Error in starting firefox: no XBL binding

Somehow after I upgrade my firefox to 3.0.9 in Kubuntu 8.04, I couldn’t run it, it gives an error message “no XBL binding” and then another error message and then it closes down. Then after searching the forum, the solution is simply to kill the firefox. So it seems the firefox still runs at the [...]

Firefox bookmarks gone after running firefox as root

As the title mentioned, my bookmarks gone when I tried to run my firefox as root.
To solve this problem, close firefox and type
cd ~/.mozilla
chown -R *
chgrp -R *
when you open them again, it will be fine.

Switch Java plugin for Firefox 3 in Kubuntu 8.10 Intrepid

After I upgraded to Kubuntu Intrepid, the default of my Java plugin switch back to IcedTea. However, that made me unable to access one of my bank website. So I need to switch to Sun Java. To do that, I did similary as previously, though this time I use Firefox 3.03:

However, somehow after I restart [...]

Excellent Quick Search in Firefox

One of my favourite feature in Konqueror web browser is it’s web shorcut. And it can be used to do different kind of searches in the Internet. For example if I want to search in Wikipedia, I just need to type “wp: my_search_term” in the URL/Address bar.
I didn’t know firefox can do that! Well, now [...]

My Favorite Firefox: Fast Dial

I began to love firefox again. One of my favorite addons is Fast Dial. Currently, I am using firefox 3 beta 5 from Kubuntu Hardy and it’s pretty easy to install addons.
This is a screenshot of my firefox 3 if I open a blank page. I can just click the image to go to one [...]

Switching Java plugin for Firefox 3 beta 5 in Kubuntu Hardy

The default java plugin in Kubuntu hardy is using IcedTea. If you want to use sun java plugin, first make sure you have install it using Adept or apt-get, and then to terminal and type
sudo update-alternatives –config xulrunner-1.9-javaplugin.so
This will list the available plugins, and you can choose which plugin to use. For my case, this [...]

Gmail continuous reload in firefox 2

I had problem recently opening Gmail using firefox 2. It keeps on reloading. I found in one of the forum the problem might be the corrupted cookies. So this is what I do:

click Tools -> Clear Private Data
check “Cache” and “Cookies”
click OK

Then it was ok! I can open my Gmail