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Goodbye IE6, join the countdown to history

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Priyanka
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Finally Microsoft has decided to mercy kill IE6, one of its old family members and the browser is counting it’s last days from 4 Mar 2011 at ie6countdown.com. Many may feel sorry to say goodbye, but now all web developers designing websites (specifically corporate sites) can enjoy a “IE6 hack” free life :) .

The site shows a percentage breakdown of who uses the ten-year-old browser in what parts of the world, along with other links like “Join the cause”, “Educate others”,  and Internet Explorer 9 download. Continue reading →

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Firefox Addons for regular use

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Priyanka
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Here is a list of useful Firefox Addons that can be a starting point for any general installation. Add-ons make browsing easier.

Add on more function and features to Firefox with these useful addons

1. Adblock Plus – Disable Ads to increase your browsing performance
2. Read It Later - Save pages to a reading list to read when you have time.
3. ReminderFox – Remember all of your important dates and events right in your browser.
4. DownThemAll – Download Manager Continue reading →

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Get an icons only firefox bookmarks toolbar

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Priyanka
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Every now and then you create a bookmark link by dragging the website shortcut icon to the firefox bookmark toolbar.

Everything is fine, but after a while you cannot find all the frequently visited websites in the toolbar because it gets hidden after you have added lots of bookmarks to the bookmarks panel and you have to click the “>>” link to find and go to that site. Continue reading →

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Playing embedded midi file in firefox – Part 3: Ubuntu (Linux)

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Priyanka
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Series: Playing embedded midi file in firefox – Part 1
Continued from: Playing embedded midi file in firefox – Part 2: Windows

Instructions For Ubuntu Users:icon-ubuntu

A special plugin and a midi software ‘renderer’ is required for playing embedded midi file types from within the browser. Continue reading →

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Playing embedded midi file in firefox – Part 2: Windows

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Priyanka
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Continued from: Playing embedded midi file in firefox – Part 1

Instructions For Windows Users:icon-windows

Quicktime is useful for playing embedded midi file types from within the browser in windows.

Clicking the “Install missing plugins” button in firefox brings up Apple QuickTime, which you mostly have installed in windows. But it still does not work. Continue reading →

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Playing embedded midi file in firefox – Part 1

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Priyanka
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Many web sites that you may visit will have embedded media that requires the use of a plug-in for playing these embedded “midi” background music files.

When somebody opens a web page or may be an eCards site which is supposed to have a background music, we get the banner in Firefox “Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page”, and there is a button “Install missing plugins”

Continue reading →

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