The Next Firefox Gets Nearer

Firefox 3.1 is set to be a big release including Private Browsing and TraceMonkey (much faster javascript). If you’re interested in getting a sneak preview beta 3 has just been made available and is usually a good time to get involved. Have a look at the changelog before you upgrade, and then hit up the [...]

There is a bug apparently brought on by Firebug where a large download can sit on “A few seconds remaining…” indefinitely in Firefox; something I had happen to me this morning after downloading a 2.2Gig file. Naturally your first guess is to pause and resume the download – but this fails, meaning you may have [...]

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Fennec Pre-Alpha is out

Image via CrunchBase Fennec is Mozilla’s take on the mobile browser market and the pre-alpha is available now. Not for everyone though, only if you have a VGA Windows Mobile phone and even then it’s not 100% gauranteed – and that’s fine by me. Pre-Alpha means that if you try and use it, don’t bitch [...]

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IE Developer tools

Firefox is without a doubt the future of the internet browser. This however doesn’t mean that IE will disappear completely – as much as most web developers wish it would. It has happened to most developers where you get your new app running peachy in Firefox, but the second you open it in IE you [...]

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Seeing as I haven’t posted anything for a couple of days, I thought I would make one post with all the things that have caught my eye. Maximize Firefox without extensions Gmail hacks for better spam protection 7 of the best designed sites on the web 60 AJAX/Javascript resources for professional coding 3 ways to [...]

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Every time I upgrade my Firefox 3 beta all my plugins stop working, and I’m almost always certain that there is no real reason aside from the version shift – there are no relevant changes etc. The most critical of these is my new favourite blogging tool, Zemanta. As I’m sure you’ve noticed there have [...]