Jacob's Mozilla TipsJacob's Mozilla Tips - LiveJournal.comTips for the RSS Reader Panel tip 29- April 30, 2004 The last entry about the RSS Reader Panel extension was rather long so I decided to cut it in 2 parts and give some small tips for this extension.You can add an icon to the RSS Panel in the toolbar. Go to View -> Toolbars -> Customize to do this. It makes life a little simpler because you then quickly can turn the RSS Reader Panel on and off.Use Tools -> Check Update to check if there is some new content in your feeds. A red splash means there is something new, a blank page means that.http://jacob667.livejournal.com/10224.html Using the RSS Reader Panel tip 28- April 28, 2004 RSS is a standard in family with XML mostly used by news sites and weblogs. It allows to collect data from the site and then present it by some software to the user . I'm a happy user of the RSS Reader Panel. It allows me quickly to check if there is any news on the sites I am following. There are also some other software options instead of the RSS Panel Reader. Some are used together with a mail client and there are also stand alone RSS Reader Programs. You can even subscribe to some feeds...http://jacob667.livejournal.com/9948.html Open Address in New Tab tip 27- April 25, 2004 Imagine you want go to a new website and you don't have a link to that site so you can't middleclick it. If you still want to keep the current website open you will need to open a new tab or window and then open a bookmark or type the URL. But you can use a shortcut to stay at the current site and then let the URL you type in the address bar open in a new tab. Write the address in the address bar as you normally do and then use Alt + Enter (instead of Enter)Result: The website will open in a...http://jacob667.livejournal.com/9602.html Teaser for new extension manager- April 21, 2004 As I have mentioned earlier there will be an extension manager in Mozilla Firefox 0.9. The picture is taken from the latest nightly build. But the Extension Manager is not yet in the nightly builds, only the menu item to the preferences is checked in for testing purposes.http://jacob667.livejournal.com/9443.html Tuesday is bug day tip 26- April 20, 2004 Every Tuesday you can meet other people in the chatroom mozillazine on the mozilla server and help to find and resolve bugs. If you have set up the Chatzilla extension I mentioned in tip 14 you can use this link You can also use another IRC client like mIRC or use the Mozilla Suite 1.6 which has an integrated IRC (internet relay chat) client . In today's chat the topic is to confirm or resolve unconfirmed bug in the top 100 English used websites. There is more about the topic hereThe chat...http://jacob667.livejournal.com/9000.html Using the Paste and Go extension tip 25- April 19, 2004 If you have tried the Opera browser you will probably know Paste and Go. Sometimes you will need to right click an URL, paste it to the address bar and then go the site by pressing Enter or clicking Go. But when you have the Paste and Go extension installed you can go to the site without pressing Enter or Go.Imagine you are working on Internet Explorer but you need to go to the site in Mozilla Firefox. Right click the URL of the site, go to the address bar of your Firefox, right click and...http://jacob667.livejournal.com/8904.html No updates on my blog the next few days- April 8, 2004 I will not update my blog until Tuesday. I am going to spend the Eastern holiday together with my family where there aren't any computers. Well even if there was a computer I would not spend time in front of it. Have a nice holiday everyone :-)http://jacob667.livejournal.com/8632.html How about a Firefox desktop tip 24- April 6, 2004 Take a look at this wallpaper It's created by Jon Hicks http:www.hicksdesign.co.uk who made the artwork (the firefox) for the Mozilla Firefox browser. It's available in different screeen sizes right hereI also recommend to take a look at his webjournal. EDIT: Take a new look at his blog, there is a teaser for some artwork for the Mozilla Thunderbird mail client.http://jacob667.livejournal.com/8229.html New rule for comments- April 4, 2004 I would like that everyone who writes on my blog sign their comments with their name or nickname. I like who know who is making the comments. So if you are kind then sign your comments. You can also write the country you come from if you want. I read all the comments I get, so if you think you can contribute something to my tips or have a question then don't be afraid to make a comment.http://jacob667.livejournal.com/7974.html |