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Downgrading from Firefox 3 to Firefox 2 [How To]

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div align='center'><img src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/fflogo.jpg" style="max-width: 800px; float: none;"/> </div>A lot of people are complaining that Firefox has become bloated with its third version and they would very well like to go back to Firefox 2. Though we, the folks at <a href='http://www.DailyGyan.com/'>DailyGyan</a>, do not share the same opinion, we would still like to help you by showing how to downgrade from FF3 to FF2. Related: <a href='http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/04/ultimate-guide-on-how-to-get-old.html'>Ultimate guide on how to get old versions of software.</a>Before beginning your downgrade, we would like to warn you that the extensions you have installed in FF3 will no longer work in Firefox 2, in most cases. But go ahead, see which all are not working and be ready to reinstall the ones that are not compatible. OK, let's start. Here is what you should do: <ol><li>Create a back up of your profile directory See <a href='http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles#How_to_find_your_profile'>this link</a> to find where your profile directory is. Then create a copy of this directory in some convenient location. Read the link for more information. </li><li>Download Firefox 2 This can be a bit daunting. That's because the <a href='http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/'>Firefox site</a> no longer gives you a link to download Firefox 2. The site talks about nothing but Firefox 3. Or is it? Get Firefox 2 from <a href='http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.14/win32/en-US/'>http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.14/win32/en-US/</a>. Linux users, you are smart enough to guess where Linux version would be, right? </li><li>Uninstall Firefox 3 You can uninstall FF3 using the Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs or by running the [Firefox Installation Directory]\uninstall\helper.exe Select not to remove your profile information. Linux/Ubuntu users you need to run <code>sudo apt-get purge firefox-3.0</code> </li><li>Install Firefox 2 Though most of your addons will be rendered un-usable, you can still have your bookmarks and passwords list saved. Ensure that the old bookmarks.html and key3.db files are still in the profile directory. Rename signons3.txt to signons2.txt. Now, install Firefox 2, and if all went correct you will have your bookmarks and saved passwords intact in your Firefox 2. Now it's time to reinstall all addons that Firefox have marked as not-compatible. Ubuntu users need to run <code>sudo apt-get install firefox-2</code> to install Firefox 2. For other distributions, download the tar file from the above said Mozilla Releases site and untar it to a suitable location. </li></ol>Do you know any easier method to get this done? Did you find any stumbling blocks? Share with us in the comments.</div>

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Some Tips To Super Charge The Windows Picture And Fax Viewer

<img src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/wpfv.png" /> Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is one of the goodies that comes pre-installed with Windows XP. We, the folks at <a title="http://www.dailygyan.com/" href="http://www.dailygyan.com/">DailyGyan</a>, simply love this piece of software. Why, you ask? Well that’s because of its dead simple interface, absolute zero learning curve that’s required and finally because of such a sweet and ‘creative’ name that Microsoft managed to give it. Well, in today’s <a title="Daily Feature articles in http://www.DailyGyan.com/" href="http://www.dailygyan.com/search/label/Daily%20Feature">Daily Feature</a>, we give you some ways to super-charge your Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Read along. <ol> <li>Create a shortcut to windows picture and fax viewer. If you want to have a shortcut for the Picture and Fax Viewer, just like you have for other programs in your start menu or desktop, here is what you should do: <ul> <li>Right click on the folder you want to place the shortcut and select New –> Shortcut. </li> <li>Type in <code>rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen</code> and hit enter. </li> <li>Type in ‘Windows Picture and Fax Viewer’ as the name of the shortcut. </li> <li>Right click the new shortcut and select Properties. </li> <li>Click on ‘Change Icon'. Type in <code>%SystemRoot%\system32\shimgvw.dll</code> and hit enter. </li> <li>Select a suitable icon. </li> </ul> Now, if you double click on this shortcut, the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer comes up with the preview pane saying "No preview available". You just have to drag your photos to this pane to display them. </li> <li>Change the slide show duration in Picture and Fax viewer. You can have a slide show of all photos in a folder by opening any one of the photos and then clicking the 'start slide show' button (shortcut - F11). By default, the duration between changing the pictures is 5 seconds. Unfortunately, this utility doesn't expose any settings, by which the user can change this value of 5 seconds. This will require some tampering with the Windows Registry and for the faint of heart, we have also provided a utility which does this automatically for you. <ul> <li>In the Run dialog (Start -> Run), type <code>regedit</code> and hit enter. </li> <li>Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ShellImageView </li> <li>Create a new DWORD (Right click and select New DWORD) with name as <code>Timeout</code> </li> <li>Double click on this newly created DWORD and give a value you desire for the slide show duration as a millisecond value. For example, if you want a duration of 6 seconds between each photos, enter 6000 as the value (Remember to select base as Decimal). </li> </ul> Those who wishes to have a more simple and straight forward solution can download <a onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/downloads/slideshow_vbs'); " href="http://anoopengineer.googlepages.com/slideshow2.vbs">this little vbs script</a>. On double clicking, it asks for the timeout seconds desired. Enter this value in the text box and hit enter. (Note: you need to enter the value in seconds and not milliseconds). </li> <li> Convert Picture and Fax Viewer into an Image Editor. <img height="237" src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/40185.png" width="343" /> One of the fields where our beloved tool fall behind is image editing. It does image displaying in a pretty much smart way but fumbles at the slightest request to edit some photos. Of course, you can rotate the image in what ever direction you want, but that's it. There is nothing more to be expected of it. Well, that is not the case anymore. With a freeware called <a href="http://www.photo-toolkit.com/">Photo Toolkit</a>, you can extend the capabilities of Windows Picture and Fax Viewer to make it your dream photo editor.  You can get the features list <a href="http://www.photo-toolkit.com/features.html">here</a> and download it <a href="http://www.photo-toolkit.com/download.html">here</a>. </li> </ol> What other tips and tricks have you found about Windows Picture and Fax Viewer? Share with us in the comments.

