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Being open source, all the best features of Chrome will end up as FF extensions. It's already happening. It will only be a matter of time before all the good of Chrome more or less absorbed into Firefox, and all the bad (google's snooping, no extensions) are left out.

For everyone worried about malicious TIFF exploits, you might want to take a few seconds and re-read those jailbreak features listed on the AppSnapp page. See number 6? Not only does the team jailbreak your phone, add Installer.app and fix YouTube, but they also repair patch Safari's TIFF exploit hole. Yes, you read that right. These amazing hackers have done Apple a huge favor and fixed the very same exploit they used to jailbreak.

http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/jailbreak-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch-with-one-click-316287.php

Jailbreaking the iPod touch/iPhone is now an utterly simple, one-click affair--which means if you've been waiting to jailbreak your iPod touch or iPhone (since the 1.1.1 firmware upgrade), the time is now. Just point your Safari browser to http://jailbreakme.com/ and click the Install AppSnapp link. It may sound scary, but the web site takes advantage of a mobile Safari exploit to install Installer.app (the gateway application for installing more applications) to your device. If you give it a try, here's what you can expect.

I think Adam Pash from Lifehacker puts it best: "What's Microsoft giving you out of the box besides Internet Explorer, a web browser you're going to use once to download a better one?"

True.

First page I found in Google:

http://lifehacker.com/software/privacy/download-of-the-day-stealther-firefox-extension-174752.php

When you have a good extension system, not everything needs to be incorporated anymore. Like an Adblocker...

Absolutely. I've used Stealther for a long while. It's the first thing I download (followed by NoScript) and... Well... I don't see a reason to incorporate that to FF. It's quick to get it and easy to find for anyone who wishes to have such... It works just like the extensions are supposed to work in FF!

(That said, the stealther should get some bug fixes. It doesn't remove whole history but if visiting example.com and example2.com before putting it on, then visiting example2.com and example3.com and turning it off again, example 2 has been removed from history, etc.)

True.

First page I found in Google:

http://lifehacker.com/software/privacy/download-of-the-day-stealther-firefox-extension-174752.php

When you have a good extension system, not everything needs to be incorporated anymore. Like an Adblocker...

Safari has had a private/pr0n browsing mode for 3+ years...

I also disagree with Shuttleworth saying that OS X hands down provides the best experience. I haven't used it recently, but I have never been blown away by OS X. It does things well, but I don't see a massive usability revolution.

It's quite good, but as you say, it's not revolutionary. It is, however, smooth, convenient, efficient, and attractive. The one wart I've seen in Finder is mounting of network shares -- the whole finder seems to hang while accessing CIFS. If they did the Apple thing and seamlessly used kioslaves behind the scenes for that functionality, though, it would really improve the user experience.

In that regard, I'd really like to see him put his money towards more of the underlying layers. You see a lot of contributors putting work towards the UI, but being able to pay people to work on items such as

• groveling through the register documentation for ATI to provide all its polygon and texture features to the X server to accelerate 2-d things such as expose' and thumbnails
• fixing some long-time problems in Unix -- e.g., the option to select() on a child for a exception/termination condition instead of having to wait() for it
• the ALSA problems mentioned earlier
• software suspend
• multi-monitor support as straightforward and dynamically configurable as under MacOS/Windows

It seems like those kinds of things are not particularly glamorous or profitable in and of themselves, but could improve things for lots of developers and users. Money can be the motivator to fill in those cracks where fame isn't.

It looks like it requires a phone call though. My sources: http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/redownload-your-lost-itunes-music-176323.php http://thecontent.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/itunes-lets-people-re-download-all-your-music-once/

I installed it yesterday from a retail box on my h4ckint0sh. During installation it asked for my password and I had to enter a code that was printed on the manual. Everything went smoothly and I ended up playing the damn game for 12 hours. I like it.

Agreed. Search engines were horrible back then, and google was no exception (for me, anyway). It was about a year and a half after they debuted that I started using them, and I haven't looked back.

As for the 'do no evil' part, I find it funny that the people who hate google so badly still use it. They're so much better than the competition that the people who hate it come up with convulted methods to try to use it without their information getting tracked.

Not at the moment. Any "new" features in Chrome are easily replicated with FF extensions.

Cool, can you point me to the stop-fragmenting-memory-and-slowing-down extension, and the multi-process-isolation-so-the-whole-browser-doesn't-crash extension?

