May 07

CyberNotes: Secure Browsing Tools and Extensions for Firefox and IE

Posted in: CyberNotes, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on May 09, 2007 by CyberNet.

CyberNotes
Web Browser Wednesday

There is so much junk going around the Internet these days that it is becoming increasingly difficult for users to browse the Web securely. Last year we wrote about 10 great Firefox extensions that will not only keep you secure, but also help you maintain your privacy. This time around we have 4 more tools that a user has submitted, and some work for both Firefox and Internet Explorer.

You’ll notice that three of the four tools are all similar to the McAfee SiteAdvisor that we mentioned in our previous article, but the purposes they each serve are very important. Not only that but each of them has their own unique benefits so we felt it necessary to mention each of them.

—LinkScanner for Firefox & IE (Homepage)—

LinkscannerIt does what search engines should already be doing for us, and that is scanning results and marking which ones might be potentionally malicious.

It does have one other feature that is pretty cool, and that is the ability to scan links on-demand. You can right-click on any link and it will quickly analyze it for anything that is out of the ordinary. It will then let you know what the result is.

There is also a professional version of LinkScanner available for $19.95 per year that goes beyond just your browser. It actually works with your firewall to monitor traffic, which means you are even protected when reading email!

 

—Finjan SecureBrowsing for Firefox & IE (Homepage)—

FinjanThis tool also checks hyperlinks to see if the resulting page is safe or not, but it is a little different in how it works. Finjan actually scans the content of each page looking for content that could end up harming your PC. Unlike other software alternatives this scanning process is done in real-time and is not based solely on a database of blacklisted URL’s.

Finjan will scan search results and even advertisements and warn you about any potentially malicious content that is found. A green result means that the content is clean, yellow means the site was unavailable to scan, and red means that the site is not safe.

 

—TrendProtect for Firefox & IE (Homepage)—

TrendProtectThis tool will automatically scan the page that you have open in the browser, as well as search results from Google, MSN, and Yahoo. It will place an icon next to each of the results so that you can quickly identify the good and bad sites.

One of the things that is cool with TrendProtect is that you can configure some of the options, such as whether to highlight the search results links or whether to display the advice baloon when you hover of the icon. You can also manage the trusted pages and configure a few advanced options.

In the balloon you’ll find information regarding the site along with an option to scan your computer or whitelist the page.

 

—Firekeeper for Firefox (Homepage)—

FirekeeperThis is a Firefox extension that is still in the early stages of development. However, it is still an effective solution at sniffing for malicious code on the websites that you visit. When malicious code is found, you will quickly be prompted with information regarding the problem. You’ll also be given some references so that you can read up on why the code was determined to be malicious as well as options to blacklist or whitelist the site.

If you have problems downloading the extension, use these download links: Windows and Linux.

 

—Overview—

Security is pretty important to me, and tools like these could save me a lot of headaches from having to fix computers for people who unknowingly visit these malicious sites. If you have any security tools that you find useful please let us know in the comments below!

Thanks to “s” and “C” for the tips!

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May 06

Ezmo & AllPeers Say Their Goodbyes

Posted in: Firefox Extensions, Freeware, Software, Today's Chili, Web Sites

This article was written on March 03, 2008 by CyberNet.

allpeers ezmo goodbye

Today marked the death of two great startups: AllPeers and Ezmo. AllPeers is the Firefox extension that originally emerged as a way to share files between your friends and family, and later on they started to support BitTorrent transfers. Having this integrated into your browser is pretty convenient, but it didn’t take off quite like they hoped that it would. They didn’t get the user growth that they were shooting for, and that’s understandable. The extension didn’t last long on my system because it was difficult to find other people willing to install it, which is required if you want to share files with them.

