Clearing your data after browsing can be useful if you are using a shared computer. This will prevent the other users from knowing what you have been browsing. It will also keep the computer from storing any information you have input into websites, etc.

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Firefox is now in version 3.0.0.7 and the new versions of old add-ons are doing pretty much their job (and quite well). Anyway, this gives us a chance to revisit some of the power user tips we’ve had over here and perhaps offer tips and tricks for the old dog (fox) to learn. If you [...]

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Yes. For the first time here on LifeSpy, I’m making a bold prediction. Google’s browser, Google Chrome has made so much buzz over the web and the blogosphere that some even though that it’d smother Firefox and give IE a stifling kick in the nuts. For a minute there, I thought so too. However, not [...]

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A must install when working on shared and public terminals (provided that you can install Firefox add-ons). Keyloggers often target web browsers since it’s that particular interface where a lot of user authentication happens. Well sure, some jealous husbands and wives install them to check whether their respective spouses are cheating on them but if [...]

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So previously, we’ve seen that the Minority Report-ish interface was possible. Now how about web technologies that push the envelope. Adaptive Path has made available a video of their Aurora UI concept. It features how a conflict between two users is resolved through interactive browsing. Quite interesting how, through Aurora, web content can manipulated through [...]

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I always prefer to connect and log-in to websites via https. They’re a lot more secure and is highly recommended for those leeching off free Wi-Fi connections, using Internet cafe terminals, and to those who are just plain paranoid. Previously, you can only do this by manually entering the https://mail.google.com in your URL bar, or [...]

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I like Colbert but I think I missed this episode. While talking about phishing and malware and the dark side of the web, out came the great Firefox 3 plug and it got the Colbert “bump.”

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We’ve been getting a lot of comments over the weekend from people expressing their disgust with Firefox 3′s new location bar dubbed AwesomeBar. Sad to say, we also share their opinions and are out to find ways to make it less of a bother. Here’s one other thing that might need fixing – the “Go” [...]

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Quite some time ago, we featured Cooliris Previews as a must-have add-on for Firefox. Knowing what the linked page contains before actually clicking it does have its perks. From the same company comes PicLens – another browser add-on (though not just exclusively for FF, you can get with for IE and Safari) that redefines how [...]

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Ever since the release candidates were released, a lot of people were raving about the new location bar. For me, probably I’m suffering from transition woes. Still, I’m not liking it at all. I feel that the new drop-down that features two lines per URL (the URL with the page title and a description if [...]

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I have to apologize for the lack of tech articles for LifeSpy. I’m currently blogging for AutoJab as well and we’re trying to expand our horizons for that blog as well. The thing is, focus can be a bit of a problem. Tech posts need time and attention, so are car posts. Trying to stay [...]

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For most downloaded software in a 24-hour period. Hold on to you hats, folks. This will be big. So Mozilla is gunning for this accolade (and yes, it’s a Guinness World Record) and I’ll be more than happy to join the party. If you want to participate, head over to the download day headquarters and [...]

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Wow. It has really been a very long time since I have posted anything Firefox, or anything tech for that matter. And with Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 available to the public, this only means that we might just be back in business doing daily Firefox Quick Tips. But wait, how about some interesting quirks [...]

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The latest update for version 2 of Firefox (2.0.0.14 is out). I wonder why it’s only now that my automatic update flagged me for a restart while the fix was released a couple of days ago. Nothing much with this release as it only fixes one security issue – addressing the crash in JavaScript garbage [...]

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It’s one of those days again when my Firefox auto-update prompts me to install yet another update to Firefox 2. I have been shifting from trying out a 3 Beta release to old Firefox 2 and I was surprised that Mozilla is still doing some patchwork to version 2. Fixes for this release: XUL popup [...]

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