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#28 Up↑ /6 Down↓ [Report] 2008-01-18 05:22 GMT
Texter!
Texter can be found here: http://lifehacker.com/software/texter/lifehacker-code-texter-windows-238306.php
It lets you put in keywords and replaces them with longer strings of text. It's great for replacing things you type often like %Appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles and " I'm sorry, we don't officially offer Thunderbird help at this time. The best resource for these issues is http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/ . You can also try the #thunderbird channel on the Mozilla IRC server at: irc://irc.mozilla.org/thunderbird " and even longer stuff. All the instructions (there aren't many) are on that site.
It's much faster to access than Canned messages, lets you put the cursor anywhere you want in the target string, supports clipboard pasting and even supports autocorrect (although I have that off). Highly recommended.
Windows only. Mac users have: http://www.smileonmymac.com/textexpander/index.html and Linux users probably have perlscripts but I wouldn't know. -
#29 Up↑ /5 Down↓ [Report] 2008-01-18 20:27 GMT
Windows Disable Norton Internet Security on Startup
1) Start Menu -> Run
2) Type msconfig Press Enter
3) Go to the Startup Tab
4) Uncheck entry for ccapp
5) Go to Services Tab
6) Uncheck all with entries with Symantec in name
7) Click Apply then Ok
8) When prompted Restart the Computer -
#19 Up↑ /4 Down↓ [Report] 2008-01-13 00:10 GMT
General info on the differences between OSes:
For profile folder:
%Appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox (Windows)
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox (OSX)
~/.mozilla/firefox (Linux/Unix)
Install directory:
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ (Windows)
/usr/lib/firefox-<version> (Linux)
~/.mozilla/ (Linux)
/usr/lib/firefox/ (Linux)
/usr/lib/mozilla/ (Linux)
/Applications/Firefox.app (OSX)
For the options dialog:
Tools-Options (Windows)
Edit->Preferences (Linux)
Firefox->Preferences... (OSX) -
#3 Up↑ /4 Down↓ [Report] 2008-01-10 06:35 GMT
To make searching the knowledge base easier, add a Smart Keyword http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Smart+keywords
1. Go to http://support.mozilla.com
2. Right click in the search box
3. Select "Add a keyword for this search"
4. Name it and give it a keyword, like "sumo"
5. Type "sumo bookmarks" in the url bar and hit enter (or whatever else you want to search on).
You'll be taken straight to the search results page. -
#23 Up↑ /8 Down↓ [Report] 2008-01-15 06:06 GMT
To invite another helper into a chat and let them have the Fastpath UI rather than the regular group chat UI:
1. Click the invite button
2. Don't select the helper, select the support workgroup
3. In the chat request topic specify who it is you're looking to invite.
This will send the invite to the queue, and hopefully everyone who is offered the request will read that you've requested someone specific and decline the offer. -
#471 Up↑ /2 Down↓ [Report] 2008-06-05 21:28 GMT
1) Realplayer browser record. Installed with Realplayer (particularly
annoying because it's installed globally or something... not easy to
uninstall) ... it causes images not to display, forms submission to
break and will often break embedded flash videos or games.
2) Skype Extension for Firefox. This has almost become my catch-all
problem causer: breaks jpgs, pdfs, randomly hangs Firefox, causes pages
to stop loading, links to break. If they have the Skype Toolbar (the
old version of the extension) it'll often break chrome in screwy ways.
(Blank URL bar, missing buttons etc etc)... and people with skype often
have both. It can also cause pages to reload on refocus or constantly
reload.
3) Thinkvantage Password Manager Extension. Comes with Lenovo
computers. Crashes Firefox when new windows are launched (popups
included) and gives errors, random freezes. There are quite a few
forum threads on this one, it was a HUGE deal about 2-3 months ago.
4) McAfee SiteAdvisor. Then #1 complaint is that even after
uninstalling it, it leaves a line disabling the popup blocker in user.js
which is really really annoying. Per the problematic extensions
website, it causes other errors but I've honestly never seen them before.
5) XPL LinkScanner. Causes crashes. This is covered in the crashes
article so I don't have a grasp for the extent of the problem.
6) MediaWrap. I think this installed by default on some distro versions
(EeePC?) of Firefox to give ActiveX handling. Like all ActiveX
handling, this breaks stuff. (This isn't on the PE page and isn't all
that common, to be fair.)
7) Toolbars from Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Ask.com. Generally people will
have multiple and then complain about slow and unresponsive Firefox.
(not a major problem) Some of these toolbars leak memory or cause
crashes or script warnings. The bigger annoyance is you can hide the
toolbars from view and still have it installed and causing problems but
the user thinks it's gone.