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  1. version numbers on Firefox 3.5.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Going by previous versions of firefox, shouldn't it be 3.5.0.1 rather than 3.5.1?

  2. Re:Don't take the bait on Chrome Complicates Mozilla/Google Love-In · · Score: 1

    ofcourse you can block ads in opera, see sig :)

  3. porn ads, ack! on Et Tu, Mozilla? Firefox 3 To Get Privacy Mode · · Score: 1

    Curse those banner ads and adult dating sites (adultfriendfinder plz die)

  4. Re:hmmmmmm.... on IE8 Will Contain an Accidental Ad Blocker · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Acid 3 on Mozilla Pitches Firefox 3.1 Alpha For July Release · · Score: 3, Interesting

    80/100 on the current nightly builds, http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7533/acid3trunkok0.jpg

  6. will block them.. on Newspaper Ad Network Shuns Google, Yahoo, MS · · Score: 1

    and as soon as they start the adservices, I'll block them :)

  7. Re:Opera is the Ron Paul of browsers on MS, Mozilla Clashing Over JavaScript Update · · Score: 1

    adblock for opera? sure, no whitelisting, but sure its available :)

  8. Re:Demonstration on Firefox Quickies · · Score: 1

    hmm I wonder if you could use adblock to block "firefoxurl://" it would prevent this issue?

  9. site has been added to the list. on ISPs Inserting Ads Into Your Pages · · Score: 1

    Site has been added to list, any more examples type of advertisement would be handy

  10. Re:innovation? on Firefox 2.0 To Debut Tuesday · · Score: 1

    Sure Opera can block ads, check my list :)

  11. mouse scroll bug fixed? on Flash 9 Beta for Linux Available · · Score: 1

    Did they fix the mouse scroll bug in the flash plugin? (where the mouse scroll doesn't work over any embedded flash).

  12. package manager? on Slackware 11 Has Been Released · · Score: 0, Troll

    I remember Slackware back in the day, apart from updated packages, has it got a decent official package manager yet?

  13. Re:Why release it on Sourceforge on Google Releases Tesseract as Open Source · · Score: 1

    That was my thoughts exactly, why release it on sourceforge? Unless they don't have any faith in there own code repository.

  14. Re:Only applies to ipods... on Why Sony Should've Put Its Weight Behind Hi-MD · · Score: 1

    i use Rockbox :)


  15. Apple, how about NZ? on ITunes Australia Goes Live · · Score: 4, Insightful

    how about Itunes service that includes NZ too?

  16. Firefox 1.5 installation directions on Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    When installing Firefox 1.5

    (1) Backup your old Firefox 1.0 profile
    (2) Start with a clean profile, its best to use a clean profile
    (3) Update your extensions
    (4) If the extensions still complain, try this following the directions from this link

  17. Re:Opera stats still hidden on Firefox Gains on IE Again in June · · Score: 1

    but Opera doesnt identify itself by default.

  18. SVG on Apple to Adopt KDE4's KDOM and KSVG2? · · Score: 1

    its great to see support for SVG finally taking shape, Firefox 1.1, Opera, and possibly Konq and Safari. Now if only microsoft would support it...

  19. everything so secretive? on Anonymous Library Cards An Option? · · Score: 1

    Is there really a need to keep everything so secretive? damn, wheres my tin foil hat.

  20. Re:Um..I'll have a shot on Plugging Internet Explorer's Leaks · · Score: 1

    thats understandable, I've been in the same situation before where mozilla, firefox and opera would show the website perfectly, but not IE. Thus you have to find the timeconsuming work arounds :( One can only hope this will change when IE7 comes out.

  21. Re:Changes on Firefox Deer Park Alpha Available · · Score: 1

    I'm looking forward to all the CSS3, SVG and Canvas bits, so nice :) now if only we can get acid2 compliance....

  22. Re:not working for me on Firefox Deer Park Alpha Available · · Score: 1

    tried a new profile?

  23. Re:Firefox 1.1 on Firefox Deer Park Alpha Available · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I was thinking how they would implement such a feature, considering theres numerious "optimised" compiled binaries, so each firefox binary will be different (apart from the official mozilla.org release).. how would you make a binary diff against the unofficial packages? is it possible?

  24. 1.1 Extensions on Firefox Deer Park Alpha Available · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.projects1.com/firefox/exthacks/FFnightl yextensions.html

    something to help with the coversion to 1.0->1.1, also best to try a new profile too.

  25. Re:Gnome on Outlook, Evolution and Kontact Side-by-Side · · Score: 1

    oh please, Evolution looks a lot cleaner than Kontact.