Firefox 5.0 Preview on Windows 7
I came up with Firefox 5 BETA on Engadget today and thought of trying out the BETA version.
According to Engadget, “The latest incarnation brings with it support for CSS animation and a more easily accessible do-not-track setting”.
For me I found that the start up speed of Firefox 5 is faster then 4 and there no change in the User Interface.
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We all believe that Firefox is a great browser, with extensions we can do anything from Firefox. I’ve installed couples of Firefox Extensions and here is the result.
I have listed all the extensions which I’m using. I’m on version 3.5.5 and Windows 7 32-Bit.
There are 1000s of Firefox Addons/Extensions available. The problem with most of the people is they don’t want spend time searching for great extensions.
Here is a worth checking link If you would like to customize your Firefox. It has a list of great Firefox Extenstions.
Link: How To Add 20 Best Features Of Other Browsers to Firefox
I got this information from Yusuf. Since this is really a important information for Firefox users in Windows I thought of posting it on my blog. First of all I would like to thank Yusuf for sharing this information in MLUG Mailing List.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 service pack update which is installed through Windows Automatic Update Installs “.NET Framework 3.5 Assistant Firefox Extension to Firefox without asking the user anything.
This update is dangerous and there are bad effects of this update to Firefox users on Windows. This update makes Firefox unsecure as Internet Explorer. This extension allows the websites you visit to, Install softwares on your system without asking anything.
If you have .NET Framework installed along with Firefox remove it immediately. You can remove it by going to addons on firefox and click uninstall.
Most user-friendly way to remove this addon:
1. Open Registry Editor (type regedit in the Start menu Search box in
Vista/Windows 7, or in XP’s Run window).
2. Expand the branches to the following key:
- On 32-bit systems: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Mozilla \
Firefox \ Extensions
- On x64 systems: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Wow6432Node \
Mozilla \ Firefox \ Extensions
3. Delete the value named {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b} from
the right pane.
4. Close the Registry Editor when you’re done.
5. Open a new Firefox window, and in the address bar, type
about:config and press Enter.
6. Type microsoftdotnet in the Filter field to quickly find the
general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet setting.
7. Right-click general.useragent.extra.microsoftdotnet and select
Reset.
8. Restart Firefox.
9. Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows
\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Windows Presentation Foundation.
10. Delete the DotNetAssistantExtension folder entirely.
11. Open the Add-ons window in Firefox to confirm that the
Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant extension has been removed.
For .com extension, type your main URL, e.g. twitter then strike ENTER while hold CTRL on, release both button.
For .net extension, type your main URL, e.g. then hotlism ENTER while hold SHIFT on, release both button.
For .org extension, type your main URL, e.g. gnu then strike ENTER while hold CTRL+SHIFT on, release all three button.