Tag Archives: firefox
How to snag images that someone doesn’t want you to get in 4 steps.
Sometimes on the web people think that they can deliver images or music to your computer for you to look at or listen to, but somehow keep you from possessing. They can’t.
New article on how to set CGI:IRC as Firefox’s IRC protocol handler
I really like to overdo things. In the overdoing spirit of the Thanksgiving season, I overdid something recently. When I clicked on an irc link to a chatroom, it didn’t open in my preferred IRC client, which is on my webserver. I like to run my applications off of my webserver because I don’t [...]
How to install Add-Art
Steve Lambert put up a nice helpful walkthrough video on Add-Art, the project I’ve been working on recently. Take a mo’ and check out the project and the video. Introduction to Add-Art from Steve Lambert on Vimeo.
Posted in Art, Browsers, Video Also tagged add-art, advertisements, Art, extensions, Video 1 Comment
Installing two firefox extensions at once
When I was working on AddArt for Steve at Eyebeam I figured out how to install two firefox extensions at once using a multiple install bundle xpi. Useful if you have an extension that is dependent on another extension.
Ramblings about add-art
Ignore this, it is just a braindump from the train. Unless you want to help out. I’ve started working on a project called add-art. The idea is to turn advertisements into beauty. It is based on the popular ad-block-plus firefox extension, but instead of leaving holes where advertisements are removed, it would insert art. [...]
Posted in Art, Dev, Hacks, Software Also tagged add-art, Art, eyebeam, flickr, opensource Leave a comment
Firefox Speedup for Broadband users
If you’ve heeded my advice to get firefox for your browsing pleasure, then you may enjoy this little tidbit from devnulled, via forevergeek, via hack-a-day. Credit where credit is due, that’s my motto. Here’s something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up: 1.Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down [...]
Internet Explorer, Firefox Preview release and porn.
I’ve recommended to a number of my friends and coworkers that they get firefox for a nicer time browsing this here interweb. If you are still using Internet Explorer, it’s important that you get it updated rightnow. There is a current vulnerability in IE that means simply looking at a .jpg can let bad guys [...]
Android Scripting Environment is heating up