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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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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Most of web designers and developers prefer Firefox to other browsers. Whether you are a front-end graphics designer or web programmer  who has been generating web-based solution for some time now, I hope you know about Firefox functionalities. Firefox is a versatile player   with a variety of add-ons to make things easier. With add-ons Firefox is almost an omnipotent thing with maximal functionality that you can expect from a browser.

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Gasping for free space with your 2GB Gmail account? Mozilla Firefox has come up with an apocalypse to take you by surprise. Currently the most popular browser, Mozilla now poffers a new add-on Gspace. It's a free online storage that'll allow you access you files everywhere. With Gspace your Gmail account would turn up into a free online storage.
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Gone are the days of buggy, infection prone and troublesome Internet Explorer. The popular product on which I want to throw some light on, needs no introduction. The Guinness record holder software for maximum downloads in a single day is the one and only Firefox. I am writing this article in Firefox and most likely you are going to read it in Firefox too (if not, why not?). So without further ado, I present you my choice of top 10 smart browsing hacks for Firefox:

1. How to rapidly search any website directly from Firefox address bar
2. HowTo Speed Up Firefox
3. How to Type URL's Faster
4. How to Navigate Tabs from Keyboard
5. How To Make Advanced Configuration Changes in the Guts of Firefox
6. 13 Time saving Keyboard shortcuts in Firefox
   
7. How To Get Rid of The Annoying Scroll Tab Button
8. How to Start Downloading Add-ons Immediately
9. How to Limit Firefox Memory Usage
10. How to Move or Remove The 'close tab' Button
11. Bonus Tip: How to Personalize Firefox

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First impressions on Thunderbird 2. Is it a must upgrade?

Thunderbird 2 is much more responsive than Thunderbird 1.5. I like the new icons, they are pleasing to the eyes.

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I tried installing Thunderbird 2 from Fedora Core 6 Development Respository, the file actually belongs to currently in development Fedora 10. Yum / Yumex required that nss package be updated too in order to update Thunderbird. The update went through fine but the software couldn't be run because of initialization error in libgfx_gtk.so and I couldn't find any help on the net either.

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