This month in Bookmarks: April 2008

April was a GREAT month for blog readers. I pulled some mostly under-recognized posts and blogs from my del.icio.us bookmarks to share them with you. You can add me to your del.icio.us network if you want to keep up on all my bookmarks in real-time.

Firefox

Restore Firefox 3 Smart Bookmarks – If you really miss having Smart Bookmarks for Firefox 3, here is a simple about:config tweak to fix you right up!

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Guest Post: Save Text Size Preference Using MooTools and PHP

I have posted a major update to my original post about Changing Text Size onClick with JavaScript at the David Walsh Blog.

It allows you to store your users’ text-size preferences in a cookie so that they don’t have to resize the text to their liking on every page. Check out the demo (remember to refresh the page to test the cookie!) and then check out how toSave Text Size Preference using MooTools and PHP!

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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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