Here’s a snippet from what the AllPeers blog had to say about shutting down the service:

It is with deep regret that we inform our users, friends and fans that we will be shutting down the AllPeers service today. We are tremendously proud of the product that our team has built, and we remain convinced of the potential of adding social features like file sharing to the web browser. However, we have not achieved the kind of growth in our user base that our investors were expecting, and as a result we are not able to continue operating the service.

Ezmo actually sounds like a pretty nifty music sharing service, but I hadn’t heard about it until today. They would let you upload your music to their servers so that you could listen to it no matter where you were at. The software worked with iTunes, Winamp, and Windows Media Player for uploading your tunes, which you could then share with your friends.

They ran into problems when trying to work with the music labels who weren’t very cooperative:

It has always been clear to us that Ezmo had to be a free service for all users. Our revenue model is based on music sales (and promotion), for which one needs at least some sort of cooperation with music labels. We have had repeated meetings and contact with the major labels, but their willingness to cooperate in finding innovative solutions for music sales seems non-existent. Their terms were not compatible with the conditions a small start-up operates under. We still feel absolutely confident that services like Ezmo will have a major significance in the future, but the lack of cooperation and even threats of lawsuits from the labels and their organisations has made intermediate financing paramount in order to secure a necessary time horizon for the company. Without that financing in place, Ezmo has no alternative but to shut the service down and close the company.

So here we are burying two great startups today. The AllPeers site has already been taken down, but the extension is still available on the Firefox add-ons site. Ezmo will continue running until March 14th.

Thanks to Emil for the tip on Ezmo!

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May 06

Firefox 3 Performance Gets a Boost

Posted in: Firefox 3, Freeware, performance, Pre-Release, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on February 25, 2008 by CyberNet.

fast firefox

Now that Firefox 3 is approaching the home stretch it is important that Mozilla starts to throw in performance improvements to really make the browser purr. Over in our forum xpgeek pointed out that a Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) build of Firefox 3 had been created which greatly improved the performance of JavaScript in the browser. While PGO itself hasn’t yet landed in the nightly builds there have been some significant improvements to the JavaScript engine.

I’m sure what most of you care the most about are the facts, and so I’ve compiled the results of the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark test for each of the different browsers. All of the tests below were performed on the same Windows machine, and the Firefox 3 nightly builds definitely came out on top. Here are the results sorted from best to worst (each one is hyperlinked to the full stats):

  1. Firefox 3 Nightly (PGO Optimized): 7263.8ms
  2. Firefox 3 Nightly (02/25/2008 build): 8219.4ms
  3. Opera 9.5.9807 Beta: 10824.0ms
  4. Firefox 3 Beta 3: 16080.6ms
  5. Safari 3.0.4 Beta: 18012.6ms
  6. Firefox 2.0.0.12: 29376.4ms
  7. Internet Explorer 7: 72375.0ms

It’s important to know that every time you run the SunSpider Benchmark it conducts each test five times, and the result is the average of the five tests. So it is a rather thorough test, and definitely shows off the speed improvements that Firefox 3 is going to be bringing to the table.

What does this all mean for you? Depending on what browser you typically use you may not notice a huge speed difference, but the change will be the most noticeable on sites that use JavaScript heavily. With the Web 2.0 era upon us all JavaScript speed enhancements are welcomed with open arms.

Firefox 3 Beta 4 is expected to be released in the next few weeks, and you can expect to see these (and many more) improvements shining through!

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May 06

Firefox 3.0 & Opera 9.5 Get Millions of Downloads

Posted in: Firefox 3, Freeware, Newly Released, Opera, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on June 18, 2008 by CyberNet.

In the last week we’ve seen two major browsers, Firefox (review) and Opera, release huge milestones for their desktop software. Just five days after the release of Opera 9.5 they are reporting that there have been an astounding 4.7 million downloads of the browser, thereby averaging almost a million downloads per day. That’s pretty good considering they have 20 million users, which means about a quarter of them have already made the upgrade.

