Posts Tagged Firefox
How to export your Firefox bookmarks to Google Chrome
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on May 1, 2011
Having been frustrated by some of the recent regressions in Firefox 4, particularly those involving Flash graphs, I’ve picked up Chrome and so far couldn’t be happier.
Moving my bookmarks over wasn’t too hard either. Here’s how to do it.
In Firefox 4, click Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks (or press Ctrl-Shift-O)
Then choose Import and Backup > Export HTML…
Save that file somewhere you can find it for the next step.
Now, in Chrome, open the Bookmark Manager. You can find it by clicking the wrench icon, then Bookmark Manager.
Now choose Organize > Import Bookmarks from the Bookmark Manager and import that HTML file you just exported from Firefox.
Readers may also want to consider trying the free service Xmarks, which features automatic bookmark syncing across multiple browsers using a plug-in. Supports Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Safari (Mac OS).
This was done using Firefox 4.0.1 and Chromium Browser 10.0.648.205 (81283) on Ubuntu 11.04. Questions, comments, and feedback are welcome and appreciated!
Installing Skype on Ubuntu (or Debian) with updates for Skype URLs
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on March 28, 2011
This how to will show you how to install a Skype client in Ubuntu & Debian base operating system.
1. First of all you need to start up Synaptic Package manager. Go to System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager
2. From Synaptic, go to Settings->Repositories. Click on Other Software Tab. Check the box next to Canonical Partners.
3. Click Close, and Click ‘Reload’ at the top of Synaptic. Now you can locate Skype and install it from Synaptic or Ubuntu Software Center.
Now to install skype-action-handler to handle skype: URLs:
Download and install the Skype Action Handler
http://search.cpan.org/~ecarroll/Net-DBus-Skype-0.02/script/skype-action-handler (direct download link) and extract.
In a console, navigate to extracted files directory and run these as root:
perl Makefile.PL make make test make install
For Mozilla (Firefox)
* Open Mozilla (Firefox)
* Type about:config in the address-bar to open the configuration editor.
* Use the scroll bar to navigate to the network.protocol… section.
* Check if the network protocol section includes a network.protocol-handler.app.skype key.
* If a key exists, edit it. If no key exists, create a key by right-clicking on any key and selecting New -> String from the pull-down menu.
* Enter network.protocol-handler.app.skype as the key name.
* Enter /usr/local/bin/skype-action-handler as the key value.
### For GNOME-aware browsers (Epiphany, Firefox 1.5)
Run the following two commands:
/usr/bin/gconftool-2 -s -t string /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/skype/command '/usr/local/bin/skype-action-handler "%s"' /usr/bin/gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/skype/enabled true
Thats it – Test Call should work in Firefox. UPDATE: Except, it doesn’t work here. I can’t give you a valid link because WordPress keeps eating it. :\ But, try this yourself in an html file:
skype:echo123?call
To undo the above gconftool key changes, you may run the following:
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/skype
Original post by thestudio53 at http://blogs.skype.com/linux/2006/08/making_skype_links_work.html. Rewritten with updates for Ubuntu 10.04 and information from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=449543
Questions, comments, and feedback are welcome. Please share your experience with this so I can improve the guide. Thank you.
LastPass Toolbar Black and Unreadable in Firefox
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on July 22, 2010
I’ve been in contact with the LastPass team regarding an issue where the LastPass toolbar pop-up is completely blacked out and the text is not readable in Firefox.
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After some troubleshooting, what I found what that it’s related to the Ubuntu theme.
I was able to reproduce the issue using both Ambiance and Radiance, but the issue went away changing to any other theme.
Themes are accessible by going to System > Preferences > Appearance.
UPDATE: It seems that this is specifically related to the tooltip background color.
Going to Theme > Customize > Colors and changing the tooltip background color solves it.
Ubuntu / Firefox / Incorrect font display (wrong style, no bold, no underline, etc)
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on March 23, 2010
Users of Ubuntu and Firefox may notice after installing some applications that fonts no longer appear correctly in Firefox (though they may appear correctly in some Java, etc, apps). Such issues include:
- No bold
- No other styles (italics, etc)
- Wrong font / size
This seems to happen when the packages ttf-symbol-replacement and ttf-tahoma-replacement are installed. Simply uninstalling these two packages should resolve the issue.
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