dialogs. In [...]
Focus Please
After writing Presenting Instant Search I thought a bit more about how I use search and decided that it’s a pain to have to move focus back to the text box on the search results page in order to change something. As a solution for firefox users I wrote a greasemonkey script to focus for [...]
Wes on MySQL Searching.
I often hear complaints about how bad the MySQL manual’s native search functions are. Wes recently posted an entry on using firefox key word searching to solve the problem. This is such a great post I have decided to share it with all of you. I also want to add that the MySQL’s questionable site [...]
Howto Yahoo!ize firefox.
I personally like my firefox to not be so google heavy. Mistyping something in the address bar and having it send me to the first google “I’m Feeling Lucky” link is somewhat annoying. Here is how to switch firefox use another search or none at all if you want. I’m going to switch it to [...]
Links and the advent of tabbed browsers.
Tabbed browsers have made the target=_new _blank or _top style links annoying and useless. In the old days these links allowed visitors to easily return to your site after viewing a few pages of off site content. Now they are a sneaky surprise that shows up like a hand grenade for those of us that [...]