Mozilla, who was going after a Guinness World Record, came barreling through with everything they had. Early in the morning they were having troubles keeping up with the greedy geeks like yourself that just had to be the “first” to get their hands on the browser. Mozilla’s pipes were definitely clogged as they were trying to serve up 2 Gigabits of HTTP traffic per second, plus another 13 Gigabits of downloads per second. While they could have been a little better prepared, that’s like trying to fit a bus through a tunnel the size of a straw. As things began leveling out they were able to get the traffic under control, and averaged 150 downloads per second (9,000 per minute). Not too shabby.

In the end those 9,000 downloads every minute worked out to a total of 8,271,687 downloads of Firefox 3.0 in the first day. That’s over 3 million more downloads than Mozilla was hoping to get! Here’s a breakdown of the top 10 countries according to Spread Firefox:

Note: The download counter still seems to be increasing despite the Firefox Download Day being over. These stats are taken as of June 18th at 1:19PM CST (3 minutes after Download Day officially finished).

  1. United States: 2,582,070 Downloads
  2. Germany: 666,627 Downloads
  3. Japan: 403,417 Downloads
  4. Spain: 298,204 Downloads
  5. United Kingdom: 295,557 Downloads
  6. France: 290,692 Downloads
  7. Iran: 258,774 Downloads
  8. Italy: 244,319 Downloads
  9. Canada: 223,618 Downloads
  10. Lithuania: 213,871 Downloads

Net Applications has also reported on the market share usage of Firefox 3 over the last 24-hours, and it looks as though a good portion of Firefox users are adopting the new browser. Here’s a chart of the market share starting on June 17th at 10AM (EDT), and ending on June 18th at 11AM (EDT):

Market Share for Firefox 3 in the First Day
firefox 3 market share.png

In May 2008 Firefox had an 18.41% market share overall, and according to the hourly reports Firefox 3.0 alone peaked at 4.56% of the total market share. If those stats are anything to go by about 25% of Firefox users are already running the latest version of the browser.

Congrats to both Mozilla and Opera on successfully distributing their browsers to millions and millions of users! If you participated in the Firefox Download Day be sure to grab your commemorative form.

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May 05

Firefox 3 Alpha 5 Released…with Places

Posted in: Firefox 3, Freeware, Pre-Release, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on June 07, 2007 by CyberNet.

Firefox 3 Alpha 5
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Alright, many of us have been waiting for Mozilla to get Places into the Firefox Alpha releases and it has finally happened. Alpha 5 comes to us one-week late, but marks the beginning of Places which could end up being a beautiful thing. The only thing is that the user interface changes are still very minor so don’t expect to see any of the cool things, but as I previously mentioned Places is indeed working in the background to manage your bookmarks.

The password changes are also quite important for extension developers who leverage off of the current password system in Firefox. Justin Dolske said that "the new Login Manager has one downside… The interfaces for using it have changed, so extensions that might have been using the old interfaces will need to be updated to use the new ones instead." So this is probably the point where you will start to see more extensions fade into the sunset until developers get around to updating them.

Okay, so let’s take a look at the new stuff in this release:

  • Bookmarks portion of Places has been enabled.
  • New crash reporting system, Breakpad. It’s enabled by default on Mac OS X, on about 50% of Windows installations, and not yet available on Linux. You can also view crash reports at this site.
  • New Javascript-based Password Manager. More details available here.
  • Support for Growl notification under Mac OS X
  • Support for native controls on Mac OS X
  • Miscellaneous Gecko 1.9 bug fixes

If that sounds appetizing for you, then the English downloads are currently at your beckon call:

Looking ahead at Alpha 6 (scheduled for June 29) we should see a much more developed Places implemented. This will include a synchronization client, starring and tagging capabilities, and a unified organizer. Also in Alpha 6 should be a better download manager which I believe is very much needed.

Then comes the move into the Beta’s. The first Beta is scheduled for July 31, and by that time all of the features (including the user interface) should be in place. They’ll start working on fixing everything they have gotten implemented so that they can ship Firefox 3 the third quarter of 2007.