If the only thing that comes out of this is that it is a wakeup call for Firefox, then it was still worth it IMO.

Not at the moment. Any "new" features in Chrome are easily replicated with FF extensions.

EOM stands for "End Of Message":
you needn't have opened this comment because
the content was in the subject-line.

'tis a neat e-mail efficiency-hack!

http://www.lifehacker.com/
for more like that :)

Or, to answer the guys question rather than go on for paragraphs about how great a humanitarian you are:

Many of those devices listed have USB charge cables. I bought my Nintndo DS cable for about $5.00. A little Googling shows that the following have USB cable chargers:
Nokia N810, LG Chocolate, And the Sony Ericsson Z310a.

For the mouse, I'd recommend looking at at some of Logitech's non-Bluetooth wireless mice. The one I use goes at leas 6 months of constant use between charges, so I don't need a cable lying around. There is a dongle, but it's teeny (sticks out about 3mm from the slot if you're worried about appearances).

For the Cannon and the Thinkpad adapters, a little pegboard under your desk and you're set.

USB would actually be a good charger standard, for that matter. It works for some phones and cameras (though Moto perverted the spec for the RAZR -- this should be avoided as it is deliberate proprietariness and that's bullshit).

Anyway, how about some answers? Over at the Gawker Media site Lifehacker, there have been a few suggestions.

USB would actually be a good charger standard, for that matter. It works for some phones and cameras (though Moto perverted the spec for the RAZR -- this should be avoided as it is deliberate proprietariness and that's bullshit).

Anyway, how about some answers? Over at the Gawker Media site Lifehacker, there have been a few suggestions.

USB would actually be a good charger standard, for that matter. It works for some phones and cameras (though Moto perverted the spec for the RAZR -- this should be avoided as it is deliberate proprietariness and that's bullshit).

Anyway, how about some answers? Over at the Gawker Media site Lifehacker, there have been a few suggestions.

USB would actually be a good charger standard, for that matter. It works for some phones and cameras (though Moto perverted the spec for the RAZR -- this should be avoided as it is deliberate proprietariness and that's bullshit).

Anyway, how about some answers? Over at the Gawker Media site Lifehacker, there have been a few suggestions.

USB would actually be a good charger standard, for that matter. It works for some phones and cameras (though Moto perverted the spec for the RAZR -- this should be avoided as it is deliberate proprietariness and that's bullshit).

Anyway, how about some answers? Over at the Gawker Media site Lifehacker, there have been a few suggestions.

USB would actually be a good charger standard, for that matter. It works for some phones and cameras (though Moto perverted the spec for the RAZR -- this should be avoided as it is deliberate proprietariness and that's bullshit).

Anyway, how about some answers? Over at the Gawker Media site Lifehacker, there have been a few suggestions.

USB would actually be a good charger standard, for that matter. It works for some phones and cameras (though Moto perverted the spec for the RAZR -- this should be avoided as it is deliberate proprietariness and that's bullshit).

Anyway, how about some answers? Over at the Gawker Media site Lifehacker, there have been a few suggestions.

Behold, the solution:

http://lifehacker.com/399765/turn-a-drawer-into-a-hideaway-charging-station

I mean.. look at sites like Lifehacker:

Tired of cords and chargers?
http://lifehacker.com/software/clutter/build-a-cordandcharger-organizer-229408.php

Somehow I could not reach the article right now, but here's the image of the project that is being described:

http://cache.lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/01/charger%20box.jpg

I mean.. look at sites like Lifehacker:

Tired of cords and chargers?
http://lifehacker.com/software/clutter/build-a-cordandcharger-organizer-229408.php

Somehow I could not reach the article right now, but here's the image of the project that is being described:

http://cache.lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/01/charger%20box.jpg

Conduit (http://www.conduit-project.org/) is aiming to be what you what. Currently it supports some two-way syncing between Google contacts and GCal. It only has one-way to GDocs so far. Lifehacker reviews it here: http://lifehacker.com/398775/sync-and-back-up-your-data-with-conduit-for-linux

Here are some mostly self-explanatory links:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
http://www.zindus.com/
http://lifehacker.com/software/download-managers/geek-to-live--wget-local-copies-of-your-online-research-delicious-digg-or-google-notebook-200360.php
http://lifehacker.com/399407/how-to-sync-any-desktop-calendar-with-google-calendar
http://gears.google.com/

Here are some mostly self-explanatory links:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
http://www.zindus.com/
http://lifehacker.com/software/download-managers/geek-to-live--wget-local-copies-of-your-online-research-delicious-digg-or-google-notebook-200360.php
http://lifehacker.com/399407/how-to-sync-any-desktop-calendar-with-google-calendar
http://gears.google.com/

Gbackup, of course! Well OK, not yer, but apparently coming soon. If you need it now, um, Google is your friend. And there's more, if you check Google.
And BTW, web apps != "the cloud".

