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Firefox 5 Tips : Enable Status Bar in Firefox 5

Admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:55:30 +0000

Firefox 4 was launched with loads of new features, most of which have been carried over in the latest releases as well. Although most of the updates are pretty useful, some of the users who have upgraded to Firefox 4 and later versions have been complaining about missing the status bar or extension bar in [...]

Firefox 5 Tips: How to Change Default Search Engine

Admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:24:01 +0000

In an earlier article on Firefox 4 we discussed how to add the search functionality to Firefox 4 address bar. Now that Firefox comes with address bar search as a default option, we have created a new guide on How to change and manage default search engines in Firefox 5 and above. Here is the [...]

Disable “Search the Web” Feature in Firefox 6

Admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:06:26 +0000

If you have recently updated to Firefox 6, you would have noticed “Search the Web” feature in the right click menu on selecting text in a web page. Similar to Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 9, this feature can be used to search for the keywords in the selected text. However the annoying part about [...]

Restore IE 9 Clicking Sound: Enable the Clicking Navigation Sound

Admin — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:21:43 +0000

Internet Explorer 9 is a whole new browser that combines elegance in design with a punch in the performance. There have been quite a few changes from its predecessors; however the core still remains somewhat similar. Apart from cosmetic and under the hood changes, users might have noticed the absence of the traditional “click” sound. [...]

Add Google as Default Search Engine in Internet Explorer 9

Admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:17:40 +0000

These days most of us prefer to use a particular search engine to gather information that we require. Some of us like Google, some Yahoo; others may like Bing or AltaVista and so on. However by default Internet Explorer 9 has Bing as the default search engine provider for end users who prefer to use [...]

Google Chrome 8 Beta: Download Now

Admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:30:53 +0000

Google Chrome 8 Beta for Windows, Linux and Mac platform is now available for download. The current release improves stability and other issues that were persistent in earlier versions. You can download the Google Chrome 8 Beta version from here (via Filehippo) Read the original and fullarticle at Google Chrome 8 Beta: Download Now © [...]

Download Google Chrome for Windows XP

Admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:40:20 +0000

Google Chrome is without doubt one of the fastest browsers around and has clearly raised the bar of high speed browsing even on slow internet connections. It is exceptionally quick at startup and is lighter than most of the other web browsers as far as system requirements are concerened. It comes with loads of other [...]

Change Firefox 4 Tabs Positions to Top or Bottom of Address Bar

Admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:07:36 +0000

Mozilla has just launched Firefox 4 beta for public download. The new version comes with multiple code and design changes. On the design side, the change most visible is the location of the browser tabs which have been moved to the top of Firefox window and above the address bar somewhat similar to Google Chrome. [...]

Downgrade Firefox 3.6 to 3.5 or earlier versions

Admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:30:22 +0000

Justin asks: My Firefox 3.6 keeps on crashing every time I try to open multiple tabs. There was no such problem in Firefox 3.5. How can I downgrade from Firefox 3.6 to 3.5 ? These days the speed of development of Web Browsers is such that we hear about new releases every other weekend. Most [...]

Safari Reader – First Look Video

Admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:18:53 +0000

Here is a video of how Safari Reader in Safari 5 filters out articles from the webpages. We have randomly choosen 4 webpages. 3 of these webpages have articles while the 4th one doesn’t . Note how Safari 5 replaces the Reader icon in the address bar with the common RSS icon when it encounters a [...]