- Published:
- May 8, 2008 – 9:09 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
For some reason, Firefox started to display a blinking cursor, like web pages I have been viewing were editable. Thinking that some errant plugin was causing this behavior, I manically disabled a few I had recently installed. However that didn’t fix the problem.
Good ole Google to the rescue.
Firefox has a ‘feature’ that lets you select [...]
Categories: Configurations, Programs
Tagged: caret, configuration, firefox, tips
- Published:
- April 30, 2008 – 8:30 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
I have a new post up on Makeuseof, regarding Firefox Addons for Privacy and Security. Maybe you won’t use all of them but even installing some of them (NoScript in particular) can really lower your chances of getting hit with a javascript exploit.
Categories: Programs, Security, Software
Tagged: extensions, firefox, privacy, Security
- Published:
- September 14, 2006 – 4:26 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
I recently had a problem where I was opening a browser window from an e-mail client. After taking a survey, I wanted a button to close this same window. In IE, it was fine to simply use window.close(); to close the window. However, Firefox, the evil genius that it is, will not let you do [...]
Categories: Code Samples, JavaScript
Tagged: firefox, JavaScript