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Getting used to Firefox 3

By HoboBen 348 days ago from http://blog.tophatstuff.co.uk

I was surprised with the new beta version of Firefox (Swiftfox) when Ubuntu updated. Most of my extensions were broken but I fixed them with about:config (details in the article). There are some impressive new features (screenshots included), but there's also a fair amount of bugs and glitches!

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Tags: firefox web browsing beta internet free software linux ubuntu

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In Praise of Synaptic [+Video]

By HoboBen 379 days ago from http://blog.tophatstuff.co.uk

Debian based Linux distributions, like Ubuntu, use just one program to download, install, update and uninstall programs - the Synaptic Package Manager.

I'll show you why it's so amazing with a video. I'll install Firefox 3 beta in me

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Tags: linux ubuntu debian

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Two Free Tools for Your Website

By HoboBen 386 days ago from http://blog.tophatstuff.co.uk

Away from your home computer? Sudden brainwave for a blog post, but nothing to save your ideas on? Then rush to the nearest cybercafe/work computer, because you can remotely upload files and notes to your server with these two incredibly useful tool

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Tags: php free software server web

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Add Power to your Web Browser with Bookmarklets

By HoboBen 386 days ago from http://blog.tophatstuff.co.uk

Firefox extensions are brilliant, but a lot of functionality can be found in smaller browser extensions in the name of Bookmarklets.

These are tiny JavaScripts that you treat as normal bookmarks. You click on them, and the script runs. This is ex

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Tags: bookmark bookmarklets browsing browser