Windows Picture and Fax Viewer is one of the goodies that comes pre-installed with Windows XP. We, the folks at DailyGyan , simply love th...

The Ultimate Tweaker's Guide To Firefox3

<div align="center" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCnQK2llUhxbc9nDgEonv0g1w_CUe3tOULmEWGNExk3ABSu5WmDQ_Qlas5-hz3kMk9v2Mf3uYHq9YYJy6wwmsBwHR_jeksn7zTzE8zYbaj9Uv2-J23V148Fr8I3cOf6BgN-Kcx1Xqo7Uo/s1600-h/firefox3-tweaks.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215385140636393218" src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/firefox3-tweaks.png" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: block" /></a></div> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><div style="float:right;"><iframe height="115" src="http://anoopengineer.googlepages.com/digg_firefox_hacks.html" frameborder="0" width="100">&ampamp;lt;br&ampgt;</iframe></div>One of the main reason why Firefox has been so successful, is that you can tweak it to match your needs. Though there are another 12 million Firefox users out there, still you can make your Firefox installation unique, matching your personality. This short guide gives you a myriad of options that can be tweaked in Firefox 3. Read along. <div> <ol> <li>Auto complete in the address bar as you type an address. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwtCQ6fwDgstDJplmTzH_fmiqg8qgQxG1UvuBfdaC2Pl5mLuVqgLnqYhqPkiFFQ03hCPwTwXmiCcEvGbXeAZM4IjUlDRwjuMAcisSwdjRwun6VszWgh7rUSrTjc3Wnqd3AACZBnDx7cU/s1600-h/firefox3-auto-complete.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213823817665379234" src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/firefox3-auto-complete.png" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: block" /></a>Majority of the people out their seems to have a love-hate relationship with the Firefox3's new address bar (that Mozilla likes to call as the awsome bar). In a humble attempt to tame this address bar we give you some hacks that can reform the smart bar to become the real smart bar. <ul> <li>Enter <code>about:config</code> into the address bar and hit enter. </li> <li>Click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" button. </li> <li>Enter <code>browser.urlbar.autoFill</code> into the Filter text box. Double click on that preference value and change the value to <code>true</code> to enable autofill. </li> </ul> Now, as you type in an address, you can see that not only the drop down list is shown, but the address bar itself is auto completed for you. </li> <li>Enabling spell check in text-fields By default Firefox does spell checking only in multi-line text boxes. If you want the Firefox to spell check the single line text entry fields too, this hack is for you: <ul> <li>Enter <code>about:config</code> into the address bar and hit enter. </li> <li>Click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" button. </li> <li>Enter <code>layout.spellcheckDefault</code> into the Filter text box. Double click on that preference value and change the value to <code>2.</code> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Tweaking the full screen mode By default Firefox 3 hides the location bar and tab bar when you enter the full screen mode. Here is how to disable this behavior. <ul> <li>Enter <code>about:config</code> into the address bar and hit enter. </li> <li>Click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" button. </li> <li>Enter <code>browser.fullscreen.autohide</code> into the Filter text box. Double click on that preference value and change the value to <code>false</code> to disable hiding of location and tab bar. </li> <li>If you just want to disable the hiding animation, set <code>browser.fullscreen.animateUp</code> to <code>0</code>. </li> </ul> </li> <li>Turn On Color Profile Support <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGKY8p7-ZrER16uZs2zVKn10865cE2mkxJY9AFb31kxq580fnZtCznKj3Rvt1GY3xf-IWQt6vzrpzEapIwYemnq7PZPITsGJxvDCsWcAftZo0-aiM3FD0wg5mUbq__BPgE87UKsNE_7Y/s1600-h/2451823183_d630c7c544_o.png"><img alt="" border="0" height="167" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213823817665379234" src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/2451823183_d630c7c544_o.png" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: block" width="249" /></a> The Good news is that (unlike Firefox2) Firefox3 contains a built-in advanced color profile support, which makes Firefox 3 compete easily with any desktop image viewers/editors in terms of color support. The bad news is that this mode is disabled by default. This is what you should do to enable the color profile support. <ul> <li>Enter <code>about:config</code> into the address bar and hit enter. </li> <li>Click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" button. </li> <li>Enter <code>gfx.color_management.enabled</code> into the Filter text box. Double click on