Archive for the ‘Firefox’ Category
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Today I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Beta version. There are several new things in this upcoming Ubuntu version. First of all it is a long term support version, which means that if you install it you will receive support and updates for up to three years and ...
Posted in Firefox, Hardy, Linux, Ubuntu | 6 Comments »
Saturday, May 19th, 2007
I have tried several Email Clients and Feedreaders on Ubuntu and my primary Debian Operating System. But now I was feeling that why bother with any more software when you have Google and Firefox (Iceweasel on Debian). So, I decided to make myself a script that automatically opens my Gmail ...
Posted in Debian, Firefox, Google, Google Office, Tips | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Writing and Reading in Urdu on Ubuntu is not configured properly in a default installation. So most Urdu users face trouble once they have installed Ubuntu. Sometimes they give up too quickly and get back to windows and sometimes they spend hours figuring out a solution.
First of all I ...
Posted in Firefox, Pakistan, Ubuntu, Urdu | 6 Comments »
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
I am excited all over again on the new release of Ubuntu. Expected to be released next month but the beta version is currently availabe for download. It has:
Firefox 2.0 RC 1 (code named: Bon Echo):
New Theme (Tangerine) and user interface have been updated to improve usability.
It has inline spell ...
Posted in Edgy, Epiphany, Firefox, Gnome, Linux, Open Office, Ubuntu | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 18th, 2006
Finally, I found the solution to the Firefox Urdu Font related bug in Dapper. Me, the newbie, the linux illiterate who didn't even know Tux; I solved a bug in an open source software that I am using on my open source operating system.
After upgrading to Dapper, I found that ...
Posted in Dapper, Firefox, Mozilla, Pakistan, Ubuntu, Urdu | 13 Comments »
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
Firefox is great but since I visit several websites that Firefox is unable to render properly I have no choice but to find an alternative. I am starting to hate Firefox and forcing myself to love Konqueror and Galeon but still whenever I am using Firefox I feel like using ...
Posted in Dapper, Firefox, KDE, Konqueror, Kubuntu, Linux, Mozilla, Ubuntu | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
Few days ago, I talked about a bug in Firefox (1.5.0.3 ubuntu dapper) related to the display of Urdu Fonts. On Oreilly Linux Devcenter, Caitlyn Martin discusses problems with Firefox for Linux. In the article titled "Why Is Firefox For Linux So Terribly Broken?" she writes:
I’m currently running Firefox 1.5.0.4 ...
Posted in Firefox, Linux, Mozilla, Ubuntu | No Comments »