Also, development for Opera 9.5 is underway, which is also supposed to bring some nice things to the table. I haven’t seen any official mentioning of new features, but I’m sure the Opera team will thrown in some pretty cool surprises.

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May 03

WrapUp: Mozilla Launches PluginCheck Demo, Microsoft Security Essentials Scores a 98.44%, and More

Posted in: Apple, maps, security, Today's Chili, WrapUp

This article was written on October 05, 2009 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

gmail enhanced.jpgGmail Messages Get Enhanced Content
Google has started to “enhance” emails that you receive from senders who’s mailing list you’re already subscribed to… assuming they’ve already “partnered” with Google to provide the special content. One such example is Netflix. When you receive an email from Netflix their icon will show up on the subject line, and the body of the email will contain interactive pieces. If you want to disable this you can do so by clicking the down arrow in the upper-right corner of the email, and choosing the “Do not customize mail from [sender]” option.


mozilla plugins.jpgMozilla Launches PluginCheck Demo
The Mozilla development blog has posted saying that they are currently testing a page that will be displayed for users who are upgrading their browser. This specially crafted page will let users see whether all of their browser plugins are up-to-date, and what’s kinda cool is that as of right now it appears as though it works in other browsers as well. Give it a whirl yourself to see if you’re up-to-date on your plugins.


google wave.jpg“What is Google Wave” 2-Minute Explanation Video
 You can watch this quick two-minute video while you sit there sulking because you didn’t get into Google Wave. I’ve actually been sending this video to people who ask what Google Wave is all about, and I’d say it does a pretty good job of explaining its primary functionality without overdoing it.


iphone map.jpgApple Buys Map Company
Apparently back in July Apple purchased a company called Placebase, and their team has now joined Apple. Placebase has their own maps and an extensive API that could give Apple just what they need to integrate a homegrown mapping solution into their products. Apple currently relies on Google for maps on the iPhone, iLife and other products. Not only that but Google recently started showing “sponsored” locations when users search for POI’s on the iPhone, which could be something Apple doesn’t look too fondly at.


–News in Brief–

blamedrewscancer.jpgDrew Carey’s Bid for @Drew Twitter Name
@drew, the popular Twitter screen name behind the “Blame Drew’s Cancer” phenomena, has now received a bid of $25,000 by none other than Drew Carey himself. Carey also said he’ll up the bid to $100,000 if @DrewFromTV receives 100,000 follows by the end of the auction (in about a month).


Facebook Prototype Measures Gross National Happiness, Confirms That We Hate Mondays.jpgMeasuring Happiness Through Facebook
One site is trying to measure the happiness level of people in the U.S. by gathering Facebook data. As it turns out people like holidays, and hate Mondays. Who knew?  


famous locations.jpgFamous Locations Shows Where Movies and TV Shows were Filmed
Find out where your favorite shows and movies were filmed with this handy little site.


launch photo.jpgThis Photo Destroyed a Camera Lens
The death of a camera lens may not always be a bad thing… in this case the result is a stunning photo.


google refinements.jpgGoogle Adds Search Refinements
When performing Google searches you can now refine your search results by the time period they were posted, the type of result, and more.


bumptop.jpgBumpTop Gets Multi-Touch
BumpTop has received a multi-touch makeover for Windows 7 users.


twitter lists.jpgTwitter Launching Lists
Twitter is working on a “lists” feature that will let people group the individuals that they are following.


google docs.jpgGoogle Docs Gets New Features in Time for School
Google has added student-focused features like text translations and equation editors to their online office suite.


dell latitude z.jpgDell Releases Laptop that Wirelessly Charges
Never trip over a power cord again with Dell’s wirelessly charging laptop.


newegg logo.jpgNewEgg Files for $175M IPO
The electronic heaven retail giant Newegg has filed to go public, and is expecting to raise $175 million.


app store.jpgApple Surpasses 2 Billion App Store Downloads
Apple announced that its App Store has had over 2 billion downloads, and is currently the home to over 85,000 apps.


opera mini growth.jpgOpera Mini Tops 30 Million Users
Opera Mini continues growing steadily as it served up almost 14 billion pages in August 2009, and also had 32 million people use the mobile browser within that one-month span.


