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A quick way to backup a Firefox extension or profile

Suppose you need to send a friend a copy of say… Firebug 1.2 (site down at time of writing), but your favorite backup utility is not compatible with Firefox 3 yet. Not to worry! Just zip it up and send it like so:

Backup Firefox Extension

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Next major Firefox 3 release will support almost all of CSS3

It looks like David Baron is working hard on new CSS support for Firefox 3. His latest blog post tells us that he has finished up support for a bunch of CSS3 selectors, available now in the Firefox nightly build:

We now support :nth-child(), :nth-last-child(), :nth-of-type(), and :nth-last-of-type() [...] :first-of-type, :last-of-type, and :only-of-type

This will be released with the next major version of ‘fox (probably 3.1). It looks like support forMedia Queries is next. Hurrah! Good work David!

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8 steps to my personal Firefox setup for productivity


I need to give you a bit a background so you can see what my priorities are when setting up my favorite browser. I am a computer programmer that deals with web stuff as well as back-end stuff. I am NOT a designer in general, mostly a coder. I am running Firefox 3 beta 5 (not RC1 yet) since it is compatible with almost all of my extensions.

Firefox 3 top bar

Step 1: My Theme

NASA Night Launch - This has little effect on my productivity but I get asked about this more than anything else. I like the cool blackness and the fact that this theme is Firefox 3 compatible.

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Cutting Edge: Exclusive Firefox 3 about:config hacks

Since we like on the bleeding edge here at eriwen.com, I wanted to share some of the most useful about:config entries that are new to Firefox 3. You probably know that you just need to type "about:config" into your URL bar to get set up for these gems. If you haven’t already you will also want to check out the Firefox 3 chrome tweaks to really customize your favorite browser.

Bleeding Edge: Force Extension Compatibility

WARNING: I take no responsibility if enabling all your favorite extensions borks up your browsing experience. Hence the “bleeding” as it were…

extensions.checkCompatibility -> Toggle to false
extensions.checkUpdateSecurity -> Toggle to false

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