CentOS comes with OpenJava JRE installed. However that doesn't provide the required libraries to run Java from browsers (read: applets). Here are the steps to install and enable applets / Java plugin in Firefox browser on CentOS 5.

Note: The instructions may be applicable to other versions of CentOS, Fedora, others Linux distros too. However it has only been tested on CentOS 5.3. Full article (310 words) »

Mozilla BeSpin is certainly something very special. Though we have seen quite a few code debugger and web editor from Mozilla Firefox add on library in recent months, this one stands out for reasons more than one. Bespin proposes an open extensible web-based framework for code editing that aims to increase developer productivity, enable compelling user experiences, and promote the use of open standards.  Based upon discussions with hundreds of developers, and experiences  for the Open Web,  Mozilla has come up with a proposed set of features along with some high-level goals. Let's take a look. Full article (290 words) »

Now if there's an advanced feature in any web browser, no sooner that turns into Firefox extension. Imitating Opera's Speed Dial, Firefox got the Speed dial extension. But, it was not a full-fledged version, lacking certain cool features that makes Opera Spped dial so comfy. For instance, you couldn't rearrange the order of the pages by drag and drop. However, Speed Dial has undergone an upgrade a number of changes from its last version.
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The next version of Firefox, better named as Firefox 3.6  comes with an interesting and handy feature called about: me. This is a especially designed web page that allows you to view your browsing habits profile highlighting the most visited sites, time of the day and days you navigate most, and how to access the sites.
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For the latest, a recent survey shows that the microblogging ace Twitter is going to dominate the search engine giant Google. Twitter's power lies in the real time search results. The social networking tool dominates the microblogging with more than 25 million tweets per day. We came across an powerful Firefox add-on that can display twitter real-time search results for any search term on top of Google results. Take a look how to install the add-on.

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Suppose you are doing some research work at the internet from wikipedia and various other sources and want to copy bits and pieces of information from all the webpages in your doc. The annoying part is, if you simply copy them, there is a chance that many junk codes (like: hyperlinks, ad on hovering your mouse on a certain word etc) can come and disturb the way you want to save them or just won't let you copy that easily next time. You will have to strip them off for a normal mode which is more tedious. So what if you had an option just to select plain text from any portion of the webpage you want to copy? No associated HTML/ XML code will get copied with it even if its there. Here is a simple Firefox add-on that will help.

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Everytime you attach an add-on to your Firefox you need to restart the browser. It's a sheer waste of time and a test of your patience. What if you could do the same without a restart? Mozilla has sort out the problem with the launched of Jetpack API. It allows the developers to create add-ons that could be added without restarting the browser. Jetpack developers will be able to use HTML, CSS and javascript to develop the new add-ons. According to Mozilla the features of Jetpack can be written in less than dozen lines of code. Jetpack will be an extrapolation in using Web technologies to boost up the browsers performance, especially for those want to build websites to make the Web a better place to work, communicate and play.

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If you want to get in the habit of using Wolfarm Alpha along with Google as your mainstay, there's a ray of hope for you.  All you need is the new Firefox add on that lets you keep using Google while showing Wolfram Alpha results on the side of the page. I've used it for some time now and it seems a handy tool to keep Wolfram Alpha hanging on with Google. What you would see is the Wolfarm Alpha results on the aligned to a side of your page.

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Mozilla is continuously improving its firefox browsing experience with the revolutionary add-ons. The innovative add-on have assisted in enhancing the existing features and adding new feature to the browser. These are fairly minimalistic applications that ranges from use of simple themes to handling various files and content types. There are loads of firefox add-ons released and they are downloaded thousands of times weekly. I was looking for the latest in the line that could enrich your firefox, as I came across the 10 newest Firefox addon.
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Social media and social networking have become an indispensable part of our lives. There is hardly any web-addict who is not crazy about at least one social media or social networking site. So, I was thinking the other day, what if I had one firefox add-on that will hold all of them and notify me of any update there in? Though I found one app for one service, much to my discomfort I couldn't find an AIO! Until this. Social Media for Firefox includes Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon (review and thumbs up counts), Del.icio.us, Mixx, Tip’d, Sphinn and Twitter.

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