–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

microsoft security essentials.jpgMicrosoft Security Essentials Scores 98.44% on Detection Test
Last week Microsoft officially released their free antivirus software called Microsoft Security Essentials. I’ve been using the Beta version on a lot of my PC’s, and I have to say that I’m rather impressed with the app. It has a nice sleek interface, and early reports I’ve read indicate that it’s able to detect viruses on par with the other antivirus offerings… which is kinda important.


services editor.jpgReset or Customize Your Windows Services
I’ve always been the type of person that sits there tweaking Windows services until I know I’ve got everything disabled that I’ll never use. For example, on some of my Windows 7 or Vista PC’s I’ll turn off the Windows indexing service if I know I don’t need my files or anything else indexed for fast searching. Sometimes, however, I disable that one service that I didn’t think I needed, but all of a sudden makes my computer go haywire. This website can be used to reset your Windows services back to their defaults, which, in a time of frustration, is priceless. Yep, that’s right… it’s not even an app.


–Tips in Brief–

folder taskbar.jpgPin Individual Folders to the Windows 7 Taskbar
It would have been nice if Microsoft made it easier to pin multiple folders to the Taskbar, but this hack might be able to get you by until they provide a real solution.


photofiltre.jpgEnhance Your Photos with PhotoFiltre
Bring your photos to life using the free PhotoFilter image editing software.


copy path.jpgCopy Path Saves File Location to Clipboard
With this lightweight add-on you’ll be able to store a file’s path on your clipboard so that it can easily be shared and carried across multiple applications/windows.


roboform chrome.jpgCustom Chromium Build Adds Roboform Support
 The popular Roboform password manager is now available on Google Chrome… but only if you’re using a custom-built version of the browser provided by the Roboform team themselves.


gmail notifier.jpgKeep Track of New Email with Gmail Notifier
This app has an edge on Google’s official notifier because you can use it to check multiple Gmail accounts, and you’ll also get basic support for managing your mail.


firefox personas.jpgFirefox 3.6 Gets Lightweight Theme Support
The next version of Firefox will include support for what’s called personas, which are lightweight themes that resemble what’s currently available on the Google Chrome browser.


google reader greasemonkey.jpgGoogle Reader Greasemonkey Script
If you’re using Google Reader this Greasemonkey Script will let you customize several aspects of your feed-reading experience.


search connector.jpgSearch Websites from your Windows 7 Desktop
Thanks to search connectors you’re able to search your favorite websites right from your desktop in Windows 7.


–Downloads–

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Apr 28

The Ultimate Ctrl-Tab Replacement In Firefox

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on July 09, 2006 by CyberNet.

The Ultimate Ctrl-Tab Replacement In Firefox
 

I just stumbled upon two extensions for Firefox that each replace the Ctrl-Tab functionality in Firefox. Currently when you press Ctrl-Tab Firefox will shuffle through your tabs going to the most currently opened tabs first. It is kind of like the Alt-Tab in Windows except this is for all of your different Firefox tabs.

I never used the Ctrl-Tab feature in Firefox until now. This Ctrl-Tab Preview extension is absolutely amazing (pictured above). It will shuffle through your open tabs displaying a small preview for each one. This becomes extremely useful to me when I have lots of windows open.

The Ultimate Ctrl-Tab Replacement In Firefox

There is also a similar extension called LastTab that will show you a preview of each window in a different way. It creates a popup window that has a thumbnail preview on the left side and a list of the open tabs on the right side. I prefer the first extension but this one may be more what you are looking for.

