Firefox 3 Broke My Code

Yesterday, I had to install Firefox 3, because my most recent work stopped functioning properly in the new Firefox. I wanted to wait a little longer for Firefox 3 to be more stable, but had no other choice. Who would have thought the new version of my beloved Firefox would break my code? Basically, it had to do with my 3 Javascript functions that I wrote: OnMouseOver, OnMouseOut and OnClick. In the OnMouseOver function, I used the innerHTML property to replace some div text. I'm not sure if anybody else had this problem with the new Firefox, but the innerHTML property prevented my OnClick function from being called. I figured this out using my favorite Javascript debug method: alert('test'); It took me the whole day yesterday debugging and researching on Google, but still came out clueless. I ended up throwing away the innerHTML code and used the image src property instead. From experience, I've found sometimes it's best to throw away my current non-working solution and start fresh.

You Can Never Have Enough Firefox Extensions!

I must give it to this guy at CyberNet for having attempted to install 200 Firefox extensions. It takes about 6 minutes to load the browser with all these extensions installed. That's not bad, but no thanks! :)



Source: http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/12/06/cybernotes-200-firefox-extensions-installed-at-one-time/

QuickNote - Firefox Extension

I've just downloaded another Firefox extension called QuickNote. It allows me to take note from within Firefox. I can open it in a seperate window, a new tab, or a sidebar. As a web developer, I tend to switch between NotePad and Firefox a lot but not anymore. Thanks to QuickNote. This extension is my new favorite. You should give it a try too. Download it here. Let me know what you think.

Firefox Shortcuts

• Select location bar: Ctrl+L or Alt+D


• Select search bar: Ctrl+K


• Back: Backspace or Alt+Left


• Forward: Alt/Option+Right or Shift+Backspace


• Change search engine: Ctrl+Down (Next) +Up (Previous)


• Find as you type text: /


• Find as you type link: ‘


• Regular old find: Ctrl+F


• Open link in new window: Shift+Enter


• Open link in new tab: Ctrl+Enter


• Open address/search in new tab: Alt/Option+Enter


• Caret browsing: F7


• Refresh: Ctrl+R or F5


• Refresh (override cache): Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+Shift+R


• Switch tabs: Ctrl+Tab


• Select tab (1-9): Ctrl+[1-9]


• Compose email: Ctrl+M

[Source: www.lifehacker.com]

Firefox and Thunderbird

My favorite browser and email programs at the moment are Mozilla Firefox (v. 1.5) and Thunderbird (v. 1.0.7). Both of them are free and very compact in size, so you won't have any problem downloading them at all. Now I can use my Gmail email account with Thunderbird. Pretty cool!One of the coolest extensions for Firefox is the Web Developer Toolbar. It adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser with various web developer tools. It is designed for Firefox, Flock and Mozilla, and will run on any platform that these browsers support including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. If you are a web developer like myself, you should definitely get it.