Episode #94
I am having problems with an installation of Firefox. I have this band across the bottom of my browser that is blank white space with a small red arrow to the bottom left of the white space. Also sometimes Firefox will just hang or not launch at all. I would have to restart windows to remedy that. I have tried to uninstall wipe the folder and reinstall to no avail.
Darwin, Saskatoon, SK
This could be one of a couple of different things, but I’m guessing it’s related to an add-on for the Firefox browser. Apparently there was at least one spyware-ish toolbar that exhibited this behaviour (especially after upgrading Firefox from 1.5 to 2.0) — look in your Add-ons for things that you don’t want, and start removing them.
There was also an add-on available called “Download Embedded” that allowed users to view and save embedded video on a page - you just need to click on the red arrow and choose what you’d like to do. This arrow only appears when it detects embedded video, and it shouldn’t have a big white space…considering the other stability problems you’re having I’m certainly suspecting another add-on that’s misbehaving.
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Air Date: October 18, 2007
TranscriptCaller Questions
- Darwin, Saskatoon, SK
- Robert, Richmond Hill, ON
- MacKenzie, Tracyville, NS
Yewell's Jewels
- LClockwindows
LClock is a very simple program that makes the Windows’ clock look like a Windows Longhorn Clock. LClock also comes with a simple but configurable popup calendar that opens when the systray clock is clicked. No more double clicking on the clock just to view the calendar in the “Date and Time Properties” dialog box.
Sean's Shinies
- Fly Fusion Pentop Computer
$80
Learning can be a real pain, so anything that makes it more fun is welcome — say hello to the Fly Fusion Pentop Computer…not only can you use it to play educational games (with separately sold books), but you can use it to upload your handwriting to your computer…but you’ll need special patterned notebooks with the menu controls built in. And if that weren’t enough, the pen can also play MP3s. If that isn’t more impressive than an HB pencil, I don’t know what is.
Pro
- interactive games are fun
- uploads handwriting to PC
- plays MP3s too
Con
- bulky design hard to hold
- locked into special notebooks
Kate’s Tips
- Firefox Showcase
By Josep del Rio
Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system.
Find the Showcase menu in the ‘View’ menu (just under ‘Sidebar’). The default shortcuts are listed there. Those may be changed using the Keyconfig extension. New buttons will be available when customizing the toolbar.
Showcase can be shown as a window, tab or sidebar. Also, it has two modes: global (which will show thumbnails for all tabs of all windows) and local (thumbnails only for the current Firefox window).
Just click the thumbnail of the browser you want, and it will be shown to you automatically. You may also right click in those thumbnails to perform the most usual operations on them. Multiple thumbanils can be selected by using left click and holding down the Control key, or using the same selection actions you would use in your system. Mouse middle button can be used to zoom a thumbnail. Use Control-F in Showcase to use the find bar.