Najam Sikander Awan
logs of my work and digital life
My Firefox Extensions
Dec 26th
Well here is a random list of all the extensions for my firefox
1. All in one gesture
2. Session Saver
3. Ad Block
4. Fasterfox
5. Reload Every
6. Groowe Searchtoobar
How Much RAM Do You Really Need?
Dec 13th
Conclusion
The bottom line is that there is not just one single answer to the question of how much system memory you need. However, to help you decide for yourself, we put together the following criteria:
512 MB
There are a few situations where having just 512 MB system memory in your computer can be enough.
* If you run your games at low quality settings (small texture size) because you have an outdated CPU and graphics card, or because you prefer FPS over visual quality.
* If you only use one application at a time.
* If it is your grandmother’s computer.
If you are buying a new computer, even if it’s a laptop, opt for more than 512 MB – you will never regret it.
1 GB
Indeed, 1 GB of system memory will most likely be enough for the average user and for people.
* It will allow you to play new games at their highest quality settings, given that you have an adequate processor and a powerful graphics solution.
* You won’t have to shut down non-critical applications when you want to play a game.
* You can (accidentally) press the Windows button while in a game without dying from a stroke during the seconds it takes to read Windows back into system memory from the swap file.
* If you go from 512 MB to 1 GB, you will notice the difference all the time. Starting up Photoshop while working with Word, an Internet browser, e-mail client and Acrobat Reader will go so much faster, and switching between the applications is a breeze.
2 GB
Still there are situations where more than 1 GB is what you want.
* If you are a professional user, you might need more than 1 GB for really heavy applications.
* If you intend to do heavy multitasking, especially if you have more than one CPU or CPU core. Running RAM intensive games such as World of Warcraft, downloading files via high speed FTP or encrypted protocols, Bittorrent or any P2P program; decompressing large archives and playing large size video files in a window or on second monitor all at the same time can max out your system memory pretty fast – if your CPU can handle it.
Modify Firefox 1.5 to work with all extensions
Dec 2nd
For all of those who just downloaded Firefox 1.5 and canât get your extensions to work. This is a simple modification of Firefoxâs configuration to trick the extensions to work. No need to manually edit the extensions to get them to work. Currently all the extensions I use work except the bookmark sync extension that I so dearly want to.
1. At the location bar, enter: about:config. This will show you a list of Firefox internal preferences.
2. Right-click on the list, select New > String
Enter âapp.extensions.versionâ? (without quotes) for the preference name.
3. Then, enter â1.0â? (without quotes) as the value for app.extensions.version.
4. Restart Firefox 1.5, then enable those disabled Firefox extensions.
5. Restart Firefox 1.5 again to active the extensions. Done.
Speed Up Firfox
Dec 1st
Here’s something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:
1.Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.
2. Alter the entries as follows:
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages MUCH faster now!
Firefox 1.5 – blazing fast back & forth page caching
Nov 30th
1. Download and install the latest Firefox
* Linux
* MacOS X
* Windows
2. Run Firefox and type ‘about:config’ in the location bar.
3. Right-click on the main content area.
1. Select New
2. Select Integer
4. Enter the preference name ‘browser.sessionhistory.max_viewers’ and click OK.
5. Enter ’5′ and click OK.
6. Shutdown and restart Firefox.
7. Take the feature for a test drive!
1. View a large web page with lots of elements, like planet.mozilla.org or mozillaZine feedHouse.
2. Next, go to another page, like Slashdot.
3. Click Firefox’s Back button. If the preference is properly enabled, the previous page should appear instantly.
4. Click the Forward button to see it work again with Slashdot.
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 release
Nov 30th
Firefox version 1.5 released today I have downloaded this latest version from http//:www.mozila.org
New features include a drag and drop for tabbed browsing, a better pop up blocker algorithm, and a reference search engine which includes answer.com, a better live bookmark feature, and an improved option interface.
The software also includes an auto update system when security patches need to be applied or additional features become available.
Mozilla also said that performance is better because of a next generation rendering and layout engine. Mozilla said there are now 700 extensions to Firefox. More are expected in the coming weeks.
setting custome themes??
Nov 21st
hi
i am using wordpress.com very first time i dont know how to set custom themes (http://managedtasks.com/wpthemes/blog/index.php?wptheme=narnia) from my panel i donwloaded a theme from wordpress which can be found at http://managedtasks.com/wpthemes/blog/index.php?wptheme=narnia can anyone please help me how to set this theme for my blog
thanks
najam sikander
