Tag: FIREFOX3

Up until today I've been using a dark Firefox theme. It looked quite pretty, but eventually I got tired of not being able to read the black text on some of the dialogs (yes, I've tried tweaking userchrome.css -- multiple times). So I've set out in search of a lighter theme which would still be nice and minimalistic. Operetta Advance seems to fit the bill perfectly. It's called "Advance" ...

If you've recently switched to Firefox for Mac, you're probably getting used to hearing all your problems answered with "there's a plugin for that." Well, here's one more problem plugins can solve: inline PDF viewing. Safari does it automatically, and you might be missing it if you've switched recently. You could always download the PDFs and open them with the notoriously slow Acrobat Reader ...

With Firefox 3's Download Day upon us, a lot of folks are getting their first peek at the newest version of the popular browser. One of the first things you'll notice is the "Awesome Bar," a new feature that drops down a list of sites from your history and bookmarks as you type. For example, you could type "d," and your bookmark for Download Squad would pop up, along with ...

After a long wait, version 3 of the popular Firefox browser is officially available today -- get yours here. It's likely the most anticipated Firefox release ever, poised to break a world record for the most downloads in a single day but, does it live up to its lofty expectations? Frankly, without the browser in widespread circulation it's hard judge it an unmitigated success. Mozilla's new ...

Mozilla Links has posted details and a few screenshots of how Firefox 3's new download manager will look and function. In general, users will gain more control over their downloads, actions such as opening a file have been changed from text links to icons to comply with the rest of Firefox's design paradigm of buttons for actions, words for website links. Users will also be able to click an (i) ...

This is a neat trick. If you're one of those bleeding edge people who want to try out Firefox 3 while it's still undergoing major changes, but don't want the hassle involved in installing, uninstalling, and repeating daily, this script could be a major time saver. The nifty script downloads the nightly build and installs it as a portable configuration, allowing you to keep the use of your trusty ...

We're all serious Firefox nerds here at Download Squad. Okay, maybe not all of us, but enough of us to make the spirit of that statement true. Anyhow, for any true Firefox nut out there, there is a post on Alex Faaborg's blog discussing some of the design decisions that are being made for Firefox 3.0. Even more tantalizingly, there is some great geek porn, otherwise known as screenshots galore. ...

Firefox 2 isn't even officially out the door yet, but if y'all aren't partying too hard, why not toss in your two cents on how Firefox 3 is going to turn out? Mozilla has decided to offer up a a public brainstorming wiki to solicit ideas and feature requests for the next major release of Firefox. The page is already impressively organized, offering fine-grained categories for things like software ...