Firefox users are safer than IE users
A new study has shown that Firefox users are the most likely to have fully patched browsers and thus be safer online. The 18-month study was conducted by researchers at the Swiss Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, along with IBM and Google. Read more
Open downloaded videos with the player of your choice in Firefox
- Every time you download any kind of media file (audio or video), the downloaded files tend to open in the default application for that file format. For example, videos downloaded from the Internet may open in Winamp by default. However, you may prefer using Windows Media Player (WMP) instead.
Firefox 2.0.0.13 includes Vulnerabilities
Mozilla has just published the latest version of the Firefox 2.0.0.13 completed. It has some weaknesses, which are an attacked by malicious code allowed. The download of Mozilla is urgently recommended.
The vulnerabilities relate primarily JavaScript, this was due to faulty workmanship alien code. Sun has, thanks to the Mozilla developers a bugfix in the Java Runtimes. Also, the Firefox developers close a loophole allowing in a pop-up window form queries to forge or steal data. The changes were also in the mail program Thunderbird, and in the suite Seamonkey.
How to Fit the full URL on printouts
Sometimes, you may want to print out a Web page you’ve found, so that you can recommend the site to a friend later. But if the URL of the page is a long one, it’s likely to be truncated in the footer of the printed page. This is because Internet Explorer, by default, uses a large font and cuts off any URL that doesn’t fit on the same line to accommodate the date.
To print the whole of a URL, every time, click ‘Tools|Internet Options’ and then on the ‘General’ tab, click the ‘Fonts’ button. Then, select a Web page font that is more compact than Times New Roman, for example, Vista’s Counrier New( This font, which is similar to Arial, will also become the default font for Web pages that don’t specify a font). If that doesn’t print the entire Web address, give URLs a separate line. To do so, pull down the Printer toolbar and select Page Setup Enter ‘&b&u’ in the Header field to devote the full header to the URL, (aligned to the right). Read more
How to retrieve the lost ‘E- mail’ button Internet Explorer 7
The ‘Mail’ button in Internet Explorer 6 was used to read mails or send a link through an e-mail. This useful button is missing in version?
The functions of the ‘Mail’ button have been dispersed in Internet Explorer7. you can now open your mail program with the ‘Read Mail’ button in the browser but it is not shown by default. To enable this icon, click on ‘Tool’ and select ‘Toolbar|Customize’ and integrate the button in the toolbar. Now, go to ‘Read Mail in the ‘Available toolbar buttons’ dialog box under ‘Customize toolbar’ and then click on ‘Add’ and ‘Close’. Read more
How to secure and import filter rules for your e-mail account
you have defined some filter rules for your e-mail account and would like to use these rules for other accounts as well. Besides, you also want to use the data on your notebook.
Thunderbird saves the filter rules in the ‘msfilterrules.dat’ file. You can edit them, but it is easier to customize them using the free extension ‘Message Filter Import/ Export. It integrates a menu command for managing filter rules in the e –mail client. This useful tool is available on http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2474. Right -click on ‘Install now’ on the website and select the ‘Save Target As’ context command. You can now secure the extension on your hard disk. Start Thunderbird and go to ‘Tools|Extensions’. Click on ‘Install’ and navigate to the downloaded XPI file and open it. Click on ‘Install now’ to start the setup and restart Thunderbird. To ensure the rules of an account, go to ‘Tools|Message filter’. Set up the desired account and click on the newly visible button ‘Export Filter’ in the ‘Filter for’ combination field. Then name the text file and click on ‘Save’. Read more
How to open new tabs directly next to the tab in current page
Firefox always opens new tabs on the extreme right when you click on a link. You have to toggle between topics that are related to each other if several tabs are open at the same times. Or you have to shift the tabs. Both methods are not satisfactory.
The free add-on ‘Tab Control’ changes the behavior of the browser in such a way that it opens the new tabs to the immediate right of the tab in use. The ‘http://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/1480’ link directs you to the download page. Here, click on ‘Install’ to open the ‘Software Installation’ dialog box. Click on ‘Install now’ to start the setup. Select ‘Restart Firefox’ to activate the tool. Read more
