Ramblings, ideas, problems, and solutions

Category: Web browsers

  • Firefox: Disabling the Extension Install Delay

    In a previous blogpost I wrote about my favorite Firefox extensions. One thing that annoys me though, is that whenever I try to install an extension, Firefox shows a dialog box, and grays out the “install” button for three seconds, like this:
    Extension Install Delay

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  • Testing Opera – first impressions

    A friend of mine whose tech savvy is usually worth listening to waxed religious about Opera the other night. When he does, there’s usually a good reason, so I decided to check it out.

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  • Branding Internet Explorer

    Like me, you’ve probably been using the internet for a while, and may have noticed that sometimes Internet Explorer has a “provided by”-tag, looking something like this:

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  • Safari for Windows – first impressions

    I like trying out new pieces of software, and when Apple released Safari for Windows I had no choice but to try it out. First impression is that it is most definitely an Apple product, and bears great resemblance to e.g. iTunes. It is a sleek piece of software, and it seems to be sturdy enough.

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  • Firefox 2.0.0.13 crashes, unable to add extensions part two – the solution

    My problems have, as I mentioned, been twofold; first there is the universal problem of not being able to add extensions, and second there is the problem of Firefox crashing on one of my machines.
     
    The error data for the crashes look like this:
     
    AppName: firefox.exe
    AppVer: 1.8.20080.31114
    ModName: firefox.exe
    ModVer: 1.8.20080.31114
    Offset: 0019e219
     
    I decided to do a fresh reinstall of Firefox, but wanting to keep my profile, with all my bookmarks etc., I exported the profile folder (as detailed in the Mozilla Knowledgebase). I then uninstalled Firefox, and then reinstalled Firefox. I then imported the profile folder, and I am now able to install extensions, though the problems with the crashes remain. This seems to be caused by the profile, and I created a new profile accordingly.
     
    To create a new profile, I ran the command “firefox.exe -ProfileManager”, and created a new profile. I copied files as detailed in the Mozilla Knowledge base article on recovering data from an old profile, and restarted firefox with the new profile, taking care to delete the old one. Some data was lost, but most of my preferences survived.
     
    The install of Firefox was an updated and patched one, originally installed as 2.0.0.5 or something like that. Most likely problem was caused by my install of Firefox having been updated and patched instead of reinstalled.
     
    To resolve this problem, I relied heavily on the following Mozilla Firefox Knowledgebase articles:  (more…)

  • Firefox 2.0.0.13 crashes, unable to add extensions part one – the problem

    I’ve been using Firefox for a few years now, and love it dearly. After the update to version 2.0.0.13, I have experienced the following problems with it:
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  • Firefox extensions

    It’s time to actually post a technical blog-post to my blog, so here goes…

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