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With Firefox’s rapid updates, it’s become increasingly bothersome having to go into that install.rdf file and edit it each time to the current version number (see here). So I tried a little change, and it worked. Instead of updating the maxversion number to just whatever it needed to be, I changed it from “7.0.*” to “*.0.*”. It worked.

Well it looked like Google or Firefox finally did something to completely break the Google Toolbar, but there’s another work around.  I’ve written previously here about how to get Google Toolbar working with Firefox 5 and up.  But in the last week or so, it became impossible to sign into the toolbar to have access to Google Bookmarks.  Here’s a fix for that. (continue reading…)

As of today, July 2, 2010, Google hasn’t updated their toolbar for FireFox 5, so installing FF5 disables the toolbar.  Not too big a deal unless you count on the toolbar for easy access to Google Bookmarks and enjoy some of it’s other features.  There’s a super easy manual fix though once you find the right file.  [Update: The same procedure works for Firefox 6] [Update 2: Looks like Google broke the sign in ability.  See this post to fix it.] (continue reading…)

LastPass is a secure online password vault that keeps track of all your various passwords automatically.  A vulnerability of LastPass and other similar programs has been from keyloggers and screen capture programs that could capture its single master password to allow a hacker access to all the other passwords.  For some time, LastPass has offered paying users what they refer to as multi-factor authentication systems which overcome these potential breaches.  They are now providing non-paying users the benefit of multi-factor authorization with their Grid system. (continue reading…)

Short URLs, those randomized web addresses used for space savings and common in Twitter posts, are a big convenience to the Twitter poster because they leave more characters available for the post itself. But where are you going to find yourself after clicking that short URL? Maybe its a Myspace page you have no interest in, or a link to some shady overseas site.  If you want to see where you’re going before you click, try the Long URLs Please add-on for Firefox. (continue reading…)

A lagging Firefox plug-in that hadn’t been updated for Firefox 3.5 yet has been keeping me from going ahead with the upgrade, but today the plugin was ready so I let the upgrade proceed.  It wasn’t painless though.  Ordinarily Firefox updates are dead simple, but this one took a little effort to get working again. (continue reading…)