The Live Search add-on for Firefox gives you auto-suggestions from Live Search right in the browser while you’re typing your query.
The Live Search add-on for Firefox is available to install at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10434. It is based on the Open Search standard.
Last year I had created a browser search box for The Zambian. It’s powered with Google Co-op but allows for search to be narrowed down to the Zambian domain.
For some really odd reason, a recent Firefox update on my Windows Vista computer resulted in the following error message when attempting to launch the program “The program must close to allow a previous installation attempt to complete”
Based on the extremely long but very helpfull mozillaZine forum thread, Firefox may have an orphaned file(s) that prevents the program from launching after an update. On my computer, I had to delete both xpicleanup.exe and xpicleanup.dat Apparently the xpicleanup file is used to cleanup after an update or installation of Firefox. To resolve the problem the following steps may help:
Earlier this month there were a bunch of news reports about students who decided to honor Firefox by creating a crop circle of the Firefox logo.
Below, is visual proof of the crop circle but the real news is that a Temple University student, Matt Shichtman, actually worked on the circle. Apparently he spent the Summer interning as a documentary filmmaker for Mozilla. Cool!
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How wrong is this? Explorer Destroyer – a script to help you convince people to switch to Firefox. According to the site, for each person that switches, Google gives you $1, Microsoft loses marketshare, and an angel gets its wings. Would you switch to Internet Explorer if Microsoft gave you $2? Although I must say that convincing someone to switch from IE 6 to Firefox 1.5 is probably doing the person a big favor. Using a script to force all IE users to upgrade to Firefox is another story.
As a reminder to myself, and a recommendation to others, if you’re using Firefox you may find some of these extensions useful. I’m hopeful that eventually I’ll have a list of 10 extensions that will complete a 10 FALs (Frequently Asked Links) series on Firefox Extensions.
Firefox 1.5 is now available for download. If you’re looking for an easy link to spread the word feel free to use:
Fire Fox Site ( http://www.firefoxsite.com )
I just found out, thanks to Ed Bott, that Blogger templates do not render well in Firefox. I did very little customization to the actual template so I did not bother verifying how the blog appeared in other browsers (Firefox, Safari or Opera).
It really goes to show that you have to assume nothing, suspect everything, trust no one and hope that Google updates their default templates.
I received an email from Blake Ross who is associated with the Mozilla Foundation in some way and also helping with a major grass roots effort in promoting Firefox. Either way his email was sent out asking if I would be interested in placing a button to help promote Firefox. While the email was well received, and I’m glad to recommend Firefox as an alternative to Internet Explorer, it seems that other companies aren’t using the same word of blog effort to help connect with the community. Should they be or is this going to end up being mildly offensive?
Either way, for those looking for an alternative browser, please try:
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