... No, really. Toothpaste. http://lifehacker.com/software/cds/macgyver-tip-fix-scratched-cds-with-toothpaste-155741.php It works!

VLC the Swiss Army Knife of the digital world.

Toothpaste, or Brasso. I hear Brasso works the best.

Read & Learn, And Legalize Marijuana

Since the article is often pulled from websites, the first article you should read and burn into your mind is this, Google for the title and archive a copy for yourself:

"A break-in to end all break-ins"
"In 1971, stolen FBI files exposed the government's domestic spying program"

It's an amazing story, and in 2008, how much has this expanded into every corner of our lives? The majority of Americans are brainwashed sheep consumers with a limp wet noodle for a brain, thrashing around with their Wii and Paris Hilton media like a fat dinoasaur in a tar pit. Stay informed, we have no privacy, encryption is good but useless with acoustic monitoring, reflections in the eye and objects in your environment, etc.! If it's electronic, there's always a loophole. You shine brighter with each electronic device you use, in many ways. Don't trust Hushmail or any web based mail service to keep anything of yours secure or to provide any reasonable degree of security. Secure your computer room and rig your computer to shut down if you use encryption like Truecrypt or other when your environment is entered by someone other than you or those you permit and trust (you shouldn't trust anyone, everyone has a price)

Compromising Reflections or How to Read LCD Monitors Around the Corner
http://www.infsec.cs.uni-sb.de/~unruh/publications/reflections.pdf [uni-sb.de]

And more:

http://www.eff.org/wp/detecting-packet-injection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_remailer
http://cryptome.org/tempest-law.htm
http://seclab.uiuc.edu/pubs/LeMayT06.pdf
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~dfrankow/files/lam-etrics2006-security.pdf
http://cryptome.org/nsa-vaneck.htm
http://www.alobbs.com/macchanger
http://lifehacker.com/software/ssh/geek-to-live--encrypt-your-web-browsing-session-with-an-ssh-socks-proxy-237227.php
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/five_stages.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-92/SP800-92.pdf
http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_WinXP_Home.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-84/SP800-84.pdf
http://all.net/books/document/harvard.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc3/
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/emsec/optical-faq.html
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/csep590/06wi/
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/mcnamara/links.html
http://lifeha

Read & Learn, And Legalize Marijuana

Since the article is often pulled from websites, the first article you should read and burn into your mind is this, Google for the title and archive a copy for yourself:

"A break-in to end all break-ins"
"In 1971, stolen FBI files exposed the government's domestic spying program"

It's an amazing story, and in 2008, how much has this expanded into every corner of our lives? The majority of Americans are brainwashed sheep consumers with a limp wet noodle for a brain, thrashing around with their Wii and Paris Hilton media like a fat dinoasaur in a tar pit. Stay informed, we have no privacy, encryption is good but useless with acoustic monitoring, reflections in the eye and objects in your environment, etc.! If it's electronic, there's always a loophole. You shine brighter with each electronic device you use, in many ways. Don't trust Hushmail or any web based mail service to keep anything of yours secure or to provide any reasonable degree of security. Secure your computer room and rig your computer to shut down if you use encryption like Truecrypt or other when your environment is entered by someone other than you or those you permit and trust (you shouldn't trust anyone, everyone has a price)

Compromising Reflections or How to Read LCD Monitors Around the Corner
http://www.infsec.cs.uni-sb.de/~unruh/publications/reflections.pdf [uni-sb.de]

And more:

http://www.eff.org/wp/detecting-packet-injection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_remailer
http://cryptome.org/tempest-law.htm
http://seclab.uiuc.edu/pubs/LeMayT06.pdf
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~dfrankow/files/lam-etrics2006-security.pdf
http://cryptome.org/nsa-vaneck.htm
http://www.alobbs.com/macchanger
http://lifehacker.com/software/ssh/geek-to-live--encrypt-your-web-browsing-session-with-an-ssh-socks-proxy-237227.php
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/five_stages.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-92/SP800-92.pdf
http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_WinXP_Home.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-84/SP800-84.pdf
http://all.net/books/document/harvard.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc3/
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/emsec/optical-faq.html
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/csep590/06wi/
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/mcnamara/links.html
http://lifeha

