Reducing Firefox memory usage
If you’re a power user, you may be the type of person that ends up with 70 tabs open in your browser(s). Here’s a tip for massively reducing memory usage.
Tag: web browsers
Google Apps phases out support for IE6
Another death-knoll for IE6. Hopefully the lingering user base will continue to rapidly decrease for this ancient browser. The more high-profile sites that continue to drop support for this browser the better. I will feel more and more confident in placing a warning at the top of sites that is shown to IE6 users only […]
Microsoft Silverlight doesn’t support Chrome
One of my infrequent browsing sessions with Google’s Chrome resulted in me discovering that, strangely, Microsoft don’t deem Chrome worthy of Silverlight support.
Fix YouTube Jumpiness in Firefox – Lifehacker
Many users, myself included, visit YouTube on an almost daily basis. Ever since Firefox version 2.0 implemented the session restore function, when you are watching a video on YouTube (perhaps on other video sites as well, I haven’t really tested that), you may notice a tiny freeze-up of the video every 10 seconds or so. […]
Mozilla Labs announce Ubiquity 0.5
Well done to Aza Raskin and co for getting the latest version of Ubiquity out the door. You need to manually update and note that some of your old commands might break. Also, you’ll need to be on Firefox 3.5 for this to work. Today Mozilla Labs is happy to announce the release a major […]
Bad Address Bar
I can only assume that Google and IE did extensive user testing prior to making this UI change, but I do wonder if it was the right choice for user experience.
Re-styling your favourite websites
Ever found yourself always thinking that some part of a website style was irritating? Always wished they’d just remove that ghastly colour that offends your eyes? Well now you can, all you need is a firefox extension, a little know how.
PicLens – King of Firefox extensions?
Well, it might not be king, based on how much usage I get from it, but PicLens is definitely a beauty to play around with, and it’s functional too. I’ve written a full write-up on my business blog, so I won’t repeat it verbatim here, but if you’re interested in my ramblings, check out: http://www.pixelapes.com/2008/03/11/pic-lens-best-browser-extension/ […]
Web Development Tools 1: Web Developer
The following article is something I wrote for my web design company – Pixelapes. I figured I would reproduce it here to spread it around a bit more. I would imagine that most web developers will have a system of work or will already use this extension, but for those that don't: read on! Original […]
Attempting Safari for Windows
As a web designer I was pleased to see that Apple have released a version of Safari for Windows. It's in beta stage at the moment, but I quickly went to the Apple site to download it. The main reason I want to have access to it is to test how sites we're working on […]