If you want to see thumbnails of all your windows at the same time then you are looking for the Viamatic foXpose extension. It will scale the thumbnails onto one page, so if you have just 4 windows open then your thumbnails will be much larger compared to having 16 windows open. I also like this extension but I found myself not using it very much. For right now I am going to stick with the Ctrl-Tab Preview extension.

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Apr 26

WrapUp: Running iPhone Apps on iPad Without Pixel Doubling, Google Redesign, and More

Posted in: ipad, Tips and Tricks, Today's Chili, WrapUp

This article was written on May 10, 2010 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

google logo.jpgGoogle Redesign Goes Live
Last week Google pushed out a rather large visual makeover to their search site, which included a revamped logo. The new logo has a much more modern feel to it, and even though it will take some getting used to I’d say it is a refreshing change. The search results page also has a sidebar that is always visible, and presents additional search/filtering options.


google goggles.jpgNew Google Goggles Translates Text
I always liked where Google was heading with the Google Goggles application for the Android mobile OS, but was disappointed that they weren’t offering it on other platforms (namely the iPhone). That disappointment grew with the latest update that lets you snap a picture of some text in a foreign language, and it will OCR that image so that the text can be translated. It apparently needs a little work, but they are on to something great.


–News in Brief–

msi wind.jpgThe iPad is Not Killing Netbook Sales
Paul Thurrott points out why reports of the iPad killing netbook sales are incorrect.


perfect game.jpgGuy Wins $1 Million for Pitching a Perfect (Video) Game
An Alabama resident pitches a perfect game in the Major League Baseball 2K10 video game, and earns himself a cool $1 million for doing so.


ie9 preview 2.jpgIE9 Platform Preview 2 Released
The newest preview of IE9 boasts performance improvements and better support for standards.


BumpTop.jpgGoogle Acquires BumpTop
The makers of the 3D desktop software called BumpTop have been acquired by Google. This has left people wondering whether the software will be ported over to Android or Chrome OS.


ipad jailbreak.jpgiPhone/iPad Jailbreak Available
Spirit, the newest jailbreak, works with iPhone OS 3.1.2, 3.1.3, and 3.2 (iPad) without the devices needing to be tethered when rebooting.


invisible buttons.jpgApple Patents Invisible Buttons
One of the patents recently awarded to Apple applies to “invisible” buttons that can be placed on the MacBook’s casing.


photoshop cs5 box.jpgAdobe CS5 Shipping, Trials Available
Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 is now shipping, and trial versions can be downloaded from their site.


–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

virtualbox os x.jpgVirtualBox 3.2 Beta Supports OS X VMs (on OS X Hosts)
I’ve always liked using virtual machines to test out software, but due to some licensing restrictions imposed by Apple this has never been an easy chore. The free VirtualBox software now supports using Mac OS X in a virtual machine, but only if the host operating system (the one running the virtual machine) is also Mac OS X. I’m skeptical as to whether this is a real limitation of the software, or whether we’ll see some “hacks” that will allow Windows users to also install Mac OS X in a VM. Maybe we’ll also see Windows 7 Aero support soon? Pretty please.


ipad jailbroken.jpgRunning iPhone Apps on the iPad Without Pixel Doubling
I haven’t jailbroken my iPad yet, but this is one of the reasons I want to. A simple hack will let iPhone apps running on the iPad use the native resolution instead of doubling the pixel size, which when doubled makes the text look blurry. The example Gizmodo shows with Tweetie makes the hack even more tempting… especially because I have several apps that I think this would work great with.


