Posts Tagged ‘Internet’

Firebug support for Non-firefox browsers

Firebug is an extension for Firefox, but what happens when you need to test your pages in Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari? The solution is Firebug Lite, a JavaScript file you can insert into your pages to simulate some Firebug features in browsers that are not named “Firefox”. Firebug Lite creates the variable “firebug” and [...]

IETester & DebugBar

Recently I came across a very interesting application called IETester. It s a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE8, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Vista and XP. Though it sounds similar to the popular Multiple IEs, it has few things which make IETester very different from [...]

Firefox 3: Text selection and general in-page goodness

[] Double click a word to select it; triple click to select a paragraph. If you need to select multiple batches of text, hold down Ctrl and select at will. [] Changes have also been made to the way the zooming feature works. Hold down Ctrl and move the mousewheel (alternatively, press + or -). [...]

Firefox 3: Display Search Results in New Tab

Open Firefox 3 In the address bar, type about:config and hit Enter on your keyboard Scroll down to browser.search.openintab and double-click it to change the value to True Restart Firefox 3. Note [] Make a backup of your prefs.js file before you start editing. Then, if something goes wrong, you can restore it by copying [...]

Firefox 3: Enable Spell Check in Text Boxes (not just textarea fields)

Open Firefox 3 In the Location Bar, input about:config Click to get past the warning message that appears Locate the Preference Name layout.spellcheckDefault Double-click it and change the value to 2 Restart Firefox 3. Note [] Make a backup of your prefs.js file before you start editing. Then, if something goes wrong, you can restore [...]

Firefox 3: Allow Windows to Swap Memory When Application is Minimized

Open Firefox 3. In the Location Bar, input about:config. Click to get past the warning message that appears. Right-click anywhere on the preference list. Click New and select Boolean. When prompted to input a New boolean value, input the following: config.trim_on_minimize Select true for the value. Click OK. Restart Firefox 3. Note [] Make a [...]