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Disable Single-Click URL Selection in Firefox 3
When the user single-clicks in the address bar in Firefox 3, the default behavior is to select the entire contents of the address bar. The expected behavior for most other OS X browsers, including Firefox 2, is to insert the cursor at the click location. To restore Firefox 3 to sanity: Type about:config in the [...]
Continue reading...Easily Open a URL from Safari in Firefox
18. June 2009
I’ve seen other ways to go about this, but here’s a nice and clean way to switch from Safari to Firefox on a misbehaving page. First, make sure you have the Safari Debug menu enabled. On the Debug menu in Safari, the Open Page With menu item will list your installed browsers; assuming you have Firefox installed, [...]
Continue reading...Tab Through Checkboxes and Radio Buttons in Firefox and Safari
7. May 2009
I couldn’t figure out why it was skipping checkboxes and radio buttons on Firefox and Safari. I thought it was a browser configuration, but I found it in System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts and there is a little place to check that you want to Tab through all Controls and not just [...]
Continue reading...Select Individual Columns from Tables in Firefox
8. March 2009
If you hold down the Command key and Click/Drag inside a table, you can select the data just in one column (or any contiguous, regular shaped block) of cells.
Continue reading...Info About Files Downloaded to Firefox
8. March 2009
If you’re a Firefox user, you probably know about its Downloads window (press Command/J to open it). But did you know that if you select one of your downloads in the window and press Command/I, you can see from where the file was downloaded and to where in your system it was downloaded? Pretty simple, but [...]
Continue reading...Open Typed URLs in New Tabs in Firefox
8. March 2009
If you type the name of a Website in Firefox, i.e. apple.com, then hit Option/Return instead of Return, it will open up apple.com in a brand new tab. You must have tabs activated for this to work.
Continue reading...Resume Browsing Session in Firefox
8. March 2009
I often need to restart my computer or quit Firefox to free up RAM, but don’t want to lose all my open tabs. I found the following solution by accident: Force quite Firefox (Command/Option/Escape), and the next time you launch Firefox it will ask you if you want to restore your session and will load all [...]
Continue reading...View Inline PDFs in Firefox
8. March 2009
Q: I just switched from Safari to Firefox as my default Web browser, but the one thing that I miss is the ability to view PDFs right within the browser itself. Can I make this happen within Firefox? A: The short answer is the firefox-mac-pdf add-on lets you view PDF files right within Firefox. Unlike Safari, [...]
Continue reading...Delete Old Web Addresses
24. January 2009
Q: In early April I will be attending a science-fiction convention whose website is oddcon.com. However, the first time I went to Safari and tried to enter it, I mistakenly typed “oddcon.org,” which is some junk squatter site. Now, every time I start typing “odd …,” the latter one keeps popping up in the list [...]
Continue reading...Synch Bookmarks Between Firefox and Safari
24. March 2008
Q: I have been using Safari for a number of years and have been very happy with it as a browser. That said, Firefox has the ability to use some web pages that Safari cannot completely render. Is there an easy way to move bookmarks from Safari to Firefox, and similarly, can bookmarks be synced [...]
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Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
via Financial Times.
30. June 2009
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