–Tips in Brief–

windows 7.jpgPower User’s Guide to the Windows 7
Lifehacker has a great guide that outlines all kinds of tips, keyboard shortcuts, and apps that help you get the most out of the Windows 7 Taskbar.


thx.jpgWhat is a THX Certified Display?
HDGuru walks through what it takes for a display to become THX certified.


mini google calendar.jpgStrip Down Google Calendar with Greasemonkey
This Greasemonkey script drastically simplifies the Google Calendar interface.


chrome bookmark manager.jpg10 Things to Try in Google Chrome 5 Beta
The latest Google Chrome Beta has features like native geolocation, reordering extension buttons, and more.


remote desktop.jpgEnable Concurrent Remote Desktop Connections
This script will let multiple users remotely connect to a Windows 7 machine at the same time.


capturefox.jpgCaptureFox Firefox Extensions Lets You Create Screencasts
I can’t say that I’ve seen a Firefox extension before that gives you the ability to make screencasts, but this one does.


scan to evernote.jpgHow to Configure Your HP Photosmart to Scan to Evernote
Configure your HP Photosmart scanner so that it directly sends the docs to your Evernote account.


dreamscene windows 7.jpgEnable DreamScene in Windows 7
You can finally get one of the only worthwhile Windows Vista Ultimate tools in Windows 7.


comodo time machine.jpgCreate & Manage Backups with Comodo Time Machine
MakeUseOf explains how you can use the free Comodo Time Machine to make regular snapshots of your system.


windows stack.jpgStandaloneStack Adds Mac-Like Dock to Windows 7 Taskbar
You can get Mac-like stacks on your Windows 7 Taskbar using an app like StandaloneStack.


–Downloads–

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Apr 24

CyberNotes: Make Firefox 2 Show Tabs With Your OS Theme

Posted in: CyberNotes, Freeware, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on November 22, 2006 by CyberNet.

CyberNotes
Web Browser Wednesday

One thing that I have heard several complaints about with Firefox 2 is that the tabs are not themed to match what your operating system is using for a theme. Maybe you don’t like the darker color of the default tabs but don’t worry, it is so unbelievably easy to change that you’ll cry. Okay, maybe not as easy as a checkbox but close enough for those of us that have a little knowledge of computers.

First, I’ll show you what I’m talking about. These are what the standard tabs look like in Firefox 2, correct? Just nod your head and agree. :)

Firefox 2 default tabs

So, after you complete what I am about to tell you to do your tabs will take on your operating system’s properties. This is what the new tabs look like for me in Vista (the left-most tab is a background tab, the middle one is being hovered over with the mouse, and the right-most tab is the currently selected tab):

Firefox 2 System Tabs

In Windows Vista when you hover over buttons and other objects it applies a light-blue glow which is exactly what happens in Firefox now. I’m not sure how this will look in all operating systems but I’m sure some people will like it better while others will probably hate it.

So if you want to give this a shot there isn’t much that you need. You will be creating a custom style sheet and you can do it manually but I recommend just using Stylish. If you use Stylish you also don’t have to worry about restarting Firefox to see the changes.

Once you have the extension installed open up this text file that I uploaded (I would have pasted it here in the post but it is 165 lines long). Copy all of the code and place it into the Stylish box:

Stylish

Save your new style and the look of your tabs should now match what your operating system calls for. Pretty cool, huh? The beauty of using Stylish is that you can easily remove the new look if you decide that you don’t like it.

I am kinda torn right now because I like having the light-blue glow when I hover over a tab but at the same time I miss the rounded corners on the tabs that the default theme offers. Sometimes I am so indecisive. :D

I found this solution at UserStyles.org but at the time of this writing the site was down, but I was still able to get it from the Google Cache.

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Apr 23

Mozilla Prepares For Visual Refresh In Firefox 2 Beta 2

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on July 31, 2006 by CyberNet.

Mozilla is slowly preparing to implement the Visual Refresh in Firefox 2 Beta 2 which is supposed to be released on August 8. They started by rearranging the search box last week and now they have added the new preferences window. I have a bunch of screenshots below of the new windows so check them out. These should be pretty much what we see in Beta 2 but there could still be minor changes. When Mozilla does get the new theme implemented I will let everyone know.

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 Preferences Window

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