that preference value and change the value to <code>true</code> to enable color profile support. </li> </ul> </li> <li>Always display the go button By default Firefox 3 displays the Go button only when you are editing the address in the location bar. This is how you can display it always. <ul> <li>Open userChrome.css file in your profile directory using notepad. </li> <li>Add the following line to the end of the file: <code>#go-button { visibility: visible !important; }</code> </li> <li>Restart Firefox. </li> </ul> If you don't want to tamper with the userChrome.css file, <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6933">here</a> is an extension that does the same for you. </li> <li>Make the location bar display only typed addresses Dont want the location bar to show entries in your bookmark or history? Here is what you should do. <ul> <li>Enter <code>about:config</code> into the address bar and hit enter. </li> <li>Click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" button </li> <li>Enter <code>browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped</code> into the Filter text box. Double click on that preference value and change the value to <code>true.</code> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Change the number of suggestions displayed in the Location bar menu By default Firefox 3 displays upto 12 results in the drop down list as you type an address. Here is how to change this number. <ul> <li>Enter <code>about:config</code> into the address bar and hit enter. </li> <li>Click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" button. </li> <li>Enter <code>browser.urlbar.maxRichResults</code> into the Filter text box. Double click on that preference value and change the value to any positive number. </li> </ul> </li> <li>Hide RSS feed icon from the location bar If you feel that little rss icon is taking up your precious screen real estate, you can easily disable it. <ul> <li>Open userChrome.css file in your profile directory using notepad. </li> <li>Add the following line to the end of the file: <code>#feed-button[feeds] { display: none !important; }</code> </li> <li>Restart Firefox. </li> </ul> </li> <li>Hide the star icon from the location bar You may be a keyboard junkie or you may be too used up to the old ways that you'll never use the star icon sitting up in the location bar. If you never use it, why let it be there? Here is how to remove the star icon from location bar. <ul> <li>Open userChrome.css file in your profile directory using notepad. </li> <li>Add the following line to the end of the file: <code>#star-button {display: none !important;}</code> </li> <li>Restart Firefox. </li> </ul> </li> <li>Disable single-click-select-all in the location bar. One of the real pain in the neck feature of Firefox is that it automatically selects the entire address in the location bar if you click anywhere near it. You just wanted to correct a typo in the address, but instead of putting the cursor at the clicked location, Firefox selected the entire address. Without looking into the screen, you corrected the typo and now the entire address is gone. Now buddy, start typing again, says Firefox. Here is how to make the behavior more 'humane'. <ul> <li>Enter <code>about:config</code> into the address bar and hit enter. </li> <li>Click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" button. </li> <li>Enter <code>browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll</code> into the Filter text box. Double click on that preference value and change the value to <code>false</code>. </li> </ul> </li> <li>Reduce the size of the back button <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrBp4SXzJbVXjp9xcUHllp2EVW1tDcFEfPFxKMfhjcdJhG5G6aTTyv2R502NFaxduTFe1YDs6wz9ptdSmV2nGTLxTJIUykE9pA60sT1iHmMpy_vBuD5DuNktzBllmBPKbIoKiuYXE4_0/s1600-h/fpng.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215406149356659442" src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/fpng.png" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; display: block" /></a> This may not be that evident at first, but will soon reveal to be a no-brainier once you know it. This is all you have to do: Right-click on Firefox's toolbar, and choose Customize. In the dialog box, select "Use small icons." </li> <li>Disable blinking text Sorry, Mr. Blinking Text, you are not welcome. Here is how to stop all blinking text: <ul> <li>Enter <code>about:config</code> into the address bar and hit enter. </li> <li>Click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" button. </li> <li>Enter <code><code>browser.blink_allowed</code></code> into the Filter text box. Double click on that preference value and change the value to <code>false</code>. </li> </ul> </li> </ol> </div> What other tricks and tips have you found on Firefox 3? Share with us in the comments.</div>

