Firefox 3’s new Smart Location Bar earns its unofficial title of “AwesomeBar” right out of the box. The location bar suggests web site addresses as you type from your bookmarks and history, and learns as you surf, ranking pages you visit more often higher. Still, there aren’t a whole lot of ways to configure the “AwesomeBar”’s behavior in Firefox’s default options dialog—but there are a few new Firefox extensions that can do it for you. Here are four Firefox 3 add-ons that adjust the smart location bar’s behavior in small but useful ways. Read the rest of this entry »

Pengguna Opera memang tidak sebanyak IE milik Microsoft. Juga masih kalah dibandingkan Firefox. Namun dalam urusan kecepatan rilis versi baru, Opera unggul kali ini.

Nah sambil menunggu sampai 17 Juni saat Firefox 3 resmi meluncur, atau Agustus untuk IE8 (jika tidak meleset), mari kita tengok apa saja yang diperbarui pada browser Internet Opera versi 9.5 (nama kode Kestrel)ini. Berikut poin-poinnya. Read the rest of this entry »

Celah keamanan telah ditemukan pada browser web teranyar Firefox 3 hanya berselang lima jam sejak diluncurkan. Kelemahan pertama ditemukan perusahaan pengembang software keamanan Tipping Point dan telah dilaporkan kepada pihak Mozilla. Read the rest of this entry »

Mozilla Firefox , web browser yang populer digunakan oleh pengguna internet merilis versi 3 dari aplikasinya. Versi rilisan yang ditunggu-tunggu oleh para penggemarnya ini mencapai rekor tertinggi untuk download sebuah aplikasi.

Kampanye Firefox 3 yang “dilepas” ke publik tanggal 18 Juni 2008 kemarin sukses dilaksanakan oleh Mozilla. Lewat 8 juta download dalam kurun waktu 24 jam, pihak Mozilla berhasil melewati target awal mereka yaitu 5 juta download. Hal ini semakin memperkuat Mozilla untuk memperoleh penghargaan dari Guinness Book of World Record sebagai aplikasi yang paling banyak di download dalam 24 jam. Read the rest of this entry »

There are currently 800+ add-ons compatible with Firefox 3 (3.0+, not including betas) on addons.mozilla.org (AMO). This accounts for roughly 60% of the total usage of add-ons.

Going to mix things up a bit this week. First, I’m going to list the top 5 add-ons that became available in the last week. After that, I’ll list the top 5 add-ons we are still waiting on. Finally, I’ll pick a “communities wish”, which is the add-on the folks who comment on my blog seem to care about the most.

Top 5 add-ons now available for Firefox 3 on AMO

Note, this are the top add-ons that are hosted on AMO, does not include things like Google Gears.

ForecastFox - Weather, now available directly from Firefox 3.

FoxMarks - Start syncing your bookmarks now!

Firefox Companion for eBay - for all the power eBayers.

Gmail Manager - Manage multiple gmail accounts, receive notifications, generally be happy.

translator - translate any webpage with a single click!

Top 5 add-ons not available for Firefox 3 on AMO

Mouse Gestures (bug) - This was updated, but was reverted because of crasher bugs on Windows. The developer has many things on his plate, so we might not see an update for awhile.

Greasemonkey (bug) - Some progress has been made, as it is updated to beta 5. We have had limited contact with the developer, so I cannot give you an ETA at this time. If you know something I don’t, I’m all ears. Update: the development community is asking too, check out this thread.

Tab Mix Plus (bug) - This add-on has made the list pretty much every week. The problem is that we have not been able to get an update from anyone. The development forums seem to be really active, and there are development builds available, but no word on an ETA for landing on AMO.

FoxyTunes (bug) - Betas available, test it out (xpi)! They will need to ship right when Fx3 ships, because their new version is not compatible with Firefox 2.

ColorfulTabs (bug) - Development builds available (xpi). Looks like it will land on AMO once the developer gets back from vacation!

In summary, ColorfulTabs, FoxyTunes, are pretty much ready. Work has been done on Greasemonkey and Tab Mix Plus, but keep your fingers cross. Finally, best wishes goes out to the developer of MouseGestures as he recovers from hardship.

Now for the Community Wish!

From the comments I’ve been receiving, I would say that the most desired add-on to be updated is… drum roll…. Google Toolbar! Good news, the Google Toolbar team has been working really hard to get it updated. It is going to cut very close to the Firefox 3 release — so keep your fingers crossed!

source:alex.polvi.net

Well, if you are like me, an early adaptor, you probably are already using Firefox 3 Beta. As many of you know, a lot of your Firefox plugins do not work or is not compatible with the new FF3.

Here’s a simple way to make it work: (Thanks to Lifehacker)

1. Type About:config in your FF3 Browser address bar.
2. Right click->New->Boolean then, type in extensions.checkCompatibility, select false.
3. Right click->New->Boolean then, type in extensions.checkUpdateSecurity, select false.

This pretty much disables your compatibility and update security check for all the plugins. Now,
some of your plugins may not work and you might not be able to re-start your browser.

Well, if this happens, it’s pretty easy to fix Read the rest of this entry »

Phishing merupakan upaya seseorang untuk mencuri identitas atau informasi penting pengguna internet dengan membuat situs palsu yang mirip dengan aslinya. Data-data yang dicuri biasanya berupa e-mail, username, password, nomor rekening bank, dan lain-lain. Read the rest of this entry »