Category Archives: Firefox

Proxy Switching On/Off

One of the more annoying things when you carry a laptop between home and work is that you constantly have to turn the Browser Proxy on (for work) and off (for home). If you don’t know what a proxy is, … Continue reading

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Zotero and APA 6

form Joyce If you are using the Zotero addon for Firefox for your referencing, you can install the APA 6th edition referencing style by clicking here http://www.zotero.org/styles/apa/dev?install=1

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Firefox, zotero and COinS

Created COinS metadata in an HTML file, but had trouble getting zotero to recognise it. Actually its too simple, once zotero recognises there is COinS metadata it places a book icon next to the URL, click this and the metadata … Continue reading

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FTP Firefox (FireFTP) and FileZilla

Just added Fire FTP to firefox (normally use Filezilla)  

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Firefox extensions xpi error

Have been toying with developing an extension for firefox and uploaded the file to my brinkster account. Trying to create a web based install using the Javascript code http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Installing_Extensions_and_Themes_From_Web_Pages I created a xpi file and the JavaScript. (The xpi file … Continue reading

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