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Firefox 3

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Watch Star Wars Movie In Command Prompt As ASCII Animation [Geeky Fun]

Simon Jansen seems to have a lot of free time (and patience), because he is the creator of Asciimation - an ASCII animation of the full Star Wars Episode iV movie. If you want to see it in a command prompt, run the following command (from a command prompt. Start –> Run –> Enter cmd and hit enter) or simply <a href="telnet://towel.blinkenlights.nl">click here</a>. <div class="alert"> telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl </div> If you want to see the same in a browser, head on to the <a href="http://www.asciimation.co.nz/">Asciimation website</a>. Here are some screen shots: <img src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/asciistarwars.jpg" />   <img src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/swascii.jpg" />   <a href="telnet://towel.blinkenlights.nl">Telnet Link</a> | <a href="http://www.asciimation.co.nz/">Asciimation website</a>

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Create Thumbnails Of Your Website Easily With SnapCasa

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How To Explain What Is Social Media To Your Mom

<a href="http://www.commoncraft.com/show">Lee Lefever</a> has <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/03/how-to-explain-what-is-twitter-to-you.html">done it</a> <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/03/how-to-explain-what-is-social.html">again</a>. This time, they present you a very good explanation of how Social Media works. Using ice cream! <div style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 435px; padding-top: 0px; display: inline" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:46fbd824-a046-4849-a330-804d3403ca22" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AbqHcAA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="435" height="254" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></div></div>   Related: <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/03/how-to-explain-what-is-social.html">How to explain what is social bookmarking to your mom.</a> <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/03/how-to-explain-what-is-twitter-to-you.html">How to explain what is twitter to your mom.</a>

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Copy Paste The Easy Way In Linux [Did You Know]

Did you know that you can easily copy and paste text in Linux using your mouse alone? Just highlight the text you want to copy and then midd...

Sage Gets A Port To Firefox 3, Christened As Sage-Too

<img src="http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk99/anoopengineer/sage-too-small-screenshot.jpg" /> Sage was one of the extensions that we missed a lot, since we moved to Firefox 3. Sage was last updated on January 2007 and since then the lead developer <a href="http://www.petea.org">Peter Andrews</a> and his team seems to have lost interest in the project. Now comes the good news. A good guy named <a href="http://www.mikekroger.is-a-geek.com/mikepaige/">Mike</a>, have <a href="http://wizzrss.blat.co.za/2008/03/28/sage-for-firefox-3/">ported</a> the Sage to Firefox 3 under the name <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7263">Sage-Too</a>. Thank you Mike. Sage is an excellent RSS reader addon for Firefox. This is how the sage developers describe it. <blockquote> Sage is a lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader extension for Mozilla <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox</a>. It's got a lot of what you need and not much of what you don't. </blockquote> And this sentence is true to core. You get only what you want in Sage. No extra fat, no unwanted bells and whistles. Sage-Too have retained all existing features of Sage. So if  you are interested to know the features of Sage-Too, the <a href="http://sage.mozdev.org/">Sage features page</a> ought to be your destination.   <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7263">Get Sage-Too</a> | <a href="http://sage.blat.co.za/">Developer Blog</a>

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