Since the article is often pulled from websites, the first article you should read and burn into your mind is this, Google for the title and archive a copy for yourself:

"A break-in to end all break-ins"
"In 1971, stolen FBI files exposed the government's domestic spying program"

It's an amazing story, and in 2008, how much has this expanded into every corner of our lives? The majority of Americans are brainwashed sheep consumers with a limp wet noodle for a brain, thrashing around with their Wii and Paris Hilton media like a fat dinoasaur in a tar pit. Stay informed, we have no privacy, encryption is good but useless with acoustic monitoring, reflections in the eye and objects in your environment, etc.! If it's electronic, there's always a loophole. You shine brighter with each electronic device you use, in many ways. Don't trust Hushmail or any web based mail service to keep anything of yours secure or to provide any reasonable degree of security. Secure your computer room and rig your computer to shut down if you use encryption like Truecrypt or other when your environment is entered by someone other than you or those you permit and trust (you shouldn't trust anyone, everyone has a price)

Compromising Reflections or How to Read LCD Monitors Around the Corner
http://www.infsec.cs.uni-sb.de/~unruh/publications/reflections.pdf

And more:

http://www.eff.org/wp/detecting-packet-injection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_remailer
http://cryptome.org/tempest-law.htm
http://seclab.uiuc.edu/pubs/LeMayT06.pdf
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~dfrankow/files/lam-etrics2006-security.pdf
http://cryptome.org/nsa-vaneck.htm
http://lifehacker.com/software/ssh/geek-to-live--encrypt-your-web-browsing-session-with-an-ssh-socks-proxy-237227.php
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/five_stages.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-92/SP800-92.pdf
http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_WinXP_Home.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-84/SP800-84.pdf
http://all.net/books/document/harvard.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc3/
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/emsec/optical-faq.html
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/csep590/06wi/
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/mcnamara/links.html
http://lifehacker.com/software/home-server/geek-to-live--set-up-a-personal-home-ssh-server-205090.php

Since the article is often pulled from websites, the first article you should read and burn into your mind is this, Google for the title and archive a copy for yourself:

"A break-in to end all break-ins"
"In 1971, stolen FBI files exposed the government's domestic spying program"

It's an amazing story, and in 2008, how much has this expanded into every corner of our lives? The majority of Americans are brainwashed sheep consumers with a limp wet noodle for a brain, thrashing around with their Wii and Paris Hilton media like a fat dinoasaur in a tar pit. Stay informed, we have no privacy, encryption is good but useless with acoustic monitoring, reflections in the eye and objects in your environment, etc.! If it's electronic, there's always a loophole. You shine brighter with each electronic device you use, in many ways. Don't trust Hushmail or any web based mail service to keep anything of yours secure or to provide any reasonable degree of security. Secure your computer room and rig your computer to shut down if you use encryption like Truecrypt or other when your environment is entered by someone other than you or those you permit and trust (you shouldn't trust anyone, everyone has a price)

Compromising Reflections or How to Read LCD Monitors Around the Corner
http://www.infsec.cs.uni-sb.de/~unruh/publications/reflections.pdf

And more:

http://www.eff.org/wp/detecting-packet-injection
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_remailer
http://cryptome.org/tempest-law.htm
http://seclab.uiuc.edu/pubs/LeMayT06.pdf
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~dfrankow/files/lam-etrics2006-security.pdf
http://cryptome.org/nsa-vaneck.htm
http://lifehacker.com/software/ssh/geek-to-live--encrypt-your-web-browsing-session-with-an-ssh-socks-proxy-237227.php
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/five_stages.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-92/SP800-92.pdf
http://csrc.nist.gov/itsec/guidance_WinXP_Home.html
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-84/SP800-84.pdf
http://all.net/books/document/harvard.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc2/
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc3/
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/emsec/optical-faq.html
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/csep590/06wi/
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/mcnamara/links.html
http://lifehacker.com/software/home-server/geek-to-live--set-up-a-personal-home-ssh-server-205090.php

There's been some great suggestions already.

