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MS Browser Ballot fails

24/02/2010 – 15:06

Just got the first XP machine with the Browser Ballot update on it.
I clicked “next” and IE8 came up with a window asking me to choose my settings. I closed it and selected Firefox from the available options. Internet Explorer opened and downloaded Firefox. I installed it and the browser ballot window was still there. [...]

By mojo | Also posted in Internet, idiots | Comments (0)

Update to Thunderbird userContent.css

05/02/2010 – 19:03

My custom userContent.css has been updated. I found a fix for the few remaining stupid HTML mails that failed to display correctly due to using “font: inherit” which picks up the <body>’s text colour (off-white) which is unreadable against the white background. I’m still not entirely sure why the <body>’s font colour is being inherited [...]

By mojo | Also posted in Internet | Comments (0)

Thunderbird config

20/01/2010 – 18:32

I finally made the switch to Thunderbird. The Bat is okay but for some reason image loading in emails is really, really, really slow. There are many other minor issues… Although Thunderbird has it’s fair share too. To make it even halfway usable you need a long list of extensions, some of them experimental. SmartTemplate [...]

By mojo | Also posted in Internet | Comments (0)

Thunderbird modifications

15/10/2009 – 11:59

I finally decided to switch to Thunderbird. Having the gecko HTML engine is handy, and I have found ways to work around most of the annoyances.
Add-ons:

Attachment Reminder
British English dictionary
keyconfig
Opening Words
Quote Colours
SmoothWheel (AMO)

Note that Quote Colours does not work with 3b4 at the moment.
Change the delete key in keyconfig to “MsgMarkMsgAsRead(true); goDoCommand(‘cmd_delete’);” so that deleted messages [...]

By mojo | Comments (0)

Tabs Open Relative (Modified) reaches V1.0 and goes public

03/10/2009 – 19:00

A minor update to add about:config prefs if they do not already exist and the add-on is now public (so people can find it on the add-ons site):
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13626
http://soft.world3.net

By mojo | Comments (0)

Comparison of PDF viewers

16/09/2009 – 23:14

I have been using Sumatra PDF for a while now, and while I’m mostly happy with it, I would like something with a few more features. Everyone seems to suggest Foxit, to the point where it is now the first result on Google for “pdf viewer”. Unfortunately, the rendering quality of Foxit is well below [...]

By mojo | Also posted in windows | Comments (2)

List of things installed by iTunes 9

15/09/2009 – 21:41

iTunes for Windows is by far the most bloated bit of software I have ever seen. The shear amount of crap it installs in unbeliveable:

iTunes itself
Quicktime
Apple Mobile Device service
Bonjour Service
iPod Service
iTunesHelper startup task
QTTask startup task
Firefox plugin
iPod Classic drivers
iPhone drivers
Apple Software Update

Grand Total: 276MB
Actually, they removed the DNS Resolver service from iTunes 8 (wtf – Windows [...]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots, windows | Comments (1)

Get rid of the flashing cursor in Firefox

07/09/2009 – 21:11

Another handy tweak:
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Accessibility -> Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages = unticked
The annoying blinking cursor you get when you click inside text on a web page will now be gone.

By mojo | Also posted in Internet | Comments (0)

FileTypesMan, a useful little tool

16/08/2009 – 23:17

I discovered FileTypesMan from Nirsoft today. It’s a handy little bit of freeware that gives you more control over file types than the built in Windows configuration tool. In particular, you can exclude certain types of file from the “Recent Files” list.
Simply open FileTypesMan and select the type of file you want to change:

Double click [...]

By mojo | Also posted in windows | Comments (0)

Tabs Open Relative (modified) Firefox add-on

14/08/2009 – 23:55

I put together a modified version of the TabsOpenRelative add-on which combines the features of that add-on with a fix for the removal of separate preferences for external links in Firefox 3.5. See the links below for more details.
It is also the first thing to be posted to soft.world3.net, where I will be putting all [...]

By mojo | Comments (0)
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