I have a treadmill as I find running is the best aerobic workout for my body. I got mine off craigslist for $200 and it works really well for me especially during the winter months. This nut job took it a step further and integrated it into his workspace: http://lifehacker.com/software/contest/coolest-workspace-contest--the-treadputer-171537.php and this guy thinks he can make a business out of it: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-06-07-office-fit_x.htm

Weights are just as important as running. You burn more calories just by having more muscle. Don't worry about how big they look just get them toned and stronger and they will burn calories while you're standing in line at the Taqueria.

Riding bicycles is fun and if you're less than 5 miles to your office it may be feasible unless you live in Bangkok.

Calisthenic exercises are easy to do in private and you get the benefit of aerobic and anaerobic at the same time.

Softball is a good excuse to get outside and meet some overweight middle aged guys from the community. Just don't drink all the calories back on after the game.

For me running and weights are the best combination to remain fit but any of the other things that you can do for fun will help out and let you keep eating whatever you want.

Tons of reasons:
-IE actually DOESN'T render things quite right, IE 8 (beta) is the closest thing they have now that's anywhere close to "standard compliant", at least in terms of CSS support. In a LOT of cases, pages only render OK in IE because of numerous CSS hacks used to make it display like every other browser, or a IE-only stylesheet is fed to it
-IE is a great way to load your system full of spyware (ActiveX junk, BHO's, toolbars and what not)
-Firefox has tons of very useful addons, like Adblock Plus, DownThemAll, Firebug, etc
-Far better standard support using other browsers, see this page for a quick overview
-IE7 is the worst memory hog of them all, look here and from what I've seen IE8 is only worse
-IE7 has the worst interface of them all, with the home button to the extreme right, the standard "toolbar" hidden by default (File/Edit/View/...), and everything else
-No session saver (when IE crashes, kiss all your tabs goodbye)
etc

There's NOTHING good to be said about IE. It's the worst POS to ever come out of Redmond (worse than WinME + Bob + Clippy combined). The only reason to still use it is for apps (like some banks) that require it, because they use ActiveX components or such.

Lifehacker has instructions on how to restore the yellow for SSL sites, among other nice UI changes (such as removing the Go and Search buttons from the Address and Search bars, respectively). It does require an extension (either Stylish or Greasemonkey), but it definitely works, I've been using this at home for a few weeks now.

Actually, you can do something similar to that by putting a few common Cyrillic letters into a couple filters and telling it to delete/put-in-spam-folder/whatever with the stuff that turns up.

Where I initially read about it.

And its in the form of firstname.lastname@gmail.com right?

your attempt to ridicule my choice is ridiculous in and of itself because a large number of people, not much less than those that prefer BoW like it.

The following of an idea has no correlation with its degree of ridiculousness.

we're preferring BoW because we're use to it from centuries of experience with paper. ... What I'm talking about is preference being affected by familiarity.

There's nothing wrong with that though. It's perfectly reasonable to prefer black on white because everything else uses it. Consistency is very important.

How many documents do you actually print out anyway? How many of them become unreadable if you print inverse? Then there's the ability to hit a print preview or even set preferences if that's what you prefer. Trouble is unless you're an advanced user you're not choosing the colour of your web pages or the background colour of most apps.

This does not address the point you were replying to. What I said was people who must context switch constantly from a black on white paper medium to a white on black computer screen would suffer from eye strain. This is a very common use case and explains easily why black on white is more often preferred.

major packages like Corel Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom - are shipping with a black theme by default.

Yet it's still not the majority preference. Even in the art field. Adobe Photoshop doesn't ship with such a theme, which is easily the most widely used art application. Even if it did, the art field doesn't even come close to representing a majority in computer usage. Or even a majority in professional computer usage.

black firefox themes are so widely varied

Again, this proves nothing. The number of black on white themed Firefox users are still the vast majority.

If you dim your screen enough the surface of the screen's starts to reflect roughly the same amount of light as it is emitting and suddenly the reflections are so bright in comaparison that that causes eye strain.

This is true. A good example of this would be using a laptop with a glossy screen outside in the bright sun. But the issue here is that the contrast is reduced. That's what causes the eye strain. In this case, whether or not the user is looking at a white on black color scheme or a black on white color scheme is far less relevant than the lack of contrast. The solution is to get into the shade, or go inside.

A piece of office paper in a properly lit room isn't going to be the same

Again true. However, a piece of paper in a properly lit room next to a black on white color scheme on a computer monitor will be far more similar to each other than the same piece of paper next to a white on black color scheme on a computer monitor.

Google the following:
black themes less eye strain

Okay. Results:

1. Author supports your position, but no evidence cited. Author's conclusion is disputed in the discussion. http://lifehacker.com/374189/darken-windows-to-reduce-eye-strain
2. Same result as above. http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/01/darken_windows_to_reduce_eye_strain-2.html
3. Supports neither of our positions, video is comedic. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/337399/avoid_eye_strain_when_using_word/
4. A Slashdot discussion. There are highly rated comments supporting both my position and yours.

Found the way.

http://lifehacker.com/software/dictionary/remove-misspelled-words-from-your-firefox-dictionary-244497.php

There was an article on how to disinfect sponges recently and I think it would work on your laptop as well: Put it in the microwave on high for two minutes. Make sure you wet it first, or you'll get lots of smoke.

The few scientific studies I've found on readability indicate that there is no color scheme that significantly enhances readability -- I would think readability would only be part of the issue regarding the eye strain problem.

So, what about making your own bias light for your monitor? That will _definitely_ reduce eye strain.

Another thought, is sometimes you can edit the .xpi (pkzip file named .xpi, use winrar) version and it will install and work. Sometimes this works, sometimes it don't. Your mileage will vary.

Almost forgot about that, no need to cry about your blessed extension then.

Oh yeah, nearly forgot there's an about:config hack you need also..
(hat tip to LifeHacker
        * Type about:config into Firefox's address bar and click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button.
        * Right-click anywhere. Choose New>Boolean. Make the name of your new config value extensions.checkCompatibility and set it to false.
        * Make another new boolean pair called extensions.checkUpdateSecurity and set the value to false.
        * Restart Firefox.

Comix:
Ctrl-Alt-Del http://www.cad-comic.com/
Diesel Sweeties http://dieselsweeties.com/
Questionable Content http://www.questionablecontent.net/
Penny Arcade http://www.penny-arcade.com/
xkcd http://xkcd.com/

Blogs:
Warren Ellis http://www.warrenellis.com/
Thighs Wide Shut http://thighswideshut.org/
Kids with Guns http://patrickben.livejournal.com/

Geeky Blogs/Mags:
Boing Boing http://www.boingboing.net/
Cool Hunting
365 Tomorrows
Grinding.be http://grinding.be/
io9 http://io9.com/
Lifehacker http://lifehacker.com/
Slashdot
Wired http://www.wired.com/rss/index.xml
AppleInsider http://www.appleinsider.com/
Macenstein http://macenstein.com/default
The Unofficial Apple Weblog http://www.tuaw.com/
Macworld http://www.macworld.com/

Dirty Stuff:
Fleshbot http://fleshbot.com/tag/straight
FlickrBabes http://flickrbabes.com/
UseMyComputer http://usemycomputer.com/
Homocidal Insomniac http://homicidalinsomniac.blogspot.com/

News:
Salon http://www.salon.com/

First thing every morning:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/DilbertDailyStrip

I found this one on /. but it hasn't been updated in maybe a year:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/What-Is-What

I go through these two a few times a day:
http://lifehacker.com/software/top/index.xml
http://www.instructables.com/tag/type:id/featured:true/rss.xml

I love David Allen's GTD, and I've a few productivity RSS feeds that I follow;
David Allen Co.'s official RSS feed has a lot of interesting GTD-centric tips.
43Folders is Merlin Mann's productivity feed with a little more unrelated noise.
Lifehacker has a lot of productivity tips, but again, more noise. On the other hand, Lifehacker is also a lot more down to earth.
Get Rich Slowly isn't directly productivity--related, but it's a good reminder to mind your finances.

(I've linked to the sites and not the feeds so that new readers can get a glimpse of the content before choosing whether or not to grab the RSS feed)

My list of feeds:
Slashdot main : http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot
Obvious Reasons

Linux.com : http://www.linux.com/feature/?theme=rss
Useful tips for using Linux on a daily basis and for my sysadmin job

Lifehacker : http://lifehacker.com/excerpts.xml
Tips for life in general

Hack a Day : http://www.hackaday.com/rss.xml
Stuff I wish I had the motivation to do

Google Open Source Blog : http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
Keeping current with The Goog's OSS efforts

Google Summer of Code Blog : http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoogleSummerOfCodePodcasts
Seeing the State of the Program

The Art of Manliness : http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheArtOfManliness
Do you really have to ask?

I'm really bummed that there will be no Google Browser Sync, as this REALLY made using FF2 on multiple computers a dream. But at least we have the likes of the Foxmarks add-on.